Originally published September 19 2005
Easy-to-follow digestion tips
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
There are a variety of different ways to improve digestion, but it will take some effort. Some tips include chewing your food thoroughly, drinking little during meals and refraining from eating high-protein and high-carbohydrate foods simultaneously.
After all, what you eat, digest, and absorb will become the building blocks of EVERY cell in your body.
Tips to Improve Your Digestion It need not be difficult to improve your digestion.
The overall health results of making a few changes to how, when, and what you eat will astound you.
The reason is simple: you'll absorb more nutrients from your food and fewer waste products into your bloodstream.
Or, if you have supplements to take with meals, drink a small amount of water.
Stop eating protein foods with carbohydrates at the same meal.
If you are always stressed, learn some stress-management techniques.
It should contain a wide range of enzymes since each one serves a unique purpose.
For example, lipase aids fat digestion, protease aids protein digestion, amylase assists with carbohydrate digestion, lactase assists with digestion of dairy sugars, cellulase and hemicellulase assist with breaking down plant fibre.
Ideally, you should get all of these enzymes in a supplement.
Raw foods contain enzymes that are destroyed by cooking, canning, processing, or pasteurizing food at temperatures over 118 degrees Fahrenheit.
Vary the types and ingredients to get a wide range of nutrients and enzymes.
To help replenish healthy intestinal flora (thereby killing off harmful ones), supplement with a probiotic formula that contains a range of intestinal flora such as lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacterium bifidus.
This is critical to great health since waste products that pass through the intestines slowly pass through the walls of the intestine and are absorbed by the blood.
Dr. Michelle Schoffro Cook, DNM, DAc, CNC, is a Doctor of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Acupuncture, holistic nutritionist, quantum biofeedback therapist, and award-winning author located in Cochrane.
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