Is there such thing as Food Combining Science? Does enough science exist to back up the theory of food combining? If that is true, then why do food combining diets like the one actress and spokesperson Suzanne Somers stole from author and activist Michel Montignac (promoted as Somersizing) leave people with saggy skin (or in her case, bad enough shape she felt the need to get liposuction and blame her obesity on a cancer she failed to prove she had)?
If you wonder where I “get off” being so brash, at least consider my background before getting into this industry first. All Suzanne Somers did was agree to promote ThighMasters when she began. But so many “suckers born every minute” bought them. That lead to her endorsers to the realization that women would probably flock to buy a diet book with Suzanne Somers name on it too.
If you happen to review the books released in her name, you will be able to note a trend of inconsistency. It is no wonder at all why her followers remain overweight as long as many have. The programs are confusing! With that said, if you 'food combine' the Somersizing way or any other method, know right now that it isn't what foods are eaten together but what foods are kept separate from one another that makes it all work.
To anyone who says otherwise, “Tsk, tsk, tsk!” It is an established scientific fact in Western medicine that in order to initiate efficient digestion of any concentrated animal protein, the stomach must secrete pepsin. But it is also a well-known fact that pepsin can function only in a highly acidic medium, which must be maintained for several hours for complete digestion of proteins.
It is an equally well established fact of science that when we chew a piece of bread or potato or any other carbohydrate/starch, ptyalin and other alkaline juices are immediately secreted into the food by the saliva in the mouth. When swallowed, the alkalized starches require an alkaline medium in the stomach in order to complete digestion. Anyone should be able to figure out what therefore happens when you ingest protein and starch together.
Acid and alkaline juices are secreted simultaneously in response to the incoming protein and starch, promptly neutralizing one another and leaving a weak, watery solution in the stomach that digests neither protein nor starch properly. Instead proteins putrefy and starches ferment owing to the constant presence of bacteria in the digestive tract.
This putrefaction and fermentation are the primary cause of all sorts of digestive stress, including gas, heartburn, cramps, bloating, constipation, foul stools, colitis, and so forth. Don Lemmon's KNOW HOW will set you straight...
