What makes a good digestion

Tips on good digestion:

 1-Always drink room temperature water it is best for you and lots.

 I have heard theories in the past about not drinking during dinner so that you don’t water down the stomach acids needed for digestion, and we know that the temperature of foods change the chemical makeup (releasing nutrients and/or destroying nutrients). However, I think a blanket statement that cold water makes you fat is just too silly.

2-The times you eat need to be sitting down while you eat and always take the time to just do that( in other word don’t sit in front of a computer, television and eat) eating should be considered soul food.

  3-Try to avoid preheating food or heating in the microwave( it has been proven that it can kill most nutrients as well as enzymes, also there is bacteria that has been found (salmonella) in pork why because microwave heats food from the outside in creating some parts of the food that can still be cold were you will then find bacteria’s. they have consider spinach that is heated in microwave and that kept most of it’ nutrient although other veggies like broccoli and cabbage was not the same

n.b. there are several herbs that are great for digestion like ginger, peppermint , aloes, fennel, lemongrass, cinnamon, coriander the list is long, they each have many proprieties including good digestion

 Peppermint’s medicinal action is very different from that of ginger. According to Rudolph Weiss, author of the classic Herbal Medicine, peppermint has three principal activities: it anaesthetizes the mucous membranes, reducing nausea and vomiting; it encourages the liver and gallbladder to produce and release bile; and it “disinfects” the stomach in cases of improper or imbalanced flora.

In contrast to ginger, peppermint is a cooling and relaxing herb In fact, its anesthetic properties come from the plant’s ability to excite cold receptors in intestinal mucous membranes Peppermint is medicinally useful for reducing such disorders of the gastrointestinal tract as spastic colon, irritable bowel syndrome, and spastic diarrhea Peppermint taken after a rich meal will reduce gas and indigestion

 Though also a bitter herb, aloe, unlike ginger and peppermint, is a powerful laxative when used internally.

 Ginger owes its action to its volatile oils and to its phenols, gingerol, zingerone, and shogaol. These constituents give ginger its stimulating and antiemetic properties; they work together to warm the stomach and to reduce intestinal gas and pain.

 4-Do not eat if you are not hungry be conscious of you body( be aware of  your cravings)

 5-I f you have a sensitive stomach stay away from gluten and wheat

 6-Take an enzymes to boost your digestive system a few months a year depending how badly you need them.

 7-Avoid eating late at night eat more during the less in the night.

 8- Eat slowly and chew your food (help produce saliva enzymes).

Anna R. Dias N.C/Certified naturopath

Reflexology- Health coach

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