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I have had IBS-D since early September, undergone many tests and all came back negative. My gastroenterologist told me to be the detective and figure out what foods I could and could no longer eat. This all evolved after either a bout of food poisoning, a virus, or a reaction to a flu shot I had about two weeks prior to this onset. I have had IBS all my life but it was IBS-A and it was hardly ever a problem until September. I tried Heather's diet, to no avail. I could hardly eat anything without getting sick. Safe foods I ate in the past no longer worked. Gatoraid no longer worked. Rice, bread, noodles and apple sauce no longer worked. The only times I felt half way good was with protein. Someone from another forum asked if anyone tried the Great Taste No Pain Diet. She gave a link to a free 4 day menu plan download. I figured - what the heck - nothing else is working, I would give it a go....

I am on day 4 now - and believe it or not, no diarrhea or cramping of any kind. The foods I could no longer eat, I could now! - but in a different way.... The entire package for the diet costs about $40 dollars. So before I finally decide to make the investment, I did my research on this. This diet was basically created using a model originated by Dr. Herbert Shelton on food combining and I am going to share the principles with you. I truthfully never thought this could work - but it does and it is all based on the way you combine the foods you eat...

These are the basic principles of food combining one needs to adhere to:

1. Eat starches and acids at separate meals:
Acids neutralize the alkaline medium required for starch digestion and the result is indigestion and fermentation.

2. Eat carbohydrate foods and protein foods at separate meals:
Protein foods require an acid medium for digestion.

3. Eat only one kind of protein food at a meal:
Although every food contains some protein, those regarded as protein concentrated foods demands the longest digestive time. They are held in stomach for some hours until the gastric juices has performed its task. This may vary from 2 hrs to 6 hrs, depending upon the complexity of the protein in the food. If the protein food is mixed with starch-concentrated or sugar-concentrated foods, it usually results in fermentation. This may lead to indigestion & gas in stomach.

4. Eat proteins and acid foods at separate meals:
The acids of acid foods inhibit the secretion of the digestive acids required for protein digestion. Undigested proteins putrefy in bacterial decomposition and produces some potent poisons.

5. Eat proteins and fats at separate meals:
Some foods, especially nuts, are over 50% fat and require hours for digestion. Fat in foods inhibits the secretion of gastric juices through the small wall. Thus when fat-concentrated foods are taken with protein foods, gastric catabolism will decrease by the degree of lipid concentration in the stomach. Fat will remain undigested in the stomach until gastric juices complete their work on the complex protein molecules.

Although all primary protein foods contain high concentration of fat, such lipid will be held in suspension, awaiting catabolism in the intestine, without impeding gastric action.
Free fats like oil, butter & milk tends to coat the gastric mucosa, thereby inhibiting its effort to secrete gastric juice.

Fat surrounding the fried foods is also regarded as free fat & it interferes with gastric catabolism.

6. Eat proteins and sugars (fruits) at separate meals:
When ingested, all food are either acid or alkaline producers. Food comparatively rich in acid forming foods are generally high protein animal products. Whereas, fruits & vegetables are composed of alkaline forming elements. Consumption of proteins with fruits can interrupt the digestive processes of either or both types of food sugar and proteins consumed together can prove a dangerous combination

7. Eat starchy foods and sugars (fruits) at separate meals:
Fruits undergo no digestion in the stomach and are held up if eaten with foods which require digestion in the stomach. Any quick digesting foods - such as fruit - must wait until the slowest digesting foods leave the stomach before they can leave - a process which can take up to 6 or 8 hours. The starch splitting enzyme Ptyalin in the saliva plays an important role as the food is chewed.

It converts complex starch molecules into simpler sugars. Ptyalin requires neutral or slightly alkaline medium for proper functioning & this is the normal condition of the saliva in the mouth. However when acid foods are taken, the action of ptyalin is halted. It is therefore necessary, to avoid acid fruits in the same meal as sweet fruits or starches. Thus tomatoes should not be eaten with starches especially potato or bread.

Food Table
Proteins: Nuts, seeds, soyabeans, cheese, eggs, poultry, meat, fish, yogurt, milk.
Fats: Oils, butter, margarine.
Starches: Whole cereals, bread, pasta, grains, peas, beans, lentils.
Vegetables: Leafy green vegetables, sprouted seeds, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, green peas, celery, tomatoes, onions.
Sweet fruits: Bananas, figs, custard apples, all dried fruits, dates.
Sub-acid fruits: Grapes, pear, apples, peaches, apricots, plums, guavas, raspberries.
Acid fruits: Grapefruit, lemons, oranges, limes, pineapple, strawberries.

In a nutshell, starches, fats, green vegetables & sugars may be eaten together as they require either an alkaline or neutral medium for their digestion. Similarly, proteins and green vegetables may be taken together as they require an acid or neutral medium for their digestion. But starches & proteins, fats & proteins, protein & acid fruits, and starches & acid fruits should not be eaten together, if the best results are required from the ingestion of the food eaten.

How to Follow Diet:

1. Eat acids and starches at separate meals
Starch - cereal, grains, bread, pasta, carrots, peas, beans, potatoes, rice
Acids - citrus fruit, pineapple, strawberries, tomatoes

2. Eat proteins and carbohydrates at separate meals
Protein: Meat, Fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, seeds
Starch: cereal, grains, bread, pasta, carrots, peas, beans, potatoes, rice

3. Eat only one protein per meal
Protein: Meat, fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, seeds

4. Eat proteins and acid foods at separate meals
Acids: citrus fruit, pineapple, strawberries, tomatoes
Protein: Meat, fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, seeds

5. Eat fats and proteins at separate meals
Fats: Oils, butter, margarine
Protein: Meat, fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, seeds

6. Eat sugars (fruit) and starchy food at separate meals.
Fruit: Grapes, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, cranberries, bananas, dried fruit
Starch: cereal, grains, bread, pasta, carrots, peas, beans, potatoes, rice

7. Eat sugars (fruit) and protein at separate meals
Fruit: Grapes, pears, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, cranberries, bananas, dried fruit
Protein: Meat, fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, seeds

8. Eat melons alone - they do not combine with other foods.

9. Do not eat deserts.

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