I tell my mum, we should not eat fruits after meals!!!!!! and all she has to say is we have been doing it for years and nothings wrong with it.
I tell my husband not to mix milk with other food for breakfast, and he laughs it of saying he can have milk anytime any number of times a day.
Its well said that old habits die hard. and I have no proofs to show that their tummies are suffering because of their food choices and eating habits. all I know is when I was distressed with my health issues I came across an article which read - Wanna get rid of all stomach ailments - Eat the right combination of food.
Simply putting it means, eat every thing, no restrictions whatsoever but eat it with the right combinations. And when I say right combinations I mean know which foods are basic and which are acidic and never try to miss the 2 types in one meal.
Acidic foods are the ones which secrete acids in our stomach and basic ones produce Alkaline juices to be digested.
And the best practice for a healthy stomach is to keep it Alkaline.
Few very basic rules of food combining are listed below.
* Eat acids and starches at separate meals. Acids neutralize the alkaline medium required for starch digestion and the result is fermentation and indigestion.
* Eat protein foods and carbohydrate foods at separate meals. Protein foods require an acid medium for digestion.
* Eat but one kind of protein food at a meal.
* Eat proteins and acid foods at separate meals. The acids of acid foods inhibit the secretion of the digestive acids required for protein digestion. Undigested protein putrefies in bacterial decomposition and produces some potent poisons.
* Eat fats and proteins at separate meals. Some foods, especially nuts, are over 50% fat and require hours for digestion.
* Eat sugars (fruits) and proteins at separate meals.
* Eat sugars (fruits) and starchy foods at separate meals. Fruits undergo no digestion in the stomach and are held up if eaten with foods that require digestion in the stomach.
* Eat melons alone. They combine with almost no other food.
Problems you and I can solve and prevent from not occuring are as below:
Natural Weight Loss without calorie counting
Avoid excessive gas, bloating, heart burn, acid reflux, constipation
