Dissociated Diet: What It Is, How To Perform It And How It Works

The dissociated diet was created under the principle that you cannot combine in the same meal foods rich in proteins, such as meats and eggs, with foods of the carbohydrate group such as pasta or bread.

This is because when combining these two groups of foods in meals, during their digestion they will cause an intense formation of acids in the body, being this the reason why you should eat less acid-generating foods and more alkaline foods, the latter being vegetables.  

It is not possible to make a complete division of proteins and carbohydrates because a large part of the food is composed of both macronutrients. For this reason, this diet seeks to avoid extremes and only separate meals rich in protein and carbohydrates, in order to relieve the digestive system, facilitate digestion, increase the consumption of natural foods, provide welfare and maintain or achieve the ideal weight.

How to perform the diet

The diet of the dissociated diet should not combine carbohydrates with proteins in the same meal, because it favors the increase of acids in the body. So it is possible to make some combinations such as:

Foods from the carbohydrate group with foods from the neutral group;

Foods from the protein group with foods from the neutral group. 

The table below shows the foods that belong to each food group:

Rules of the dissociated diet

In addition to the above, the dissociated diet has some rules that are very important, these are:

Avoid consumption of products with sugar, processed and industrialized;

Consume natural foods, preferring fresh fruits and vegetables of the season, as well as the consumption of whole-grain products;

In case you are hungry between meals, you should drink 1 glass of mineral water or a herbal or fruit tea without sugar;

Chew your food well;

You should consume at least 2L of water a day between meals;

You should never go shopping hungry. Think about your meals ahead of time and buy only what you have on the list at the market;

Do not be constantly checking your weight to avoid getting discouraged;

Use aromatic herbs and natural seasonings, instead of salt, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and cubes. You can use lemon, honey or vinegar to dress the food.

In addition to this, it is important to accompany the diet with the realization of some kind of physical activity, at least 3 times a week for 1 hour. 

Sample menu of a dissociated diet

Below is a sample 3-day menu of the dissociated diet:

Whole wheat bread with butter (carbohydrate + neutral)

Pasta with sautéed vegetables and mushrooms (carbohydrate + neutral)

* It is important that before breakfast and lunch you ingest 1 glass of mineral water.