If you think that eating only makes you gain weight, you are mistaken.
With the right consumption of certain foods, you can get rid of unwanted pounds and improve your physical fitness.
Research has proven that when combined, certain foods improve your digestion, give you more energy and strength, and help you become leaner.
Protein and vegetables
If you want to lose weight, choose protein and vegetables. Why is this food combination effective? Firstly, vegetables are rich in fiber, and this is the key to the proper functioning of the digestive tract. Secondly, vegetables stabilize blood sugar levels, are rich in vitamins A, C and E, as well as minerals such as magnesium, potassium, copper, zinc, iron. Greens are especially useful.
Protein discharges us with energy and starts our metabolism. In addition, it is digested very slowly, which causes our body to begin digesting “accumulated” fat to maintain energy. This diet is the basis of the famous alkaline diet, which is popular with celebrities. Victoria Beckham is an ardent fan of this method of losing weight.
Carbohydrates and vegetables
Carbohydrates found in potatoes, oats, rice, etc. are certainly important for us as they provide us with energy and are rich in nutrients. However, it is recommended to eat them not with protein foods, but with vegetables. Why?
It has been proven that proteins and carbohydrates lead to weight gain, not weight loss. In addition, it takes a lot of energy to digest such food, which creates a feeling of sleepiness after eating. If you combine carbohydrates and vegetables, your body will immediately begin to convert the food you eat into energy. Vegetables enrich the intestines with essential substances that improve their functioning and regulate blood sugar levels.
How to use the product compatibility chart.
The food compatibility table lists the most commonly consumed foods. They are assigned numbers, the row number corresponds to the column number (so row 16 and column 16 are eggs). The color at the intersection of a row and a column means the following: red is an unacceptable combination, yellow is an acceptable combination, green is a good combination.
Example: is it possible to eat bread with cheese? Bread - No. 7, cheese - No. 15. At the intersection of row No. 7 with column No. 15 there is a yellow light. This is a valid combination.
Read more about combining foods when eating separately
Meat, poultry, fish
Meat, poultry, fish must be lean. When processing these foods, all external fat must be removed. For all types of meat, the combination with green and non-starchy vegetables is beneficial, since this combination neutralizes the harmful properties of animal proteins, helps them digest and remove excess cholesterol from the blood. The combination of animal proteins with alcohol causes great harm, because... alcohol precipitates pepsin, which is necessary for the digestion of animal proteins.
Pulses
These are beans, beans, soybeans, peas, lentils, etc. The compatibility of grain legumes with other products is explained by their dual nature. As starches, they go well with fats, especially easy-to-digest fats - vegetable oil and sour cream, and as a source of vegetable protein they are good with herbs and starchy vegetables.
Vegetable oil
Vegetable oil is a very healthy product if it is consumed raw and unrefined.
Sugar, confectionery
These are sugar, jams, syrups. Consumption of sugar and confectionery products should be avoided. All sugars inhibit the secretion of gastric juice. Neither saliva nor gastric juice are needed to digest them: they are absorbed directly in the intestines. If sweets are eaten with other foods, then lingering in the stomach for a long time, they very soon cause fermentation in it and, in addition, reduce the mobility of the stomach. Sour belching and heartburn are the results of this process. Honey is excluded from the category of sugars because honey is a product already processed by the digestive apparatus of bees, is absorbed into the blood 20 minutes after ingestion and does not burden the liver and all other body systems.
Bread, cereals, potatoes
Starchy foods: wheat, rye, oats and products made from them (bread, noodles, pasta, etc.). Cereals: buckwheat, rice, millet, etc. All products rich in starch should always be treated with great attention, because starch itself, in its pure form, is an extremely difficult to digest product. The ban on combining animal proteins with starchy foods is the first and, perhaps, the most important law of separate nutrition. Bread is considered a separate meal (for example, with butter), and not a required addition to every meal. However, bread made from unrefined, whole grains can be eaten with various salads, regardless of their composition.
Sour fruits, tomatoes
Sour fruits include: oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, pineapples, pomegranates, lemons, cranberries; sour fruits: apples, pears, plums, apricots, grapes. Tomatoes are distinguished from all vegetables by their high content of acids - citric, malic, oxalic.
Semi-acidic fruits:
Semi-acidic fruits: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, strawberries, sweet-tasting: apples, cherries, plums, grapes, apricots, peaches.
Sweet fruits, dried fruits
Their combination with milk and nuts is acceptable, but in small quantities, because... it's hard on digestion. But it’s better not to combine fruits (sour and sweet) with anything at all, because... they are absorbed in the intestines. You need to eat them at least 15-20 minutes before eating. This rule should be especially strict in relation to watermelons and melons.
