If we are not careful about what we ingest, our digestion may not go well. Bloating, aerophagia, stomach heaviness or even acidity are some of the inconveniences we can suffer from following a bad food association. An inappropriate combination of foods could even lead to unexpected and unpleasant weight gain.

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The habits and customs as well as the industrialists deceive us on the good practices to be set up. The perfect breakfast consisting of chocolate toast with a glass of milk or yogurt and a squeezed orange is a total aberration. What about the far too sweet cereals for children that are happily soaked in cow's milk?

In times of precariousness, between the two wars, it was necessary to eat as much as possible to try to survive the living conditions. From then on, as soon as we could, we combined starchy foods that held the body together with animal proteins to bring strength and endurance. Green vegetables were considered secondary. These values have remained and are perpetuated from generation to generation. Filling a plate with a share of animal proteins, starchy foods and today, green vegetables is what the good mother does for the well-being of her family. However, at the level of digestion, this combination does a lot of damage.

The digestion of food is achieved through the actions of various enzymes. The starch of the carbohydrates is transformed into maltose thanks to an amylase, a salivary enzyme, then this one will be modified into glucose, at the level of the intestines where it will be then absorbable. The fats will be transformed into glycerol and fatty acids under the effect of an enzyme called lipase. The same principle applies to proteins, which are converted into amino acids, which is the final stage of protein digestion. Each of these enzymes will function because of a different level of acidity in different parts of the digestive tract. The mouth and the stomach, for example, do not have the same level of acidity, and fortunately so.

Each food is then transformed into nutrients that can be assimilated by the intestine. However, the digestion time will be different depending on the food we ingest. For example, not all proteins are digested in the same way. We can divide the lean cheeses, curdled milk or yogurt and the fatty cheeses, meats or egg yolk. The latter have a much longer digestion time.

As you can see, digestion requires taking into account several different parameters. It's really not that simple. Fortunately, we do not consciously control this. This is why it is our duty to lighten the work of digestion by associating the foods we eat as well as possible.
Let's associate for example the starch found in bread, potatoes, pasta, cereals with a protein whatever it is ... Red light ... STOP sign: This association is unmanageable at the digestive level.

When we know that the digestion of starch starts in the mouth thanks to salivary enzymes, in an alkaline environment, and that proteins start a digestion in the stomach where the ph is close to 2 and therefore very acid, imagine the damage including the risks of putrefaction. And rotting means bloating, gas and heaviness. What nonsense then to prepare mashed potatoes! (starch-milk association) [bctt tweet= "What nonsense then to prepare mashed potatoes! (association starch - milk). "username="Santenu"]

These food incompatibilities certainly cause disturbing digestive problems as already explained, but they also cause a very important fatigue. Have you ever noticed that feeling of tiredness after lunch when you have to go back to work? This is simply due to the fact that your body has to struggle and draw on its reserves to digest. It would be so simple to help him by simply eating the right foods at the right time.

What to eat then?

The ideal is therefore, as you will have understood, not to combine starchy foods with proteins but rather to combine these two types of food with green vegetables, richer in vitamins and nutrients.