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(Food Combining)
Making Sense Of It
With the growing number of ailments and diseases and the corresponding increase in the number
of pharmacies and hospitals, Dr. Walker decided to try and make sense out of these dilemmas.
Food Combining
By understanding the digestive process, Dr. Walker realised that people were wrongly combining
meals. This was a root cause for many ailments and diseases afflicting humans.
Though Food Combining existed for centuries in one form or the other before his discovery,
it was Dr. Walker who gave the proper science of Food Combining and termed it as ‘The Food
Combination Plan’.
Let’s understand the main nutrients in our food, namely, Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats:
Your Stomach Is Well-Organized - Unless You Put the Wrong Food In It!
Raw vegetables and fruits can be combined in any desired manner as the elements composing
them are vital, organic and live elements. When foods are processed or cooked, however, the
elements composing them have become devitalized. This applies to all foods, without exception.
Thus, concentrated foods need to be combined properly in order to avoid our digestive system
from getting disorganized or upset.
Ripe Fruits
Fruits should only be eaten when they are ripe, this is when the sugars have been formed
completely, otherwise they will have an acid reaction in the system. Ripe fruit, although
apparently acid to the taste, has an alkaline reaction in the body, if they are properly combined.
Green papaya is an exception to this rule and has a higher papain enzyme activity when green,
though the ripe papaya has its own benefits too.
Legumes
Dr Walker says, “Dried legumes lack essential organic water, and I have found them to be acid
forming because of the very low organic water content and the high percentage of concentrated
protein and carbohydrates present. We therefore do not use them. In this class I would include
dried lentils, peas, beans, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and their many products and by-products.
Human beings, while able to tolerate this combination for a while, do not have the same
"mechanics" that we find in the digestion of cattle, for which legumes are a natural food.
Key Points:
1. All rawfoods combine with one another, except melons should be eaten alone.
2. Any of the four categories of foods mentioned above, when eaten by itself is compatible.
3. Legumes such as dry beans, peas, lentils & grains when sprouted are superior vegetables.
4. Dried legumes are incompatible foods by themselves and should be avoided.
5. Eat some raw vegetables in every meal containing starches.
6. Unheated fats are compatible with all foods except with melons.
7. In the beginning it is much better to eat starches with cooked vegetables than legumes, then
correct it later on.