By Shishir Rao –
While a lot of emphasis is placed on the nutrition we get from foods, what we don’t realize is that looking at the nutrition value label on the back of a product isn’t enough to ensure a healthy life. As far as the diet goes, we also need to take into consideration a second, perhaps more important, aspect, that of how the body will react to the diet. This reaction by the body (be it acceptance or rejection, complete or partial) to a certain food is one of the major factors, along with the food’s nutritional content, that needs to be taken into account when trying to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
As a result of this, we have a list of guidelines that go by the name of food combination rules, which helps our body synthesize food to its optimum potential, thus bringing about many positive effects on the body including, but not limited to, weight loss, increased immunity, higher energy levels and lesser susceptibility to medical conditions rising out of deficiencies of essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals.
Essentially, what these food combining rules do is to tell you what foods ought to be eaten together and which combinations should be avoided depending on factors such as the pH level required to digest a certain food, the reactions of nutrients with each other and on the body, and capacity of the body to digest specific foods. Following these rules can help you start off on a smart diet plan, which will go a long way in improving your health and eventually your entire lifestyle.
Common food combination rules:
References:
The 10 Rules of the Food Combining Diet
8 Rules of Food Combining to Lose Weight Effectively
ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT FOOD COMBINING
Food Combining for Health and Weight Loss
Food Synergy: 8 Healthy Food Pairings That Are Even Better Together
Shishir Rao is a web writer who writes on a variety of topics ranging from health to technology. He uses the web as his preferred tool of information dissemination owing to its reach and easy to confirm credibility.