Just when I thought I couldn’t get any crazier about what I eat and how I eat it, I started reading about this:

Fruits can generally be grouped into 4 categories. Sweet, sub-acid, acid, and melons. Sweet fruits should only be mixed with sweet or sub-acid fruits, sub-acid fruits should only be mixed with sub-acid or acid fruits, or acid with acid (this is starting to sound pretty trippy, I know ). Melons are in their own category and should be eaten alone. Usually, this is not an issue. I usually don’t mix fruits at all. I usually will eat, for example, an apple in the morning, followed 30 minutes later by some strawberries. Usually. However, I have been wont to enjoy the occasional smoothie, maybe for breakfast or a snack or a late night dessert. Unbeknownst to me, though, I have been committing gastrointestinal sins!! What I learned sure explains a lot of things. This smoothie I really enjoy from a favorite cafe of mine, is a melon-berry-mint concoction. It is oh-so-sweet and yummy but I always felt a little funny after eating it. Now I know why. The specific combinations of fruits are very important to prevent the “melon belly” I was feeling after these delicious beverages. So I made a little guide to stick on the fridge to help make smoothies delicious and digestable…. There are some variances in this list based on which website  you check. This is what I have been able to figure out based on my research. This website was very helpful, along with a few others.

Sweet

Bananas, dried fruits (figs, prunes, raisins, dates, apricots, etc), litchi, persimmon, durian, longan, sugar apple, grapes

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Sub-Acid (Low Acid)

Mango, apricot, nectarine, peach, pear, guava, cherry, fresh figs, blueberries, raspberry, huckleberry, mulberry (most berries) avocado, pomegranate, plum, grapes, papaya, strawberry, blackberry

↑         ↑         ↑

Acid

Orange, tangerine, lemon, lime, tangelo (all citrus fruits), kiwi, cranberry, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato, passion fruit

Melons

Honeydew, watermelon, cantaloupe, galia etc.

Here are some smoothie combinations that I really enjoy. You can really put whatever you want. Sometimes, I will add some chlorophyll, or e3 live, or a tbsp flax oil or coconut oil.

1. Strawberries + Lemon juice + ice + agave

2. Blackberries + Blueberries + spirulina + agave +ice

3. Bananas + Hemp protein + ice

4. Bananas + Coconut water + coconut meat and flakes + ice + agave

5. This one used to be my favorite but apparently it is a major no-no: Bananas + orange juice + ice. Soooooo gooood……