Mixing carbs and protein?

Fozzi43
Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
in Food and Nutrition
One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:

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  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Anyone heard of this way of eating?
  • Danied13
    Danied13 Posts: 117 Member
    Years ago my mom and sister followed Suzanne Somers' diet that advocates not eating carbs and fats together. I still haven't seen anything to back up the validity of claims like this. In fact, I would eat carbs with protein or fat so there wouldn't be such a spike in insulin.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I don't really understand what it's about though?
  • mdedmonds
    mdedmonds Posts: 8 Member
    I've heard and have been doing just the opposite. I always eat a protein with a carb.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I've heard and have been doing just the opposite. I always eat a protein with a carb.


    Me too...just not sure what would be achieved by eating them separately ?
  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:

    There isn't any.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:

    There isn't any.
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    Thank you
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    "Food Combining" - http://www.food-combining-diet.com/principles/introduction/

    probably nonsense !
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    All these fads are just a different way of restricting calories.
  • Iceman1800
    Iceman1800 Posts: 476
    One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:
    zero logic and zero science behind her reason behind it. She personally may have digestive reasons for it but that's just her.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:

    Don't worry about it. It doesn't make any difference either way. Just hit your daily goals and don't worry about timing. It matters very, very little.
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    I've heard and have been doing just the opposite. I always eat a protein with a carb.

    Yes! I always try to balance carbs with protein. any other way doesn't make sense.
  • Lisamar74
    Lisamar74 Posts: 114
    I think it's to do with how your body breaks food down. If you eat one or the other and don't combine the two, it gets broken down quicker. I could be wrong but think this is the mentality behind The Slimming World Diet too.
  • ksmiley412
    ksmiley412 Posts: 274 Member
    I think it's to do with how your body breaks food down. If you eat one or the other and don't combine the two, it gets broken down quicker. I could be wrong but think this is the mentality behind The Slimming World Diet too.


    Fit for Life (FFL) is a diet and lifestyle stemming from the principles of Natural Hygiene. It is promoted mainly by the American writers Harvey and Marilyn Diamond.[1] As the title of the 1985 book suggests, Fit for Life claims that one can lose excess body weight and maintain good health via long term dietary and lifestyle practices, rather than short term dieting. In the Fit for Life book series many dietary principles are recommended including eating only fruit in the morning, eating predominantly "live...high-water-content" food, and if eating animal protein to avoid combining it with complex carbohydrates.

    While the diet has been praised for encouraging the consumption of raw fruits and vegetables, several other aspects of the diet have been disputed by dietitians and nutritionists,[1] and the American Dietetic Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians list it as a fad diet.[2][3]
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    One of my Powerplate clients said she rarely mixes carbs and protein in the same meal..what is the logic behind that? :huh:

    There isn't any.

    agreed.
    no point.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    This thread made me go out and get a jacket potato with tuna mayo for lunch :happy:
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    Suzanne Somers was preaching this religion quite a few years ago.

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