Several weeks ago I posted a CHALLENGE on Facebook. There have been some questions so I want to post the abridged version here with some added information that will hopefully help anyone wanting to do this, be able to do so with confidence. The premise of this lifestyle is foods in combination, so the guidelines will be how to combine foods for maximum health.
All information obtained here is out of the book: FIT FOR LIFE, written by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. I recommend getting a copy for detailed information, especially if you have specific ailments such as reflux, hypoglycemia, auto-immune disease or arthritis. The Diamonds have several titles on Amazon.
I have put a FFL Recipe section in Resources to help you begin this journey!
Benefits:
ELIMINATION: We get rid of what we don’t use
APPROPRIATION: We take in food
ASSIMILATION: We absorb and use some of that food
ELIMINATION CYCLE: 4am – NOON FRUIT OR FRUIT JUICE IS TO BE THE ONLY FOODS CONSUMED IF YOU CONSUME ANYTHING AT ALL DURING THIS TIME. HAVING ONLY FRUIT AND FRUIT JUICE EXCLUSIVELY BEFORE NOON IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACET OF THIS SYSTEM!
DRIED FRUIT: These are extremely concentrated and should be eaten in small quantities.
VEGETABLE FRUITS: These are frequently regarded as vegetables but are actually classified botanically as fruits, because they contain seeds. They can be eaten as either a fruit (from 8-12) or vegetable (between 12-8, with either a carbohydrate or protein): Avocado, Cucumber, Peppers, Tomatoes
Fruit is the highest water content of any food. All fruit is 80% to 90% cleansing, life-giving water!! By it’s nature fruit affords the body the opportunity to cleanse built-up residue from the system.
HOW LONG TO WAIT AFTER EATING OTHER FOOD BEFORE YOU CAN AGAIN EAT FRUIT?
Salad or raw vegetables: Wait 2 hours before eating fruit again
Properly combined meal, without flesh (carbs & vegs): Wait 3 hours before eating fruit again
Properly combined meal, with flesh (meat): Wait 4 hours before eating fruit again
Any improperly combined meal: Wait 8 hours before eating fruit again.
APPROPRIATION: NOON-8PM AFTER 12:00 WE ENTER THE DAILY EATING PERIOD. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT RULES TO OBSERVE HERE. REMEMBER THAT DIGESTION TAKES MORE ENERGY THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU DO. YOU WANT TO EAT A MEAL THAT WILL NOT DEPLETE YOUR ENERGY SUPPLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WILL DEMAND SOME DIGESTIVE ENERGY. THAT MEANS ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPER FOOD COMBINING SO THAT A MINIMUM OF DIGESTIVE ENERGY IS DEPLETED TO BREAK DOWN THAT MEAL.
Food combining teaches this: The human body is not designed to digest more than one concentrated food in the stomach at the same time. What is meant by concentrated food: Any food that is not a fruit and is not a vegetable is concentrated. Proper food combining merely states that because the human stomach is not capable of digesting more than one of these concentrated foods at a time, you should not eat more than one concentrated food at a time.
ASSIMILATION: (8PM-4AM) TIME TO GIVE YOUR BODY A CHANCE TO EXTRACT, ABSORB AND UTILIZE THE NUTRIENTS. NO ABSORPTION CAN TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE FOOD HAS ENTERED THE INTESTINES. A PROPERLY COMBINED MEAL WILL BE OUT OF THE STOMACH IN APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AND READY TO BE ABSORBED AND ASSIMILATED. AN IMPROPERLY COMBINED MEAL CAN REMAIN IN THE STOMACH ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 12 HOURS OR LONGER. EAT EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT FOOD HAS LEFT YOU STOMACH BEFORE YOU RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT.
Here is a list of concentrated PROTEIN: Since saturated fats are always to be avoided, pork is the least desirable meat, beef is the second least desirable and duck is the third. Any cured or salted meats or fish are not recommended (frankfurters, sausages, smoked fish) Buy naturally grazed meat and poultry when it is available.
Shrimp, Fish, Beef Tenderloin, Lamb Loin, Tofu, Soybeans, Black Beans, Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Lentils, Egg whites, Chicken, Turkey, Cornish Hen, Steak
NUTS: All nuts should be eaten raw. As a source of protein (high quality amino acids) and calcium, they leave no toxic residue in the body as do dairy and flesh sources. Remember, that nuts as a protein source are more difficult to break down than fruits and vegetables, and they are extremely concentrated!
SEEDS: Like nuts, seeds are concentrated source of protein that should be eaten raw, never roasted, and in small quantities. Never combine seeds with any other concentrated food.
