Food Combining Significant?
You may have heard of diets that advocate eating only certain combinations of foods together, to make sure your body is the ultimate calorie and fat burning machine it can be, and also to aid in digestion and elimination of foods. I certainly have tried that one, in fact the funny thing is, a food combining diet was the first diet I had ever tried, when I was in my teens and needed to get rid of some baby fat, and it really worked well and made me feel good with lots of energy.
Why didn’t I stick with it permanently? Well, I do try to still use some of the principals of food combinations in my daily diet routine, but I also feel that at times it can be very restrictive and is nearly impossible to abide by in some restaurants unless you are getting your meal made with almost none of the ingredients or very many of them eliminated.
Now, there is even more research on the benefits of combining foods correctly that have to do with optimal absorption and utilization of nutrient more than they have to do with the elimination and digestion aspect for optimal calorie use.
For example, research shows that you should not eat caffeinated drinks or other caffeinated foods or beverages, or anything with those great little nutrients called polyphenols in them, with iron, because polyphenols actually slow or inhibit the absorption of iron, to a significant enough degree that it’s not just negligible advice. Another piece of advice is to eat your foods packed with antioxidants, such as veggies and fruits, with some healthy fat.
Why? Because fats can help the body absorb antioxidants much better into the blood stream to be absorbed and used by the body to its benefit. For example, put a little olive oil on those leafy greens such as kale or spinach leaves, or eat some almonds (with the healthy fat omega 3 acid) with your blueberries. For example, my breakfast every morning is yogurt with blue or straw berries, with almonds - this means I’ll be absorbing their anitoxidant power to the maximum limit possible.
