THE FOOD COMBINING BIBLE Your complete guide to using the Hay diet for digestive health and a balanced approach to weight loss with over 200 recipes). From the inside dust jacket description and back of the book: Food combining makes everyone feel better - and thousands can testify that food combining makes a difference. This full colour comprehensive guide to food combining and the Hay diet contains menu plans and many delicious recipes, making food combining simple. It shows how food combining: - increases general well-being - boosts and sustains energy levels - helps to balance mood swings - eases digestive discomfort - promotes weight loss to achieve ideal weight - relieves skin problems such as psoriasis, eczema, and acne The enzymes of the human digestive system are subject to certain restrictions. If we eat in such a way as to cause these limitations to be exceeded, we suffer digestive problems. The Food Combining Bible explains the five different food groups - protein, starch, sugar, fat, and acid, showing - which foods fit into each category - good combinations to go for and bad combinations to avoid It also provides a helpful guide to the herbs and spices which can be used in cooking to aid digestion and general health. Based on the original Hay system of food combining, which encourages us not to mix foods that 'fight', The Food Combining Bible explains how the diet works to help you prevent illness and lose weight naturally. Food combining has helped millions to bounce back from health problems, and is particularly suitable for help with allergies, digestive problems, headaches, skin problems, lack of energy, and excess weight.