In Chinese Medicine, we say that if your digestive system is optimal, then you have a good chance of surviving any dis-ease that comes your way.  Our bodies are always performing biochemical reactions.  The Digestive system in particular likes to digest what is simplest first….that means simple carbohydrates, and sugar.  If we mix, these simple foods with animal protein, then our animal protein ferments while we digest the simple foods first causing a biochemical reaction that results in bloat or flatulence and other digestive issues, thus leaving us feeling an energy crash.

Here are the rules for a food combining chart that I teach in my classes:

• Fruit is to be eaten alone
• Animal Protein is only to be eaten with green leafy vegetables
• Green Leafy/Non-starchy  vegetables can be eaten with everything except fruit
• Starchy vegetables and complex carbohydrates can be eaten with everything except animal protein and fruit