One Simple Tip for Healthy Digestion and Weight Loss
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Our eating habits haven't changed a great deal over the years. The order we eat certain foods in the Western culture is stagnant. Usually starting with an entre, then the main meal and then desert. Which is fine when you eat sweets like cakes and ice cream but not fruit.
Many people consider fruit to be a desert because it's sweet so it's often served and eaten after a meal. For me and many others like me this is a recipe for disaster.
Fruit eaten after a meal can cause bloating and pain as it sits high up in the digestive system while your body is working hard to digest other more complex foods. The fruit will start fermenting creating gas which makes you feel bloated and uncomfortable. It creates added stress to your body and can result in cell damage.
One way to get around this is to eat fruit before a meal. Up to half an hour is good. The fruit will be digested more easily, providing your body with healthy nutrients and fibre. It passes quickly through the digestive system providing you with some energy while your body waits for more.
It will not ruin your appetite. If anything it will improve your appetite and make digestion of other more complex foods much easier.
Try it for yourself. What have you got to lose?
Try a fruit salad made of fresh fruit or just a piece of fruit without adding any sugar, cream or ice cream. Just natural fresh fruit.
Eating fruit before a meal is also great for weight loss. Try a few strawberries or a banana, a pear or your favourite fruit before eating the main meal. It also increases your metabolism rate as the fruit passes through to the large intestine a lot faster. And don't forget to drink water.
Try it. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Let me know if it worked for you.
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Nancy S. Stjepanovic, Counsellor/Nurse/Trainer/Author provides online and in person support with personal and professional development and holistic health.
Relative Change Counselling Service, www.changecounselling.com.au
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