Wanna know how long it takes to digest your food?

[Aleesha Sattva]

I found this online and thought I'd share:

Digestion Time Of Foods *

1 1/4 Hours
parsley

1 1/2 Hours
lemon
Irish moss

1 3/4 Hours
avocado
grapes
mango
olive, ripe
raspberry

2 Hours
blueberry
sweet cherry
grapefruit
orange
raisin
coconut milk
artichoke
beet greens
garlic
potato
tomato
brown rice

2 1/4 Hours
fig, fresh
pear, fresh
pineapple
strawberry
asparagus
carrot
cauliflower
lettuce: cos, loose leaf, iceberg

2 1/2 Hours
blackberry
date
fig, dried
gooseberry
peach, fresh
almond
dandelion
greens
leek
mushroom
okra
lima
bean
white rice
basmati rice

Note: Foods beyond this time should not
be eaten 3 hours prior to bedtime.

2 3/4 Hours
apple, fresh
apricot, fresh
currant
peach, dried
plum
watermelon
chestnut
coconut meat, fresh
pecan
pignolia
beet
summer squash
wheat bran

3 Hours

lime
prune, dried
filbert nut
walnut
broccoli
cabbage
Swiss chard
sweet corn
endive (escarole)
kohlrabi
rhubarb
spinach
winter squash
white bean
lentil
soybean
wheat germ

3 1/4 Hours
cranberry
cantaloupe
casaba melon
honeydew melon
olive oil
pomegranate
cashew nut
coconut meat, dried
celery
cucumber
onion
sweet green pepper
pumpkin
radish
rutabaga
sweet potato
turnip greens
watercress
snap bean
peas, fresh
peanut
millet

3 1/2 Hours
safflower oil
sesame seed oil
eggplant
mustard
greens peas, dried
soybean oil
rye

3 3/4 Hours
persimmon
quince
red cabbage
barley
wheat

4 Hours
Brussels sprouts
horseradish
turnip

* Source: Ford Heritage, Composition and Facts about Foods (Mokelumne Hill, Calif.: Health

Research).

[beckx]

more anti-solid-food propaganda? ;) :D

are all the times for the fruits/veg in their raw states? a couple surprised me a bit.

[Aleesha Sattva]

*giggling* naaaaaaaaa I'm eating solid foods. I am... honest! At least once a day :P

I'm not sure if they are in raw states to be honest... I just thought they were. I found this list a couple of places... and since I don't know the digestion times... I just figured it was right. :)

[EZ rider]

Maybe the people doing the test are eating their foods in the wrong order ? If they were eating the parsley (1 1/4 hr) before the cantaloupe (3 1/4 hr) then the cantaloupe would have to wait behind the parsley delaying the digestion time for the cantaloupe to 3 1/4 hours ?

[raweater]

I read from many places that meat takes 96 hours to digest! That's quite a difference.

[Cheetah]

Thanks Aleesha! Soooo interesting! My question is my food doesn't "pass" in the amount of time listed :o so what the heck is DOING in there if not being digested??

:eek: Chee

[Veganforlife]

Very cool!!!

[Moretta]

Thanks for sharing that. Very interesting.

[HolyGuacamole]

Whoa, synchronicity - I was just looking for this information this morning.
Thanks, Aleesha.

[Aleesha Sattva]

I do wonder though... if that's in a healthy digestive system. I would think it would take someone who's been raw awhile and eating mono foods less time to digest something. After all, if you have 7 different raw foods in your belly... it would take longer to digest.

[oai]

I read from many places that meat takes 96 hours to digest! That's quite a difference.

Wow! :eek: I knew it takes a long time, but wholy mac, 96 hrs.?!!! I've read from some places that some of it never leaves our body at all unless we cleanse.

[ElleTatouage]

WOW that is very interesting!! Thank you for posting that!

[Aleesha Sattva]

Wow! :eek: I knew it takes a long time, but wholy mac, 96 hrs.?!!! I've read from some places that some of it never leaves our body at all unless we cleanse.

I don't personally believe that... cause really why would our bodies hold onto meat and not veggies. I believe our bodies are waaaaaaay smarter than we give it credit for.

I do also believe that sometimes 'stuff' can get stuck in our bodies and take a long time to leave *ewwwwwwww*

[oai]

holding on to veggies & not the icky is a good point. i've observed SADers with constipation & lack of exercise, & i just don't know how the body is expelling all the ick. :eek:

which i think eva had pointed this out... which is one of the reasons why pooping is good. :D

[raweater]

I don't personally believe that... cause really why would our bodies hold onto meat and not veggies. I believe our bodies are waaaaaaay smarter than we give it credit for.

I do also believe that sometimes 'stuff' can get stuck in our bodies and take a long time to leave *ewwwwwwww*

I don't think it's holding on to it as much as it's just really hard to digest. I've also seen lots of evidence suggesting humans are not supposed to eat meat, we have everything in common with vegetarian animals like a jaw that moves both directions (carnivore jaws only move up and down) and seminal vesicles (carnivores don't have any). There are many others also.

