What foods can not be combined in the diet?

There are some types of foods that are better not to mix with each other in your diet. If you eat them in one meal, then it causes certain chemical reactions in the stomach that are unpleasant for you. This does not mean that these products are bad or you do not fit, but the digestive system instead of processing food, you have to spend the effort also on sorting it, selecting the right enzymes. This is not always possible - then problems with digestion can not be avoided.


If after eating you experience discomfort, analyze your menu, remember what and what they ate. There is one simple rule of compatibility of all foods: do not consume together proteins and foods containing starch and sugar. Although, not so easy to do. We will understand more in detail.

What is in it?

Foods with high protein content: nuts (most of them), cereals, peas and beans, soybeans, mushrooms, eggs. Also included are all meat products, fish, cheese and cottage cheese. Black egg whites, eggplants and milk are squirrels (there is a low-molecular protein in it).

Carbohydrates are sugar and its containing products (confectionery products, for example), syrups, honey and fruits.

Starches contain all cereals, beans (except soy), peas, potatoes of all kinds, peanuts, zucchini and ytykva. Moderately starchy are: cauliflower, carrots, beets and rutabaga.

Fats contain an olive, sunflower, creamy and corn oil, most nuts, fatty acids, lard, cream and sour cream.

Fruits do not belong to sweet - there are also half-acidic and acidic among them. Sweet fruits are figs, raisins, dates, apricots, dried apricots, prunes, grapes, persimmons. Also these are pears and apples of sweet varieties. Acidic fruits are all-citrus fruits, pomegranates, sour grapes, plums, sour apples. Semi-acidic fruits - cherry, peaches, apricots, blueberries, currants and strawberries.

Nekrahmaliastovoshchi and greens - lettuce, chicory, celery, dandelion, turnip leaves, cabbage, spinach, sour sorrel and onions. Also included are eggplants, cucumbers, parsley, kohlrabi, rhubarb, garlic, asparagus, sweet pepper and radish.

Unseal acids with starches

Acids in the above-mentioned acid-containing products destroy the enzyme ptyalin, which breaks down starch. Combine acids and starches in the diet should not be. For example, when you eat bread, the stomach releases little hydrochloric acid. The juice released during the digestion of bread has a neutral reaction. Once the starch from the bread is digested, a lot of hydrochloric acid begins to form in the stomach to digest the squirrels of bread. There is at once a two-process: digestion of starch and protein. This is very difficult for the body. Bread, especially black, is a product of a complex composition in the enzyme concept.

If the food intake is eaten by bread and meat, then instead of the neutral medium of the gastric juice released in the first two hours, acidic juice will inevitably be released. Because of this, the digestion of starch will abruptly stop. Starch requires an alkaline reaction, it is processed in the oral cavity and in the duodenum. The protein, in turn, requires an acid medium in the stomach, it is processed by quite a number of other enzymes than starch. So, bread, cereals, potatoes and other starches should be taken separately with meat, fish, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, nuts and other protein foods.

Disagree with acids with proteins

The protein of digestion is digested by the action of an enzyme such as pepsin. It acts only in acidic medium, and in alkaline it stops. In the digestive process, the gastric juice changes the composition from neutral to strongly acidic, depending on the food supplied to it. Because pepsin is most active in an acidic environment, many mistakenly believe that by consuming acids together with proteins, they will help digest protein. In fact, it turns out on the contrary: acids inhibit the natural secretion of gastric juice. Fruit acids especially strongly destroy pepsin and reduce its secretion. A normal stomach is capable of releasing all the acids required for protein digestion. But, in any case, the use of acids together with proteins only worsens digestion. Do not drink meat with fruit juice, do not eat cottage cheese with citrus fruits and so on.

Uncook fats with proteins

Fat reduces the secretion of gastric juice. The presence of fat in the food reduces the amount of secretion that causes appetite, reduces the activity of the gastric glands, reduces the amount of hydrochloric acid and pepsin in the gastric juice, and sometimes halves the gastric fluid. In other words, fat-containing foods (cream, creamy butter, sour cream, fatty meat) can not be consumed simultaneously with soy, eggs, cheese or meat. The abundance of greenery and green vegetables stops the reaction of fats. Therefore, if you get to eat fat together with proteins, you can add to them more and greens - it will save your stomach.

Disagree with carbohydrates with proteins

Vsesahara - syrups, honey, sweet fruit - have a retarding effect on the secretion of the gastric juice and on the motor itself of the stomach. This is because carbohydrates must be digested in the intestine. If there are carbohydrates separately, they, not staying long in the stomach, go into the intestines. If you have them with proteins or starches, they stay in the stomach for a long time, until the rest of the food is digested. Hence the severity and feeling of overcrowding of the stomach.

Uncook carbohydrates with starches

Digestion of the vein begins in the mouth and continues for some time in the stomach. Carbohydrates are not subjected to digestion in the stomach, but are digested only in the vagina. If you eat carbohydrates with other foods, they are delayed in the stomach. They quickly begin to wander in conditions of moisture and heat, and as a result has a fermentation effect.

Jelly, jam, fruit, jam, candy, sugar, treacle, honey contain carbohydrates. If you eat them together with bread, cookies, porridge, potatoes and other food, then it will cause a ferment. A lot of people eat porridge with sugar for breakfast and for many years they suffer from high acidity, heartburn, eructations and other ailments accompanying indigestion. Sugary fruits with starches also inevitably lead to fermentation. Many believe that if there is honey instead of sugar, then there will be no fermentation, but it is not.

Milk miscount with nothing!

It is thought of by nature that cubs of all mammals at first do not eat any other food, except milk. Later there comes a time when they start eating other food, but they take it apart from milk. And, at last, the turning-point comes, when they are forever disaccustomed to milk and never again take it. Remember: milk is the food of cubs. In adults there is no need for it. Due to the presence of protein and fat in milk, it can not be combined with any other food. Getting into the stomach, the milk turns off, forming a cottage cheese. This creature envelops food particles in the stomach, isolating them from the effects of the gastric juice. The food will not be digested until the curdled milk is split.