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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

• Alkaline diet
• Fit for Life
• Foodpairing
• Michel Montignac
• Raw foodism
• List of diets

References

1. ^ 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
2. 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)
3. "melons do not digest well with other foods and will frequently cause problems unless consumed separate from other food" Dr. Wayne Pickering, Naturopathic Physician
4. Natalya Frolova, Registered Nutritionist, Food Combining chart

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• Diets