1. It is based on food combining with her food groups.
She classifies foods as Carbos, Pro/Fats, Veggies, Fruits, and Funky foods.
You don't eat Funky Foods (Sugars, starches, and combination foods.)
Fruits are eaten alone, on an empty stomach. You may not eat a carbo meal for 20 min. or a protein one for 1 hr.
Proteins/Fats may be eaten with Veggies.
Carbos may be eaten with Veggies, but no fat.
Proteins/Fats may not be eaten with Carbos
Wait 3 hours between meals if switching types (Carbo to Protein or vice versa.)
2. You don't count carbs.
They are restricted in the following ways:
a. High starch and high sugar foods are eliminated.
No beets, carrots, bananas, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, popcorn, white flour, white rice, winter squash, or non-whole wheat pasta.
(And of course no sugar, honey, etc.)
b. You don't eat them with proteins and fats. Only with veggies or plain.
3. (Really part of number one)
No avocados, buttermilk, coconuts, liver, low-fat or whole milk (non-fat is allowed!), nuts, olives, or tofu
These foods contain both fat and carbos. So they break the combing rules all by themselves.
4. Technically, you are allowed all the carbos you want. You could eat a whole loaf of whole wheat bread if you wanted. (No jam or margerine though!) I don't know if you would lose weight though.
Perhaps part of the secret is that it makes you want to eat fewer carbos.
Definitely it forces you to chose carbos with a lower GI. Foods with a GI greater than 50 are forbidden.
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