(approx. time spent in stomach before emptying)

Liquids

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

Fruits

Watermelon – 20 min. digestion time.
Other melons – Cantaloupe, Crenshaw, Honeydew etc. – 30 min.
Oranges, grapefruit, grapes – 30 min.
Apples, pears, peaches, cherries etc. – digest in 40 min.

Vegetables

Raw tossed salad vegetables – tomato, lettuces, cucumber, celery, red or green pepper, other succulent vegetables – 30 to 40 mins.

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. digestion time
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. digestion.

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. digestion time
soy beans -120 min. digestion time

Seeds & Nuts
Seeds – Sunflower, pumpkin, pepita, sesame – Digestive time approx. 2 hours.
Nuts – Almonds, filberts, peanuts (raw), cashews, brazil, walnuts, pecans etc. – 2 1/2 to 3 hours to digest.

Dairy

Skim milk, cottage or low fat pot cheese or ricotta – approx. 90 min. digestion time
Whole milk cottage cheese – 120 min. digestion
Whole milk hard cheese – 4 to 5 hours digestion time

Animal Proteins

Egg yolk – 30 min. digestion time
Whole egg – 45 min.
Fish – cod, scrod, flounder, sole seafood – 30 min. digestion time
Fish – salmon, salmon trout, herring, (more fatty fish) – 45 min. to 60 digestion time
Chicken – 3  1/2 to 4hours digestion time (without skin)
Turkey – 4 to 5 1/4 hours digestion time (without skin)
Beef, lamb – 5 to 6 hours digestion time
Pork – 7  1/2 to 9 hours digestion time