My parent's put us on this diet growing up. In my quest for better health, I stumbled upon it again. It is a diet that looks to create a massive caloric deficit(bad!), and I can't imagine being able to get sufficient anything from following it(also bad!). It also is not vegetarian friendly, as gaining a complete protein amino acid grouping would be difficult without eating meat. I'm not a vegatarian, but the ovo-lacto diet seems to be one which offers great health benefits, and is the one I gravitate towards. Also, under FC, one eats only 3 times a day to allow complete digestion, which ain't happening here.

However, I am having difficulty finding refutations or whatever concerning the claims that the body cannot digest proteins and starches together based upon the fact that the enzymes required in each one are opposite, one acidic and one alkaline. I know that different enzymes are required, but to say our bodies can't mix them at all??
Looking at the "symptoms" they state from miscombining foods, I experience few/none. So it seems hokey, but I'd like to know where and why their info is coming from. If it is totally made up, or if there is some validity, and perhaps there are some foods which are bad together, but likely not as extensive a list as they provide. Or perhaps it is person specific.

So, anyone got the science?