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2. Starchy foods shall not be mixed with sour
or acid foods.
3. It is a safe rule to take only one concentrated
food at a time. Healthy people may occasionally
take upto two concentrated foods in the same meal.
But persons with impaired digestive powers, shall
on no account take more than one concentrated
food at a time- Some patients may have to avoid
concentrated foods altogether.
Non-concentrated foods can be mixed with one
another or with any one concentrated food.
For the guidance of the reader, foods are
classified below and some correct and wrong com-
binations are indicated :—
CONCENTRATED FOODS
Nuts (Almonds, walnut, groundnut, etc.,) . Fat and protein
Pulses (Black gram, green gram etc.) . Protein and Starch
Cereals (Wheat, rice, maize etc.) ... ... Starch
Flesh foods ... ••• ••• ... Fat and Protein
Dried fruits * (dates, raisins etc.) , ... ... Sugar_
Eggs ... ... ... Fat and Protein
Roots and tubers (Potato, yam etc.)'! ... ... Starch
NON-CONCENTRATED FOODS
Vegetables, leafy and others ; Fruits
Milk
SOME CORRECT COMBINATIONS
Starch and vegetable
Protein and vegetable
* Dried fruits contain sugar, but for the purpose of this
classification they may be regarded as starch foods. They are
concentrated foods but are easily dig sated Hence they can
be combined with other concentrated foods like nuts A
mixture of dried fruits and nuts is food for the Gods, as
Dr. Alsaker would put it.
f In the uncooked state, grains are three times as concen-
trated as roots and tubers : But after cooking there is not
much difference between the two in concentration.