food combining

boxercreations

I'm following a mostly primal diet with the odd cheat meal (potatoes, portion of real chips or pancakes etc rather than take aways).
I was listening to some old living health tracks about food combining - the no potato with meat rule and I sort of understand the logic regarding the different types of stomach acid needed to break down carbs and proteins.
So my question is - if I want sweet potato pancake for breakfast am I better to hold the bacon for lunch?
And when I do get those potato urges chips or jacket potato with salad is better than a full meat and potato dinner?

--Kaiser--

boxercreations wrote: »

I'm following a mostly primal diet with the odd cheat meal (potatoes, portion of real chips or pancakes etc rather than take aways).
I was listening to some old living health tracks about food combining - the no potato with meat rule and I sort of understand the logic regarding the different types of stomach acid needed to break down carbs and proteins.
So my question is - if I want sweet potato pancake for breakfast am I better to hold the bacon for lunch?
And when I do get those potato urges chips or jacket potato with salad is better than a full meat and potato dinner?

This is a complete myth devised by someone with little to no knowledge of human digestion or biology and propagated by others similar lacking in scientific knowledge. You shouldn't believe everything you read, in other words.

There is only one type of stomach acid, your body doesn't release different types for different foods. It does release different enzymes for different foods but there's no reason that they would stop each other from working. Most foods are a combination of protein, fats and starch anyway

boxercreations

Thanks - they seemed to have the back up and cited various sources - I didn't go back and check them all out. I'm giving up reading and sticking with eating ....

Mellor

Mostly when you check out those sources they are talking about something else and they are being taken out of context