In the previous post, I disclosed a very detailed strategy that you can follow for the most natural and effective weight loss plan that anyone can adopt without drastically changing your diet with the simple implementation of consuming high water content fruits on an empty stomach. Today I am going to cover the good stuff with how to eat your favorite meals properly using proper food combining techniques that will not only aid in detoxification and give you lots of energy, but help you achieve accelerated weight loss results fast.
You have already learned that fruits are high in water content and high in fiber and eaten as a morning fruit. And by consuming them as such, there is no excuse that you cannot get your doctor-recommended daily allotment of fiber for a day with fruits. So that will save you from the misery of going to your supermarket to buy latest High fiber cereal. And cereals have no water content in it which is not beneficial in goals in achieving your weight loss goals.
Cereals are basically carbohydrates that have the water drained out from it through baking procedures. Crackers, cookies, chips, baked potatoes, toasted bread or any kind of baked goods all fall under the category of water-depleted carbohydrates. Just to let you know that these are not carbohydrates for weight loss. So in order for you to digest them effectively, it requires a lot of chewing where the mixture of the enzymes from your saliva to break them apart for easy digestion given the dried nature of those foods. Can you imagine difference between swallowing a small bite size cracker without chewing it VERSUS swallowing a same size piece of soft bread? At least the bread has at least some water content in it. That is why you see loaf of bread at the supermarket steaming up inside the plastic bag occasionally under different weather conditions. In other words if you leave a piece of bread out in the open air, it will eventually harden as a result of the complete evaporation of water content in the bread.
The point I am trying to make is that a lot of process foods have the water content completely evaporated from it. And we all know that water aids in weight loss. And most people don’t consume enough water on a daily basis and even if they do, they are still not getting the recommended amount of water they need in order to achieve their weight loss goals. You are probably wondering how is that?
Have you ever had a meal where you found yourself incredibly thirsty later on? That is because you have just consumed a meal with very low water content in it despite drinking ample amounts of fluids. Now just think about that for moment. If you instead had a big bowl of water-content rich salad, you wouldn’t need to drink any water after all. And if you did after a bowl of salad, you will find yourself having to urinate more frequently. Have you ever wondered how come on certain days you have to use the restroom more frequently than other days? And you thought you drank too much water. Many times that is not the case. Now do you see how the water content in natural vegetables, as in the case of the big bowl of salad, can help you accelerate your weight loss much more effectively?
I know what you are thinking right now? You are probably thinking that if you consume a meal that is low in water content, like for example a steak and baked potato, you can make up for it by drinking more water than normal. That approach is already doomed from the start to begin with because you usually end up drinking too much water. And I will explain why.
The water content in vegetables are not only rich in nutrients but also rich in digestive enzymes. A steak and baked potato is not. A Chinese Herbalist (a friend of my dad’s) once told me that in order to digest a piece of steak effectively, you would have to chew it up for about more than a minute below swallowing in order to allow the saliva to mix thoroughly into the rough texture of the piece of meat. Now that would be analogous to chewing gum. I tried that one time and I found the eating experience not very enjoyable. Since I am not a steak eater because given my Buddhist background, I cannot eat beef. But I do enjoy other meats besides beef. But I do want to stress the importance of chewing your food thoroughly too, but not to the point where you are chewing the piece of meat monotonously to the point where it is already way too broken apart and too watered down. While everyone is already done with their lunch, I would still be chewing on my half finished meal.
By the way, meats and starches are an example of improper food combining. In Harvey Diamond’s book Fit For Life, I discovered that meats cannot be digested properly with starches. And vice versa. That is due to the disruption of acid/alkaline balance resulting from the simultaneous consumption of both meat and starches because they both require isolated chemical elements for proper digestion. Meats require acid, and potatoes requires alkalies for proper digestion but the two cannot be mixed together as they would suspend the functionality of their digestive capabilities. Let me give you an example.
Have you noticed that every time when you consume a meal consisting of protein, carbohydrates, and fats, you feel sluggish? That is because the digestion requires so much energy that it draws blood away from your brain to provide fuel to your stomach due to the digestive incompatibility of the steak-baked potato combination. Just like reading a book after a meal, according to the principles of Chinese medicine, affects digestion as blood is drawn from the stomach to the brain for concentration purposes.
And we already know that sluggishness slows down your fat metabolism. So does it make sense to eat a properly combined meal. Now you are wondering what on earth is a properly combined meal? How would you like to eat your favorite foods the proper way to help you accelerate your weight loss goals? You can accomplish that by eating your favorite meats with your favorite vegetables. In other words, if you like to eat steak, instead of eating it with a bake potato, have it with a big bowl of salad with any dressing of your choice or cooked stir fried vegetables. Vegetables and meats are very compatible in terms of digestibility.
Right now you are probably thinking, “Hey wait a minute. Isn’t a potato a vegetable?” My answer to that is that in a raw state, it is a vegetable, but when baked, all the water content has evaporated and it turns into a starch.
If you feel like having pasta, don’t have it with meat. Have it with your favorite vegetables.
So there you go. This is the perfect way to properly eat your favorite meals for the most optimized digestion. But one rule to remember, never overeat. Eat to be satiated and not full and you will see the difference in your energy levels as it relates to fat metabolism and weight loss.
In the next post, I will go more into detail about what kind of changes should you noticed physiologically and physically as you start embarking on what I call a less-intensive, less lifestyle-intrusive detox diet plan for easy weight loss.
Billy Loi
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