As the title suggest, the Harmonious Food Combining is about eating foods in harmony for optimal digestion. Most foods in nature can be classed into three basic categories – protein, starch or fat – even though they rarely consist purely of just one. Whichever is predominant makes the food  belong to that particular category. TheHarmonious Food Combination Chart below can help you to separate concentrated starch and concentrated protein.

But before looking at the chart I recommend reading the articles about the principles of the originalFood combining diet(also called the Hay-diet) and of my revisedHarmonious Food Combining diet andFood combining programme.If you need help as to how to put together a menu or programme, please read theHarmonious Food Combining Plan (coming soon).

Below is a table showing most everyday ingredients classed into the 3 categories:Protein – Neutral – Starch. Please remember the basicHarmonious Food Combining rules:

• Don’t combine foods from theProtein andStarch during one meal.
• You can combine foods fromNeutral with eitherProteinorStarch.
• Have oneStarch and oneProteinmeal each day. Also, you should have an Alkaline meal (such as a fruit salad, as explained here).
• Allow at least 4 hours between your main meals – 2 hours after eating fruits.

Everyday Ingredients Table

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Protein	Neutral	Starch
All fish & shellfish (such as salmon, haddock, cod, prawns, mussles, squid etc)	All fats: cool-pressed oils, butter, vegetable spreads etc	All grains (wheat, wholewheat, rye, barley, oat, millet, sweetcorn, rice, buckwheat, spelt, quinoa, semolina, maize etc)
All red meat (lamb, beef, game)	All soured milk products: quark, yoghurt, sour cream, creme fraiche, buttermilk, kefir, double cream)	All breads and cakes
All poultry (chicken, turkey, duck, goose etc)	White cheeses: mozzarella, goat's cheese, sheep's cheese, cottage cheese, Halloumi, Ricotta, curd cheese, Feta	All Flour (including gluten- free)
Pork (in moderation)	Cheeses with at least 60% fat: Camembert,full fat cream cheese, Mascarpone etc (only in moderation)	All pastas (including gluten-free)
Tofu & soyabeans	Uncooked meat (such as beef tartare, Carpaccio)	All cereals
Eggs	Uncooked, smoked or air-dried, cured meat (such as Parma ham, certain salamis, beef-jerky and smoked/cure bacon). Only in moderation.	Vegetables: potato, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, yums, squash
Milk	Uncooked, cured, smoked or marinated fish (such as smoked salmon, herring, trout, eel, sushi, etc)	Dried Pulses (lentils and beans)
Cheese up to 50% fat (such as Emmental, Parmesan, Brie, Cheddar	Leafy/green vegetables: broccoli, kale, all lettuce, watercress, spinach, sprouts, all types of cabbage, green beans, green peas, asparagus, all sprouts and shoots	Sweeteners: honey, maple syrup (in moderation)
Cooked and tinned tomatoes	Other vegetables: aubergine, courgette, cauliflower, mushrooms, sweetcorn, artichokes, summer squash, marrow	Potato starch, cream of tartare
Drink: fruit tea,	Root vegetables: garlic, onion, spring onion, leek, fennel, beetroot, carrot, turnip, parsnip, swede, celeriac	Drinks: beer, ale

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Fruits

Fresh Fruits should not be mixed really with concentratedProteins or Starches. They should be eaten alone (for optimal digestion), preferably for breakfast and definitely not after 3pm. Melons should be eaten alone.

Having said all the above, it happens to be that some fruits are more acidic than others – so they too can be classed into three categories. Some acidic fruits can be used with some acidic proteins and/or neutral foods such as yoghurt and cream; while some really sweet fruits (only when cooked) can be combined with starches (such as oats in a flapjack or cookie). Citrus fruits are digested as alkaline, so they should be classed as neutral. Most fruits can be combined with fatty nuts and seeds (in moderation).

Fruits Table

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Protein (Acidic fruits)	Neutral (Alkaline)	Starch (Sweet fruits)
Berries (blueberry, strawberry, raspberry, cranberries, blackberries)	Citrus (lemon, lime, grapefruit)	Bananas
Exotic fruits (mango, passion fruit, papaya, pineapple, orrange	UNTREATED raisins	Fresh figs
Common fruits, such as (apple, pear, grape, plum, peach, nectarine, apricot etc)	Avocado	Dried fruits ( figs, dates, prunes, currants, sultanas)
Pomegranate	grated lemon and lime rind	Custard apples
Lychees		Very sweet grapes
Cherries		Ripe pears
Orange juice
Apple juice

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