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never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
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never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
i am procrastinating right now doing some HW and luckily for me my procrastination involves researching random health related topics. :p I just found this article on Mercola and I never knew about this before. I always used to eat sweet potatoes and protein together or other starchy veggies and protein together and always worse afterwards. The other day I went to the gym and only ate vegetables before I went, but found myself feeling really good. I wonder now if it was because I didn't eat protein with it.
I figured if I didn't know.. maybe others didn't.
I figured if I didn't know.. maybe others didn't.
You can check out the full article here: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/10/27/food-combining.aspx?e_cid=20131027Z1_SNL_Art_1&utm_source=snl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20131027Z1The Three Commandments of Food Combination
Dr. Pickering lays out three basic commandments of eating that he recommends you not deviate from:
No proteins and starches at the same meal, as they neutralize each other and prevent proper digestion of either food. To ensure proper digestion of each food, wait two hours after eating a starch before eating protein. And wait three hours after eating protein before eating a starch.
No fruits and vegetables at the same meal. Fruits are either a single or double sugar, whereas the starches are a triple sugar. Fruits mechanically break down in your stomach, but chemically, they don’t break down until they reach the third and fourth stage of your digestive system, which are in your small intestine. Starches, again, are broken down in three different stages, starting in your mouth.
According to Dr. Pickering, this is also why it’s crucial to not eat dessert after a meal. When you do, it gets trapped in your stomach with all that other food, where it starts to rot as it’s not being chemically digested there. Therefore, eat fruit 30-60 minutes before dinner. The same applies if you want to eat another piece of fruit. Acidic fruits, such as lemons for example, also do not combine well with starches. Lemon and banana is but one example of a combination that is sure to lead to gastrointestinal upset...
Many people consider tomatoes a fruit, yet it’s commonly added to salad. Dr. Pickering classifies tomatoes as a “fruit-vegetable,” because even though they don’t have the sugar like most fruits, they’re still an acidic fruit-vegetable. As such they’re okay to combine with other vegetables. He suggests the following recipe for an excellent salad:
“Any kind of vegetable that has seed in it; for example summer squash, zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, and okra—those are all fruit-vegetables. Your tomatoes go well with those. And since lettuce and celery have a neutral effect, as far as the breakdown of food, the celery and the lettuce combine very well with all of that. You can also add avocados.”
“Eat melon alone, or leave it alone, or your stomach will moan.” In short, melons do not digest well with other foods and will frequently cause problems unless consumed by itself.
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Re: never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
every food except white sugar contains protein and carbohydrates
isis- Posts : 148
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Re: never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
I remember this stuff from my dark days of nutritional fad dieting. I do the exact opposite....at least with respect to the starches and proteins part. I always combine them. The reason is that there is more stable blood sugar. Having said that, there are different degrees in which one can handle levels of proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
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Re: never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
I think its a pretty good idea to combine all of the macronutrients in each meal, that is unless you are on a goal-specific diet like intermittent fasting or carb cycling. But if you are on just a healthy maintenance diet I think its best to get all of them with each meal, although not in equal proportions.
All of this "Don't eat that with that, and never that with that", just riding the BS bus.
All of this "Don't eat that with that, and never that with that", just riding the BS bus.
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Re: never knew this.. don't combine starch and protein
thanks guys for the comments. in the first few days of doing this, i felt pretty good. i agree with CS in that there are varying degrees in which we can handle it.. my body was in a weird state.. i def. could not do carbs and protein mixture.. based on what you guys have said.. i think this is good for someone who has serious digestive issues as a way to help if other options have been exhausted and unsuccessful...
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