List of food's digestion time

summerlinlv2009

I have recently discovered the benefits of eating according to the stomach digestion time of each food. For example an apple takes 40 min to leave the stomach, so I won't eat anything else for that time after an apple. Chicken is digested in 1.5 - 2 hours, beef takes 3-4 hours, hard cheese 3-5 hours, beans 2-3 hours, while I was surprised that fish takes only 30 - 60 min depending if it's lean (sole) or fatty (salmon), and watermelon is one of the most digestible food taking just 20 min. Of course these times are influenced by sauces, condiments or other food you may add, but by sticking to the times I've found over the web I was able to solve my long-standing stomach woes such as pain, bloating and belching, which is something nothing short of a miracle for me as now I have a flatter stomach and no discomfort at all! The prinicple behind this is the fact that different foods are digested by the stomach using different enzymes, and when you mix food together you create a sort of traffic jam that slows down digestion so that food starts fermenting and creates gas, which doesn't happen if you respect each food's digestion time. Not to mention the fact that having undigested proteins reaching your small intestine - as opposed to having them previously broken down in single amino acids - triggers an immune reaction towards those proteins which is why you may develop allergy or intolerance for food containing those proteins, like the one I've recently developed for shrimps.
I now want to apply this rule to every type of food, but I haven't found yet a complete list of food with their respective digestion time, so I was wondering if anyone has knowledge about that or can point me to useful websites with that information.
I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.

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https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2015/05/12/debunking-the-myth-of-food-combining

kimny72

Out of curiosity, where did you learn about this? We've had other posts about it recently and I'm curious who is promoting it.

This seems like it would be an inconvenient characteristic for a species that has needed over the centuries to live off of whatever edible things it can manage to find in order to survive. It also seems like the majority of people on earth would have digestive problems if this were true, wouldn't it?

I can't imagine a list of every specific food you could possibly eat with it's tested digestion time exists, but TBH I've never looked. Regardless, I'm glad you're feeling better!

bpetrosky

kimny72 wrote: »

Out of curiosity, where did you learn about this? We've had other posts about it recently and I'm curious who is promoting it.

This seems like it would be an inconvenient characteristic for a species that has needed over the centuries to live off of whatever edible things it can manage to find in order to survive. It also seems like the majority of people on earth would have digestive problems if this were true, wouldn't it?

I can't imagine a list of every specific food you could possibly eat with it's tested digestion time exists, but TBH I've never looked. Regardless, I'm glad you're feeling better!

Seconded, I would want to know who is promoting this idea.

There is no need, outside of basic scientific research or some specific medical situations, to eat foods in isolation from each other. This is neither practicable nor necessary. The mere idea that Food X slows down Food Y and causes some inflammation or immune response is not supported by any reputable research. I suspect it's some clickbait article that is pushing this idea.

cmriverside

Hey, 1980s, they found you. This is the old "Fit For Life" or "Eat For Life," belief which is um...another book idea gone horribly wrong.

Food isn't that complicated, neither is digestion and/or weight management.

Eat Food, mostly plants. Have some lean protein and some fats and call it good.

bluesheeponahill

thats an interesting concept.

it sounds like to me, possibly, you have a slower digestion, and possibly some food intolerances which is why you're not bloating or in pain as much. I'd have a chat to a dr or nutritionist about your diet and see if you are actually suffering from an intolerance. Good luck.

paperpudding

Glad this is working for you - whether it is placebo or some real effect doesnt matter, I guess, if it is working, it is working.

However for the vast majority of people, combining foods is totally normal and causes no problems whatsoever.

Speaking of myself - is very rarely that I do NOT combine foods in some way - I eat cereal with milk, toast with jam on it, my lunch box with various things in my lunch break, dinner with meat and veg, sometimes rice or pasta, all mixed together
Not to mention drinks I have with meals.

Every now and then I might have a snack of one thing - say, just a banana. But most of my snacks are mixed things - say, a cookie made of flour,eggs, chocolate chips, sugar

jennifer_417

The body is a wondrously capable machine. It can do all kinds of things at the same time. This plan sounds like it mostly makes life and weightloss way more difficult than it needs to be.