Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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What is the Paleo crew's stance on food combining? I have heard that digestion occurs in layers(on the basis of its time of consumption, nutrient/anti-nutrient composition, viscosity, etc.) and this seems to be 'borne' out in personal empirical studies. For practical purposes would it be advisable to keep the carb-rich food sources well seperated from the protein and fat sources? Would it be feasible to consume a solid food protein/fat meal 1/2 hour post carbs after a workout? Advice would be nice...

flag	asked Apr 22 2011 at 0:21 PersonMan

Glenn · Answer 1 · 2011-04-22 01:29:00Z UTC

I'm not sure that 1/2 hour is "well-separated" in terms of digestion. But more basically, this strikes me -- IMHO -- as one of those instances of greatly overthinking/over-complicating something that should be simple: eat natural, whole, unprocessed food. If paleo meant scrutinizing the "layering" of my digestion, I wouldn't bother. But that is just my view.

BaleoNub · Answer 2 · 2011-04-22 04:14:09Z UTC

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I don't know why, but I've always been a "stacker". I eat fruit, then veg, then protein/fat. I also strictly prohibit any kind of fruit shortly after a meal, or else I end up with fruit gut (bloating).

answered Apr 22 2011 at 4:14

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	I believe this is attributable to the (alleged by William Harris I think) acid-digestion needed for protein/fat and the alkaline needed for the carbs. Also, from what I've gathered Fructose lingers in the system much longer and combines with protein to cause Advanced glycation end-products which are apparently damaging(I forget how...). – PersonMan Apr 22 2011 at 4:17
	Dr. William Hay, is renowned for his work on food combining, which established that different types of foodstuffs (protein and starches) required different mediums for their digestion as you have stated. The alkaline state required for starches, tends to neutralise the acid state required for protein assimilation. In the event of combining proteins and starches at the same meal, you therefore get incomplete and delayed digestion. Fruit, he suggested, should be the first meal of the day, but in any event should not be eaten with any starch (ripe bananas apart) – DudleyP Apr 22 2011 at 11:58
	PS Nice photo ! – DudleyP Apr 22 2011 at 18:34

Food Combining and sequential digestion

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