Ayurvedic Recommendations on Incompatible Foods

Ayurveda suggests that food combinations that are not compatible with regard to their properties must be avoided. Curd with palm date, radish with black gram, bananas with butter milk, spinach with sesame seeds, honey with wine of dates etc. are few examples of wrong food combinations. Likewise, it is advisable never to take milk with meat, melons, bananas, beer and sour substances whereas fish should never be taken with radish, honey, sesame seeds, black pepper and milk. In equal proportions, any of the combinations of ghee, honey, sesame oil and meat is harmful. With water, ghee and honey in even...