Vegetables are green and non-starchy
These include the tops of all edible plants (parsley, dill, celery, radish tops, beets), lettuce, wild “table” herbs, as well as white cabbage, green and onions, garlic, cucumbers, eggplants, bell peppers, green peas. Radishes, rutabaga, radishes and turnips are “semi-starchy” vegetables, which, in combination with various products, are more likely to be green and non-starchy.
Starchy vegetables
This category includes: beets, carrots, horseradish, parsley and celery roots, pumpkin, zucchini and squash, cauliflower. The combination of these vegetables with sugar causes strong fermentation; other combinations are either good or acceptable.
Milk
Milk is a separate food and not a drink. Once in the stomach, the milk must curdle under the influence of acidic juices. If there is other food in the stomach, then the milk particles envelop it, isolating it from the gastric juice. And until the curdled milk is digested, the food remains unprocessed, rots, and the digestion process is delayed.
Cottage cheese, fermented milk products
Cottage cheese is a difficult-to-digest complete protein. Products that are homogeneous with sour milk (sour cream, cheese, feta cheese) are compatible.
Cheese, feta cheese
The most acceptable cheeses are young cheeses of the homemade type, i.e. something between cottage cheese and cheese. Processed cheeses are an unnatural product, significantly processed. Cheese cheese is a healthy protein product, which, however, requires soaking in cold water to remove excess salt.
Eggs
Eggs are not so bad: combining them with green and non-starchy vegetables neutralizes the harm from the high cholesterol content in the yolk.
Nuts
Due to their rich fat content, nuts are similar to cheese. However, cheese contains animal fats, and nuts are easily digestible vegetable fats.
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Weight Loss Products
Check out the following 10 food combinations. Their use in the daily diet will lead to weight loss and maintain health.
Vegetables + hard-boiled eggs
According to one study, eggs help absorb carotenoids (the pigments that give vegetables their color).
Carotenoids not only help fight excess weight. They prevent vision loss, reduce the risk of cancer, and also help nourish the skin.
So the next time you decide to make a vegetable salad, add boiled eggs to the mixture.
Tuna + ginger
Ginger speeds up bowel movements and blocks enzymes that contribute to inflammatory processes in the human body.
Tuna contains a type of Omega-3 that prevents the accumulation of fat in the belly area.
Therefore, tuna + ginger is an ideal combination if you want to get rid of extra pounds.
Corn + beans
Studies have shown that a diet that includes legumes once a week is more effective for weight loss than the same diet with exactly the same number of calories but no legumes.
And adding corn to your diet increases the weight loss effect. Corn contains starch, which makes the body unable to absorb most calories and glucose.
Spinach+avocado oil
These two superfoods may be your new appetite suppressant allies.
The oil contained in avocados regulates cholesterol levels and contains vitamins B and E and potassium.
Spinach increases saturation of the body and, at the same time, contains a low amount of calories.
A more substantial meal is chicken salad with avocado. Such food keeps sugar at the right level, fills the body with energy and essential nutrients.
Melon + red grapes
Melon is a natural diuretic. It prevents fluid retention in the body.
Grapes contain an antioxidant that helps reduce fat accumulation.
Together, these two products are the perfect combination to prevent puffiness and fat accumulation.
Chicken + cayenne pepper
Like any protein-rich food, chicken helps you feel fuller longer and also helps you eat fewer calories at subsequent meals.
Cayenne pepper, in turn, accelerates fat burning and suppresses appetite.
Salmon and asparagus
Salmon contains healthy omega-3 acids, and asparagus is rich in fiber and protein, and also helps remove excess water from the body.
Bake the dish in the oven or steam it - it will turn out both tasty and healthy.
Almonds and Greek yogurt
The combination of fat and protein stabilizes the body and regulates blood sugar levels. Plus you feel full. In addition, some vitamins (especially A, D and E) are best absorbed when they are consumed along with fats.
One such successful combination is considered to be: nuts and yogurt. For example, almonds are a source of calcium, antioxidants and vitamin E, and fat-filled Greek yogurt is rich in vitamin 0. The perfect combination!
Green tea and lemon juice
Green tea contains catechins, which are powerful antioxidants.
Everyone knows about the beneficial properties of lemon, but another advantage of citrus fruits is that they can reduce the breakdown of catechins, making them even more easily digestible.
Coffee+cinnamon
Cinnamon contains powerful antioxidants that reduce belly fat.
Coffee reduces appetite. So if you're trying to shed those unwanted pounds, there's nothing better than starting your day with a delicious cup of cinnamon-flavored coffee.
Now that you know which food combinations help you lose excess weight, pay attention to the following combinations that you should avoid:
