Ibn Sina, for example, in the "Canon of Medicine" considers in detail which types of food can be consumed at one time and which are not. Ignorance of these rules leads to the fact that very often you can see how at dinner people eat first a plate of cottage cheese with bread, then pea soup with meat, potatoes and also bread, then porridge with azu, wash it all down with sweet compote or, more better, juice (and even with a cake!) And, finally, they seize with an orange or an apple (they say it’s healthy ...).

A familiar picture, isn't it? But as a result of such a “lunch”, none of the listed products can be normally digested and assimilated.

The resulting calories will barely cover the costs of digestion and neutralization of toxins, the excretory system will groan from the flow of poisons formed when food is spoiled in the stomach and intestines.

An apple, for example, eaten on an empty stomach, leaves it in 15-20 minutes, an orange even faster. And what happens when fruit enters a full stomach, that is, after another meal? They cannot move into the intestines and after the same 15-20 minutes they simply begin to rot.

With unnatural combinations of products or with an excessive amount of food eaten, the stomach is disturbed, and then intestinal digestion. Underdigested, long lingering masses become the prey of putrefactive bacteria. The flow of toxins hits the liver, kidneys, poisons the whole body and leads to numerous diseases.

The founder of the theory of separate nutrition, G. Shelton, whose work is now used by nutritionists around the world, wrote:

“We do not benefit from food that is not digestible. Eating and at the same time spoiling food in the digestive tract is a waste of food. But even worse, spoiled food leads to the formation of poisons that are very harmful ... An amazing number of cases food allergies disappears completely when patients begin to eat food in the right combinations. Such people suffer not from allergies, but from indigestion of food. Allergy - is a term applied to protein poisoning. Abnormal digestion carries into the bloodstream not nutrients, but poisons.

The following is the classification food products with indications of ideal, acceptable and harmful combinations. All products are divided into 10 groups.

Group 1. Sweet fruits

Bananas, dates, persimmons, figs, all dried fruits, raisins, dried melons. Fruit is a fast digesting food. Sweet fruits linger in the stomach a little longer, more sour - less. All fruits are best eaten separately from other foods. It is especially harmful to use them as desserts after meals. In this case, they cause fermentation (especially sweet fruits). The same applies to fruit juices.

Both fruits and juices are best consumed as a separate meal or half an hour or an hour before a meal, but so that at least 3 hours have passed after the previous meal.

Sweet fruits are ideally combined with each other (raisins with prunes) and with semi-acid fruits (persimmon with apple).

Sweet fruits can also be combined with cream, sour cream, herbs, sour-milk products. Dried fruits in small quantities it is permissible to add to some cereals (for example, pilaf with raisins or dried apricots, etc.)

The peculiarities of our digestion do not seem to prevent combining any fruits and vegetables, but their joint use is still undesirable. People instinctively feel this, and few people think of eating persimmon with cucumber or dates with cabbage. But there are exceptions. Permissible, for example, apple-carrot puree, vegetable salads with cranberries or with lemon juice and etc.

Group 2. Semi-acid fruits

Sometimes they are called semi-sweet. These are mango, blueberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, as well as sweet-tasting apples, pears, cherries, plums, grapes, apricots, peaches, etc. This also includes watermelons.

Semi sour fruits perfectly combined with each other, with sweet fruits (pear with figs), with sour fruits (apple with tangerine) and with fermented milk products (grapes with kefir).

Compatible with cream, sour cream, herbs, as well as protein products containing a lot of fat - cheese, nuts, fatty cottage cheese. Some berries can be consumed with warm milk.

Combinations with other protein foods (meat, eggs, fish, mushrooms, legumes) are harmful, mainly due to the difference in digestion speed. Even less desirable compounds with starches.

Peaches, blueberries, blueberries, grapes, as well as melons are known for their special “delicacy”. They are excellently digested when eaten on their own, but are incompatible with any other food (except some semi-acidic fruits). It is best to eat them not before or after a meal, but as a meal.

By their properties, tomatoes also belong to the group of semi-acid fruits due to their high acid content. But, like all vegetables, tomatoes do not go well with fruits and, unlike fruits, are relatively well compatible with proteins and vegetables.

Group 3. Sour fruits

Oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, pineapples, pomegranates, lemons, currants, blackberries, cranberries; as well as sour taste: apples, pears, plums, apricots, grapes, etc. They go well with each other, with semi-acid fruits, with fermented milk products, cream, sour cream, fatty cottage cheese. Combinations with nuts, cheeses, herbs are acceptable.

