Ok, there are three groups of food,
Group 1 - proteins (meat, poultry, cheese, fish, eggs, milk, nuts) produce acid juices for their digestion - they digest slowly
Group 2 - Carbs - all grains and the foods made from them (bread, pasta, cereals, flour, biscuits etc) and starchy veg like pots, yams and s/corn which produce alkaline juices. These digest quickly and require different enzymes to proteins.
If you eat groups 1 & 2 together, the competing enzymes and digestive juices will fight and neutralise each other. The result is that food doesn't get digested properly and rots inside the gut, causing gas, bloating, heartburn, tummy pains, malabsorption, indigestion and energy drain etc
Group 3 - salads, non-starchy veg, roots, seeds, herbs, spices, nut & seed oils. These can be digested with either Group1 or Group2 above.
Group 4 - Fruit - This is out on its own and holds the record for the fastest digestion rate. Fruit uses completely different enzymes from all other groups!!
So it says - don't eat Group 1 (proteins) and Group 2 (carbs) together at the same meal!!
Group 3 (veg) can be eaten with groups 1 or 2
Group 4 (fruit) must always be eaten on its own, at least 30 mins away from other food groups. It's best to eat fruit on an empty stomach, pref in the morning with no other food types. If you eat fruit after a meal, it can't go anywhere, because its stuck behind food that takes much longer to digest, so it will ferment in the gut. When fruit is mixed with other food groups you can expect bloating, flatulence, indigestion (never mix melons with other fruits. Melons digest fastest of all fruits - therefore eat alone or leave alone!!
Leave two hours after a carb meal before eating protein, leave three hours after a protein meal before eating carbs - protein takes four hours to reach the bowel, and carbs meals take two hours from mouth to bowel!
ACCORDING TO GILLIAN MCKEITH!!
So that goes against everything I've been doing for the last 27 years, eating a big roast dinner with potatoes, meat, and veg all in one!! No wonder I'm ill!!!!!!!!! ARGH - so many conflicting stories!!!
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