Hay Diet

I've been recommended the Hay diet but I don't know much about it. Does anyone have any info?
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  • pipkin71
    pipkin71 Posts: 21,821 Forumite
    I had a book on the hay diet years ago - don't mix food that fights I think it was called. Apparently, you dont mix carbs with proteins, and it is supposed to have many health benefits apart from the losing weight angle.

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  • summer134
    summer134 Posts: 14 Forumite
    Don't bother -it's scientifically, and nutritionally unsound anyway. The idea is that you do'nt mix carbs and protein, which is mumbo jumbo!!!
    Eat 3 meals a day - for snacks eat a variety of fruit, drink 2 litres of water a day, and do 1/2hrs excersize. I have done this and lost 4.5 stones. There is no other way IMHO ;)

    Eg: Breakfast:
    bowl of porridge & soft fruits
    1/2 a grapefruit
    2 slices of wholemeal toast & reduced sugar marmalade
    orange juice
    coffee

    snack: kiwi fruit, mandarins

    Lunch:
    1oz fruit & nut mix
    1 Activa high fibre yoghurt
    bowl of soup
    1 pitta sandwich (made with mixed salad, wholemeal pitta, hummus)
    diet coke
    banana

    snack: fruit

    Dinner:
    minestrone soup and wholemeal roll
    veg curry and rice
    yoghurt
    fruit

    snack: fruit

    Just 1 days example - and I never bothered to count calories or weigh food (except for fruit & nuts, which are high calorie) I just ate when hungry, and tried to eat a vareity of foods to ensure I wasnt bored. Good luck.

    summer :j
  • Welshlassie
    Welshlassie Posts: 1,731 Forumite
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    My mother has been doing the Hay Diet for the last 12-15 years and has never looked better. She started it originally as she was having dreadful problems with indigestion, but since she changed to not combining proteins and carbohydrates in the same meal she has felt 10 times better and is at her ideal weight and has been for the 12-15 years she has been doing the "diet". It has become a way of life with her.

    There are lots of books out there that explain the principles, one of the ranges is "Food Combining for Health" Food combining link to Amazon
    Have look at the link for ideas on the types of books available.

    Best of luck with whatever you decide.

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