Don't combine your proteins and carbs

Posted by Richman on September 5, 2007 3:40 PM PDT

Tags: Eating Healthy, advice, Career Management

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Try not eat proteins (fish, chicken, eggs, beef, etc) with complex carbohydrates (rice, potatoes, bread, etc). You will find that you digest food much better and have extended energy throughout the day.

I know. So much fun food combines the two. But the energy is truly worth it. When these two are combined, the meat ferments the carbohydrates, and the carbohydrates purtrify the meat. Neither are good for the system. But if you eat them separately (and combine them with vegetables) then you'll see you'll have much more energy!

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This is the opinion of my close friend, colleague, and registered dietitian.

Studies are weak as there are too many variables (i.e. food, genetics, etc) and so the research is inconclusive - - the only real way to tell is to experiment/observe - - how different meal mixes affect your client's digestion/energy levels (the body's feedback of what works and what doesn't).

Hope this helps - - this is just my point of view (based on my research, education,etc), so as always I would encourage the client to do her own research to determine what makes the most sense to her....

Posted by Casey Bryan on September 6, 2007 1:16 PM PDT

The theory of proper food combining started with the popular book "Fit for Life" by Marilyn and Harvey Diamond in the 1980's, but there's not a bit of evidence that any of it is sound scientifically. Check online and you'll see that the Diamonds have been pretty much raked over the coals by the professional nutrition community for food combining. As we were taught in our dietetics program, the human digestive system is terribly elegant. It uses a specific gastrointestinal location, and secretes the appropriate enzymes, for each of the macronutrients (carb, fat, protein) to be digested, no matter when or with what they are combined. It's really rather amazing. Of course, if you're ill and your digestive system is affected, that's a different story. And too, different people find different foods disagreeable even when perfectly healthy. So, bottom line, if it makes you feel better to eat certain foods at certain times, by all means, do it - as long as you're eating a diet that, overall, is balanced between food groups, varied within food groups, and moderate in portions.