You push your chair back from the table, completely satisfied.
It was a great meal and you are grateful for the good friends
and family you shared it with. One hour later the uncomfortable
feeling of ‘being ‘stuffed’ sets in. Did you know digestion
actually begins in the mouth, long before it arrives in the
intestines? It is true. Consider this example: You have limited
time for lunch so you multi-task, eating quickly while talking
on the phone. In reality, you are taking in quite a bit of air
and that air contributes to gas build up. Likewise, eating
quickly guarantees there is not enough of that saliva to break
the food down properly. That makes it much harder for your
intestinal tract to do its job. How can you help it along? Next
time you sit down to the table with a plate of appealing foods,
consider these steps to better digestion: 1. Eat more slowly.
Focusing on eating slower allows additional saliva to be
present. That extra saliva assists in breaking down the food so
that your stomach receives it mor