[oai]

I don't think it's holding on to it as much as it's just really hard to digest.

Oh ok. That makes sense.

[Aleesha Sattva]

definitely hard to digest... at least it always was for me.

[1bigfamily]

Some of those don't sound the same as what i have read. I wonder if they are cooked.

[SamanthaMunster]

i kneeeeew it. pomagranetes do take forever to digest.. ! I think it's the seeds.

But I read they're good for cleansing:)

Thanks for posting this! It was really interesting !;)

[anniez]

I'm very surprised by this. Everything I have read says that melon digests in 20 minutes. While I, too, question, if this means raw food, I don't know of anyone who ever cooks melon, so perhaps it does mean raw. I think this is just another example of how much conflicting information is on the internet - not just relating to raw food, but to everything! I'd like to get to the bottom of this, because if this list is indeed for raw food and is correct, it will drastically change the way I combine food. Does anyone know how to get a definitive answer on this? Thanks.

Annie

[rawstrength]

I'm very surprised by this. Everything I have read says that melon digests in 20 minutes. While I, too, question, if this means raw food, I don't know of anyone who ever cooks melon, so perhaps it does mean raw. I think this is just another example of how much conflicting information is on the internet - not just relating to raw food, but to everything! I'd like to get to the bottom of this, because if this list is indeed for raw food and is correct, it will drastically change the way I combine food. Does anyone know how to get a definitive answer on this? Thanks.

Annie

I believe that everyone's body digests different foods at a different rate. What works for one person may not work for another, hence all of the conflicting information. For example, I personally cannot digest green bell peppers at all.

[RawSar]

Thanks Aleesha! Soooo interesting! My question is my food doesn't "pass" in the amount of time listed :o so what the heck is DOING in there if not being digested??

:eek: Chee


Suggestion... ?
I take lots of enzymes with my meals and I find this helps with digestion. :)

[Yana]

Just stumpled upon this thread when searching chestnuts and found this:

DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS
(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying)

Water when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,
Juices Fruit vegetables, vegetable broth - 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid (blended salad, vegetables or fruits) - 20 to 30 min.
Fruits
Watermelon - 20 min.digestion time.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc. - 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes - 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc. - digest in 40 min.

Vegetables
Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables - 30 to 40 min. digestion. -
Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min. - Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob - all 45 min. digestion time
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc. - 50 min.

Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts - all 60 min. digestion.

Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains
Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best) - 90 min.

Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc. - 90 min. digestion time
soy beans -120 min. digestion time

Seeds & Nuts
Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame - Digestive time approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc. - 2 1/2 to 3 hours to digest.

Dairy
Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta - approx. 90 min. digestion time
whole milk cottage cheese - 120 min. digestion
whole milk hard cheese - 4 to 5 hours digestion time

Animal proteins
Egg yolk - 30 min. digestion time
Whole egg - 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min. digestion time
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish) - 45 min. to 60 digestion time
Chicken - 1½ to 2 hours digestion time (without skin)
Turkey - 2 to 2 ¼ hours digestion time (without skin)
Beef, lamb - 3 to 4 hours digestion time
Pork - 4½ to 5 hours digestion time

(Editor's notes
Note1: raw animal proteins have much faster digestion times than the above times for cooked/heated animal proteins.
Note2: The digestion times given are under an ideal situation of eating only one food, chewing well, and having efficient digestion, as is the case e.g. after a fast. They are digestion times for optimally healthy persons, with good eating habits. The digestion times are to a large part derived from Dr. Gian-Cursio's and Dr. Bass' practices.
Digestion times are much longer on a conventional diet, and for persons with non-optimized digestive systems, or persons lacking in energy, and for meals with many ingredients put together haphazardly = not in the optimum sequential order.)

That seems like it makes a lot more sense, unless the previously posted list if for total passage, this only considers leaving the stomach into the SI, and even mentions raw states :)

[Yana]

^^ http://www.cookingjunkies.com/dieting-tips/digestion-times-various-foods-190.html

[Yana]

more :)
Meal Interval Guidelines

From Living Nutrition Magazine vol. 16
http://www.livingnutrition.com

Based upon Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., Textbook of Medical Physiology, 8th Ed., W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991, and notes from Dr. V. Virginia Vetrano.

Food, Stomach Detention Time For Complete Emptying*(Hours), Recommended Minimum, Interval For Next Meal** (Hours)

Acid & Subacid Fruits: 0.5-1.0, 2.0
Sweet Fruits: 1.0-2.0, 3.0
Vegetables: 3.0 , 4.0
Cooked Starches***: 2.0-3.0, 4.0
Avocado, Nuts & Seeds: 4.0, 5.0
Cooked Meat***: 4.0, 5.0
Cooked Starch & Meat***: 4.0-5.0, 6.0

*Determinant variables include quantity eaten and physical vitality.
**For allowing complete digestion in the small intestine and rest.
***Not recommended.

from: http://www.livingnutrition.com/fwn/read.php?2,388

[RaeVynn]

"Beef; it's what's rotting in your colon"

The ad that SHOULD be on billboards! :p