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The Gracie Diet
The Gracies have spent almost the entire 20th
century fighting. They have never been able to afford,
on the day of a fight, to be sick or not prepared.
Fortunately, Carlos Gracie, the patriarch of the
family and the man behind the clans philosophy, found
a solution to this problem. Carlos developed a diet
based on three concepts: not poisoning the body,
taking care of it and respecting, in one meal, the
adequate chemical combination of different types of
food. During his youth, Carlos Gracie ate about
everything, and his sensitive organism quickly reacted
to such abuse. It didn't take long for him to develop
serious health problems. Everything changed, though,
when he read an excerpt form the great philosopher
Hippocrates ("Let your food be your remedy"), and
began to dedicate himself to studying various eating
methods, taking harmful foods away from his organism
and his menu. He also noticed, just like a farmer who
controls the soils PH before planting the seeds, that
the bloods PH is a key element during the digestive
process and that it must be kept neutral, which helps
the transformation of the food. He observed, then,
that a certain combination of foods kept the blood
neutral, as opposed to some mixtures that made it acid
or alkaline. He brought all his study together and
created the eating method known as the Gracie Diet,
which went through a careful research and was
developed throughout the years, consuming most of the
last 50 years of his life.
The diet is composed of several food tables
divided in the following groups:
* Group A: Animal protein, fats and oils, and
vegetables.
* Group B: Cereals.
* Group C: Sweet fruits.
* Group D: Acid foods (in majority fruits).
General guide lines of the diet:
*Foods from group A combine with each other and with
one of group B.
*Foods from group C combine with each other and with
one of group B.
*Foods from group B do not combine with each other.
*Foods from group D can only be consumed individually.
*Banana and milk are not included in any of the groups
since they have chemical combinations of their own. |
Group A- Foods
that Combine With Each Other Plus One of Group B:
Almond, Artichoke, Asparagus, Avocado, Beets-red,
Brazil nuts, Broccoli, Butter, Cabbage, Carrots,
Cashews, Cauliflower, Celery, Chicken, Cocoa,
Coconut-dried, Corn on the cob, Crab meat, Crabs,
Cucumber, Eggplant, Eggs, Endive, Fats-oils, Fish,
French beans, Garlic, Green beans, Green Mustard,
Green Onions, Green peppers, Hazelnuts, Leeks,
Lettuce, Lobster, Meats, Mushrooms, Mussels, Octopus,
Olives, Olive Oil, Onion, Oregano, Oysters, Parsley,
Peanuts, Peas, Pumpkin, Radishes, Savoy Cabbage,
Sesame, Shellfish, Shrimp, Spinach, Squid, Thistle,
Tomatoes, Turnip and Walnuts. |
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Group B- Foods That Do Not Combine With One Another:
Barley, Breadfruit, Chestnuts, Chick peas, Corn flour,
Corn-dried, Dried beans, Dried peas, Flower of mandic,
all starches and Flour, Oats, Pearl barley, Potato,
Rice, Rye, Soybean, Wheat, Macaroni and Lentils. |
Group C- Foods
That Combine With Each Other Plus One of Group B, Not
Prepared in Fat:
Apples, Bananas, Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese,
Persimmons, Plums, Dates, Grapes, Guava, Honey, Jaca
fruit, Melons, Watermelon, Papaya, Pears, Prunes,
Coconuts, Ricotta Cheese, Figs, Raisins, Sugar cane,
Syrups, Teas of leaves, Lemon peel, Black/herb tea and
Coffee/decaf. |
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Group D- Foods
That Do Not Combine With Each Other Or Anything Else:
Apple-Acidic, Apricot, Blackberries, Cider, Cherry,
Currants, Curdled milk, Grapes-acid, Grapefruit,
Lemon, Loquat, Yogurt, Mango, Peach, Pear-acidic,
Plums- acidic, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Orange, Quince,
Raspberry, Strawberry, Tangerine and Kefir. |
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Banana
Combines with: Apples, Cheese, Cream-fresh,
Figs-fresh, Grapes-Moschatel, Melons-sweet,
Watermelon, Sweet Pears, Prunes-Sweet, Persimmon and
all other sweet fruits when fresh.
Does not combine with:
Avocado, Butter, Dried fruits, Honey, Olive
Oil, Oil + Sugar, Sugar Cane, Syrup/Juice, Syrups and
Oils and fat in General (Group B)
Milk
Combines With: All of Group B, Banana raw or baked,
Saccharin or similar, Cooked Yolk, Milk derivatives
(no curdled milk), Kefir and Yogurt
Does not combine with:
All of group A, fruits in general, Egg Whites, Meats,
Oily fruits, Olives, Sugar in general, Oils and Fats. |
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Observations:
*Egg yolk (raw or cooked), Coconut, Coffee,
Brewers yeast, and many varieties of teas are
compatible with any food, for they are considered
neutral.
*Avoid: Sweets, Canned goods, Black pepper, Clove,
Cinnamon, Mustard, Pickled foods and Vinegar.
*Never eat: Pork and derivatives.
*Bread: to be less fermentable, shall be made out of
pure or natural flour and eaten 24 hours after baked.
Also, it should be eaten as toast or oven warmed.
*No Alcoholic beverages.
*Not smoking.
Water:
*Drinking a glass of water when you get up and before
you go to sleep.
Important: In order to avoid a chemical
conflict, it is essential that meals are at least 4 ?
hours apart. Do not eat anything between meals. |
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