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| '''Food combining''' (also known as '''trophology''') is a term for a ] approach that advocates specific combinations of foods as central to good health and weight loss (such as not mixing ]-rich foods and ]-rich foods in the same meal). It has been described by medical health experts as a "] system" and ].<ref name="Raso 1993">Raso, Jack. (1993). ''Vitalistic Gurus and Their Legacies''. In |
'''Food combining''' (also known as '''trophology''') is a term for a ] approach that advocates specific combinations of foods as central to good health and weight loss (such as not mixing ]-rich foods and ]-rich foods in the same meal). It has been described by medical health experts as a "] system" and ].<ref name="Raso 1993">Raso, Jack. (1993). ''Vitalistic Gurus and Their Legacies''. In ]. ''The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America''. Prometheus Books. pp. 236-240. ISBN 0-87975-855-4</ref> | ||
| It was originally promoted by ] in his book ''Food Combining Made Easy'' (1951).<ref name="Raso 1993"/> | It was originally promoted by ] in his book ''Food Combining Made Easy'' (1951).<ref name="Raso 1993"/> | ||
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Food combining (also known as trophology) is a term for a nutritional approach that advocates specific combinations of foods as central to good health and weight loss (such as not mixing carbohydrate-rich foods and protein-rich foods in the same meal). It has been described by medical health experts as a "pseudo-scientific system" and quackery.
It was originally promoted by Herbert M. Shelton in his book Food Combining Made Easy (1951).
The best-known food-combining diet is the Hay Diet; Hay lost 30 pounds in 3 months when he implemented his research. One randomized controlled trial of food combining has been performed, and found no evidence that food combining was any more effective than a "balanced" diet in promoting weight loss.
Food combining adherents believe that watermelon and other melons should be consumed separately from other foods.
See also
References
- ^ Raso, Jack. (1993). Vitalistic Gurus and Their Legacies. In Stephen Barrett. The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America. Prometheus Books. pp. 236-240. ISBN 0-87975-855-4
- 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "melons do not digest well with other foods and will frequently cause problems unless consumed separate from other food" Dr. Wayne Pickering, Naturopathic Physician
- Natalya Frolova, Registered Nutritionist, Food Combining chart
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