- Food Combining Rules for Optimal Health
- Normal Meal 'Plate"
- Fats and Oils
- Foods You Should Consider Eating
- Foods to Avoid
- Do Your Best
- More Information
Food Combining Rules for Optimal Health
(1) For breakfast have a high protein meal such as eggs or meat with vegetables. For lunch, it is also important to have protein and vegetables. Avoid eating protein after 2 pm. For the dinner meal have carbohydrates (whole grains) and vegetables.
(2) Eat fruits alone or on an empty stomach (at least ½ hour before a meal.) Apples are the only exception to the rule and can be eaten anytime. Never eat fruits with vegetables. Never eat acid fruit with cereal. Apples and brown rice go with anything!
(3) Eat proteins with green vegetables. Do not eat proteins with carbohydrates (grains) or starchy vegetables (potatoes, winter squash, etc). This includes bread unless the bread is sprouted whole grain and not processed. Never eat milk and meat at the same meal. Milk and meat require two different digestive enzymes. If eaten together, the meat will not digest properly. (It will ferment and cause increased fungus as well as other digestive problems.) (i.e. Spaghetti and meatballs at the same meal is not allowed.)
(4) Eat carbohydrates with green or starchy vegetables (like red potatoes or winter squash). Both raw and cooked vegetables should be eaten at meal time.
(5) Do not use aluminum pots, pans, and foils to cook in. Do not drink soft drinks or beer from aluminum cans.
(6) Avoid processed foods, sugar products, and fried or greasy foods.
Normal Meal ‘Plate’
- 1/3 cooked vegetables
- 1/3 raw vegetables (including 2 heaping TBS of cultured vegetables)
- 1/3 either a protein or a whole grain (not both – brown rice is the exception)
- plus 2 tsp of good oil
Fats and Oils
We recommend that people use good oils daily. Avoid Canola and Corn oils. Take a fish oil supplement (use 1-2 tsp of cod liver oil per day) and use about 2 tsp of an extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil per meal. Do not fry foods in oils (use coconut oil, butter, ghee, or water for stir fries.) Fried fats are carcinogenic. Make certain you get plenty of fatty acids. Pumpkin seed oil, cod liver oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, borage oil, evening primrose oil, olive oil are best. Raw butter is much, much better than pasteurized butter. Raw butter binds to the ‘bad’ fats in the tissues and pulls them out. Use a variety of oils with each meal. (2-3 different oils is best)
Foods You Should Consider Eating
(1) Cultured vegetables, Uncooked, homemade sauerkraut is wonderful as are cultured vegetables. Both are full of friendly bacteria. Eat ¼ cup per meal.
(2) Non-sweetened kefir. Kefir is a wonderful food. Try making it at home. It is easy to make and delicious and very, very healthy as it is teeming with friendly bacteria. Do not eat milk products with protein meals. Best as a snack.
(3) Lots of green vegetables. Raw and slightly steamed.
(4) Take a digestive enzyme (DE or ENZ) and a probiotic (Taurin Dophilus) with every meal. This suggestion is particularly important for people over 50 years of age.
(5) Don’t forget several good oils with every meal.
(6) Bless the food.
Foods to Avoid
(1) Avoid sugars and milled grain products. (Whole sprouted grains are good.) The best grains are amaranth, millet, and quinoa as they are gluten-free. Brown Rice is also good. Soak all grains overnight (at least 8 hours) before cooking them. This gets rid of the phytic acid, making them much more digestible.
(2) Avoid non-organically grown foods and processed foods (The pesticides and herbicides and preservatives are designed to kill off all bacteria – including the friendly type that your body needs.) Use only organic meats and dairy products.
(3) Avoid unfermented soy products (like tofu). Soy is indigestible unless it is fermented (i.e. soy sauce, miso, and tempeh are good, digestible foods.)
(4) Avoid Antibiotics if you can. There are times when you must have antibiotics, but avoid them unless absolutely necessary. Antibiotics kill off all friendly bacteria and, if you must take them, you should also start an intensive rebuilding process of your intestinal flora.
(5) Avoid chlorinated drinking water.
(6) Pasteurized dairy products. They are largely indigestible, they cause mucous conditions, and the hormones and antibiotics in the feeds are dangerous to your health. Pasteurized milk needs to be kefired to make it somewhat digestible. Raw organic milk is a much, much better choice.
(7) Avoid all sodas and all sugary drinks.
Do Your Best
While a good diet is desirable to maintain your good health, it is probably a necessity for those who are suffering from degenerative diseases. The more we stick to a diet that is suitable for our health requirements, the faster we will regain our good health. But as human beings in a fast-paced world, there will be times that we will deviate from the diet. Please, let us do so cheerfully without condemning ourselves. Let us bless all food that crosses our lips with the intention that it will nourish our bodies and provide us with the energy we need to function.
For More Information
We recommend investing in Donna Gate's book:"The Body Ecology Diet" available in our virtual bookstore.
