Fruit

The original meal plan.

“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Genesis 1:29 KJV.

Although we like to put all our fruits in one basket, all fruits were not created equal. Here we’ll briefly explain a few combining rules when selecting fruits for your meals. You may follow the “Three Basic Fruit Combining Rules” or comply with a more strict set of rules as outlined below :-)

Three Basic Fruit Combining Rules

* Combine no more than 3 fruits in the same meal (one sitting).

1. Combine fruits that are sweet to the taste.

2. Combine fruits that are sour/tart to the taste.

3. Eat melons alone, or with grapes of similar color.

Strict Fruit Combining Rules and Exceptions

1. Only combine 1-3 fruits in the same meal (one sitting).

2. Fruits within the same group can be combined.

3. Acid Fruits (Group 1) can be combined with neutral- or sour/tart-tasting Sub Acid Fruits (Group 2).

4. Sweet Fruits (Group 3) can be combined with neutral- or sweet-tasting Sub Acid Fruits (Group 2)

5. Do not combine Acid Fruits (Group 1) with Sweet Fruits (Group 3).
EXCEPTION: You may have Acid Fruits 20 minutes after you have finished eating a Sweet Fruit.

6. Eat Melons (Group 4) alone, with no other fruit from any other group.
EXCEPTION: Grapes (in Group 2) may be combined with melons of similar color in the same meal.
EXCEPTION: You may have other fruits 20 minutes after you have finished eating a melon.

Acid Fruits
Group 1

 

SOUR:

  • Apples
  • Cherries
  • Grapes
  • Nectarines
  • Peaches
  • Plums

CITRUS:

  • Grapefruit
  • Kiwi fruit
  • Lemons
  • Limes
  • Oranges
  • Pineapples
  • Pomegranates
  • Tomatoes 1

BERRIES:

  • Cranberries 2
  • Gooseberries
  • Loganberries
  • Strawberries

MISCELLANEOUS:

  • Carambolas
  • Kumquats
  • Loquats

NOTES: Some unusual or tropical fruits are not listed. Acid (or sour) taste is a good indication of its classification.

Sub Acid Fruits
Group 2

 

NEUTRAL:

  • Apples
  • Cherries
  • Grapes
  • Mangos
  • Nectarines
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Plums
  • Apricots
  • Cherimoyas
  • Fresh Litchi “nuts”
  • Papayas

BERRIES:

  • Blueberries
  • Blackberries
  • Huckleberries
  • Mulberries
  • Raspberries

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES: Some unusual or tropical fruits are not listed. Neutral taste (neither/mildly sweet or sour) is a good indication of its classification.

Sweet Fruits
Group 3

 

FRESH:

  • Bananas
  • Figs
  • Grapes 3
  • Persimmons

DRY:

  • Dates
  • Figs
  • Prunes
  • Raisins
  • Apples
  • Apricots
  • Bananas
  • Carob
  • Cherries
  • Litchi “nuts”
  • Peaches
  • All dried fruit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES: Some unusual or tropical fruits are not listed. Sweet taste is a good indication of its classification.

Melons
Group 4

  • Banana melon
  • Cantaloupe
  • Casaba melon
  • Christmas melon
  • Crenshaw melon
  • Honey balls
  • Honeydew melon
  • Muskmelon
  • Nutmeg melon
  • Persian melon
  • Pie melon
  • Watermelon

NOTES: Some unusual or tropical fruits are not listed. Melons are the most simple food for the body to digest, a process which only takes the melon a total of 20 minutes from start to finish.

Footnotes:

1 Tomatoes are an acid fruit, without the sugar content of other acid fruits. Best used with vegetable salad or any green or non-starchy vegetables, but not at a starch meal. May be safely combined with nuts, seeds, sprouts, olives, avocados, and soybeans with experimentation.

2 Cranberries are not recommended because they contain benzoic acid.

3 Grapes of all sweet varieties; including, but not limited to, muscat and thompson seedless.