Resource page for Gut Health

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Digestion Promoting Guidelines:

• Wait a half an hour before meals, and an hour after, to drink any more than 4 ounces of fluid with a meal.
• Eat fruits alone- wait for 1 -2  hours after a meal or one hour before eating
• Eat four to six small meals a day (quality not quantity)
• Always sit when eating and don’t eat when feeling anxious or upset
• Chew, chew, and chew some more!  This saliva and chewing of the food in the mouth is the first process of digestion and sends messages to the brain to tell you that you’re full!
• Eat for nutrition not for stimulation; eat when hungry not bored
• Rest comfortably after eating for at least a half an hour
• No antacids
• Do not sleep for three hours after eating (it is best to eat no later than 6pm)
• Take probiotics at least a half an hour before breakfast every morning
• Sore throats or nausea and may indicate a need to fast
• It is best to cook with glass pots and pans; stainless steel and nonstick pans contain aluminum and when heated, especially when heating acidic and citrus foods causes aluminum to leach into the food.
• Craving fluid while eating, bloating after a meal, itching skin, belching, gas, and difficulty digesting raw vegetables are all signs of week digestion. Slowly build up the stomach by juicing vegetables until your stomach develops the strength to process food properly.
• Eat sprouted or soaked grains only! If you purchase them, look for gluten added in the ingredients and avoid it! Soak beans and legumes in water over night or 12 hrs. in 2T. of vinegar. Use recipes in the book Nourishing Traditions.

Food Combining 101- When combined improperly, food proliferates in the gut causing a whole cascade of problems including candida and allergies. The rules are listed below:

1. Meat, eggs, etc. and carbohydrates need to be eaten at separate times. Protein requires more of an acid medium for digestion.
2. Eat animal proteins and acid foods at different times. The acid inhibits digestive acids required for protein digestion. Undigested protein putrefies, producing potent poisons.
3. Eat meat proteins and fatty foods at separate times. Some fatty foods such as nuts take hours to digest, therefore; if taken together, neither group is digested well and proliferates.
4.  Eat acids and starches at separate meals. Acids counteract the alkaline medium needed for starch digestion. Again the result is indigestion and fermentation. 
5. Eat sugars (fruits) and starches separately. Fruit do not undergo digestion in the stomach and are held up with the other food causing fermentation. All fruit, especially melons should be eaten alone.
6. Deserts, eaten after meals, lie heavy on the stomach, requiring close to no digestion, and ferment. The bacteria turns the foodstuff into alcohols, vinegars and acetic acids.

To get a simple graph of the food combining and have all the basic information needed to shop wise, select foods with high nutritional value, reduce sugar consumption, etc, the Nutrient Guide Handbook upon making an appointment or by request will be emailed to you as a pdf document.  

The Nutrient Guide will give you an idea of what a healthy diet looks like and how to make it feasible. Getting into the rhythm of a new routine takes step-by step planning, also outlined in the handbook.  You even have a symptoms checklist to assess food sensitivities. Now let’s get specific; it is time to harness the powerhouse of knowledge you have gained to tailor your diet to your particular needs. Find out how HERE

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