FOOD FADS: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD FACTS
Do not worry about mixing foods. There is no truth to the old superstition that something terrible will happen when acid and alkaline foods get together in your stomach, or that you will get sick if you eat lobster and milk, or ice cream and cherries, at the same meal.
You may react violently to certain foods because you are allergic to them. (See the entry on allergy in the encyclopaedia section.) However, some foods may disagree with you because of an association; for example, one patient of mine says he is always nauseated by orange juice because his parents used to give him foul-tasting castor oil in it. You yourself know best whether to try to overcome the aversion or to avoid the food.
There is no basis for such superstitions as that eating oysters will increase virility or that fish is brain food. Garlic will not purify the blood, and carrots will never make your hair curl.
You do not need to cut down on the quantity of food you eat in the summer, unless, of course, you cut down on your activity and do not want to gain weight. But foods will not thicken or heat the blood, no matter what the weather.
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