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| '''Food combining''' (also known as '''trophology''') is a term for a ] approach that advocates specific combinations of foods |
'''Food combining''' (also known as '''trophology''') is a term for a ] approach that advocates NOT consuming specific combinations of foods, such as not mixing ]-rich foods and ]-rich foods in the same meal. The interactions of food types during digestion is central to good health, ideal digestion, and even weight loss. The mechanical movement within the intestines, called ] or peristaltic waves, is separate but related to digestive chemistry. | ||
| One benefit of this approach to eating is that foods that move through the intestines more quickly are ahead of the slower, more dense foods. Specifically, fruit is quick, carbohydrates are moderate and proteins are sluggish in the body. Food combining recommends meals in sequential order (ie melons and fruits first, than starches with vegetables, than proteins with vegetables) to allow each layer of food to process in your stomach at their required acid/alkaline balance. This method also optimizes velocity and chemical absorption of nutrition from ], the food within intestines. | |||
| One ] study of the efficacy of food-combining for weight loss has been reported in the ] medical literature and found no evidence that it was any more effective than a "balanced" diet.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Golay A, Allaz A, Ybarra J, Bianchi P, Saraiva S, Mensi N, Gomis R, de Tonnac N |title=Similar weight loss with low-energy food combining or balanced diets |journal=Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=492–496 |year=2000 |pmid=10805507 |doi=10.1038/sj.ijo.0801185}}</ref> | |||
| The ] is one type of food combining diet. | The ] is one type of food combining diet. | ||
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Food combining (also known as trophology) is a term for a nutritional approach that advocates NOT consuming specific combinations of foods, such as not mixing carbohydrate-rich foods and protein-rich foods in the same meal. The interactions of food types during digestion is central to good health, ideal digestion, and even weight loss. The mechanical movement within the intestines, called peristalsis or peristaltic waves, is separate but related to digestive chemistry.
One benefit of this approach to eating is that foods that move through the intestines more quickly are ahead of the slower, more dense foods. Specifically, fruit is quick, carbohydrates are moderate and proteins are sluggish in the body. Food combining recommends meals in sequential order (ie melons and fruits first, than starches with vegetables, than proteins with vegetables) to allow each layer of food to process in your stomach at their required acid/alkaline balance. This method also optimizes velocity and chemical absorption of nutrition from chyme, the food within intestines.
One randomized controlled trial study of the efficacy of food-combining for weight loss has been reported in the peer-reviewed medical literature and found no evidence that it was any more effective than a "balanced" diet.
The Hay diet is one type of food combining diet.
References
- Golay A, Allaz A, Ybarra J, Bianchi P, Saraiva S, Mensi N, Gomis R, de Tonnac N (2000). "Similar weight loss with low-energy food combining or balanced diets". Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 24 (4): 492–496. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0801185. PMID 10805507.
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