Nevandal wrote:
Lol it's true, I don't necessarily agree with the one type of food at a time thing, but a healthier diet and consistent eating schedule will lead to a more healthy and consistent......consistency. Know what I mean, dogg?
Here's the theory: Imagine your digestive tract as a road. You've got lot of cars (foods) trying to use it, and they all have different speeds and needs. Race cards go through fast, but need clear roads. Tractors take a little longer and don't care about road conditions. Buggys are slow, need clear roads, and their horses get ***** around tractors. If you make the road a free-for-all there will be times when race cars get stuck behind buggies and tractors, and the race car drivers get frustrated and when they finally get a change they gun it. And sometimes tractors, irritated at the buggies, honk to scare the horses. Meanwhile, the horses leave poop that the race cars skid on. It's a mess, so you ration access.
The basis of the theory is the fact that different foods digest at different rates and require different enzymes to do it. By only eating one at a time you clear the road and deploy only the enzyme needed, undiluted by the enzymes for other foods. This should allow for a smoother and more complete digestion. Fast-digesting starches don't get stuck behind slow-digesting gristle and start to ferment.
Anyway, I'm not going to stand and declaim that this is absolute universal truth, but the science is sound. Heard it from Chef Hayashi in, yes, nutritional cooking. Same guy who had us cooking with maggots.