Hay Diet - Food combining for health

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The Hay Diet named after Dr William H Hay 1866-1940.

After 16 yrs medical practice Dr Hay's health broke down, he developed high blood pressure, brights disease and a dilated heart. There being no treatment available for dilated heart at the time Dr Hay was inspired to treat his own symptoms.

He did this by eating 'fundamentally' as he called it, taking foods in a natural form and not mixing proteins and starches at the same meal. (Pavlovs experiments with dogs showed that starches are digested in about two hours, proteins are digested in about four hours but a protein - starch mixture can still be digesting 13 hours later, food taken on top can lead to fermentation and toxic by-products putting strain on the system .

The result of this was a complete remission of symptoms and a reduction of weight from 225lbs (100kg) to 175lbs (80kg) in about 3 months. He believed he had a 'surefire treatment for diabetes'. Although ridiculed at the time, some modern research has produced evidence of a close connection between refined carbohydrates and allergies, skin problems, migraine, fatigue, depression, schizophrenic and aggressive behaviours.

The Diet is below - It's very simple - fruit is best taken alone at breakfast time (the sugars ferment if fruit sits on top of an evening meal) and don't mix columns 1 and 3.

tables 1 and 3 are incompatible.

Table 1 - For protein Meals	Table 2 Neutral Foods	Table 3 - For Starch Meals
protein All Meats Poultry Fish Eggs Cheese Milk ( including Soya) - milk should not be served with meat - combines best with fruit) Yoghurt	NUTS All except peanuts FATS Butter Cream Egg Yolks Olive Oil	CEREAL Wholegrain: wheat, barley, corn (maize), oats, millet, rice bread flour
FRUITS Apples Apricots Berries Cherries Currants Gooseberry Grapefruit Grapes Guava Kiwi Lemon Lime Lychee Mango Melons are best eaten alone Nectarines Oranges Passion Fruit Pears Pineapples Prunes Raspberry Strawberry Tangerine	VEGETABLES All green and root vegetables except for potatoes and jerusalem artichokes	SWEET FRUITS Very Ripe fruits - high sugar Bananas if ripe Dates Figs Sweet Grapes Raisins Sultanas VEGETABLES Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Jerusalem Artichoke Pumpkin
PULSES Lentil Soya beans Kidney beand Butter beans (Lima) Chick Peas (garbanzos) Pinto beans Haricot beans etc
ALCOHOL Wine - Red and White Cider	ALCOHOL Whisky Gin	ALCOHOL Ale Beer
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