How to Combine Soy Beans

Food combining is a hotly contested form of nutritional therapy and weight control, made popular in the 1980s by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's long-running best-selling book "Fit For Life." Also known as sequential eating, the concept is based on the idea that certain foods should be eaten in certain order, at certain times of the day, or in certain combinations. However, some food, such as soy beans don't quite fit within the rules. While they are a protein-rich food, there is debate over whether they should combined as a protein or as a starch.

Things You'll Need

• Soy beans
• Healthy fats
• Low-starch vegetables

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Instructions

Combine Soy Beans for Optimal Digestion

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  Decide if you want to include soy in your diet. Different proponents of food combining offer different opinions on the safety and health benefits of soy. Soy is a low-fat source of protein and a source of isoflavones, which may prevent certain kinds of cancer. But some caution against soy, claiming it is mucus-forming. Thus, first read the different major books on food combining and decide for yourself if you want to eat soy beans.

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  Combine soy beans with low-sugar, high-water vegetables. In their unprocessed form, soy beans can be classified in food-combining diets along with other legumes, or a starch. As such, you can enjoy them with large quantities of raw or lightly steamed green vegetables, as well as low-sugar fruits like lemon and lime, avocado, and tomato. Starches can all be combined with healthy fats like olive oil as well.

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  Avoid combining soy beans with animal flesh, dairy, starchy vegetables, or fruits. If starches, including soy beans, are combined with other hard-to-digest foods like animal protein, the result can be upset and excess waste storage. Soy beans should never be eaten in close succession with fruit, which is best eaten on its own, hours separate from any meal.