It is commonly believed that the human stomach should be able to digest any number of different foods at the same time. However, digestion is governed by physiological chemistry. It is not what we eat that is crucial to our health, but what we digest and assimilate.
The principle behind food combining is that different food classes require different enzymes, different rates of digestion, and different digestive pHs for proper digestion. If the foods of the different food classes are combined incorrectly, the specific requirements for their proper digestion tend to cancel each other out.
For example, flesh foods require an acid media for digestion, whereas milk is highly alkaline, so it can neutralize the acid required for digesting the flesh foods.
Fruit digestion results in the release of an alkaline secretion, which neutralizes the acid secretions that are needed for protein digestion. Because of this, it is not a good idea to eat fruits and proteins at the same meals.
Some foods are digested faster than others. If fast-digesting foods, like fruits, are held up in the digestive system for a longer time than necessary through being combined with foods that digest more slowly, fermentation takes place. For this reason, you will experience better digestion when fruits and starches (which are digested slowly) are eaten at different meals.
Fruits and vegetables require different digestive enzymes, which tend to neutralize each other, so these too are best eaten at separate meals.
The principle behind food combining is that different food classes require different enzymes, different rates of digestion, and different digestive pHs for proper digestion. If the foods of the different food classes are combined incorrectly, the specific requirements for their proper digestion tend to cancel each other out.
For example, flesh foods require an acid media for digestion, whereas milk is highly alkaline, so it can neutralize the acid required for digesting the flesh foods.
Fruit digestion results in the release of an alkaline secretion, which neutralizes the acid secretions that are needed for protein digestion. Because of this, it is not a good idea to eat fruits and proteins at the same meals.
Some foods are digested faster than others. If fast-digesting foods, like fruits, are held up in the digestive system for a longer time than necessary through being combined with foods that digest more slowly, fermentation takes place. For this reason, you will experience better digestion when fruits and starches (which are digested slowly) are eaten at different meals.
Fruits and vegetables require different digestive enzymes, which tend to neutralize each other, so these too are best eaten at separate meals.
