Food Combining

As a basic rule always eat melons alone. There's a saying in the raw food community, "Eat 'em alone or leave 'em alone." They do digest fairly quickly though, so if you eat melon, wait an hour then eat again, you should avoid the gas buildup that occurs when eating melon with other foods.

And that's really the point of food combining...avoid gas, ease digestion, make your stomach and colon very happy...and absorb as many nutrients per given meal as possible. 

The problem with improper food combining is that when you eat food from two or three categories, the quickest digesting food has to wait for the longest digest food to get digested before it can leave your system. If it doesn't digest quickly enough (say a melon 15 min digesting time with a handful of nuts 4 hours digesting time) it will ferment, slowing the digestive process by hours, creating acidity in your body, which is the gateway to all disease.

The goal is to get the food through as quickly as possible and avoid acidity, leaving your body in a more alkaline state and then the body can heal, regenerate and rebuild.

Ever wonder why you are so tired all the time? If your digestive system is over-working it taxes your other systems, making everything work overtime... your body is exhausting itself trying to get nutrition from the foods you put in and if they are cooked, fatty, poorly combined...you literally wear yourself out eating.

Does this mean you can never eat foods from two different categories? Not at all... if you find you need to combine just try to limit it to this:

Acid Fruits with Sub-acid Fruit
Sub-Acid Fruit and Sweet Fruit
Starches with Vegetables/Greens
Vegetables/Greens and Protein


RAW Food Categories and
Approximate Digestion Times



FRUITS
Melons & Juices
(15 - 30 Min)
FRUITS
Acid
(1.5 - 2 Hrs)
FRUITS
Sub-Acid
(1 - 1.5 Hrs)
FRUITS
Sweet & Sweeteners
(30 - 45 Min)
CantaloupeApples, SourApplesAgave Nectar
HoneydewCranberriesApricotsBananas
JuicesGrapefruitBerriesBerries, Sweet
WatermelonGrapes, SourCherriesCherries, Sweet
Wheatgrass JuiceLemonsDatesGrapes, Sweet
Legumes, SproutedLimesFigs, FreshHoney, Raw
OrangesMangosMolasses
PineappleNectarinesPears
Plums, SourPapayaPersimmon
PomegranitePeachesYacon Syrup
StrawberriesPears
Strawberries12345Tomatoes Unspr



Starches

(2 - 3 Hrs)
Vegetables & Greens
(2 - 2 Hrs)
High Protein

(4+ Hrs)
Fats

(3 - 4 Hrs)
AvocadosArtichokesBlue-Green AlgaeAvocados
BeansAsparagusDried FruitCoconut Oil
Brown RiceBeetsLegumes, UnsproutedFlaxseed Oil
CarrotsBlue-Green AlgaeMature CoconutHemp Oil
CornBroccoliNuts, RawOlive Oil
Grains, SproutedBrussels SproutsOlivesOlives
JicamaCabbageSeeds, RawSafflower Oil
Legumes, SproutedCauliflowerSesame Oil
ParsnipCelerySunflower Oil
PotatosChives
Squash, WinterCorn, Raw
Sweet PotatosCucumbers
TurnipEggplant
Young CoconutGreen Beans
Leafy Greens
Leeks
Okra
Onions
Peppers
Radishes
Sea vegetables
Squash, Summer
Zucchini