It is estimated that one third of the U.S. population experience digestive issues. Digestive aids are a multibillion dollar industry; each year antacid sales top $10 billion.
Enzymes have an important role in our digestion, after all the body is made of enzymes and water. Enzymes hold the key that turns on good health in the body. Enzymes are present in all living things, they are essential to life.
The common sign that you are not digesting your food includes
- Bloating
- Flatulence
- Gas
- Nausea
- Heartburn
- Stomach discomfort
- Vomiting
According to the American Pharmacists Association, Americans spend more than $3 billion a year on over-the-counter antacids; an additional $13 billion on prescription acid reducing drugs, this is mind-boggling.
An easy way to overcome poor digestion is to keep a daily journal of your food intake, and eliminate the foods that make you feel heavy without over eating or any combination from the list above.
Enzyme dense foods are easy on the digestive system and provide us with greater assimilation and elimination thus helping to strengthen our immune system; contributing to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Adding enzymes to our diet can massively increase good health and longevity.
Enzymes are the driving force in the body; they are abundant in raw living foods like fruits, green leafy vegetables, sprouts, raw nuts and seeds. Enzymes are absolutely necessary to life; they are limited in the Standard American Diet (SAD).
When the body is deficient in enzymes it causes it to crave food. Cooking food at a temperature over 105 degrees destroys the enzymes, as well as its vitamins and mineral content. Cooked foods alter the pH in our body, causing the body to go to an acidic state which causes cell degeneration, stiffness and cell mutation. The body is meant to be alkaline.
It was not until 1908 that the first heart attack was mentioned in the Journal of American Medical Association because our intake of food containing fiber and plant bases had decreased a significant level. Food was indeed our nutrition before that time. Good digestion is the foundation to health and poor digestion causes us to be toxic, deficient and overweight.
Here are some tips for better digestion
- Chew your food until it becomes liquid
- Drink water at room temperature
- Avoid eating fruits before your meals they will impair your digestion because fruits digest faster than regular food, so they complete causing gas and flatulence
- Drink water 30 minutes to an hour before or after meals
- Reduce stress it impede our digestion
- Get enough sleep at night
- Maintain healthy gut flora sauerkraut is a good probiotic
- Supplement with a good enzymes it is essential for the digestive process
- Start your day with a fruit and vegetable smoothie to help break your fast
Try this formula for one week and watch your energy increase and the number on the scale go down.
Eating raw papaya and pineapple can be an easy source systematic enzyme and potent digestion supplement.
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