Separation Diet, don't mix carbohydrates and proteins
Beginnings of the Separation Diet
What is the Separation Diet?
How it works
Food table
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Beginnings of the Separation Diet
First developed by Dr. Hay this diet has now been adjusted by many
health advocates in the world.
After 16 yrs medical practice Dr Hay's health broke down, he
developed high blood pressure, brights disease and a dilated heart.
There being no treatment available for dilated heart at the time Dr Hay
was inspired to treat his own symptoms.
He did this by eating 'fundamentally' as he called it, taking foods
in a natural form and not mixing proteins and starches at the same meal.
(Pavlovs experiments with dogs showed that starches are digested in
about two hours, proteins are digested in about four hours but a protein
- starch mixture can still be digesting 13 hours later, food taken on
top can lead to fermentation and toxic by-products putting strain on the
system.)
The result of this was a complete remission of symptoms and a
reduction of weight from 225lbs (100kg) to 175lbs (80kg) in about 3
months. He believed he had a 'surefire treatment for diabetes'. Although
ridiculed at the time, some modern research has produced evidence of a
close connection between refined carbohydrates and allergies, skin
problems, migraine, fatigue, depression, schizophrenic and aggressive
behaviours.
What is the Separation Diet?
The Separation Diet is a balancing diet, meaning people who are
overweight will loose weight and people who are underweight will gain
weight.
Most people I know use this diet to loose weight. I used it to gain
weight and it is the only diet I ever had success with! Mind you, this
only works as long as you stay on the diet. Once you forget about the
combination principle ..........
Protein containing foods and carbohydrate containing foods should be
kept strictly separate from one another (hence the term food
separation).
Separating these foods leads to improved digestion: proteins can be
broken down more easily without carbohydrates, and vice versa.
According to Dr. Hay, acid forming foods (e.g. meat, fish, cheese) and
alkaline forming foods (e.g. fruit, vegetables) should not be eaten at
the same time. However there are also neutral foods (e.g. yoghurt, milk)
which according to Hay mix well with proteins and carbohydrates whereas
proteins and carbohydrates eaten together can lead to fermentation in
the small intestine.
Not combining proteins and starches at the same
meal is the main principle of the diet. Proteins are concentrated
animal proteins such as meat, poultry, fish and cheese.
Carbohydrates are concentrated starches such as grains, cereals,
bread, potatoes, and sugars.
You can use the Separation Diet in combination
with any other diet, eg. blood type etc.
How it works
Digestion of Proteins
Proteins need an acid medium for digestion.
When animal proteins are eaten, hydrochloric acid is produced in
stomach, which activates the enzyme pepsin, which splits and digests
proteins. This process can only take place in a wholly acid
medium. This acid medium is neutralized by the presence of a high
starch or sugar with its accompanying alkalies, and the proteins are
incompletely digested.
Digestion
of Starches
Carbohydrates need an alkaline medium for
digestion. This process begins in the mouth with the enzyme
ptyalin, which starts to break down the starches before they enter
the small intestine, where they are further reduced, and where main
digestion takes place. The presence of meat or other
acid-compelling foods, or acid fruits, upsets the alkaline medium
necessary for the intestinal digestion of starches.
Problems arising from mixing proteins and
starches.
In brief, when high starches and high proteins
are mixed at the same meal, there is too much acid to allow
continued alkaline reduction of the starch, and too little acid to
start digestion of the protein. This can result in a wide range of
health problems.
The Diet is below - It's very simple - fruit is best taken alone
at breakfast time (the sugars ferment if fruit sits on top of an
evening meal) and don't mix columns 1 and 3. Meaning you can mix
proteins with neutral foods and you can mix starch with neutral
foods, but don't mix protein and starches!
| Table 1 - For protein Meals |
Table 2 Neutral Foods |
Table 3 - For Starch Meals |
- All cooked meats
- Poultry
- all cooked Fish
- Seafood
- Eggs
- Cheese under 60%
- Milk (including Soya) - milk should not be served
with meat -)
- Yoghurt
Soymeat
|
- NUTS
- All except peanuts & Chestnuts
-
- FATS
- Butter
- Cream
Sour cream
- Egg Yolks
- Olive Oil
Cheese over 60%
Quark
Fetta
Kefir
raw and smoked meats and fish
|
- CEREAL
- All Wholegrain: wheat, barley, corn (maize), oats,
- millet, rice, rye
- breads
- flour
|
- FRUITS (best eaten without other foods)
- Apples
- Apricots
most Berries
- Cherries
- Currants
- Gooseberry
- Grapefruit
- Grapes
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Lemon
- Lime
- Lychee
- Mango
- Melons are best eaten alone
- Nectarines
- Oranges
- Passion Fruit
- Pears
- Pineapples
- Prunes
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
- Tangerine
cooked tomatoes
|
- VEGETABLES
- All green and root vegetables except for potatoes
and jerusalem artichokes
all herbs
- Mushrooms
Olives
Avocado
raw tomatoes
-
- FRUITS
Blueberry's
Agar Agar
|
- SWEET FRUITS
- Very Ripe fruits - high sugar
- Bananas -only eat if ripe -
- Dates
- Figs
- Sweet Grapes
- Raisins
- Sultanas
- Carob
- Honey
- Maple Syrup
- VEGETABLES
- Potatoes
- Sweet Potatoes
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Pumpkin
Topinambur
Kale
Salsifies
|
- PULSES
- Lentil
- Soya beans
- Kidney beans
- Butter beans (Lima)
- Chick Peas (garbanzos)
- Pinto beans
- Haricot beans etc
|
|
|
- ALCOHOL
- Dry Wine - Red and White
- Apple Cider
|
- ALCOHOL
- Whisky
- Gin
Schnapps
|
- ALCOHOL
- Ale
- Beer
|
If you have any doubts about the self-healing power of your body,
consult your naturopath or health practitioner for advise!
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