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| The Diet Debates |
| If you begin exploring raw food regimes, you'll see that menu planning inspires passionate debate. Some think fruits are the worst thing you can eat. Others, called fruitarians, believe that humans are meant to live on raw fruit and nothing else. Fletcherites, disciples of Horace Fletcher, who developed a nutritional healing system in the 19th century, chewed every bite of food for 10 to 15 minutes. Ehretists, disciples of Arnold Ehret, still follow his mucus-less diet and avoid mucus-causing foods. Advocates of food-combining believe that fruits should be eaten alone and early in the day because the body digests them faster than other foods; protein and starches should never be eaten together; protein should be eaten alone or with leafy green vegetables; and other vegetables should be eaten alone or with grains or legumes. This strategy is followed by both raw foodists, such as Ann Wigmore's followers, and those who eat cooked foods as well. Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's Fit for Life was a national best seller and helped make food combining a household word. Other approaches to nutrition involve: |
| Monitoring pH levels of urine and saliva in order to adjust the diet for proper pH balance. |
| Eating chlorella or spirulina or blue-green algae. |
| Following a hypoglycemic diet plan of numerous small meals throughout the day, or |
| Eating a macrobiotic diet. |
| There is no shortage of unusual theories about diet, and every one of them works for someone. The important thing is to find a diet that works for you. |
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