What Is the Dissociated Diet?

 


What Is the Dissociated Diet?


Essentially, the dissociated diet means going against everything we’ve been told about diets for the past several years. It is focused on the idea of mixing food, which means consuming only those food classes (e.g. all starches, or all vegetables) at a meal.Basically, you’re prohibited from eating well-rounded meals that include a different food group on the dissociated diet.

How Does the Dissociated Diet Work?

The key rule regulating the dissociated diet is to consume only one category of food at a time. There are some ways to help you follow this rule.

  • Eat only one food group in a meal
  • Eat only one food group in a day
  • Eat only one food group per time of day

The dissociated diet is made up of three food groups: protein, starch, and neutral products. You may complement protein with neutral foods and starches with neutral foods, but prevent combining protein with starch.

What Can You Eat?

Acid fruits: Grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, pineapple, pomegranate, tomatoes.

  • Complement with sub-acid fruits, nuts, and seeds.
  • Do not complement acid fruits with sweet fruits or other food groups, except tomatoes

Sub-acid fruits: Apples, apricots, berries, grapes, kiwi, mangoes, nectarines, papaya, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries.

  • Pair with acid fruits or sweet fruits, but not at the same time.
  • Pair sub-acid fruits with nuts and seeds.
  • Don’t pair with other food groups.

Sweet fruits: Banana, coconut, date, dried fruits, prunes, raisins.

  • Pair with sub-acid fruits, nuts, and seeds.
  • Don’t pair with acid fruits or other food groups.

Melons: Cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon.

  • Do not pair with any other food group.

Non-starchy vegetables: Asparagus, artichokes, green beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, celery, carrots, onions, parsley, peppers, turnips, mushrooms, zucchini.

  • Combine with Protein, fats, carbohydrates, and starches.

Starchy vegetables: Pumpkin, winter squash, yams, sweet potatoes, peas.

  • Pair with non-starchy vegetables and fats.
  • Do not pair with protein or fruits.

Carbohydrates and starches: Bread, pasta, grains/cereals, potatoes.

  • Pair with non-starchy vegetables and fats.
  • Do not pair with protein or fruits.

Animal-based protein: Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy.

  • Pair with plant-based protein, non-starchy vegetables.
  • Do not pair more than one source of protein at a meal.
  • Do not pair with starches or fruit.

Plant-based protein: Beans, nuts and seeds, peanuts, soy beans, soy products, tofu.

  • Pair with non-starchy vegetables.
  • Do not pair with starches or fruit.

Fats: Avocado, olives, coconut, butter, cream, and olive, avocado, flax, sesame, and canola oils.

  • Pair with non-starchy vegetables, carbohydrates and starches, and protein.
  • Do not pair with fruit.

Red wine, white wine, and cider: You can drink these on a protein-based (acid) meal.
Whiskey and gin: You can drink these on any meal.
Beer: Drink with a carbohydrate based (alkaline) meal.

Pros and Cons of The Dissociated Diet

PROS

  • Emphasize on nutrient-rich food
  • Chance to make you eat less

CONS

  • Hard to follow
  • Too restrictive

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