How to Eat Propertly using the food groups

 

Originally the four basic food groups were

 

1.               Proteins and Fish

2.               Milk and Cheese

3.               Bread

4.               Vegetables

 

Today, the basic food groups have been replaced by the following

 

1.               Proteins Fish and Cheese

2.               Fats and Oils

3.               Starches, and

4.               Vegetables

5.               Fruits

 

Or better defined as

 

  1. Fats and Oils: Avocados, butter, crea, lard, olives, margarine, sour cream and all oils.
  2. Starches: Breads, crasckers, cereals, grains, pasta, potaotes, pumpkin, squashes
  3. Proteins: Cheese, coconut, eggs, fish, fowl, legumes, meat, milk, nuts, seed, soybeans, tofu, yogurt.
  4. Vegetables –non-starch: asparagus, beet, brussel sprouts, cabbage, celery, chard, chicory, collard, cucumber, dandelioni, eggplant, endive, excarole, green beans, kale, lettuce, okra, parsley, parsnip, rutabaga, spinach, spourts, squash, sweet pepper, tomatoes, turnips, water cress, zucchini.
  5. Vegetables – mild starchy:Atrichokes, beets, carrots, cauliflower, celery root, corn, mushrooms, peas.
  6. Vegetables -Irritants: garlic, leeks, onionis, radishes, scallions, shallots.
  7. Fruits

 

 

 

GOOD MIXES:

 

            Fats and Oils and Starches

            Fats and Oils and Vegetables

            Protein and Vegetables – Eat protein as a main course and with vegetables and/or salad.

            Starches and Vegetables – Eat starches as a main course with vegetables and/or salad.

 

 

BAD MIXES:

            Proteins and Starches – Indigestion, weight gain and fatigue

            Proteins and Fats – Weight gain and fatigue

            Proteins and Fruit – lndigestion