Food Combination, Diet Flexibility

[Runenight201]

So I was watching a Paul Chek YouTube video, and he noted how some days he’s a vegan, some days he’s vegetarian, other days a carnivore, etc... and that really resonated with me because I essentially do the same thing, following what I believe my body needs at any given moment and ignoring any type of dogmatic dietary model.

For myself I noted how my ways of eating don’t shift by the day, but rather by the hours, and I’ll find my body in different “phases”. I think they may be tied to my digestion, energy, and activity. I usually have a fruitarian phase, where all meat or starch doesn’t sound appealing, and I need fruit and sugar to maintain energy and appetite. Then I have a carnivore phase, where I sense the need for animal flesh and fat, and any type of starch seems way to heavy. I usually consume fruit juice still in this phase, so it’s not true carnivore.

About an hour ago I had a craving for white rice, which is nice because I haven’t wanted much starch the past couple days, and so I wonder if I may have a cooked plant phase. I felt good after eating some white rice with onions, mushrooms, avocado, and oj. However I prepared some shrimp and so I figured I’d eat that too. However, upon finishing all the shrimp (half pound) I realized it may have been a bad decision, because that combo sat very heavy in my stomach, and I didn’t feel energetic and good. I wonder if perhaps it’s better for me not to combine starch with animal flesh, and I’m curious to know if anyone else has experimented with that?

I also note that I can only tolerate coffee after a starch meal, and it seems the coffee helps its digestion, so I poured up a nice hot cup of joe and luckily my stomach feels much better :)

 

[fradon]

low stomach acid. eat your protien first with lots of salt to increase acid.

 

[Sugar Bun]

I've wondered if maybe that is the ultimate point of fixing digestion and other health issues; reaching homeostasis and then eating intuitively.

Paul Chek was at one stage a fan of seasonal eating. I'm not sure if he still clings to that philosophy.

I followed Chek loosely for a number of years long before Peat. He's a good collator of information and has read vociferously on many topics. What was particularly enlightening was a 10 part lecture he did called "Nutrition: The Dirt Facts".

He has created a patch work of nutritional ideas from his extensive reading, but he isn't a researcher so I fear he falls into a number of common mainstream traps ie. Demonizing sugar.

 

[Sugar Bun]

Keep in mind that Paul Chek is a level 9000 Shaman, so his diet is probably required to facilitate his rain dancing. He has some quasi-amerindian beliefs I'm not entirely caught up on.
He also fasts for spiritual reasons, I believe.

There were some unsubstantiated rumours he went vegetarian for a few years for some serious health complications.