Incompatible with animal protein products, legumes, starches and less compatible vegetables.

Group 4. Compatible vegetables

cucumbers, raw cabbage(except color), radish, Bell pepper, green beans, radish, onion, garlic, beets, turnips, rutabaga, carrots, young pumpkin, young zucchini, lettuce and some others.

They go well with almost any food, contributing to its better absorption: with proteins (meat with cucumber, carrots with cottage cheese), fats (cabbage with butter), with all vegetables, starches (bread with beets), herbs.

All vegetables are not compatible with milk. Connections with fruit are also undesirable, although exceptions are possible.

Group 5. Less compatible vegetables

Cauliflower, boiled White cabbage, green peas, late pumpkin, late zucchini, eggplant.

They are successfully combined with starches (zucchini with bread) and with all vegetables, with fats (eggplants with sour cream), with herbs. It is permissible to combine with cheese.

Less desirable combinations with animal proteins ( cauliflower with meat, green peas with egg).

Incompatible with fruits and milk.

Group 6. Starchy foods

Wheat, rye, oats and their products (bread, pasta, etc.); cereals: buckwheat, rice, millet, etc.; potatoes, chestnuts, ripe corn.

Ideal with herbs, fats and all vegetables.

It is also possible to connect different kinds starches among themselves, however, such combinations are not recommended for people prone to fullness. In addition, different cereals and grains differ greatly in the composition of proteins, and ideally it is better not to mix them.

When eating starchy foods with fats, it is also recommended to eat something from greens or vegetables.

Harmful combinations of starches with proteins, especially animals (bread with meat, potatoes with fish), with milk and dairy products (porridge with milk, kefir with bread), with sugars (bun with jam, porridge with sugar), with any fruit and fruit juices.

Group 7. Protein products

Meat, fish, eggs; cottage cheese, cheese, cheese; milk, curdled milk, kefir, etc.; dry beans, beans, lentils and peas; nuts, seeds; mushrooms.

Ideal with herbs and compatible vegetables. Moreover, these products contribute to the good digestion of proteins and the removal of many toxic compounds.

The exception here is milk, which is best drunk separately.

Moreover, warm (but not boiled!) Milk is most easily digested. Milk can sometimes be combined with fruit, but the tolerance of such compounds in different people is not the same.

It is acceptable to use proteins with fats, and animal proteins are better combined with animal fats, and vegetable proteins - i with animal fats, and with vegetable. But fats slow down digestion, so it is advisable to add vegetables and greens to the combination of proteins with fats.

Proteins are incompatible with starchy foods, fruits and sugars.

Exceptions - cottage cheese, cheese, dairy products, nuts, seeds, which can sometimes be consumed with fruits.

Group 8. Greens

Lettuce, nettle, plantain, green onion, sorrel, goutweed, coriander, parsley, acacia, rose petals, clover, dill, etc.

Greens are combined with any food, except milk. For normal health, it is recommended to eat a bunch of greens every day. Its use with starches and proteins is especially useful, in this case it promotes excellent digestion, neutralizes toxins, replenishes the deficiency of fine prana and vitamins, and improves peristalsis.

Group 9. Fats

Butter and ghee, cream, sour cream; vegetable oils; lard and other animal fats. Sometimes fatty meats are also included in this group, oily fish, nuts.

The general property of fats is that they inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, especially if consumed at the beginning of a meal. At the same time, fats soften the negative effect of some unsuccessful food combinations. For example, low-fat cottage cheese with bread and sour cream will be better digested than the same cottage cheese with bread, but without sour cream (although cottage cheese with bread is a very unfortunate example).

Fats are ideally combined with greens, with vegetables (salad with sour cream), with starchy foods (porridge with butter). Sometimes it is acceptable to combine fats with fruits, especially berries (strawberries with sour cream).

It is undesirable to combine fats with sugars (cream with sugar, confectionery). Here the negative effects of the inhibitory action of fats are particularly pronounced.

It is also not recommended to jointly consume animal fats and plant origin, although exceptions are possible. Vegetable oil, for example, goes relatively well with fish, which contains unsaturated fats, and much worse with meat. Melted butter often goes better with other products than cream.

