Water... On an empty stomach water goes into the intestines instantaneously.
Juice (fruit or vegetable)... 20 minutes
Fruits:
Watermelon... 20 minutes
Other melon... 30 minutes
Oranges... 30 minutes
Grapefruit and grapes... 30 minutes
Apples and pears... 30 minutes
Peaches, cherries... 40 minutes
Vegetables:
Raw tossed salad... 40 minutes
Tomatoes and lettuce... 40 minutes
Cucumber and celery... 40 minutes
Red or green pepper... 40 minutes
Succulent vegetables... 40 minutes
Steamed or cooked vegetables:
Leafy vegetables... 40 minutes
Zucchini, broccoli ... 45 minutes
Cauliflower... 45 minutes
String beans... 45 minutes
Yellow squash... 45 minutes
Corn on the cob... 45 minutes
Root vegetables:
Carrots, beets... 50 minutes
Parsnips, turnips... 50 minutes
Semi-concentrated Carbohydrates – Starches:
Artichokes... 60 minutes
Acorn squash... 60 minutes
Butternut squash... 60 minutes
Corn, potatoes... 60 minutes
Sweet potatoes, yam... 60 minutes
Chestnuts... 60 minutes
Concentrated Carbohydrates – Grains:
Brown rice, millet... 90 minutes
Buckwheat, cornmeal, oats... 90 minutes
Legumes & Beans – Concentrated Carbohydrate & Protein:
Lentils, limas, chick peas... 90 minutes
Peas, pigeon peas... 90 minutes
Kidney Beans... 90 minutes
Soy beans... 2 hours
Seeds & Nuts:
Sunflower, pumpkin (pepita)... 2 hours
Sesame... 2 hours
Almonds, filberts... 2 hours
Peanuts (raw), cashews... 2 hours
Brazil, walnuts, pecans... 3 hours
Dairy:
Skim Milk... 90 minutes
Cottage, low fat cheese... 90 minutes
Ricotta... 90 minutes
Whole milk cottage cheese... 2 hours
Whole milk hard cheese... 5 hours
Animal Proteins:
Egg yolk... 30 minutes
Whole egg... 45 minutes
Fish: cod, scrod, flounder... 30 minutes
Fish: salmon, trout, herring (fatty)... 45 to 60 minutes
Chicken... 2 hours (skinless)
Turkey... 2.5 hours (skinless)
Beef, lamb... 4 hours
Pork... 5 hours
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