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Food Combining

Sour Tamarind is classed as an Acid Fruit.

Acid Fruits combine well with:

Acid Fruits because:

They are in the same food group

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Fast Digesting Vegetables because:

Fast Digesting Vegetables combine well with all food groups

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Melon Fruits because:

They have similar water content

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Loading image: Earl’s Melon (Cucumis melo var. reticulatus)

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Loading image: Hami Melon (Cucumis melo var. ameri, inodorus, chandalak)

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Overt Fats because:

Acids help digest/emulsify fats

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Slow Digesting Vegetables because:

The sugar to acid ratios are similar

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Sub-acid Fruits because:

They have similar water content

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Water because:
- Water combines well with all food groups

Acid Fruits combine poorly with:

Not Recommendeds because:

Foods classed as "Not Recommended" have contraindications to optimal health

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Sweet Fruits because:

The sugar to acid ratios are significantly different
The water content is significantly different

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Nutrition Per 100g
- Water: 31.4%
- Calories:
  - Total: 239 kcal / 1000 kJ
  - Absorbable: 246 kcal / 1030 kJ
  - Carbohydrate:
    Total: 62.5g
    Dietary Fiber: 5.1g
    Absorbable: 57.4g/ 230 kcal / 961 kJ
  - Protein: 2.8g/ 11 kcal / 47 kJ
  - Fat: 0.6g/ 5 kcal / 23 kJ

Botany
- Domain: Eukaryote Organisms with a membrane-bound cell nucleus
- Kingdom: Plantae Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta Vascular plants
- Class: Magnoliopsida Dicot flowering plant
- Clades:
  - Embryophytes Land plants
    Polysporangiophytes Multiple sporangia plants
    Tracheophytes Vascular plants
    Spermatophytes Seed plants
    Angiosperms Flowering plants
    Eudicots Double embryonic leaf plants (True dicots)
    Core eudicots Flowering plants central lineage
    Superrosids Rosids and Saxifragales
    Rosids Fruit trees, vines, herbs, shrubs, allies
- Order: Fabales Legume, Milkwort, allies
- Family: Fabaceae Legume
- Genus: Tamarindus A genus of 1 species, Tamarind, a long-lived, drought-resistant, large evergreen tree
- Species: Tamarindus indica

Food of the Day

Sour Tamarind