As a certified personal trainer with 35 years of experience guiding clients toward their fitness goals, I've encountered almost every type of diet.

The Food Combining Diet has piqued my interest due to its potential benefits for digestion and overall well-being. In this article, we'll delve deep into this diet, exploring its origins, principles, science, and real-world implications. 

Does the Food Combining Diet really stack up? 

Read on to find out.

Understanding the Food Combining Diet

The Food Combining Diet, commonly known as the Hay Diet, dates to the early 20th century. William Howard Hay, a New York doctor, developed the idea in response to his own health issues.

He thought his health problems stemmed from eating the wrong foods together. In 1930, he wrote a book titled "Health via Food," which outlined the tenets of the Food Combining Diet.

Dr. Hay's central thesis was that various food kinds necessitate various digestion conditions in the stomach. For instance, he...

How to Retrain Your Taste Buds and take a Spring Break

My son was a phenomenal eater as a baby. He’d slurp up his sweet potatoes and pound his peas. Apples were his favorite, and he’d down the pureed pears and plums like a champ. I’d mix veggies with bananas, wheat cereal and even a little in his milk. But when he turned two, the little tyrant started throwing it down every meal. It was gruesome, and many peas paid the price.

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Episode Overview

Sometimes when you meet someone, you feel like you've known them your whole life. Well, that's what it was like for me to meet Andrea Shaw. Known to her friends and now to me as Draya. What impressed me about her was not just her incredible physique, but also her humility, light, her personality and the kind of person that she exudes. We'll find out a lot about what sets her apart, how her mindset has taken her this far in her sport and where the rubber met the road for her in terms of her making a decision to take this route in the first place.

 “Don't let the environment control you. You control the environment and take charge of what you can.”

- Andrea Shaw 

“Pick a day! Once you take action, there's definitely going to be some sort of follow up step, or something else is going to happen to help move you into that next phase and that next dimension

- Andrea Shaw 

Episode Timestamps:

02:17 How did Andrea get started in...

Spring is here and you can clean up your routine for better mornings and easier days with just a few simple tweaks.

Lifestyle and nutrition expert, celebrity chef, and author of “Eat Like You Give a Fork: The Real Dish on Eating to Thrive” joined the show with some ways to update your daily routine.

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