5 Ways to Promote a Nutritious Diet
OK we can all relax The Oscars are over Best picture actor actress director So back to the mundane day to day travails of ordinary living and being healthy This week it's about how to not only preserve but enhance your digestive strength and health
1 Snacking
This may seem strange but when there is a constant flow of food for your digestive system to handle this can lead to poor digestive strength overall This is particularly problematic for some who have low digestive power to begin with So eating the biggest meal at noon, small breakfast to tide you over until the big meal of the day, and a dinner that is smaller than the noon meal is a great eating pattern to adopt
2 Ice is not Nice
That is ice is not kind to our GI tracts and reduces our digestive strength since the digestive enzyme systems that digest our foods work best at 98.6 degrees F Not 94 or 100 but at this particular set point Using ice affects this set point and alters digestion When you use ice with eating on a regular basis you can affect your digestion
3 Drinking Too Much Water
Some people have too much fluid already whereas others use water a lot for their metabolic needs We are all different and so we should respect that From previous blogs you can see what I mean But the point is that too much fluid decreases out digestive strength And none of us need that Vata gets the most water per day 70 oz, Pitta 50-60 oz, and Kapha 40 oz Guess who has the most water on board most of the time!
4 Leftover Food
My mother was the Leftover Queen and there was always in the refrigerator things from days gone by But energetically leftovers more than a 48hours old are dead and have lost much of their nourishing capability much like the stuff that comes from cans
5 Overeating
When I overeat(more than what I can hold in my two hands) unfortunately it's like I'm throwing wet logs on my digestion strength and then I don't burn the foods I take in
So that's it These are great guidelines that will nourish our digestive systems and improve our health in the long run
Until next week Love DB
