Separate Diet — Possible Product Combinations and Substitutions

Five groups of nutrients can go in pairs in various products. Thus, there exist 15 possible combinations (without taking into account such pairs as “protein-protein”, or repetitions like “starch-protein” and “protein-starch”). Combinations of three, four or five nutrients are also possible. Thus, there exist 246 combinations, most of them occur in manufactured products.

Separate diet theory reduces the number of possible combinations to ten, four of them are considered to be good, and six are not. In diagram it can be presented in the shape of a pentagon. This is not the only shape that can illustrate the theory, but it can be successfully used in practice.

When reading books of culinary specialists, watching TV programs about cooking various dishes, we can see, that very often people ignore principles of product combinations.

Separate diet — Choice of Products

It is notable, that each animal species has its own nourishing system. Biologists distinguish a group of carnivores eating meat, granivorous eating seeds, herbivorous eating grass and fruitivrous eating fruits. Digestion system of carnivores is quite different from that of other animals: a dog, fox or a cat digest food quite differently from cow, rabbit or goat.

Granivorous animals (for example, chickens) have beak, craw, glandual stomach, muscular stomach, pancreas with three effluent channels and long intestines with fine follicles (cavities). Their digestion system is adjusted for processing starch contained in grains. Primacies generally eat fruits, they also can eat berries and nuts. Their specific digestion system is capable of releasing much energy of even small portion of food.

It is assumed, that a man is omnivorous. He eats everything what he sees, without caring for proper choice of products. In developed countries this choice is mostly determined by ads, price and fashion.

A man’s health had never been perfect. History of stomach diseases is a very precise reflection of agriculture development, that is a history of improper product combinations. People just take foods in heap and send it to their stomach, without thinking of resulting problems.

Paleontologists believe, that our ancestors were herbivorous, then they started to eat other food products. Today, together with vegetables, we eat meat, fish ,cereals, dairy, fruits and nuts, very often all this stuff at a time. At present it is impossible to call a man carnivore or herbivorous. After eating meat we often use toothsticks: unlike dog’s teeth, our teeth are too closely spaced. We cannot digest grass at all, many people can’t even digest fresh vegetables. And, in spite of 10 000 years experience of grains eating, people hadn’t acquired neither a beak nor a craw, nor a double stomach.

Dr. Shelton mad an authoritative statement, that all food products should be combined due to their value and suitability to digestion process. Separate diet theory is compatible with any other diet. A man should have a knowledge of proper product combinations, whatever he eats — meat, fish or vegan food. The more natural is a person’s diet, the easier he would find suitable product combinations. He who eats only fruits wouldn’t be so much influenced by separate diet , as he who eats traditional foods.

Separate diet compatibility with any other diet is its great advantage. It is useful not only for sick and weak people, but for all.

Separate Diet — Product Substitutions

In culinary recipes traditional, tested ingredients are called for. Substitution could be necessary due to high cost or absence of a product, or with the purpose of making the recipe healthier.

For making substitution one should have knowledge and skill, improving while experimenting. Food industry puts new products into production. Very often such products are called better, more wholesome and nutrient than the previous foods. Such products are really able to improve traditional recipes, but they are not always suitable.

It is rather important to follow manufacturer’s instructions. For example, there exist some milk substitutes, made specially for confectionery, and due to their sweetness unsuitable for meats. But there are many unsweetened milk substitutes, that could be used instead of fresh cream for soups, sauces and so on.

You should always make sure, whether a product could stand heating, such as boiling.

Salt

Salt is often added to taste. So, it is hard to make strict calculation of proper amount of salt for each recipe. As the result, sometimes recipes do not mention salt. Nevertheless, it is required to add minimum salt , improving dish taste with herbs and spices.

Fats, Oils and Margarines

The table below shows the most suitable oils for cooking, containing less saturated fats.

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