#Repost @fruitsnrootz • • • • • • Some beautiful fruit plates in Thailand :) If you get a fruit plate like this eat the melon first, then the dragon fruit 15 mins later, then the mango and banana 20 mins after that :) Fruits DO NOT mix well with any other food group! Fruits should be eaten alone as a meal on an empty stomach. Fruits (especially tropical ones) have digestive enzymes that help to clean out the residue left over from the food you've eaten the day before. Fruits travel through the digestive tract very quickly (1 hour) which is why it's so important not to eat them with any other food group. Fruits are made up of 4 groups: Acid, Sub-Acid, Sweet Fruits & Melons. With Food Combining, you typically NEVER want to mix any of the fruits with any other food group + each fruit group should be eaten separately from one another. HOWEVER, you can mix fruits that are close in digestion time. Melon the most hydrating of fruit: Approximate digestion time 10 mins, depending on quantity consumed. Melon should be eaten on its own because it is the fastest digesting fruit... Acid Fruits have the most fibre & are rich in antioxidants. Approximate digestion time: 20 to 30 mins Blackberry Cherries (Sour) Cranberry Gooseberries Grapes (Sour) Grapefruit Lemon Lime Loganberries Orange Pineapple Plum (Sour) Pomegranate Raspberry Sour Apple Strawberry Tangelo Tangerine Tomatoes Sub-acid fruits Approx digestion time: 30 to 40 minutes Apple Apricot Blueberry Cherry Grapes (Not Sweet Or Sour) Kiwi Lychee Mango Nectarine Papaya Peach Pear Sweet fruits Have a higher natural sugar concentration & take longer to digest. They're not the greatest of cleansers, but do provide minerals & concentrated sugars. Approx digestion time: 40 to 60 minutes Currents Plum (Sweet) Dates Figs Grapes (All Sweet Grapes) Papaya Persimmon Prunes Raisins Banana Acid & sub acid is ok Sub acid & sweet is ok Do not combine acid & sweet fruits. Eat melon on it's own, then wait 15 mins before consuming other fruits. Respect digestion times so you don’t get indigestion. Melon 0-15 mins Acid 20-30 mins Sub Acid 30-40 mins Sweet 40-60 mins https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVMdoAl-4DrOVd2Sj9EF6KCZ5yeRL5P8AXaNo0/?igshid=yma3dkktfnmm