Do you follow the proper food combinations?
For instance, how many of us are aware that we should not take fruits and milk or curd together? Ayurveda speaks of incompatible diet combinations which may contribute to toxins and ill health. It
is my attempt to list a few food combinations you should try to avoid.
1. Avoid eating fruits along with starchy foods. Bread, rice or potatoes should not be savored along with lemons, oranges,
grapefruits, pineapples, tomatoes or other sour fruits. Fructose(fruit sugar) is digested quickly, whereas starch takes
more time resulting in indigestion and related ailments. Instead, foods like tomatoes can be enjoyed with with protein/fat foods like nuts, cheese and avocados.
2. Do not take cold beverages along with a meal. Always "sip" lukewarm water instead.
3. Never take milk with citrus fruits, cheese or fish. Always take milk and melon varieties alone. Warm milk is healthier than cold milk.
4. Avoid eating two concentrated proteins together! Theory says that each proteins has different "style" of digestion. So, don't
eat meat protein and milk protein together.
5. Curd should never accompany egg, fish, meat etc. So forget marinating non vegetarian items in curd from now on. Neither should curd be cooked or taken at night.
6. Do not eat a salad with tomato and cucumber together! The Vitamin C in the tomato gets destroyed by the cucumber. In the same way, avoid squeezing lemon on cucumber salad.
7. If you are eating mangoes, cheese, curd, fish or starchy foods avoid drinking hot beverages.
8. Additionally, it is recommendable to begin a starchy or cooked meal with a green salad.
9. Fruits are always good to be taken alone.
10. Instead of curd, Ayurveda speaks about buttermilk with a pinch of salt, pepper, curry leaves and ginger. There is no concept of "dessert" in Ayurvedic diet.
But experts also believe that sometimes human body can get used to such incompatible food combinations if continued for a long time. more
For instance, how many of us are aware that we should not take fruits and milk or curd together? Ayurveda speaks of incompatible diet combinations which may contribute to toxins and ill health. It
is my attempt to list a few food combinations you should try to avoid.
1. Avoid eating fruits along with starchy foods. Bread, rice or potatoes should not be savored along with lemons, oranges,
grapefruits, pineapples, tomatoes or other sour fruits. Fructose(fruit sugar) is digested quickly, whereas starch takes
more time resulting in indigestion and related ailments. Instead, foods like tomatoes can be enjoyed with with protein/fat foods like nuts, cheese and avocados.
2. Do not take cold beverages along with a meal. Always "sip" lukewarm water instead.
3. Never take milk with citrus fruits, cheese or fish. Always take milk and melon varieties alone. Warm milk is healthier than cold milk.
4. Avoid eating two concentrated proteins together! Theory says that each proteins has different "style" of digestion. So, don't
eat meat protein and milk protein together.
5. Curd should never accompany egg, fish, meat etc. So forget marinating non vegetarian items in curd from now on. Neither should curd be cooked or taken at night.
6. Do not eat a salad with tomato and cucumber together! The Vitamin C in the tomato gets destroyed by the cucumber. In the same way, avoid squeezing lemon on cucumber salad.
7. If you are eating mangoes, cheese, curd, fish or starchy foods avoid drinking hot beverages.
8. Additionally, it is recommendable to begin a starchy or cooked meal with a green salad.
9. Fruits are always good to be taken alone.
10. Instead of curd, Ayurveda speaks about buttermilk with a pinch of salt, pepper, curry leaves and ginger. There is no concept of "dessert" in Ayurvedic diet.
But experts also believe that sometimes human body can get used to such incompatible food combinations if continued for a long time. more
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True Brij ji. Baba Ramdev suggests a juice of Kheera and Tomato for good health. If the statement in the above post were correct, then Baba Ramdev would not suggest. And all accept that fruits should be taken either some time before meals or a couple of hours after lunch. more
Apr 29
Durga ji, these are very useful tips, however, there are some, which do not seem to be doing any harm like - eating tomato and cucumber in salad is common practice, squeezing lemon on salad is common and considered to be good, taking curd is equally good as buttermilk. Further, I had read in one of these posts only that fruits should not be taken after meal or along with meal, these should be eaten some time before food. more
Apr 29
