General Food Combining Chart A: Common Foods

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General Food Combining Chart A

COMMON
FOODS

COMBINE
BEST WITH

Sweet fruits
(sub-and non-acid)

Sour Milk

Acid Fruits
Starches (Cereals, Bread, Potatoes)
Proteins, Milk

Acid Fruits

Other Acid Fruits


Fair with Nuts
Fair with Milk

Sweets (all kinds)


Starches (cereals, bread, potatoes)
Proteins (except nuts)

Green
Vegetables

All proteins
All starches

Milk

Starches

Green Vegetables
Fats and Oils

All Proteins
All Fruits
Acids, Sugars

Meats
(all kinds)

Green Vegetables

Milk, Starches, Sweets


Other proteins
Acid Fruits and Vegetables
Butter, Cream, Oils

Nuts
(most varieties)

Green Vegetables
Acid Fruits

Milk, Starches, Sweets


Other proteins
Butter, Cream, Oils, Lard

Eggs

Green Vegetables

Milk, Starches, Sweets


Other proteins
Acid Foods
Butter, Cream, Oils, Lard

Cheese

Green Vegetables

Starches, Sweets
Other proteins
Acid Foods
Butter, Cream, Oils, Lard

Milk

Best taken alone


Fair with
Acid Fruits

All proteins
Green Vegetables
Starches

Fats and Oils


(Butter, Cream,
Oils, Lard)

All starches
Green Vegetables

All proteins

Melons
(all kinds)

Best eaten alone

All Foods

Cereals
(grains)

Green Vegetables

Acid Fruits
All proteins
All Sweets, Milk

Green Vegetables

All proteins
All Sweets, Milk
Fruits (all kinds)
Butter, Cream, Oils, Lard

Legumes
Beans and Peas
(except green beans)

COMBINE BADLY WITH

DETAILED FOOD COMBINING CHART B: Non-Starchy & Green Vegetables


Lettuce

Cucumbers

Greens (Kale, etc)

Okra

Celery

Sweet Peppers

Summer Squash

Kohlrabi

Celery Cabbage

Cauliflower

Eggplant

Green Corn

Cabbage

Broccoli

Turnips

Green Beans

Brussel Sprouts
Protein

Protein/Starch
Combine as Starch

Nuts

Beans

Eat non-starchy & green vegetables with


either protein or starch

Starch

Mildly Starchy

Potatoes

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Beets

Yams

Rutabaga

Mature Corn

Winter Squash

Jerusalem
Artichokes.

Pumpkin

Parsnips

Edible Pod Peas

Salsify

Globe Artichokes.

Do not combine protein & starch


Seeds

Peas

Olives

Lentils
Do not combine vegetables, proteins or
starches with fruits
Except:
nuts with citrus
(fair combination)
lettuce & celery with fruit
(good combination)

Cheese

Peanuts

Eggs

Coconuts

Flesh Foods

Chestnuts
Avocados:
best with salad
(fair with sub-acid fruit or starch)

Wild Rice
All Grains

Water
Chestnuts
Sprouted Grains

Acid Fruits

Sweet Fruits
Eat sub-acid fruits with either acid or sweet fruits

Citrus

Bananas

Pineapples

Do not combine acid fruits & sweet fruits

Strawberries

Persimmons
Thompson Grapes

Pomegranates

Tomatoes: Use with green & non-starchy vegetables & protein

Sour Apples

Muscat Grapes
All Sweet Grapes

Melons: Eat alone


Sour Grapes

All Dried Fruits

Sour Peaches
Sour Plums
Sour Cherries
Sub-Acid Fruits
Sweet Apples

Sub-acid Grapes

Apricots

Blueberries

Sweet Peaches

Pears

Sweet Plums

Raspberries

Sweet Cherries

Papayas

Cherimoyas

Blackberries

Mangos

Fresh Figs

Simplified Food Combining Chart C

Eat Non-Starchy & Green Vegetables With Either:


Proteins

Starches
or

Nuts & Seeds

Peanuts

Olives

Coconuts

Cheese

Chestnuts

Eggs
Flesh Foods

Do not
combine

Wild Rice
Grains

Starchy Vegs.

Mildly Starchy Vegs.

Legumes

Eat Sub-Acid Fruits (All Fruits Not Sweet or Acid) With Either:
Acid Fruits

Sweet Fruits
or

Citrus

Bananas

Pineapples

Persimmons

Strawberries

Pomegranates

Do not
combine

Sweet Grapes

Dried Fruits

Sour Tasting Fruits

Do not combine vegetables, proteins or starches with fruits


Except:
Nuts with Citrus
(Fair Combination)
Lettuce & Celery with Fruit

(Good Combination)

Tomatoes:
Eat with green and non-starchy vegetables and protein

Avocados: Best with Salad


(Fair with sub-acid Fruit or Starch)

Melons: Eat Alone

Alkaline Fruits
Apples
Persimmons
Thompson Grapes (Seedless)
Muscat Grapes
All Sweet Grapes
Fresh Figs
Dates
Figs
Raisins
Prunes
Apricots
Peaches
Bananas
Cherries
Bananas
Litchi "Nuts"
Carob
All Dried Fruit
Some unusual or tropical fruits not listed
Sweet taste is a good indication of their
classification.

Subacidic Fruits
Sweet Apples (Delicious)
Sweet Peaches
Sweet Nectarines
Pears
Sweet Cherries
Some Grapes (Neither sweet nor sour)
Papayas
Mangos
Apricots
Fresh Litchi "Nuts"
Sweet Plums
Blueberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Mulberries
Huckleberries
Cherimoyas
Some unusual or tropical fruits not listed.

Acid Fruits
Oranges
Grapefruit
Pineapples
Strawberries
Pomegranates
Lemons
Kiwi Fruit
Kumquats
Loquats
Carambolas
Loganberries
Gooseberries
Cranberries
(not recommended:contains benzoic acid)
Limes
Sour Apples
Sour Grapes
Sour Peaches
Sour Nectarines
Sour Plums
Sour Cherries
Tomatoes Acid Fruits, without the sugar
content of other acid fruits. Used with
vegetable salad or any green or nonstarchy vegetables, but not at a starch
meal. May be used with nuts or cheese,
but not with meat, milk or eggs.
Some unusual or tropical fruits not listed
Acid (or Sour) taste is a good indication of
their classification.

Melons
Watermelon
Honeydew Melon
Honey Balls
Cantaloupe
Muskmelon
Casaba Melon
Crenshaw Melon
Pie Melon
Banana Melon
Persian Melon
Christmas Melon
Nutmeg Melon

Syrups & Sugars


None of these substances are
recommended
Brown Sugar
"Raw Sugar"
White Sugar
Milk Sugar
Maple Syrup
Cane Syrup
Corn Syrup
Honey

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