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Weight loss: Food combinations you should avoid

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Jun 17, 2022, 07:00 IST
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Dieticians have always warned against several food combinations

What if you are eating all the wrong combinations of food and that's hindering your weight loss journey. Dieticians have always warned against several food combinations that they say affects the weight of an individual. Even if one is on a restricted diet to control weight, mistakes do not help in the process at all.

It is therefore essential to keep an eye on the different food items you are eating and which other food items you are combining them with.

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​Why are certain food combinations not allowed?

Health experts say combining foods with different digestive enzymes will disturb the pH level of your gut system.

Experts also warn against eating foods that require different digestive speeds. This may disturb the gut health and subsequently disturb the weight loss plan.

Faulty food pairing should be avoided in diets and one should always take care of the nature of the food items before putting them on the plate together.

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​Bananas and milk

Combining bananas with milk is not a good option. While doing this, you might be doing justice to your taste buds, but you are actually disturbing the health of your stomach.

Experts say the post-digestive effects of both bananas and milk are different from each other. This can result in toxin build up, allergy and other imbalances in the body.

The effect of having bananas with milk can disturb your sleep pattern as well.

Doctors also recommend people with asthma or breathing issues to not have these two foods together.

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​Oats with dried fruits

No doubt oats are great for weight loss. But when they are combined with dried fruits, it does not make a good combination for the body nutrition wise.

Experts explain that though oat is suitable for weight loss, it does not give the body sufficient protein. When this combines with dried fruits it cuts down the scope of getting protein and instead adds more fibre to the body.

Read: Study done for over a year says intermittent fasting is not that beneficial; know why

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​Toast with jam

When you are spreading your favorite jam over the toast, you are actually loading carbohydrate over carbohydrate. This way you overeat one nutrient only and miss out on other nutrients.

Too many carbs are also responsible for heavy weight gain.

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​Other food combinations to avoid

As per Ayurveda, the following food combinations should be avoided:

Milk with fruits, melons, sour fruits, and bananas.

Milk with salty items like samosa

Grains with tapioca and fruits

Fruits and milk with vegetables

Beans with eggs, milk, fish, fruits, yogurt, and meat

Yogurt with cheese, hot drinks, sour fruits, milk, mangoes, nightshades, beans, eggs, fish

Fat and proteins rich food

Cheese with eggs, fruits, hot drinks, milk, beans, yogurt

Proteins with starches

Tomato, potato, etc. with fruits like cucumber, melon, and dairy products.

Milk, yogurt, tomatoes, and cucumber with lemons

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