Bad Food combinations that can ruin your health
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian mind-body-spirit well-being practice based on balancing the three doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. Food combining is a health-conscious approach to eating, where foods that require different digestive environments are eaten separately. It’s a simple concept of eating right which influence our health more than we could imagine….
Don’t eat Fruit after a meal
ruit doesn’t combine well with other foods. The reason is that fruit contains simple sugars that require no digestion. Thus, they will not stay for a long time in the stomach. Other foods, such as foods rich in fat, protein and starch, will stay in the stomach for a longer period of time because they require more digestion. So if you eat fruit after a meal, the fruit sugar will stay for too long in the stomach and ferment.
Milk shouldn’t be combined with any other food
Milk never combines well with any other food. Milk is a complete and concentrated food in itself. It requires full digestive process of its own kind. Milk is a totally different protein than other concentrated proteins like meat, eggs, nuts, etc. Milk doesn’t digest in stomach but in duodenum hence in the presence of milk, stomach doesn’t respond with its secretion.
Liquids and solids
As a law, no liquid should be taken with solids. Liquid tends to pass away immediately into the intestines taking away all the digestive enzymes thus inhibiting the digestion. Liquids should be taken at least 20 minutes prior to meal and not immediately after or along with meal but can be taken one hour after meal.
Bananas and milk
Ayurveda lists this combination as one of the heaviest and toxin-forming. It is said to create heaviness in the body and slow down the mind. If you are a fan of milk-based banana smoothies make sure that banana is very ripe and add cardamom and nutmeg to stimulate digestion.
Cold Drinks
Avoid cold or iced drinks during or directly after a meal. The cold diminishes digestive power (called agni) and causes a host of digestive problems, allergies, and colds. (The same goes for ice cream and frozen yogurt.)