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Digestion Question
Posted by:
Peisinoe
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Date: July 05, 2007 03:44PM I know that it can take up to 3 days for the body to digest meat, on medicine packages of medicines that react with milk, it requires that 4 hours of digestion take place after milk consuption before one should take the pills, but through all my travels I have never known how long it takes for the good stuff to get digested...
So my question today is; How long does it take for the body to digest: fruit leafy greens vegetables (non starchy) vegetables (starchy) and the combination of fruits and leafy greens? Anyone who knows this, thank you for posting!! I am gonna search google a bit and maybe answer my own question, and I will post any results I find for those interested. xxpeisi Re: Digestion Question
Posted by:
Peisinoe
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Date: July 05, 2007 04:14PM From what I found so far online from non-medical sources, just random surfing:
fruit juice = 15 minutes fruits = up to 30 minutes, average is 20 minutes Most veggies that are raw leave the stomach "quickly" as well, with the exception of spinach, but the more one eats spinach, the better the digestive tract becomes at digesting it. 
I also came across this: "We learned in the previous chapter that such things as coffee, tea, bitters, etc., cause an early emptying of the stomach without, in any way, shortening their digestion time. In other words, foods may be sent out of the stomach before gastric digestion is complete." Check out this site if you are interested: [www.soilandhealth.org] Re: Digestion Question
Posted by:
Jgunn
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Date: July 05, 2007 04:17PM not sure how they got these ideas here but .. [www.unani.com] gives you a good idea
honestly though i swear i can eat a couple of cups lettuce and its on its way out withen in an hour lol .. i could be off though
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 ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist  Re: Digestion Question
Posted by:
deegarry@yahoo.com
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Date: July 05, 2007 06:43PM That is great info, my mother would love to know this, I'm glad I checked in here!  Re: Digestion Question
Posted by:
Frannie
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Date: July 05, 2007 10:49PM I always understood that watermelon takes less than half an hour to leave the stomach. On the above list it says 2 3/4 hours. Unless they mean total digestion time, like from eating it to elimination? But that would be extremely fast and from my own experience watermelon takes from 6 to 12 hours to eliminate.
I am confused
Francis Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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