In addition to being the hidden culprit behind such heinous digestive issues as IBS, that acid build-up has been associated with the development of many other chronic conditions, including:

Food combining has been shown to help ease symptoms of all of these, plus a host of other odd aches, pains and chronic conditions we typically attribute to growing older.

Even diabetics can benefit from it!

Food combining is not just a diet, although it can be and often is used as such... but since all of those wonderful healing benefits (and weight loss) would basically be undone by returning to eating miscombined meals, why would you ever consider going back??

Unlike any fad diet you may have previously tried, food combining isn't something that works for only some people. It is based on the body's physiology and chemistry, so it works for all humans.

The only way food combining won't work is if you don't adhere to the principles.

1. Eat acids and starches at separate meals.
(Acids neutralize the alkaline medium required for starch digestion, resulting in fermentation and indigestion.)

2. Eat protein foods and carbohydrate foods at separate meals.
(Protein foods require an acid medium for digestion, carbs require an alkaline environment.)

3. Eat only one kind of protein food at a meal.
(Different proteins require different digestion times, which is important when trying to prevent putrefaction.)

4. 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.)

5. Eat fats and proteins at separate meals.
(Some foods, especially nuts, are over 50% fat and require hours for digestion.)

6. Eat fruits and proteins at separate meals.

7. Eat fruits and starchy foods at separate meals.
 
(Fruits don't digest in the stomach and are held up if eaten with other foods, causing fermentation.)

8. Eat melons alone.
(They combine with almost no other food, including other fruits.)

9. Skip dessert.
(Eaten on top of meals they lie heavy on the stomach, requiring no digestion there, and ferment. Bacteria turn them into alcohols and vinegars and acetic acids.)

Although GTNP ensures the most important rules are followed, it's not preachy about some of the lesser details. This simplified version focuses mainly on keeping carbs and proteins separate. And it's not all vegan or raw-foodie or anything extreme like that.

I researched info from many different sources which I felt were geared toward promoting good health in general and not just trying to sell supplements or colon cleansing services. There are several free food combining charts on the web, each of which gives a nice representation of what goes with what... but even using those it was not very easy for me to plan a meal for my family.

It was also confusing because I was trying to assimilate all those other little nuances I'd read elsewhere, but where they were conflicting, which one to choose??

So I decided to just stick with this particular program and see what happened. Following only these simplified guidelines has provided all those benefits I listed, and so quickly!

Every recipe comes with suggestions for what else to eat with it in order to create a properly combined meal. The recipes are very easy to make—no weird ingredients or special shopping required—and unlike every cookbook I've owned before, every single recipe is something I can hardly wait to try!

Separating carbs and proteins does take some getting used to, but only at the very beginning. It becomes easier every day as you begin to feel better and better after each properly combined meal, experience less indigestion, gas, bloating, heartburn, etc., and notice how eating actually makes you feel energized instead of sleepy.

I think that's why GTNP offers the 4-day freebie teaser, because if you really stick to it for just 4 short days, you should be feeling so great you won't want to stop!

It does take a little discipline to get started, or a lot if you aren't already eating very healthfully... but really, you can't expect anything to change if you keep eating exactly the same way you always have, right??

If you're still iffy, conduct a little experiment on yourself: follow the 4 days without deviation, and then on day 5 eat meals like you used to.

I can't imagine you won't notice any difference.

A friend brought up some good questions about coffee, dessert, and convenience foods:

On the 4-day report it says don't drink coffee with your breakfast meal. The program suggests avoiding coffee because it is so acidic, but if you must have it, you can—just have it before breakfast, wait 20-30 minutes after you're done with it before eating anything, and make sure breakfast and your next meal are mostly high-water foods to cleanse your system.

No foods are absolutely forbidden in food combining—it's when and what you eat or drink things with that matters, and you want to be sure to eat more alkaline and less acidic foods each day.


No days on the 4-day report show any dessert, but yes you can have them on the program, and there are even several desserts in the recipe book.

It is recommended that you wait as long as possible after a meal to have any dessert, and be sensible about it. Also be sure to make the next two meals mostly high-water foods to cleanse (digesting sugars creates more acid).

I eat dessert, probably more often than I should, and usually it's ice cream. I just try to wait at least 3 hours after dinner, and I don't eat a huge amount.
And Skinny Cow is only 100 calories :)


Recipes in the 4-day report use only fresh ingredients, but you can substitute convenience foods as needed. In fact many recipes in the book call for canned items.

The more processed any food is, the more chemicals have been added, thereby making it more acidic. The hierarchy for best (and quickest) results is to use fresh as first choice, then frozen, then canned.

Boxed foods tend to be the most heavily processed and should be avoided as much as possible. I like to look at the main ingedients in some of my old favorites and then make something similar using fresh ingredients instead.

"But I just don't have enough energy to be shopping for and cooking all this stuff!"

Believe me, I didn't either. In fact, I started out by simply making sure whatever I was eating didn't have both carbs and protein in it.

That meant picking meat out of my noodley soup, which I did only because there were more noodles than meat. I ate cheddar goldfish as my carb when I didn't have bread to go with salad or soup.

Doing simple little things like that was all it took. After two days I could actually feel myself having more energy.

I remember it well... I was making dinner after work, the radio was on, and I found myself dancing all around the kitchen as I cooked. I suddenly realized what I was doing, and what it meant: another promise fulfilled.

It's even a little hard to contain sometimes. I thought I would never have this kind of energy again... heck I don't even remember having this much energy as a kid!

I'm sure it was due to the freed up energy, at first. That's one of the many promises of food combining, that your body will use the reclaimed energy to flush excess fat.

But then I started noticing I'm eating less, too, yet I'm satisified with the amount and I stay satiated for hours on end. Definitely a huge difference from the crazy hunger I felt if I waited just a little too long between snacks doing the weight-loss thing I started in January!

Eating this way is supposed to help your body digest food better and assimilate nutrients more efficiently... guess that's true, too!

Also very interesting is that most of the weight I'm losing seems to be coming right off the middle. I'm seeing it elsewhere too, of course, but my waist is noticeably shrinking for the first time since after my son was born 13 years ago... and I haven't even started exercising yet!

I am a program affiliate, which means I will get a referral fee if you order the full program... but I became an affiliate because I believe in it and am seeing and feeling more amazing results and benefits every day.

Honestly, I would promote food combining regardless because it works... but as long as they had an affiliate program, I figured why not make a little money while I'm at it, right??

Look, I don't care if you order the program at all, which is the only way I get a referral fee. I get nothing at all for click-thrus or even if you sign up the free trial offer.

I DO care about my fellow human beings, your long-term health and general well-being. Food combining has worked such miracles for me, I just want everyone to experience the same incredible levels of health and vitality as I am.

Even if you don't do it via GTNP, please look into food combining. It's the real deal, it delivers on every single promise, and your body will be very glad you did!