food combining

American  

[food kuhm-bahy-ning] / ˈfud kəmˌbaɪ nɪŋ /

noun

1. a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.

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food combining British  

noun

1. the practice of keeping carbohydrates separate from proteins in one's daily diet, as a way of losing weight and also for some medical conditions

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Etymology

Origin of food combining

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Sacha Bedding, chief executive of the trust, warns of a short-term crisis, with rising prices for heating and food combining with the end of a bigger welfare payment that was provided during the pandemic.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021

The scientifically unsound rationales for food combining implicitly underestimate the human body's ability to do more than one thing at a time.

From US News • May 12, 2015

The consequences of inappropriate food combining, proponents of the practice caution, may range from gas and bloating to bona fide disease.

From US News • May 12, 2015

If this is the case, don't waste precious time on a bogus food combining regimen; get yourself to a qualified gastroenterologist.

From US News • May 12, 2015

I'll have a lot more to say about that later when I discuss the art of food combining.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve