Alan,

Thank you for the guidelines, however, I have been following these
guidelines for years and I wanted more in-depth information.  Like are
bananas acidic or not and is it good to eat them with citrus fruit or
not? Like should tomatoes be considered as fruit or can they be used in
a salad? Etc.

I think I'm doing pretty well with it, because I have eliminated meat,
dairy and eggs from my diet - so I pretty much can't go wrong with
anything I eat.  My main concern at the moment are the quantities - I'm
finding that I am either hungry all the time or I am eating too much...
I'm looking for a happy medium, which will satisfy my pleasure in eating
and sustain my physiological nutritional needs.  I thought proper
combining might be the answer - because I don't think it's what I am
eating at the moment but rather how I am eating it.

For instance, this morning I've had 2 bananas, a pear and a small orange
(I don't know what they are called in English) and I am stuffed!!! I
feel like I'm about to explode.  I've tried cutting down to like 1-2
pieces of fruit in the morning, but then I find myself starving hungry
at 11am! Any advise???

For lunch I have a nice live salad, usually with organic whole wheat
bread (spread with avocado) with no condiments (dressing, oil, salt
etc.)

Dinner varies mostly depending on the time I get round to it.  If I
exercise (tennis/work-out) after work (sitting in an office in front of
the computer for 9-14 hours a day) I will have fruit for dinner.
Otherwise I will have rice (or some other starch) with fresh or steamed
vegetables, or soup with bread, or another salad, or bread with humous
(ground chick-peas with tahini, olive oil and garlic) and a small salad.
As a rule if I eat something cooked, it will be with a salad - this way
I don't eat as much cooked as I would if I didn't have the salad and I
feel that the vegetables help the cooked stuff go down better (?!).

I am 30 years old and have only started this way of life about 6 months
ago.  So far so good, but I have had to start taking B12 pills because 3
months ago my levels went way below normal and they wanted to give me
shots.
Any comments?

I recently got my own colema board and I strongly believe in colon
irrigation - it has really changed my life.
What are your views on this?

I didn't mean to bombard you with all of this, it sort of just came out.
I hope you (and the rest of the people on the list) don't mind.  Someone
did say a few posts ago that it would be nice (and I agree) to get a
more personal idea of what people do, and think.  I'd love to hear your
views and thoughts (I've been following your posts...)

Regards to all,
Leah




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        Subject:        Re: Food Combining

        Hi Leah,

        > Does anyone know where I can read about proper food combining
- with
        > examples because I'm not always sure what is starch, sweet
fruit, acid
        > food etc. to be sure I'm following the correct guidelines.
        >
        I'm not a food combiner any more...except that I still eat
        fruit on its own..but the following should give you an
        indication.

        Think of carbos as sweet fruits, nuts, grains (and flour and
        flour products such as bread etc.), bananas, potatoes and rice.

        Think of proteins in food combining as animal proteins (like
        meat, meat products, eggs, milk and cheese).

        Think of neutral foods in combining as vegetables (raw or
        cooked, including anything which goes to make up a raw
        vegetable salad).

        Think of fruits as basically citrus fruits (even though this
        is not always the case of course)

        Food combining means you can eat carbos with neutrals or
        (animal) proteins with neutrals but never carbos and
        (animal) proteins together and never fruit with
        anything else.

        Thus (if you still eat cooked..which I do not), always
        eat fruit only for breakfast (or any other of the usual two
        other meals, i.e. lunch and evening meal) and never
        eat meat with potatoes or rice or bread etc. (only
        with vegetables and/or salad) and only eat potatoes or
        rice or bread with either veggies or raw salads.

        Hope this helps. It certainly helps to loose weight
        effectively (and without the yo-yo effect if you stick to
        it indefinitely) but it is not a diet that I would
        personally recommend for promoting health in the long
        term, although certainly better than "normal" eating as
        it is less energy-intensive on the digestive system
        (which you will soon discover for yourself).

        Best regards,

        Alan