Talk:Dr. Hay diet

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this is the only scientific article I found concerning Hay-diet (food combining).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10805507&query_hl=23&itool=pubmed_docsum

Redecke 17:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Is there any objection to merging the content from this article in food combining? There doesn't seem to be enough verifiable, sourced material here to warrant a separate article, and the Dr Hay Diet can be summarized in the food combining article instead. MastCell ^Talk 18:01, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there's an objection. This is a distinct diet and as such merits coverage in Wikipedia. "Food combining" is a general heading which includes many other distinct diets as well. Just because this article is not long does not preclude its growing over time, as editors with expertise show up, as with any other Wikipedia article. We serve an important function and reducing the information we provide to our users does not enhance our project. Badagnani 19:50, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not talking about reducing the amount of information; I'm talking about centralizing it under one heading. It is a subset of food combining, after all, and Dr. Hay diet could remain as a redirect for people searching that term. If at some point in the future reliable sources turn up that enable an encyclopedic expansion of the topic, it can always be split out again into its own article. But that's my 2 cents; any other opinions? MastCell ^Talk 20:13, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Also, the external links you've added ([1] and [2]) make it explicitly clear that the Hay Diet = food combining. Why are we fighting the merge again? MastCell ^Talk 20:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

This is a distinct diet. I've already mentioned, and don't think I need to mention again, that the term "food combining" has been used in other contexts for other diets, as for example the vegetarian diet of Frances Moore Lappe, as published in Diet for a Small Planet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Badagnani (talk • contribs).

I don't think that's quite correct - Lappe advocated protein combining (consuming a balance of proteins containing the 8 essential amino acids). Hay and food combining don't deal with essential amino acids - they talk about combining supposedly "acidic" or "alkaline" foods and sequencing of foods throughout the day. These appear to be 2 distinct approaches with (appropriately) 2 distinct articles on Wikipedia. Of course I'm not an expert. MastCell ^Talk 20:32, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I know it's called protein combining, but Internet sources also call it "food combining." This confusion would lend itself to adding disambiguations to both, making clear the distinction. Badagnani 20:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, merge. Timneu22 18:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Object to merge. Badagnani 18:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)