Group 10. Sahara

White and yellow sugar, fructose, jam, syrups, honey, molasses.

In combination with proteins and starches, they cause fermentation, and contribute to spoilage of other products.

It is best to consume sweets separately (if at all). For example, arrange tea with jam or sweets for an afternoon snack. In principle, 2-3 sweets, if you really want to, you can eat 40-60 minutes before a meal, but in no case after a meal!

An exception to general rule is honey. It contains substances that prevent decay and is compatible in small quantities with many foods (except animal food). But honey is biologically strong active agent, and eating it every day is not desirable (so that the body does not get used to it). Sometimes you can drink herbal tea with honey, or add a teaspoon of honey to porridge or salad.

Many people have heard about the idea of ​​product compatibility, but few people have resorted to it in practice. It seems difficult, requiring willpower, which is sorely lacking. In fact, such a system does not require great moral costs, because it does not involve a hunger strike or any restrictions, but the observance certain rules. The theory of separate nutrition for the purpose of losing weight, popular in the early 19th century, still finds its supporters. There are also many opponents who expose the very idea and its founder.

Separate nutrition is based on the idea of ​​food compatibility, which is the same for all people. Shelton believed that the enzymes produced by the stomach to digest food different kind, differ. So, the enzymes needed to break down carbohydrates will not be able to process proteins and vice versa. If you eat one type of food at a time, this will greatly facilitate the process of digestion and assimilation.

If preference is given to traditional food, in which different ingredients are mixed, then the stomach begins to secrete several enzymes at once. As a result, some foods are broken down faster, others slower, which leads to their long stay in the stomach. This, in turn, entails the processes of fermentation, decay, causes intoxication of the body, metabolic processes are disturbed. Consequently - overweight, slagging, feeling unwell.

According to Shelton and his followers, separate food groups should not be combined with each other, they should be consumed only after the previous food is digested and assimilated. Following the system of separate nutrition, it is necessary to abandon tea and coffee, store-bought juices, products containing preservatives, since the ingredients have already been mixed here.

Food groups requiring the production of different enzymes

Separate nutrition for weight loss has the main rule: never eat proteins with carbohydrates at the same time. In order for proteins to be digested, an acidic environment is needed; for the breakdown of carbohydrates, an alkaline environment is needed. If you eat proteins together with carbohydrates, alkaline and acidic enzymes will be simultaneously released for absorption, neutralizing each other. As a result, the digestion process will noticeably slow down, not all food will be processed in the stomach.

Products requiring an acidic environment (protein food):

• all types of meat;
• eggs of any bird;
• Fish and seafood;
• milk and milk products (including cheeses);
• mushrooms and nuts.

Starch is considered one of the most common carbohydrates. Starchy vegetables include potatoes, green peas, pumpkin, zucchini, cabbage, carrots, and beets. Little starch is found in green vegetables: cucumbers, celery and others. Carbohydrates in the form of sugar are found in honey, sweet fruits and dried fruits. This group of products will require an alkaline environment. In addition, it is necessary for the processing of cereals and flour products, bananas, chocolate and sweets, and other sweets. Beer also belongs to carbohydrates, so its combination with fish and meat is unacceptable.

Fats are vegetable oils, fatty meats and fish, nuts and seeds. Semi-acid fruits - sweet apples, pears, apricots and peaches, plums, many berries.

Unacceptable combinations with separate meals

Based on data on the composition of foods that require different enzymes for digestion, Shelton deduced combinations that should not be taken together:

