DIGESTION TIMES OF VARIOUS FOODS
Digestion times of various foods are approximate time of food spent in stomach after eating before it gets to the intestine.

FRUITS
Watermelon: digest in 20mins.
Oranges, Grapefruit, Grapes: digests in 30mins.
Apples, Pears, Peaches, Cherries etc: digest in 40mins.

VEGETABLES
A Raw Tossed Salad Vegetables such as Tomato, Lettuces, Cucumber, Celery, Red or Green Pepper: digests btw 30 to 40mins.
B Leafy Vegetables such as Escarole, Spinach, Kale, Collards etc. : digest in 40mins.
Others such as Zucchini, Broccoli, Cauliflower, String Beans, Yellow Squash, Corn on Cob :digest in 45mins.
C Root Vegetables such as Carrots, Beets, Parsnips, Turnips etc.– :digest in 50mins

CARBOHYDRATES - STARCHES
A Semi-Concentrated such as Jerusalem Artichokes & Leafy, Acorn & Butternut Squashes, Corn, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Yam, Chestnuts : digest in 60mins

B Concentrated Carbohydrates such as Grains, Brown Rice, Millet, Buckwheat, Cornmeal, Oats : digest in 90 min.

LEGUMES & BEANS
- Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein such as Lentils, Limas, Chick Peas, Peas, Pigeon Peas, Kidney Beans etc :Digest in 90mins
Soy Beans: Digest in 120mins.

SEEDS AND NUTS
A Seeds such as Sunflower, Pumpkin, Peptina, Sesame: Digest in 2 hrs
B Nuts such as Almonds, Filberts, Peanuts, Cashew, Walnuts: Digest btw 2-3hrs

DAIRY
Skim Milk, Cottage: Digest in 90mins
Whole Milk Hard Cheese: Digest btw 4-5hrs
Whole Milk Cottage Cheese: Digest in120mins

ANIMAL PROTEINS
–Egg yolk: Digest in 3omins
–Whole egg: Digest in 45mins
–Fish: Cod, Scrod, Flounder, Sole seafood - Digest in 30mins
–Fish: Salmon, Salmon trout, Herring, (more fatty fish) - Digest btw 45-60mins
–Chicken: Digest btw 1½ to 2 hours (without skin)
–Turkey: Digest btw 2 to 2¼ hours (without skin)
–Beef, Lamb: Digest btw 3 to 4 hours
–Pork: Digest btw 4½ to 5 hours



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