As you know, being able to combine foods correctly is the number one requirement to lose weight. Often what helps people lose weight is not some fashionable diet, but the correct selection of balanced, healthy foods that contribute to the normal functioning of the body and the burning of fat reserves. So, understanding the intricacies of product compatibility is a vital necessity for those who care about their health and strive to bring their weight back to normal. And if you don’t know how to do this yet, pay attention to our review.
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.
Why do you need to combine products correctly?
Many of you may be wondering: why do you even need to think about combining or not combining foods with each other, because to lose weight, you just need to eat healthy food. However, this statement is not entirely true. And right now we will tell you about the benefits of product compatibility.
- Not all products combine well with each other. Ultimately, this can negatively affect your overall health, leading to weight gain, various types of malfunctions and malaise. And if you seriously adhere to the rules of balance, you can not only lose weight, but also significantly improve your well-being.
- Combining foods correctly is a great opportunity to lose weight for those who cannot adhere to diets for a long time, count calories, or eat exclusively protein or carbohydrate foods. This alternative does not have strict restrictions, because you just need to eat foods from the recommended list and lose weight. True, you shouldn’t expect this process to be quick, but the results will certainly pleasantly surprise you.
- With the wrong approach, the body will not benefit even from the “correct” food, which is naturally abnormal. So, if you don’t just want to satisfy your hunger with food, but want it to be healthy, think about what, how, and most importantly, what you eat with.
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Proper nutrition
The first person to think about the compatibility and incompatibility of products with each other was the American lawyer Herbert Shelton. He was a supporter of vegetarianism, a raw food diet, alternative medicine, and was also the author of books about fasting and the principles of separate nutrition.
Products that go well together
Now it's time to find out how to combine foods correctly to lose weight. In fact, everything here is much simpler than it might seem at first glance. Just follow the recommendations we give below and get ready for your life to noticeably change for the better.
Protein (meat) + vegetables
Any nutritionist will confirm that meat and vegetables are an almost ideal combination. Meat is protein in its pure form, which gives our body strength. Digesting it requires a large amount of energy, which is taken from fat reserves. In turn, vegetables are a source of fiber and vitamins B, A, C. They promote proper digestion, strengthen the immune system and stabilize blood sugar levels.
Here are some more tips for eating meat and vegetables:
- It is recommended to eat meat in small portions;
- try not to drink water during a meat snack, as well as 30 minutes after it - this will speed up the process of assimilation of food;
- Meat is best combined with vegetables that do not contain starch. That is: beets, carrots, zucchini, potatoes, pumpkin, radishes, peas and beans should not be served with it;
- but meat goes very well with fresh herbs. It blocks the negative effects of animal proteins and promotes the production of gastric juice, which means that heavy food is digested quickly and without stomach discomfort;
- Never mix one type of protein with another (bacon + eggs, nuts + chicken) - this is very harmful to the body.
Dietary types of meat include: chicken (mainly breast), lean beef, veal, rabbit, turkey. And do not forget that it is necessary to remove the skin from poultry meat, because it contains the main amount of fat.
Carbohydrates + greens
Nutrition specialists treat this combination very well.
After all, carbohydrate products are the basis of the human diet. They provide much-needed energy for life and can also help you lose weight if done correctly. The most common carbohydrates include: rice, pasta and baked goods, all types of soy, beans, green and red lentils, potatoes, oatmeal, buckwheat, etc. And you must agree that almost every day we use products from this list as a side dish. And we do this specifically with meat. After all, what could be better for a Russian person than to come home from work and “wrap up” a portion of mashed potatoes with some kind of meat cutlet.
Compatible and Incompatible Products
However, all nutritionists unanimously say that protein + carbohydrates is the worst combination, as it contributes to weight gain. This tandem takes a lot of energy to absorb, which leads to an immediate feeling of hunger, lethargy and drowsiness. But carbohydrates + vegetables are a completely different matter. Greens, as we said earlier, promote better intestinal function and will help the body quickly digest the food received, turning it into energy rather than fat.
Remember that carbohydrates are also different. And if you are serious about losing weight, then give preference to the so-called complex (slow) carbohydrates. For example, durum pasta, whole grain bread, brown rice, new potatoes.
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Greens + healthy fats
A little unusual, but still a very useful combination for every person losing weight.
When creating a menu, be sure to add products that contain Omega-3 unsaturated fats, because they are so important for the body. The largest amount of Omega-3 fats is found in fish, for example, trout, salmon, tuna, mackerel, halibut. And, as you already understand, it is better to eat them with vitamin-rich greens. Firstly, this will give you a feeling of fullness much faster, and secondly, this way the food will be absorbed faster.
The best combinations for salads
As for fruits, it is better to always eat them separately and combine them only with other fruits. It is also not recommended to eat sour citrus fruits with carbohydrate foods.
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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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Foods that promote weight gain
Also pay attention to food combinations that you should avoid:
✅ Proteins and carbohydrates. Do not eat proteins (meat, fish, eggs, etc.) and carbohydrates (bread, cereals, potatoes, baked goods) at the same time. For example, in hamburgers.
✅ Two different types of proteins. Proteins should not be consumed with other proteins (bacon + eggs, cheese + eggs, meat + nuts, etc.). It is also better to consume milk separately or completely exclude it from the diet.
✅ Proteins and starches. Proteins should also not be consumed with starch (chicken + pasta, meat + rice, bread + sausage, etc.)
✅ Starches + sugar. For example, potato chips + ketchup, baked goods, sweet corn ✅ Sugar and fats . Avoid fats and sugars such as sugar pies, ice cream or sweet baked goods.
✅ Fruits with other types of food. The best way to eat fruit is separately from other foods. Fruits are digested faster than other foods, so it is recommended to eat them 30 minutes before meals and 2 hours after meals. Of course, you can combine fruits with other foods, but in this case you cannot talk about weight loss. Only separate nutrition can contribute to this process.
Carbohydrates contained in fruits are digested very quickly, without being deposited in problem areas. If you add protein or fat to fruits, our body will begin to digest them first, which will lead to the deposition of carbohydrates from fruits in unnecessary places. So, always eat fruits separately from your main meal, especially melon. Do not eat sour foods (citrus fruits, apples, tomatoes) and carbohydrate foods together.
Proper nutrition stimulates bowel function, which is a key factor in weight loss. Sometimes it comes true just by adjusting your diet, and the extra pounds will go away. based on materials from www.infoniac.ru, www.adme.ru, mixfacts.ru
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