Ayurvedic Tips for Better Digestion - Chew Your Food Thoroughly

Ayurveda says HOW we eat can solve 85% of our digestive issues, even more than what we eat. Since the digestive tract is where health or disease begins, according to Ayurveda, improving and optimizing our digestion improves and optimizes our health, well-being, and longevity. Check out my year-long class on healing your digestion AND your life at the link below:
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Tip #2 on best digestion (Ayurveda and How to Eat for Best Digestion): CHEW your food thoroughly. It’s not just a choking preventive!
Here’s why:

Focusing on chewing food well has been shown to reduce abdominal pain from burning, bloating, or cramps by 85% AND reduce constipation, and diarrhea by 65%.

Chewing thoroughly has been shown to prevent overeating.
This could be because chewing well Increases hormones that tell us we’re full or satisfied from our meal.
This also could be why studies show those who focus on chewing their food lose more weight than those who don’t.

Chewing thoroughly has been shown to activate the “rest and digest” (parasympathetic nervous system) response (vs. sympathetic nervous system – “fight or flight” – response).
This could be why chewing food well has been shown to decrease cravings and emotional eating.

Chewing well also has been linked to increased cognitive awareness, attention, and ability to focus (this could be because of the connection between the action of chewing / movement of the jaw and the hippocampus (part of the brain responsible for focus) through neural circuits).

There is no magic number; I always tell my clients that if they chew their food and then spit it out, aside from maybe the color, could you tell what the food is? If not, you’ve done your job of chewing thoroughly. You just want the food to be a consistent texture.

So many great reasons to focus on chewing. Is this something you think you could do or something you believe could help your digestion? Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks so much for reading and watching.
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