I was just wondering if any of you folks have heard of something called food combining?, from what I can gather the main principles are to avoid eating protein based foods and carb based foods in the same meals (ie chicken and rice together, meat sandwiches etc), and to avoid eating certain foods like processed foods, margarine/butter, cheeses, cows milk, all bread, alcohol & red meat, and to eat more beans & pulses, seeds, nuts, fish, fruit & vegetables.
From what I've read about it, it seems to make a lot of sense, so I just wondered what you guys thought about it.

sounds pretty stupid to me, wasnt it ment to be no carb + fat?? :p
avoiding processed foods is just common sense (well if you wanna lose weight)

if anyone succeeded on it, it would probly be because of calorie restriction rather than some magical food combo

It does make sense (although opinions vary of course).

If I got it right, the idea behind it is that carbs spike your insulin, and that causes your body to 'absorb' the fat more easily. So the fat you eat with the carbs tends to be stored more quickly. Plus, carbs are digested more quickly, and if the carbs you've eaten suffice for your energy needs, your body will just store the fat (which takes a lot longer to digest).

The only things I have heard are:

1. dont combine fat and carbs, although I am not VERY sure as to why, but above post makes sense.

2. The only combinations I have heard are to gain 'complete proteins' to get all essential amino acids ('Diet for a small planet' mentioned in schwarzenegger's encyclopedia of modern body building, pg 708-709)

he gives the following combinations:

I. Grains Plus Seeds
a. Breads with added seed meals
b. breads with sesame or sunflower seed spread
c. Rice with sesame seeds

II. Grains plus milk products
a. Cereal and milk
b. Pasta with milk or cheese (eg Parmesan)
c. Bread with milk or cheese

III. Grains plus legumes
a. Rice and beans
b. Wheat breadd and baked beans
c. Corn-soy or wheat-soy bread
d. Legume soup with bread