Wrong Food Combinations You Must Avoid as per Ayurveda. Incompatible Foods - 2
Curd should not be consumed in
the night
Buttermilk is easy to digest whereas
curd is slow to digest at night. Consumption of curd can be easily digested at
lunch time when our digestive abilities are the strongest. People with poor
digestion should avoid curd at night.
Drink warm water
Sip small amount of warm water during a
meal for easy digestion. Never drink very cold or very hot water as the body
utilizes too much strength to carry it through the digestive tract, which must
be saved to digest our meal.
Olive Oil and Nuts
You can find Olive oil and nuts
combination in some foods such as pesto and salad dressings. But this
combination is incompatible, as olive oil has raw fat and nuts contain
proteins. The raw fat in olive oil slows down the digestion of the proteins.
Cold Drinks
Avoid cold or iced drinks during or
directly after a meal and no liquid should be taken with solids. Read why?
Milk shouldn’t be combined with
any other food
Milk is a concentrated and complete food
in itself. Milk requires full digestive strength and process of its own kind.
Milk has completely different proteins than other concentrated proteins such as
meat, chicken, eggs and nuts. Milk doesn’t digest in the stomach but in
duodenum therefore in the presence of milk, our stomach does not react with its
secretion. Being liquid, milk cannot go efficiently with any other food. Moreover,
milk prevents insalivation (to mix with saliva, as food), creating troubles for
digestion of starchy foods.
Don’t eat Fruit after a meal
Fruits does not combine well with other
foods, because, they contains simple sugar which require no digestion, hence,
fruits will not stay for a long period in the stomach. On the other hand, foods
rich in protein fat, starch and carbohydrates stays in the stomach for a long
time as they require complete digestion. And eating fruit after meal, keeps
fruit sugar for too long in our stomach and ferment.
Milk and melons
Milk and melons (or any fruit) should
not be consumed simultaneously because melon is diuretic and milk is a
laxative, the combination may cause sour stomach and acidity.
Honey and Ghee
Honey and Ghee (butter) must not be
mixed in equal amount, as they show opposite reactions in the body. Ghee has
moisturizing and cooling qualities whereas Honey has heating and drying
qualities.
Radish is incompatible with..
1.
Radish is incompatible with fish.
2.
Radishes should not be combined with banana, milk and raisins.
3.
Radish along with black gram is incompatible.
Other wrong food combinations as per ayurveda:
1.
Pork, fish, Buffalo meat, crab, Swan meat, goose, tortoise should not be
taken along with honey, milk black gram, and germinated grains.
2.
Avoid pork with porcupine meet.
3.
Avoid curd with palm date
4.
Long pepper (Pippali) should not be processed with the oil in which fish
or red meat is fried.
5.
Ghee (butter) kept in bronze vessel for more than 10 days should not be used.
6. Sweet and sour fruits must not be combined. Individual fruit should be eaten as is and as a different meal.
7.
Starches are incompatible with milk, eggs, bananas and dates.
8.
Tomato, potatoes, eggplant, and chilies are incompatible with milk,
yogurt, cucumber, and melon.
9.
Eggs are incompatible with yogurt, milk, cheese, fish, meat, bananas and
melons.
10.
Mangoes are incompatible with cheese, yogurt, cucumber and eggs.
11.
Corn should not be taken with banana, dates and raisins.
12.
Lemon should not be taken with milk, yogurt, tomato and cucumber.
Combination in equal amount of
the following is incompatible
Honey, ghee (butter), sesame oil, meat,
fat and beverages
Ghee along with honey, even in unequal amount,
should not be taken along with water.
Honey along with sugar is bad
combination.
Milk along with corn flour is
incompatible.
Mushroom with yellow cap, should not be
combined with mustard oil.