1. Protein + protein (especially saturated). You can not combine, for example, meat and fish, add eggs or nuts to them. All this contains a protein that is qualitatively different from each other. For the digestion of such dishes, a considerable amount of gastric juice is needed, processed and passed through digestive tract they will be very long. This results in discomfort: gas formation, bloating, disturbances in the work of the intestines.
2. Proteins + fats (including vegetable). Fat envelops the stomach, preventing gastric juice be produced in sufficient quantities to process and digest the protein. As a result, the food is digested longer, some of it remains unprocessed at all.
3. Proteins + acids. Sour fruits should not be eaten with protein foods: meat, eggs, cottage cheese. The acid secreted by the stomach is enough to break them down. Fruits only slow down the process, cause hyperacidity, heartburn. You can’t eat sour fruits immediately after protein: protein is digested mainly in the stomach, so it stays there for 4-6 hours, while the absorption of fruits and berries occurs in the intestines, they are in the stomach for only half an hour. Staying here longer, they start to roam, everyone beneficial features break apart.
4. Carbohydrates + acids. Digestion of carbohydrates requires an alkaline environment, while excessive acidity leads to the destruction of the enzyme ptyalin, which is necessary for the breakdown of carbohydrates.
5. Carbohydrates + carbohydrates. rich in carbohydrates food slows down the digestion process and slows down the metabolism. Excess carbohydrates are stored in the body as fat. That's why you shouldn't mashed potatoes eat bread.
6. Carbohydrates + sugar. sweet food doesn't match with anything at all. If you really want to treat yourself to a piece of cake or your favorite sweets, it is better to do it separately from the rest, as an independent meal, and not as an addition to it in the form of a dessert. It is better to eat sweets before lunch, so that this does not affect weight loss.
7. Milk should not be consumed with anything, only as an independent drink that replaces a meal. In general, Sheldon believed that a person can do without milk. This is a kids product. Each animal has a special composition of milk (completely different properties of cow, goat, breast milk). It is practically not processed by the body, so there is little benefit from it.
8. Melon is very useful, contains many vitamins and minerals, cleanses the body. But you need to eat it strictly separately. If you use it in conjunction with any other food, it will not bring benefits.

Food compatibility table for separate meals

How to use the table

The table below the numbers shows the main product groups (vertically and horizontally). To understand whether certain ingredients can be combined when cooking, it is enough to find them, find out the numbers and look at the color that appears when they intersect. For example, fish and meat (1) go well with non-starchy vegetables (11), and their combination with starchy vegetables is acceptable (12). But the rest of the cells are painted in red - these are the products that cannot be consumed together with meat.

Sample menu for 1 day (taking into account the data in the table)

Guided by the principles of combination, it is not difficult to create a menu with separate meals.

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with greens (protein version)
Porridge boiled in water (carbohydrate option)

Dinner
Boiled chicken breast or steamed fish (protein option)
Baked (boiled) potatoes or pasta (carb option)

Dinner
Cottage cheese or kefir (yogurt without additives)
Salad of fresh vegetables or fruits (carbohydrate option)

It's important to know: Carbohydrate food should alternate with protein, fat or acidic foods. So, if protein food was eaten for breakfast, then carbohydrate food for lunch, and dinner should consist of fruits.

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Advantages of separate power supply

Many diets are based on the rejection of some products, restrictions, which often causes malfunctions in the body, which does not receive the necessary substances in full. For the same reason, it is difficult for diets to cope with excess weight, since after stress the body stores substances for the future in case of another shortage. Separate consumption is not a diet in the conventional sense, but rather a system proper nutrition which can be followed at all times. In addition to losing weight, adherents of the system consider the advantages of separate nutrition:

1. Normalization of metabolism. Wrong work digestive system often becomes the cause of excess body weight. Establishment metabolic processes leads to the fact that food does not stay in the body longer than usual, all unnecessary substances leave it in a timely manner, without being deposited in the form of fat.
2. Establishment of work of cardio-vascular system. Since the processes of decay and fermentation completely stop in the body with separate nutrition, the decay products, the main cause of atherosclerotic vascular lesions, do not enter the bloodstream. With this approach, almost all cholesterol is removed, and the new one no longer accumulates.
3. Diverse menu. You can use almost everything. The main thing is to stick to compatibility. When following the principles of separate nutrition, there is no feeling of hunger, since the goal is not to limit, but to improve digestion and assimilation of food. It is noted, however, that the portion should not exceed 300-400 g at a time.

Separate nutrition does not involve eating food at regular intervals. It's important to wait light feeling hunger, then start eating. For some, two times is enough. If the next day you want to eat three times, you do not need to suppress hunger. Sooner or later, the body will choose a mode for itself.

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Arguments of supporters and opponents of separate nutrition

Proponents of separate nutrition base their assumptions not on any research, but on the belief that initially a person, like other mammals, consumed food unchanged (that is, only meat or only vegetables). Over time, people have learned to mix different ingredients to improve the taste.

Opponents argue that a system of separate nutrition is basically impossible, because there are practically no products containing only protein or only carbohydrates (except sugar and egg protein). They also debunk the basic idea of ​​“food rotting in the stomach”, from which, according to Shelton, health problems and excess weight arise.

