Food combining for weight loss is a very simple yet very effective way to help your body burn fat simply by eating certain foods together, and not combining others foods in the same meal.

Many of my clients come to me for help with their diets. Most of these people have been overweight, gassy and bloated after meals. A food combining diet can provide the perfect solution. When you follow a food combining diet, fat is able to burn away properly; so you are not left with undigested food particles lurking throughout your body. The main thing to remember is that foods fall into different groups, and it is important not to eat certain groups at the same time as this will hinder good digestion.

When done properly, a food combining diet will:

• Help your body to bum fat more efficiently
• Ensure the maximum absorption of nutrients, enzymes and proteins
• Prevent burping, bloating, gas and indigestion
• Generally correct or prevent most issues connected with obesity

Without a food combining diet, you:

• Make complete digestion impossible
• Upset digestive enzymes
• Prevent nutrient uptake
• Risk a host of ills, including bloating, heartburn, indigestion, malabsorption, constipation, cramps, irritable bowel syndrome, flatulence, or worse.

The problem is that some foods are digested more quickly than others; some require different digestive enzymes, and others need different conditions in the stomach for proper absorption. For example, proteins need acid digestive juices, while carbohydrates need alkaline juices for their digestion.

When people embark upon a food combining diet, they often notice significant improvements in their physical symptoms within just a few days and also report enhanced energy levels, elevated moods and overall vitality.

Food Combining For Weight Loss

Food combining for weight loss and health is a great way to manage your weight. The idea is that if you eat a single food by itself, or more than one food in the right combination with other foods, you maximize your digestive capacity and ability to break down the foods effectively. This means your body doesn’t hold on to undigested food which then gets turned into fat balls of toxins and cellulite.

A proper food combining diet allows the body to efficiently burn fat. Personally, I have found food combining for weight loss to be one of the most effective ways to lose and control weight.

How It Works – Food Combining Made Easy

Food Combinations Group 1

Proteins (meat, poultry, cheese, fish, eggs, milk, nuts) produce acid juices for their digestion. They digest slowly.

Food Combinations Group 2

Carbohydrates – these are all grains and the foods made from them (bread, pasta, cereals, flour, biscuits, etc.) and starchy vegetables (such as potatoes, yams and sweet corn) which produce alkaline juices. They digest quickly and require different enzymes to proteins.

If you eat Groups 1 and 2 together, the competing enzymes and digestive juices will fight and neutralize each other. The result is that food doesn’t get digested properly and rots inside the gut, causing gas, bloating, heartburn, stomach pains, malabsorption, indigestion and energy drain, to say the least.

Food Combinations Group 3

Salads, non-starchy vegetables, roots, seeds, herbs, spices, nut and seed oils.

These can be digested with either Group 1 or Group 2 above.

Food Combinations 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 above.

The Solution (Food Combining Made Easy)

Don’t eat Group 1 (proteins) and Group 2 (carbohydrates) together at the same meal.

Group 3 (vegetables) can be eaten with Groups 1 or 2.

Group 4 (fruit) must always be eaten on its own, at least 30 minutes away from other food groups. It’s best to eat fruit on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning with no other food types. If you eat fruit after a meal, it can’t go anywhere, because it’s stuck behind food that takes much longer to digest, so it will ferment in the gut. When fruit is indeed mixed with other food groups, you can expect bloating, flatulence, indigestion. (Never mix melons with other fruits. Melons digest the fastest of all fruits. Therefore, eat alone or leave alone!)

Leave two hours after a carbohydrate meal before eating protein. Leave three hours after a protein meal before eating carbohydrates. Protein takes four hours to reach the bowel, and carbohydrate meals take two hours from mouth to bowel.

Group 1

Proteins

Cheese
Egg’s (free-range)
Nuts
Fish
Game/rabbit
Meat
Milk
Poultry
Shellfish
Soybeans, tofu and all soya products
Yogurt

Group 2

Carbohydrates

Grains, including oats, pasta, rice, rye, maize, millet
Grain products, biscuits, bread, cakes, crackers and pastry
Honey
Maple syrup
Potatoes and starchy vegetables
Sugar and sweets

Group 3

Non-starchy vegetables

Salads and fresh herbs
Seeds
Butter, cream, spreading fats
Olive oil (cold-pressed)

Group 4

All fruit

Start your path to perfect health and easy weight loss. Follow this chart opposite and improve your digestion, energy and stamina:

Food Combining For Weight Loss – My Food Combining Chart

Bad

Grain with dairy or meat = gas
Fruit with vegetables = gas
Fruit with meats = gas
Fruit with grain or dairy = gas

Good

Fruit by itself = no gas, proper digestion
Grain with vegetables = no gas
Pasta with vegetables = no gas
Beans with vegetables = no gas *
Fish or meat with vegetables = no gas
Pulses/beans and grains = no gas

* Note on beans and grains together: vegetarians have an easier time when it comes to a food combining diet; Pulses and beans have a mixture of starch and protein which may seem a problem. However, starch is dominant in most pulses with the exception of soy and navy beans. So, you can combine most pulses and beans with grains as well as salads and veggies.

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