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Subject: Most Healthy Way to Eat
Category: Health > Fitness and Nutrition
Asked by: infestma-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 15 Nov 2005 09:26 PST
Expires: 15 Dec 2005 09:26 PST
Question ID: 593290
I want to find out what is the most healthy way to eat.

For example, I want to know what ways I can eat in order to take the
most advantage out of the food I'm eating.  I read some where that
protein and carbohydrates should be eaten seperately. And fruits
should not be eaten with any other foods.  I want to know if these
things really are true or what really is the best way to eat.

Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 15 Nov 2005 11:46 PST
infestma...

The ideas you're referring to are the art of food combining
for health's sake. A well-known book on the topic is one by
Harvey and Marilyn Diamond:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446300152/103-3070361-3200613?v=glance

While the book contains many ideas which appeal to common
sense, it is not without its detractors from the field of
professional nutritionists. See this critique by nutritionist
James J. Kenney, Ph.D., R.D., on QuackWatch:
http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/fitforlife.html

Harvey Diamond's website is here:
http://www.fitforlifetime.com/

And you can listen to a 1.5 hour interview with Diamond
on the FormerFatGuy website:
http://www.formerfatguy.com/interviews/harvey-diamond.asp

Let me know if that's enough to help you make up your mind...

sublime1-ga

Clarification of Question by infestma-ga on 15 Nov 2005 14:49 PST
Can I get some more sources other than ones from Harvey Diamond that
support this theory? Ideally I would like stuff I can read online
rather than books I must buy. Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
Answered By: sublime1-ga on 15 Nov 2005 22:49 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
infestma...

The following are online sources which discuss food combining,
also known as trophology, from resources other than the Diamonds.


The Internet Health Library's page on food combining:
http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/DietandLifestyle/Food_combining.htm

Their food-combining chart, classifying types of foods:
http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/DietandLifestyle/food-combining-detailed-chart-b.htm


HPS (Helping People Survive) Online's page:
http://www.hps-online.com/food/

A related page:
http://www.hps-online.com/troph1.htm


About.com's directory of resources, including pro and con:
http://weightloss.about.com/cs/foodcombining/


HealingDaily's page on the topic:
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/food-combining.htm


NetFit's page about Dr. William Howard Hay's guidelines
(he is credited with originating food combining in 1911):
http://www.netfit.co.uk/fatcom.htm


A good page on trophology from Malcolm Smith's website:
http://www.canopus22.demon.co.uk/food/diet/trophology.htm


If you have some extended time for reading, this book by
HERBERT M. SHELTON D.P., N.D., D.C., D.N.T., D.N.Sc., D.N.Ph.,
D.N. Litt, Ph.D., D. Orthp., titled 'The Hygienic System',
offers a unique historical perspective on food, nutrition,
and so on. The entire book is in the public domain, online:
http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020126shelton.orthotrophy/020126.toc.html


Here's an article on food combining by the highly respected
Daniel Reid, author of The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity:
http://detoxifynow.com/Food_diet.html

"Born and educated in the United States, with a master's
 degree in Chinese language and civilization, Daniel P. Reid
 now lives in Taiwan, where he has studied with numerous
 Taoist masters. He is the author of Chinese Herbal Medicine,
 which was hailed by The New York Times as 'highly readable
 ...a marvelous introduction to the field of Chinese medicine.'"
http://detoxifynow.com/tao_of_health.html


That should whet your appetite!...  ; )

Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that  
the answer cannot be improved upon by way of a dialog  
established through the "Request for Clarification" process. 

sublime1-ga


Additional information may be found from an exploration of
the links resulting from the Google searches outlined below.

Searches done via Google:

"food combining" -diamond
://www.google.com/search?q=%22food+combining%22+-diamond

trophology
://www.google.com/search?q=trophology
infestma-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you, this is great. I appreciate that you showed what search terms you used.

Comments  
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: pinkfreud-ga on 15 Nov 2005 14:59 PST
 
The notion that foods should be eaten in certain combinations is
widely found in mass-market diet books. If you look at serious
research from academic sources, you won't find this theory being
presented. People who espouse wild, elaborate, pseudo-scientific
theories about nutrition sell a lot of books. Serious, boring
nutritional science doesn't sell as well.
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: pinkfreud-ga on 15 Nov 2005 15:00 PST
 
Some of this information may be of interest to you:

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=51893
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: infestma-ga on 15 Nov 2005 15:19 PST
 
Thank you, this helps.
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: apaul-ga on 15 Nov 2005 18:58 PST
 
http://www.foodno1.com/efoodno1/index.html
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: forasaje-ga on 23 Dec 2005 13:01 PST
 
Wow, I was browsing this forum in google and came across this question.
In my honest opinion based on experience, the best way to eat will be
an adherence to Gen 1:29: "Every Herb bearing seed and every tree
bearing fruit with seed in it shall be yours for food"

So in a nutshell Fruits and Veggies!

Points to keep in mind are
1. Their season
2. Proper combination
3. Organic vs. conventional sources 
4. Occasional Fasts
5. BEING NON-OBSESSIVE...trust me, I've been there....

well I hope this helps the person who posted this question, all the best
Remember, If one way is true it is the way of Nature!

Foras Aje
http://www.bodyhealthsoul.com
Subject: Re: Most Healthy Way to Eat
From: forasaje-ga on 23 Dec 2005 13:02 PST
 
Wow, I was browsing this forum in google and came across this question.
In my honest opinion based on experience, the best way to eat will be
an adherence to Gen 1:29: "Every Herb bearing seed and every tree
bearing fruit with seed in it shall be yours for food"

So in a nutshell Fruits and Veggies!

Points to keep in mind are
1. Their season
2. Proper combination
3. Organic vs. conventional sources 
4. Occasional Fasts
5. BEING NON-OBSESSIVE...trust me, I've been there....

well I hope this helps the person who posted this question, all the best
Remember, If one way is true it is the way of Nature!

Foras Aje

http://www.bodyhealthsoul.com

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