Doctors (S. Baxter, E. Chedia, L. Vasilevskaya and others) proved that, in addition to gastric enzymes, pancreatic enzymes are involved in the processing. In addition, R. Minvaleev, a physiologist and candidate of biological sciences, notes that only pre-processing of food occurs in the stomach, it is split and absorbed completely in duodenum. All possible enzymes are produced here, regardless of which type follows the digestive tract (only protein, only carbohydrate, acidic or mixed).

Much that a person consumes together really requires the production of various enzymes, but they do not interfere with each other, but complement and help break down indigestible substances. This leads to the fact that the food is quickly processed, and its remains leave the body without harming it. Opponents of the separate power supply system cite the following arguments:

1. Meat protein will be digested worse if not consumed with carbohydrates (bread or vegetables), which activate the production of pancreatic enzymes necessary for protein processing in the intestines.
2. Acidic fruits help absorb iron, so they are often eaten with grains.
3. Fiber, which is abundant in any vegetable, is important for correct operation and timely bowel cleansing. Vegetables have always been considered a great addition to meat, because the fiber they contain is necessary for proper bowel function and cleansing.

Nonetheless, separate meals for weight loss is suitable by reducing the calorie content of food and streamlining its intake. Much of what Shelton suggested is the foundation of a healthy diet. For example, everyone knows that it is better not to fry meat (proteins + fats), but to boil, stew or steam it. And fruits are really better to eat separately, they are absorbed together with fats.

AT Ayurveda there is a large section, which is called - "Compatibility of products with each other." It is very important to know the compatibility of products with each other, since in the process of joint digestion of incompatible products, poisons and toxins can occur.

Pay attention to your eating habits and try to get rid of bad ones. For example, often after a meal in a restaurant, we are served fruit for dessert or a fruit salad. So, if you eat an apple immediately after dinner, then a process of fermentation and gas formation will occur. So, an apple eaten immediately after a meal will be digested in 30 minutes and will begin to rot while all other food will still be digested.

It's believed that fruits can only be mixed with fruits. And sweet fruits can only be mixed with sweet ones, sour fruits only with sour ones. Melon and watermelon don't go well with anything. That is, ending the meal with a watermelon is categorically not welcome.

Do not mix fruits and vegetables. The only exceptions are 5 fruits: pineapple, dates, pomegranate, raisins and lemon. Only these fruits can be mixed with vegetables.

Cereals are not recommended to be mixed with other grains.. Mixes of cereals and breakfast cereals, which are sold in stores like "Seven Cereals", or "5 Cereals", and other mixtures are not useful! They only make you weaker. The fact is that each type of grain is digested in its own time. And the mixture takes longer to digest. The same can be said about bad eating habits: it is not recommended, for example, to eat porridge with bread, since you eat two cereals, say rice and wheat. Similarly, I can say about the mixture of black and white rice, which is sold in stores. Do not use this mixture, as these are two different varieties grain crops.

Legumes can also be mixed with each other. For example, you can combine beans and lentils.

You can also mix grains with legumes.. Grains and legumes individually are digested by 40%, and cooked together are digested by 80% each.

Milk doesn't mix with anything.. Remember childhood: glass fresh milk, a crust of bread ... Tasty, but, unfortunately, not healthy. The fact is that milk can be consumed either in the morning or in the evening, and cereals for lunch. So, just milk and a crust of bread do not combine in terms of the time of their use.

Recently, a lot of different studies have been carried out, which say that milk is not digested, not absorbed, causes discomfort in the stomach and is not useful at all. So, milk is a specific product, and if it is used incorrectly, then, of course, there will be discomfort. Try some milk with pickles… In addition, the milk that is subjected to such “research” in quotation marks is, as a rule, milk from tetrapacks, pasteurized, sterilized or reconstituted from milk powder. It is difficult to call such a product even milk.

Let's reveal one secret: milk is a blissful sattvic product, and for people who are in a state of tamas, milk causes discomfort. The body of these people, as a rule, is slagged, clogged with "garbage" from the use of alcohol, meat, tobacco, and is destroyed by an unhealthy lifestyle. Such an organism is not able to take milk. So, the secret is just that if you want to help a person break out of the state of deep tamas, reveal his potential, return love to his life, help get rid of harmful bad habits then give him milk. Just do it right. Start with a teaspoon at night, gradually increasing the intake. Mix milk with spices, so it is better absorbed, and it seems tastier. In this case, use natural country milk or the most natural milk. On how to determine whether milk is good or not, look at the recipe for making paneer cheese, and you will understand what we are talking about.

