Don't mix starch meals with protein meals.

A protein meal of meat, cheese or eggs, is broken up by the teeth and passed down to the stomach. In response to the arrival of the protein, the stomach lining produces a strong acid, and enzymes which digest protein in acid solution, and a thick sticky mucus to protect the lining of the stomach from attack by its own enzymes. These enzymes snip the long protein molecules in our food into shorter chains and then into individual amino acids.

A meal of protein may take several hours for complete digestion before passing on into the small intestine. Here the stomach acid is neutralised by bile salts from the liver. The pancreas now adds further protein digesting enzymes to complete the digestion of protein and the soup of amino acids is now absorbed through the villi that line the small intestine and are passed on into the blood stream.

A meal of starch is partly digested in the mouth where chewing mixes enzymes in the alkaline saliva with the food. The starch molecule is split into sugar molecules. A starch meal does not stimulate the stomach to produce acid, or protein digesting enzymes, and the food is passed on to the small intestine within an hour. In the small intestine, further enzymes are added in an alkaline solution that complete the breakdown of starches into sugars. These are also absorbed through the villi that line the small intestine and pass into the blood stream.

This system only works efficiently if starch and protein appear as separate meals. The food combining lifestyle puts this scientific knowledge into practice.

If starch is mixed with protein, the enzymes in the stomach are diluted and the stomach feels full for longer because digestion of protein is inefficient. Acid is being produced for every mixed meal, which puts the stomach under stress. The acid has to be neutralised by the bile salts for every meal, which puts the small intestine under stress.

Dont mix starch meals with protein meals

Posted by Beate Epp (message id=3149 )

Sorry if I have another question... how about soy-hamburger meet in a soup with tomatoes and grains or/and lentils/beans?? Would that be ok?? Thanks so much, Beate. Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Peter (message id=3150 )

A soup with meat, soy, beans plus tomato is OK - protein soup. A starch soup with grain, veg but not meat stock is also OK, but don't mix the two Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Ollie Ezard (message id=3161 )

I am currently training for the London MArathon in 2008 and am trying to eat well in the run up to it and whilst I am training. I am wondering if you could give me some details or examples of meals to run alongside my training programme. I train twice a week maximum with a 90 minute football game on a weekend. I would appreciate a swift response. Many thanks. Ollie Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Nikki Thompson (message id=3427 )

My daugther is suffering from post partum depression. I read an article that said in order to reduce levels of corsitol, the brain needs cabohydrates to make serotonin. It also said not to mix proteins with cabohydrates, but didn't elaborate on the reason why. Can you answer this question Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Zach (message id=3957 )

Hi: I'm having a little trouble seeing this all as scientifically sound information for a couple of reasons, which I will explain in a minute. I first got interested in this book after reading Healing with Whole Foods Asian Tradition and Modern Nutrition. However, a couple things stood out as a little strange: The first is that under "Why Science and Medicine support food combining" there is no actual evidence that either science or medicine support food combining. It appears to simply be a small summary of the life of Dr. Hay. It talks about how the doctor came to believe that refined foods were unhealthy, and how many diseases could be treated with nutrition rather than drugs. I completely agree with both of these statements, but they have NOTHING to do with the actual practice of food combining! For example: "Dr Hay and others like him became convinced that these diseases could easily be prevented, and indeed cured, by following a more natural lifestyle." I have trouble seeing the correlation here... someone could follow a very natural lifestyle and still have chicken and rice. The other page mentions what happens when one consumes either starch or protein, but fails to explain the supposed hardships the body endures when eating both!!! Secondly, if this is supposed to be a more "natural" diet, food combining would not be a practice to be followed. I can't give proof, but I think I can say that every culture on earth has some sort of starch/protein meal, that has been around forever, be it potatoes and beef, rice and chicken or game, or fish and porridge.... I can't think of a society who doesn't combine these two nutrients, and this page provides zero evidence that this is actually a practice to be followed other than anecdotal evidence. Perhaps I'm missing something and somebody could fill me in here? I'd appreciate a detailed response, as I am one who is very interested in eating naturally and healthily. Alternatively, one could email me odins_right_hand -at- yahoo.com thanks guys Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Mel (message id=4010 )

I like to have something to soak up the sauce when I make a meat stew: would quinoa be OK, as it is protein rather than starch? (I know it's going to make for a lot of protein, but I'll even it out in the other meals we have Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Elsa (message id=4065 )

I just started food combination, am I supposed to refrain from drinking while eating a meal? When is it ok to drink and is one coffee in the morning ok to have? Thank You Elsa Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Judy (message id=4354 )

How can one eat a sandwich if mixing protein with starch is not acceptable Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Chris (message id=4381 )

Glad you brought that up, the more meat you put into your sandwich the faster your pancreas might wear out from being overworked, unless your sandwich is like arround 85\% meat lol. This one website sais that if you eat a mixed meal that is more than 18\% carbohydrates then your body doesn't proceed with protein digestion in the stomach, and it will have to get digested in the small intestine by pancreatic enzymes. Sounds pretty sane but it doesn't say where they got that number and it doesn't have a single reference to anyone or any studies. (http://tuberose.com/Food_Combining.html) Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by Chris (message id=4382 )

Yea don't drink if you're having a purely or nearly purely meat meal, let the PH drop in your stomach, that's when pepsin breaks down protein Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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Posted by ann (message id=4628 )

hi do you do one day of carbs & another day of protien or do you do one meal with carbs & eve meal protien Post a reply to this message, or post a new topic    Your Name:  Your Email:  Subject:  In reply to message (delete if not applicable):  Display heading   Security Code:

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