Caraway, Poppy, Pumpkin, Sesame, Sunflower
SEED AND NUT BUTTERS: For best digestion combine nut butters with raw vegetables. Whipped with water, they make a great dip! Peanuts are not actually nuts, but legumes. Peanut butter is harder to digest than nut and seed butters.
Almond, Cashew, Sesame, Sunflower
Here is a list of complex CARBOHYDRATES:
Bread, Rice, Garbonzo Beans, White Beans, Oats, Plain bagels, Potatoes, Sweet Potato, Pasta, Barley Flaxseed, Quinoa
GRAINS - To be combined with vegetables
Breads, Couscous , Cracked Wheat, Kasha, Millet, Rice, Cereals, Chips (eat a good quality low-salt or salt free chip with vegetables or salad—if you are craving chips!), Crackers (any whole-grain variety without chemical additives, sugar, cheese or preservatives)
PASTA - To be combined with vegetables
LEGUMES - To be combined with vegetables
Aduki Beans, Black-eyed Peas, Garbanzo Beans, Great Northern Beans, Kidney Beans, Lentils, Lima Beans, Mung beans, Navy Beans, Pinto Beans, Split Peas
DAIRY PRODUCTS - All dairy products should be unpasteurized (raw) whenever possible.
Butter, Sour Cream, Whipping Cream, White Cheeses (yellow cheeses are dyed), Yogurt (plain, cow’s or goat’s milk, can be sweetened with sweeteners below)
All dairy products except butter are extremely acid-forming! Butter is a fat and is therefore neutral. Since fat retards the digestion of protein, it is best NOT to eat butter with any protein. Butter can, however, be eaten with carbohydrates. The irony is that people are consuming dairy products for calcium and the existing calcium in their systems is being used to neutralize the effects of the dairy products they are eating. The idea should not be to load up the body with calcium but rather to alter eating habits so that less acid is formed in the system. That way calcium will be utilized to it’s fullest potential!
OILS: Should be unrefined--- cold-pressed, if possible.
Almond, Avacado, Corn, Olive, Peanut, Safflower, Sesame
SALAD DRESSINGS, SEASONINGS AND CONDIMENTS: Any that are pure, containing no sugar, vinegar (use lemon juice) or chemicals.
SWEETENERS:
Date sugar, Maple Sugar, Maple Syrup, Ray Honey (Legallly, honey can be heated to 160 degrees and still be termed “natural.” But at 130 degrees the honey is made useless due to its resulting acid nature.)
TEAS:
Celestial Seasonings Herbal Teas
All information obtained here is out of the book: FIT FOR LIFE, written by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. I recommend getting a copy for detailed information, especially if you have specific ailments such as reflux, hypoglycemia, auto-immune disease or arthritis. The Diamonds have several titles on Amazon.
I have put a FFL Recipe section in Resources to help you begin this journey!
Benefits:
- More energy
- Overall wellness
- Lose weight
- Keep that weight off
ELIMINATION: We get rid of what we don’t use
APPROPRIATION: We take in food
ASSIMILATION: We absorb and use some of that food
ELIMINATION CYCLE: 4am – NOON FRUIT OR FRUIT JUICE IS TO BE THE ONLY FOODS CONSUMED IF YOU CONSUME ANYTHING AT ALL DURING THIS TIME. HAVING ONLY FRUIT AND FRUIT JUICE EXCLUSIVELY BEFORE NOON IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACET OF THIS SYSTEM!
DRIED FRUIT: These are extremely concentrated and should be eaten in small quantities.
VEGETABLE FRUITS: These are frequently regarded as vegetables but are actually classified botanically as fruits, because they contain seeds. They can be eaten as either a fruit (from 8-12) or vegetable (between 12-8, with either a carbohydrate or protein): Avocado, Cucumber, Peppers, Tomatoes
Fruit is the highest water content of any food. All fruit is 80% to 90% cleansing, life-giving water!! By it’s nature fruit affords the body the opportunity to cleanse built-up residue from the system.
HOW LONG TO WAIT AFTER EATING OTHER FOOD BEFORE YOU CAN AGAIN EAT FRUIT?
Salad or raw vegetables: Wait 2 hours before eating fruit again
Properly combined meal, without flesh (carbs & vegs): Wait 3 hours before eating fruit again
Properly combined meal, with flesh (meat): Wait 4 hours before eating fruit again
Any improperly combined meal: Wait 8 hours before eating fruit again.
APPROPRIATION: NOON-8PM AFTER 12:00 WE ENTER THE DAILY EATING PERIOD. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT RULES TO OBSERVE HERE. REMEMBER THAT DIGESTION TAKES MORE ENERGY THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU DO. YOU WANT TO EAT A MEAL THAT WILL NOT DEPLETE YOUR ENERGY SUPPLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WILL DEMAND SOME DIGESTIVE ENERGY. THAT MEANS ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF PROPER FOOD COMBINING SO THAT A MINIMUM OF DIGESTIVE ENERGY IS DEPLETED TO BREAK DOWN THAT MEAL.
