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Deb Kennedy, PhD - Culinary Medicine: A Focus on Fruit
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Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 2:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Dr. Deb for this engaging session where she takes fruit from the clinic to your plate. She delves into the heart of culinary medicine, focusing on the vital role fruits play in … Read More.
Question:
Over the years, I've heard vegan food gurus assert that certain foods shouldn't be combined within the same meal, e.g., strawberries and bananas. Is this true, and if so, what's the reasoning for it?
— Lily Aharon
Answer:
So I did do some digging and I think this comes from some Ayurvedic principles that were developed like 4,000 years ago. So that wouldn't be a western medicine scientifically based, but it doesn't mean that the Ayurvedic tradition doesn't, um, says don't do that for a certain reason. So I would, if I were you and you're practicing Ayurvedic medicine, I would dig deeper into that, but if you're not, it's absolutely fine to have strawberries and bananas at the same time. Yeah, no fear here.