Let's recap: milk in pure form- This is a separate product that can be consumed only in the evening (and in the morning). Drinking milk is a separate meal. Various dishes that use milk, such as soups or cereals, are separate products in which the milk is processed and changes its properties. Such dishes using milk, of course, can be consumed.

Honey and ghee must not be mixed in the same dish in a one-to-one ratio.. Even despite the fact that honey and ghee are one of the most valuable products. These are not just products, but medicinal products. And in the dish, priority should be given to one of these products. By the way, delivery to the body medicinal substances using alcohol is considered the most aggressive method of drug delivery. Therefore, in Ayurveda, medicines are mainly made with honey or ghee oil, without the use of alcohol.

Below we provide a small list of products that are not compatible with each other. Study it and apply this knowledge in the preparation of your daily diet.

Incompatible:

• Milk and bananas, yogurt, eggs, melon, fish, meat, sour fruits, rice and legume pilafs, yeast bread;
• Melon and grains, starch, fried foods, dairy products;
• Yogurt and milk, melon, sour fruits, hot drinks (including tea and coffee), starch, cheese, bananas;
• Starches and eggs, bananas, milk, dates;
• Honey and an equal amount of ghee (honey is toxic when heated above 40 degrees);
• Nightshade (potatoes, tomatoes, etc.) and yogurt, milk, melon, cucumbers;
• Corn and dates, raisins, bananas;
• Lemon and yogurt, milk, cucumbers, tomatoes;
• Eggs and milk, meat, yogurt, melon, cheese, fish, bananas;
• Radishes and milk, bananas, raisins;
• Fruit with any other food. Fruits should not be mixed with other products (including dairy products) - in this case, they cause fermentation, gas formation. Exception: pomegranate, pineapple, lemon (lime), dates, raisins (can be mixed with other foods, such as vegetables).

Separate nutrition, like the system based on the food pyramid, refers to the "omnivorous" type of nutrition. The main idea of ​​separate nutrition is not to eat products that are incompatible with each other at the same time.

In this article, we will look at the basic principles of separate nutrition, the pros and cons of separate nutrition, and the use of a separate nutrition system for weight loss.

I have compiled a handy food compatibility list for separate meals: food categories are arranged in order according to the principles of separate meals.

SEPARATE POWER

The principles of separate nutrition.

All food components are conventionally divided into 3 main groups - proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Fats are compatible with almost all types of foods. But proteins and carbohydrates do not combine with each other, since protein digestion requires an acidic environment, and carbohydrates require an alkaline one.

Different products require various conditions for assimilation, and their digestion takes different time. For example, fruits are digested in 30 minutes, and meat passes through the digestive tract for several hours. If incompatible products enter the stomach together, the longest digestion process starts. As a result, poorly digested foods do not leave gastrointestinal tract for a long time, causing putrefactive processes, poisoning the body, settling on the walls of the intestine in the form of toxins and contributing to obesity.

In addition, nutrients from incompatible foods are poorly absorbed. Minerals and vitamins are also not fully absorbed.

The matter is complicated by the fact that proteins, fats and carbohydrates are present together in almost all products, although in different proportions. Thus, it is impossible to completely separate proteins, fats and carbohydrates. In addition, proteins, fats and carbohydrates differ in their composition.

Therefore, in separate nutrition, products are not divided into 3 categories, but into 18 (see).

The principles of separate nutrition are simple:

1. Eat only compatible foods at one meal.
2. Observe a break between meals (2 hours). In addition to fruits, after which you can eat other foods after 15-20 minutes.

A break is needed so that the food is completely digested and removed from the body before a new portion arrives. In addition, a two-hour break gives rest to the digestive system.

Compatibility of products with separate meals.

There is different variants separation of products according to compatibility with separate meals. We'll take the most full list- 18 product categories:

Products belonging to the same category are combined with each other and can be consumed in one meal. The compatibility of products from different categories is listed below (at). In accordance with, products from compatible categories can be consumed in one meal, but incompatible products cannot.

In the product compatibility list for a separate power system, it is indicated for each category of products:

• What products are compatible with (a combination of such products in one meal is possible and desirable).
• Which products are compatible with average (a combination of such products is acceptable, but not desirable).
• Product categories not mentioned should not be used with products in this category - they are not compatible.