Food combining teaches this: The human body is not designed to digest more than one concentrated food in the stomach at the same time. What is meant by concentrated food: Any food that is not a fruit and is not a vegetable is concentrated. Proper food combining merely states that because the human stomach is not capable of digesting more than one of these concentrated foods at a time, you should not eat more than one concentrated food at a time.
ASSIMILATION: (8PM-4AM) TIME TO GIVE YOUR BODY A CHANCE TO EXTRACT, ABSORB AND UTILIZE THE NUTRIENTS. NO ABSORPTION CAN TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE FOOD HAS ENTERED THE INTESTINES. A PROPERLY COMBINED MEAL WILL BE OUT OF THE STOMACH IN APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AND READY TO BE ABSORBED AND ASSIMILATED. AN IMPROPERLY COMBINED MEAL CAN REMAIN IN THE STOMACH ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 12 HOURS OR LONGER. EAT EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT FOOD HAS LEFT YOU STOMACH BEFORE YOU RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT.
Here is a list of concentrated PROTEIN: Since saturated fats are always to be avoided, pork is the least desirable meat, beef is the second least desirable and duck is the third. Any cured or salted meats or fish are not recommended (frankfurters, sausages, smoked fish) Buy naturally grazed meat and poultry when it is available.
Shrimp, Fish, Beef Tenderloin, Lamb Loin, Tofu, Soybeans, Black Beans, Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Lentils, Egg whites, Chicken, Turkey, Cornish Hen, Steak
NUTS: All nuts should be eaten raw. As a source of protein (high quality amino acids) and calcium, they leave no toxic residue in the body as do dairy and flesh sources. Remember, that nuts as a protein source are more difficult to break down than fruits and vegetables, and they are extremely concentrated!
SEEDS: Like nuts, seeds are concentrated source of protein that should be eaten raw, never roasted, and in small quantities. Never combine seeds with any other concentrated food.
Caraway, Poppy, Pumpkin, Sesame, Sunflower
SEED AND NUT BUTTERS: For best digestion combine nut butters with raw vegetables. Whipped with water, they make a great dip! Peanuts are not actually nuts, but legumes. Peanut butter is harder to digest than nut and seed butters.
Almond, Cashew, Sesame, Sunflower
Here is a list of complex CARBOHYDRATES:
Bread, Rice, Garbonzo Beans, White Beans, Oats, Plain bagels, Potatoes, Sweet Potato, Pasta, Barley Flaxseed, Quinoa
GRAINS - To be combined with vegetables
Breads, Couscous , Cracked Wheat, Kasha, Millet, Rice, Cereals, Chips (eat a good quality low-salt or salt free chip with vegetables or salad—if you are craving chips!), Crackers (any whole-grain variety without chemical additives, sugar, cheese or preservatives)
PASTA - To be combined with vegetables
LEGUMES - To be combined with vegetables
Aduki Beans, Black-eyed Peas, Garbanzo Beans, Great Northern Beans, Kidney Beans, Lentils, Lima Beans, Mung beans, Navy Beans, Pinto Beans, Split Peas
DAIRY PRODUCTS - All dairy products should be unpasteurized (raw) whenever possible.
Butter, Sour Cream, Whipping Cream, White Cheeses (yellow cheeses are dyed), Yogurt (plain, cow’s or goat’s milk, can be sweetened with sweeteners below)
All dairy products except butter are extremely acid-forming! Butter is a fat and is therefore neutral. Since fat retards the digestion of protein, it is best NOT to eat butter with any protein. Butter can, however, be eaten with carbohydrates. The irony is that people are consuming dairy products for calcium and the existing calcium in their systems is being used to neutralize the effects of the dairy products they are eating. The idea should not be to load up the body with calcium but rather to alter eating habits so that less acid is formed in the system. That way calcium will be utilized to it’s fullest potential!
OILS: Should be unrefined--- cold-pressed, if possible.
Almond, Avacado, Corn, Olive, Peanut, Safflower, Sesame
SALAD DRESSINGS, SEASONINGS AND CONDIMENTS: Any that are pure, containing no sugar, vinegar (use lemon juice) or chemicals.
SWEETENERS:
Date sugar, Maple Sugar, Maple Syrup, Ray Honey (Legallly, honey can be heated to 160 degrees and still be termed “natural.” But at 130 degrees the honey is made useless due to its resulting acid nature.)
TEAS:
Celestial Seasonings Herbal Teas
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