33. Understanding Food Combining with COMBINED by Alanna

In this episode, we're discovering more about the idea of food combining with COMBINED by Alanna. Alanna shares her health journey which includes years of agonizing IBS symptoms, countless doctor visits & tests, and experimenting with many different diets. All of this led her to try food combining — which is more or less an order of operations approach to fueling your body to optimize digestion. Alanna also shares the food combining principles she adheres to and explains how you're still enjoying all of your favorite ingredients and portions, just being mindful of how you are pairing together the ingredients in an effort to reduce any excess discomfort that can come with digestion. It worked so well for Alanna that she developed COMBINED by Alanna, "a properly combined plant-based" meal service based in NYC. 

Our aim is to hold space for everyone's story & journey, learn more about different approaches, and find ways to optimize our well-being. Biodiversity is always something to take into account, so what works for one body may not work for another. It's important to recognize that food combining is what helped give Alanna her gut health & vitality back, so it is in every way valid for her to share, and for us to listen. 

We appreciate your openness as a listener to topics that may be new to you. We also appreciate your self-advocacy in making choices that are right for you. 


Resources:

• Follow Alanna on Instagram: @combinedbyalanna

• Visit Alanna's site to see her meal service and recipes: combinedbyalanna.com