How to Improve Digestion System?
90% of the diseases start from your intestines and the primary most important reason for that is bad digestion.Listen to your body. It is the best dietician ever. The body knows what is right for you, just pay some attention. And eat what is good for the body not what is good for tongue.
Some tips to live a healthy life:
· Eat at least 2-3 hours before sleeping. Have light food in dinner. Drink warm milk before bed if feeling hungry. Reason: The food will get digested within this time and you will sleep light else the body will keep struggling to digest the food while you are sleeping rather than focusing on taking rest. Moreover, most of the repairing work is done by the body while asleep. Due to which, one will sleep less and wake up fresh and energetic.
· Don't drink water 15 mins before meals, during meals and 45 mins after meals.
Reason: Water severely interferes with the digestion and absorption process. It dilutes the gastric juices which aids the digestion.
· Chew food 32 times before swallowing.
Reason: Digestion starts right from the mouth and the more you Chew the less the stomach has to work to digest the food.
· Eat fresh and eat raw.
Reason: It's the life that is changing form from food into you.
· Drink a litre of water in the morning.
Reason: it kicks starts the entire system and clears any waste from your intestines. Start with a glass gradually increase the quantity.
· Observe fast once in a while.
Reason: Give your stomach some rest. Our body works all the time to digest.Fasting gives rest to all the vital organs and rejuvenates the entire system.
· Walk after every big meal.
Reason: This helps in taking the load off from the stomach to digest the food
· Don't stuff the stomach too much.
Reason: eat 1/2 of food as solid, 1/4 as liquid and should leave 1/4th of the stomach empty as the offering to God. Basically, the empty space will make it easier for stomach to churn the food.
· While eating just eat.
Reason: We work all day to earn food and when you actually earned it. We are again busy with talking, checking out Facebook, watching TV series, doing something stupid on mobile. Stop everything and just enjoy your delicious meal. Savour every bite, taste the flavour and feel that this is the best meal on earth.
· Eat balanced food.
Reason: Eat in balance and moderation. Eat fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, eggs, ghee and everything under the sun to eat
· Don't interfere with your sleeping cycle.
Reason: It badly affects the entire body and the mind. The body goes into the shock after the disturbed sleep and doesn't know when it is going to be fed and when rested.