Re: Food Combining and a peanut Q

[Guest guest]

>For a long time I have been pretty into properly combining my foods,

>especially in effort to separate animal proteins and starches...and I

>feel great. However, the majority of the folks that Price studied

>went against a good majority of the so called food-

>combining " rules " . Curious to hear thoughts on this from others...

There are so many pros and cons on this. Food combining

is one of those things I don't think has good support

one way or another. On the one hand, a lot of foods work

in synergy, so eating them together makes more of the

food available. On the other hand, some foods take different

digestive enzymes, and if you are low on them, separating

out the food might help it digest better.

Personally I don't buy the bit about " putrification " etc. --

all food " putrifies " (in the sense of bacteria eat it). It

may be that for some folks, combining the food

really does hurt the digestion, esp. with gluten starches,

because gluten gloms onto the villi in the intestine

and likely fouls things up in ways that haven't been

studied. If you eat gluten by itself, it can digest

by itself, and maybe get broken down before it hits

the villi. On the other hand, gluten plus wine plus

olive oil might protect the villi too.

Also, I've been doing the WD and I have found that

Ori's method -- eating fruit separately, eating salad,

then protein, then starch -- really does " feel better " .

But I'd be at loss to say exactly what mechanism is

at work (and I don't eat gluten starches). Taking

enzymes with a meal works too, so I tend to think

it has to do with digestive enzymes.

So IMO, you should experiment and see what works.

The REASONS they give for food combining

might not stand up to scrutiny, but there could

be plenty of other reasons it might work, and you

have to do what works with your digestion.

As for peanuts ... eeesh, I have the same problem.

I do crave them, which is a bad sign, generally. I

get whole peanuts though, and if they were moldy

I'd probably know it.

-- Heidi

[Guest guest]

Cashew nut butter is yummy. Though according to NT, that has problems of its

own. How about Macadamia nut butter, that's what we buy - Mmmmmmmm

Re: Food Combining and a peanut Q

As for peanuts ... eeesh, I have the same problem.

I do crave them, which is a bad sign, generally. I

get whole peanuts though, and if they were moldy

I'd probably know it.

-- Heidi

[Guest guest]

What are the problems with cashew nut butter? I don't remember reading

anything about that.

danny

Creek Bend Dairy Farm

Harry & Peggy Strite

11917 Snug Harbor Lane

port, MD 21795

301-582-4135

cbdfarm@...

> Cashew nut butter is yummy. Though according to NT, that has problems of

its own. How about Macadamia nut butter, that's what we buy - Mmmmmmmm

[Guest guest]

See page 515 of Nourishing Traditions. I think it's just that like all nuts,

they need to be soaked and lightly toasted to make them more digestible. So all

raw nut butters would have this same drawback. Unless you can make your own.

Re: Food Combining and a peanut Q

What are the problems with cashew nut butter? I don't remember reading

anything about that.

danny

Creek Bend Dairy Farm

Harry & Peggy Strite

11917 Snug Harbor Lane

port, MD 21795

301-582-4135

cbdfarm@...

> Cashew nut butter is yummy. Though according to NT, that has problems of

its own. How about Macadamia nut butter, that's what we buy - Mmmmmmmm

[Guest guest]

I heard that the Cashew trade has major human rights problems. Apparently

in Southern Asia where most Cashews come from the Cashew harvesters suffer

badly from lung disease and their fingers actually rot off. Something to do

with the gases that escape when they peel the legumes. The lung problems

are preventable I heard by face masks and other safety equipment and the

workers could be paid much better ensuring minimum exposure to the gases but

the money won't be spent - this would make cashews much more expensive in

Western countries. Go for the Macadamia nut butter Filippa. It's Aussie

and they are discovering some amazing nutritional benefits.

Joanne

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