Distributed food compatibility tables for separate meals, in which all categories are mixed together. Looking at such tables, it is difficult to grasp the logic that underlies the compatibility of products. I tried to place the categories of products in such an order that allows you to understand the system of separate nutrition and remember which products are compatible and which are not.

Product compatibility list for separate meals:

1. Meat (red meat, poultry meat) and fish.

2 eggs .

Medium Compatibility:

3. Butter, cream.

Good Compatibility:

Medium Compatibility:

4. Sour cream.

Good Compatibility:

Medium Compatibility:

5. Milk.

Medium Compatibility:

6. Sour-milk products, cottage cheese.

Good Compatibility:

Medium Compatibility:

7. Cheese, cheese.

Good Compatibility:

Medium Compatibility:

8. Sugar, confectionery, jams, syrups.

In accordance with the principles of separate nutrition, confectionery goes well with green vegetables, because it helps to neutralize harmful effect these products. But who wants to eat a piece of cake with lettuce and parsley? therefore, we can say that confectionery, jams and syrups do not combine with anything.

9. Vegetable oil.

Raw unrefined oil, preferably cold pressed.

Good Compatibility:

Medium Compatibility:

Advantages of separate food.

Disadvantages of separate meals.

• The principles of separate nutrition do not stipulate which foods should be included in the daily menu in order to provide the body with all the necessary nutrients. To prevent a shortage of any substances (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals), you should diversify your diet as much as possible. When compiling a menu, you can use the food pyramid.
• The main claim made to a separate diet is that a separate diet "disaccustoms" the body to digest incompatible foods. As a result, if in the future a person eats incompatible foods, he will "earn" indigestion. If it is impossible for you to try all the dishes on festive table- anyway, that disability, then separate meals are not for you.
• Often, when switching to a separate diet, a person feels constant hunger. Many people think that this is how it should be. I have reason to believe that this is not true. By itself, separate meals should not cause any discomfort. A constant feeling of hunger can occur if you have drastically changed your diet. Separate nutrition does not require such a change. To avoid constant hunger when switching to a separate diet, you need to divide the usual dishes into components and make a new menu out of them, in accordance with the principles of a separate diet (combining compatible products with each other). Thus, the daily diet will remain the same - as you know, the amount does not change from changing the places of the terms. Then, when the body adapts to a separate diet, it will be possible to gradually change the diet. With such a gradual transition to a separate diet, you are not threatened by either constant hunger or a lack of substances necessary for health.
• Some say that it is impossible to enjoy food on separate meals. Here, of course, everything is individual. If this is your problem, then I would advise you to simply allow yourself to sometimes eat something "wrong" (not consistent with the principles of separate nutrition), if you really want to eat just that. And do not torture yourself with any remorse! Over time, the desire to eat something “wrong” will appear less and less until it disappears altogether (it doesn’t matter when this happens - in a few weeks or in a few months).
• Separate food complicates life somewhat. Especially when you have to eat out. Often you have to choose between convenience and health. You can't do anything about it.

Separate nutrition for weight loss.

Usually excess weight is the result of problems such as:

• constipation, indigestion, severe slagging of the body,
• metabolic disorders (protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism),
• overeating.

Separate food allows you to get rid of most of these problems. Thus, a separate diet eliminates the causes of accumulation of excess fat. Often, switching to a separate diet is enough to start the process of losing weight.

I would not advise treating separate meals as a diet and sharply reducing the calorie content of the daily diet. There are several reasons for this:

• First, it may not be required. Separate nutrition and so starts the process of natural weight loss.
• Secondly, a low-calorie diet is effective for a short time. At the same time, the diet provokes weight gain at the end of it.
• A low-calorie diet is always accompanied by a loss of muscle mass, which is then replaced by adipose tissue.

Separate meals will not help to avoid the majority negative consequences diets. The only thing that separate meals can help with is that the digestion of food with separate meals will be more efficient, which will help to avoid a significant lack of any nutrients, which is a common problem with any low-calorie diet.

Instead of limiting the amount of food, you can speed up weight loss by other methods.

Weight loss on a separate diet will contribute to:

• Body cleansing. Best effect will give the body a complete cleansing. But even only
• or just create a training program that includes aerobic and anaerobic exercise,
• either do problem areas, performing exercises for individual muscle groups.

