Digestion Times Of Various Foods

[holy ghost]

I've been looking for information regarding this topic for some time now and have assembled the following. Its not 100% complete and I have some questions regarding its accuracy but at the very least its a guideline . . .

DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS

(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying). ........
Water: when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,
Juices - Fruit/vegetable, vegetable broth: 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid - (blended salad, vegetables or fruits): 20 to 30 min.

Fruits

Watermelon: 20 min.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc.: 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes: 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc.: 40 min.

Vegetables

Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables: 30 to 40 min.

Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min.
Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob: all 45 min
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc.: 50 min.

Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts: all 60 min.

Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains

Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best): 90 min.
Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc.: 90 min.
soy beans: approx. 2 hours.

Seeds & Nuts

Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame: approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc.: 2-1/2 to 3 hours

Dairy

Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta: approx. 90 min.
whole milk cottage cheese: 120 min.
whole milk hard cheese: 4 to 5 hours

Animal proteins

Egg yolk: 30 min.
Whole egg: 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min.
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish): 45 min. to 60 min.
Chicken: 1-1/2 to 2 hours (without skin)
Turkey: 2 to 2-1/4 hours (without skin)
Beef, lamb: 3 to 4 hours
Pork: 4-1/2 to 5 hours

 

[chris69]

I've been looking for information regarding this topic for some time now and have assembled the following. Its not 100% complete and I have some questions regarding its accuracy but at the very least its a guideline . . .

DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS

(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying). ........
Water: when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,
Juices - Fruit/vegetable, vegetable broth: 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid - (blended salad, vegetables or fruits): 20 to 30 min.

Fruits

Watermelon: 20 min.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc.: 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes: 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc.: 40 min.

Vegetables

Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables: 30 to 40 min.

Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min.
Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob: all 45 min
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc.: 50 min.

Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts: all 60 min.

Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains

Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best): 90 min.
Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc.: 90 min.
soy beans: approx. 2 hours.

Seeds & Nuts

Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame: approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc.: 2-1/2 to 3 hours

Dairy

Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta: approx. 90 min.
whole milk cottage cheese: 120 min.
whole milk hard cheese: 4 to 5 hours

Animal proteins

Egg yolk: 30 min.
Whole egg: 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min.
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish): 45 min. to 60 min.
Chicken: 1-1/2 to 2 hours (without skin)
Turkey: 2 to 2-1/4 hours (without skin)
Beef, lamb: 3 to 4 hours
Pork: 4-1/2 to 5 hours

NICE, good thread. This might help me as far as being able to go to the gym at a better time,Instead of wordering why i feel like upchuckin when pushing the last sets out.

 

[Sim882]

I've been looking for information regarding this topic for some time now and have assembled the following. Its not 100% complete and I have some questions regarding its accuracy but at the very least its a guideline . . .

DIGESTION TIME OF VARIOUS FOODS

(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying). ........
Water: when stomach is empty, leaves immediately and goes into intestines,
Juices - Fruit/vegetable, vegetable broth: 15 to 20 minutes.
Semi-liquid - (blended salad, vegetables or fruits): 20 to 30 min.

Fruits

Watermelon: 20 min.
Other melons - Canteloupe, Cranshaw, Honeydew etc.: 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes: 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc.: 40 min.

Vegetables

Raw tossed salad vegetables - tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables: 30 to 40 min.

Steamed or cooked vegetables
Leafy vegetables - escarole, spinach, kale, collards etc. - 40 min.
Zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, yellow squash, corn on cob: all 45 min
Root vegetables - carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips etc.: 50 min.

Semi-Concentrated Carbohydrates - Starches
Jerusalem artichokes & leafy, acorn & butternut squashes, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam, chestnuts: all 60 min.

Concentrated Carbohydrates - Grains

Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, cornmeal, oats (first 3 vegetables best): 90 min.
Legumes & Beans - (Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein)
Lentils, limas, chick peas, peas, pigeon peas, kidney beans, etc.: 90 min.
soy beans: approx. 2 hours.

Seeds & Nuts

Seeds - Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame: approx. 2 hours.
Nuts - Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc.: 2-1/2 to 3 hours

Dairy

Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta: approx. 90 min.
whole milk cottage cheese: 120 min.
whole milk hard cheese: 4 to 5 hours

Animal proteins

Egg yolk: 30 min.
Whole egg: 45 min.
Fish - cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood - 30 min.
Fish - salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish): 45 min. to 60 min.
Chicken: 1-1/2 to 2 hours (without skin)
Turkey: 2 to 2-1/4 hours (without skin)
Beef, lamb: 3 to 4 hours
Pork: 4-1/2 to 5 hours

So ur suggesting that after tuna or eggs, I only have amino acids in my system for 1 hour max?