Food Combining and Proper Amounts Try to avoid combining starches and proteins, due to the fact that proteins digest at a slower rate than carbohydrates. Also, the enzymes that digest proteins are different than those which digest carbohydrates. Improper food combining can lead to complications in the digestive system. (Yes, that means no meat & potatoes) To ensure proper food combining, you should select 75 percent of your daily food intake from alkaline-forming foods and 25 percent from acid-forming foods. Alkaline-forming Foods: --All green vegetables --All fruits, except citrus --Vegetable juices --Fruit juices, except citrus --Goat's milk --Raw honey Liquids For good health, Drink large quantities of liquids. Water, fruit and vegetable juices (fresh is best), and herbal teas. For best health the majority of it should be water. (The new rule of thumb for how much water to drink is�take your body weight and divide it in �. And that's how many oz. you should be drinking. For instance, if you weight 100 lbs. then you should be drinking 50 ozs. per day.) The best type of water is water that has been purified by reverse osmosis. For best digestion, don't drink ANYTHING with the meal, it waters down the digestive juices. Food Combining Chart Most of us are lucky enough to "get away with" eating most kinds of foods combined with any other kinds of foods. But there are many that have various difficulties in digesting their foods properly. It is suggested that for proper digestion everyone should try to follow proper food combining and also taking digestive enzymes. Enzymes do so much more than just help us digest our food properly. Those of us that think we are getting away with eating what ever we want all of the time are still having our health effected in ways that just have not shown symptoms yet. It is GOOD to eat ACID FRUITS with SUB- ACID FRUITS and it is GOOD to eat SUB-ACID FRUITS with SWEET FRUITS. But it is BAD to be eating ACID FRUITS with SWEET FRUITS. It is BAD to mix PROTEIN and STARCHES it is OK to mix PROTEINS and NON STARCHY or NON STARCHY with STARCHES. More Nutrition tips... Eat fruits alone, not combined with other foods. Melons should be eaten totally alone. Avocados may combine with celery, lettuce, nuts, sub-acid or acid fruits

Acid-forming Foods: --Eggs --Cheese --Sugar --Cereal --Breads --Meat --Fish --Chicken --Citrus & citrus juices

Acid Fruits Orange Grapefruit Kumquat Lemon Pineapple Strawberry Kiwi Tomatoes

Sub-Acid Fruits Mango Cherry Apple Peach Plum Berries Papaya Pear

Sweet Fruits Banana Date Persimmon Sapote Fresh Figs Grapes Lychees Dried Fruits

Proteins Nuts Seeds Peanuts Lentils Milk Cheese Eggs Tofu Fish Poultry Red Meats

Non-Starchy Celery Fresh Peas Brussel Sprouts Chinese Cabbage Broccoli Swiss Chard Sweet Pepper Mushrooms Onion-Garlic Spinich Lettuce Cucumber

Starches Potatoes Chestnuts Pumpkin Spaghetti Squash Winter Squash Carrots Yams Beets Dried Beans Corns Cereals Grains