The most stable effect gives a gradual, natural weight loss. Separate nutrition is perfect for such weight loss. remember, that constant feeling hunger is not at all mandatory when losing weight. On the contrary, if you experience discomfort after switching to separate meals, then you should reconsider your menu. Make sure you get all the necessary nutrients in sufficient quantities. The food pyramid will help you with this. Perhaps you should make meals more frequent - this will help meet all the needs of the body. More frequent appointments meals (fractional meals) go well with separate meals and also contribute to weight loss.

The manifestation of many diseases of the endocrine and digestive systems, skin, hairline, nails, etc. can be associated with improper human nutrition. We are accustomed to eating incompatible food, which causes various adverse reactions in the body and leads to malfunctions. The Food Combination Chart is a reminder for people looking to healthy eating and lifestyle.

Learn to help the body!

Correct (the table will be given below) guarantees high performance digestive system. Meals that include compatible ingredients will save you from the processes of fermentation and putrefaction in the gastrointestinal tract.

Each product is absorbed by the human body in different ways:

The first two points must be reconciled to the extent that this is how our body works. But useful combinations of products you need to know and be able to use them. This is an indispensable condition good digestion providing direct influence on the state of human health.

Mixed and separate meals

Despite the fact that many sources today speak about the benefits of consuming the right combination of products, there are still supporters of the traditional meal. This means that many people believe that a mixed diet, familiar to everyone from time immemorial, does not harm the body. And the idea that the separation of products contributes to better digestion, they call it just a fashion trend.

Is it so? In fact, food can be mixed, so they did at all times. But there are a number of products that simply cannot be digested at the same time. This is explained by the fact that for the assimilation of each of them certain conditions are necessary - different enzymes and environments.

Combination of food flavors

Carbohydrates consumed by humans begin to break down as early as oral cavity, and then in the intestines. Protein, in turn, is processed by the stomach. Therefore, if they are mixed, the assimilation process becomes more difficult for the entire digestive system.

The effectiveness and usefulness of separate meals are spoken not only by people who have tested the technique on themselves, but also by doctors who have conducted research in this area. Not only fashionable, but also necessary for health the right combination products. The table is shown below. Thanks to her, we learn to eat wisely.

Product combination table

For clarity and simplification of the concept of “separate meals”, we bring to your attention a diagram that will indicate what and with what you can and should eat.

Product combination table

type of product				3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
fish, poultry, meat	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	D	-	-	-	-	-
legumes	2	-		D	+	+	-	D	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	+
cream, butter	3	-	D		D	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	D	-	D	-	-
sour cream	4	-	+	D		D	-	+	+	D	+	+	-	-	-	-	+
vegetable oil	5	-	+	-	D		-	+	+	D	+	+	-	-	-	-	+
sweets, including sugar	6	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
bread, potatoes	7	-	D	+	+	+	-		-	-	+	+	-	-	D	-	D
tomatoes, sour fruits	8	-	-	+	+	+	-	-		D	+	D	-	D	+	-	+
dried fruits, sweet fruits	9	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	D		+	D	D	+	-	-	D
non-starchy and green vegetables	10	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	-	+	+	+	+
starchy vegetables	11	D	+	+	+	+	-	+	D	D	+		D	+	+	D	+
milk	12	-	-	D	-	-	-	-	-	D	-	D		-	-	-	-
dairy products	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D	+	+	+	-		+	-	+
cheese, cheese	14	-	-	D	-	-	-	D	+	-	+	+	-	+		-	D
eggs	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	D	-	-	-		-
nuts	16	-	+	-	+	+	-	D	+	D	+	+	-	+	D	-

"-" products are incompatible; "+" compatible; "D" mixing is acceptable.

Explanation of the table

Each row contains information about a specific product and its serial number. Be careful! The columns are the same products, but only their numbers are indicated. This table requires exact observance of all points. The combination of foods indicated in it helps to improve the functioning of the digestive system and your body.

Separate nutrition as an option for high-quality weight loss

Proper nutrition is not only health, but also getting rid of extra pounds. Separate eating and proper combination is an excellent method. You can see for yourself.

A food combination table should always be at your fingertips, it would be great to switch to such a lifestyle for life. At first, the sensations will be ambiguous. However, over time, you will get a guaranteed result, and tasty and habitual meals will become an absolute norm for you.