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DORIS GRANT AND JEAN JOICE
Food Combining for Health
Thorsons
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London SE1 9GF
First published October 1984
© Doris Grant and Jean Joice 1984, 1989, 1991, 2004
Foreword © John Mills 1984
Doris Grant and Jean Joice assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work
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Source ISBN: 9780722525067
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Version: 2016-10-04
Contents
Introduction – A Personal Experience
An Appreciation – Doris Grant 1905–2003
Part One: The Theory and the Proof by Doris Grant
3 The Hay System and the Degenerative Diseases
Part Two: The Hay System in Practice by Jean Joice
7 Menu Planning and Suggestions
Part Three: Recipes for Protein Meals
9 Salads, Dressings and Sauces
Part Four: Recipes for Starch Meals
Appendix – Acid- and Alkali-forming Foods
Foreword BY SIR JOHN MILLS CBE
I am delighted to know that the Hay diet is being resuscitated after all these years. I have a copy of the original book, which my sister, Annette, gave me over 40 years ago, and on the flyleaf is written ‘John Mills’ Bible. Please do not remove’.
In 1942 I was invalided out of the Army with a man-size duodenal ulcer. In hospital I was fed on the usual ulcer-sufferer’s diet of rice puddings, mashed potatoes etc., and after three months there was no improvement. In fact, everything seized up and I became a walking zombie.
My sister, Annette, suggested to my wife, Mary, that she should put me on the Hay diet immediately. My first meal, which I remember with gratitude, was a thin minute steak, a large mixed salad and a small glass of claret. From that moment I have never looked