Eating Right

Combination of Foods

Combining various food groups to ensure variety and nutrition is the way long back known fact of healthy eating.

The importance of variety in grains along with combination of various groups like:

Starches, Veggies, proteins, fats and fruits are also important.

Different grains like soya, black gram flour, Bajra, jawar, barley, and ragi can be included in daily diets along with wheat to ensure complete mineral intake.

Multigrain chapatti, chilla, various cereals in breakfast, roasted grains as snacks can help to include them in the daily diet.

The food group combination to avoid indigestion and maximum absorbability of nutrients are also important. Since different foods digest at different digestion environment, thus foods need to be eaten in groups that complement factors.

Some basic food combining facts are:

1. Don't combine starches and proteins together as they require a different strength of acidity in your stomach.
2. Combine a protein and grain with non-starchy vegetables.
3. Dried fruits, nuts, and seeds are best eaten with raw vegetables.
4. Fermented food can be eaten with most of the combinations.
5. Combine a fruit and raw vegetable or salad to delay sugar release of the fruits.
6. Plan small meals to keep the metabolism active...