In the 1970’s, Dr. Nathan Pritikin developed a new eating plan that is high in fiber and low in cholesterol, thus lowering one’s weight. According to his son Robert, who updated the diet plan, we are driven by our “fat instinct” to eat foods that would satisfy our hunger for fat and calorie-rich foods. This instinct was beneficial during the pre-agricultural civilization because opportunities to eat were far rarer. Since fat is more nutrient-dense than other sources of food, its presence in the …
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Food Combining Diet
October 30th, 2006 
Ardent Editor Food combining is a diet plan based on our digestion’s physiological chemistry. Different food groups require different digestion times. Digestion is helped the most by using food that have roughly the same digestion time. For instance, protein and starches have different lengths of time. Proteins take a long time to digest, while starches digests fast. When applying food combining rules, the two should be eaten at different times, although protein can be eaten with green leafy vegetables.Di…