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Hay diet information
The Hay diet is a food combing
diet created by Dr William Hay in the early 1900's. It is
based on the idea that the body can not cope with proteins
and carbohydrates at the same time because of the way they
are digested. This came from the belief that the human body
is used to eating only one type of food at time and that the
combining of food is a modern habit that are ancestors never
did.
The hay diet states that the
things wrong with modern eating habits are
- Poor elimination of wastes and toxins
- Eating to few alkaline forming vegetables and fruits
- Incompatible mixing of food
This can be remidied by the hay diet because it
- Cuts down on protiens starches and highly processed foods
- Improves the elimnation of toxins
- Increases the intake of vegtables, salads and fruits
- Doesn't mix any foods that fight
It also has some other more outrageous claims from the reduction
of stress to the reports of previously stubborn medical conditions
that have unexpectedly responded to correct food combining.
You should eat 60% fresh fruits and vegetables, as much as
possible in their raw state. The remaining foods should be
protiens or starches that shouldn't be eaten together and
should be left at least 3-4 hours apart.
Hay Diet: Reasons for
- Intake of foods not restricted
- Allowed to snack on neutral foods
- Should lose weight on this diet
Hay Diet: Reasons against
- No scientific basis
- Impossible to follow correctly (some foods contain proteins
and starches)
- Complicated plan of which foods can be mixed
- Difficult to follow long term
Hay Diet: Verdict
The Hay diet is the earliest version in
a long list of food combining diets if there was any basis
to these diets or they did halve of what they claimed then
everyone would have heard about it. The Hay diet is not the
panacea of all ills as is claimed but the overall diet is
reasonably healthy (if however hard to follow) and should
help you lose weight.
More information on what can and cannot be eaten together
while following this diet can be found here
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