Stop treating your stomach like a compost and start treating it like a garden.
Adam had it easy. He ate the fruit off the trees and the leaves from the plants. There was no pasta, pesto or pizza. Our modern diet, with all its complexity, requires more gusto than our sedentary bodies can achieve. Flatulence is not the only fallout. We pay for our indigestion with our energy and our longevity. Every stress on the digestive/eliminative system is a drain to our daily energy level and a threat to long range health. Change your bad habits. Navigate through your meals for optimum digestion and turn your health around.

Explains the Laws of Quantity, Frequency & Chemistry. Digestion Times of Different Foods. Mastication. Good Habits. Bad habits. Foods to Avoid. Influence of Emotions. A Perfect Meal. An Awful Meal. How to Strengthen Digestion. Use of Herbs & Enzymes. Controlling Appetite. Food as Energy.

Man can survive on only one third of his daily food intake. The other two thirds goes to benefit the health insurance and medical care industries.

About the author: Steve Meyerowitz, suffering from a lifetime of allergies and asthma, began a journey to better health in 1975. Becoming disappointed with orthodox medicine, he used diet and fasting to restore his health. In 1980, he founded The Sprout House, a "non" cooking school in New York City.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
The Art Of Food Combining
The Laws Of Food Combining
You Are What You Eat

The First Law - Quantity
Keeping A Diary
Overconsumption

The Second Law - Frequency
The Schedule
Regularity
Same Foods
Other Cultures

The Third Law - Eating Consciously
The Nose Knows
What A Sight!
Taste Tells
Real Hunger
Full Of It--Enough Is Enough
Chipmunk's Anonymous
Speeding Ticket
Hello Gracie
Time and Place
Silencio
Chew It. Don't Eschew It
Food As Energy

The Fourth Law - Sequence
The Order
The Mono Diet
Liquids
Pureés
Soups
Fruits
Vegetables
Beans and Grains
Nuts and Seeds
Dairy
Eggs
Meat, Fish, Poultry

The Fifth Law - Chemistry
Protein
Combining Proteins
What Are The Protein Foods?
Hydrochloric Acid
Acid And Protein
Starch
Cellulose
The Starch Foods
Starch and Protein
Acid And Starch
Sugar
Eating Sugar And Starch
Protein And Sugar
Fats
Oil And Protein Or Starch

The Five Food Groups Chart
Proteins
Fats
Nuts
Sugars
Starches
Grains
Fruits
Sub-Acid
Melons

Other Factors Influencing Digestion
Water With Meals
Protein, Oil, Hot & Cold
Other Causes of Gas
Common Gas Producing & Allergic Foods
The Iron Stomach
The Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich
The Theory Of Relativity
Nature's Food Combining

A Perfect Day
Pre-Breakfast
Breakfast
Lunch
Before Dinner Snack
Dinner
Just Desserts

A Dreadful Day
Rise and Shine
Snack Time
Lunchtime
Pre-Dinner Snack
Dinner
Late Evening Snack

Ways To Strengthen Digestion
Exercise
Breathe
Massage
Herbs
Juices
Enzyme Supplementation
Colon Drink & Cleanser
Be Happy
How To Control Appetite
Factors that Weaken Digestion
Parties
Business Lunch
The Six O'Clock Fight

Interview With Swami Sproutananda
About Diet
Ice Cream and Nirvana
Happiness and Food
Choosing A Diet 91
Getting Adequate Nutrition
Vegetarianism
Overeating

Bibliography
Resources
Index

About the author: Steve Meyerowitz, suffering from a lifetime of allergies and asthma, began a journey to better health in 1975. Becoming disappointed with orthodox medicine, he used diet and fasting to restore his health. In 1980, he founded The Sprout House, a "non" cooking school in New York City.