Break down food
Digest proteins
Trigger digestive enzymes
Sterilize incoming food
Signal the next phase of digestion
Move food efficiently through your gut
When digestion works
Food moves downward efficiently through the stomach and into the small intestine.
When digestion gets sluggish
Food sits and ferments longer than it should, creating gas, pressure, bloating, burping, fullness, reflux and that heavy "brick in the stomach" feeling.
1. Slow down while eating
Your body can't "rest and digest" while preparing to fight a tiger. Skip eating while stressed, working, driving, scrolling or standing.
2. Chew. Your. Food. Chew smoothies and soups too
Your stomach doesn't have teeth. Chewing breaks food down, releases salivary enzymes and signals your stomach to release gastric juices. Swish liquids around your mouth to trigger digestive signaling. Digestion starts in the mouth, not the stomach.
3. Sit Down. Slow Down. Be Present.
Whenever possible, sit down and give your meal your attention. Every meal can be a meditation if you bring your awareness to it.
4. Stop flooding meals with liquids
Hydrate well between meals and only sip during them, so you don't dilute your gastric juices.
5. Rethink acidic, processed foods
Swap fried, processed and sugary foods and coffee on an empty stomach for minerals, bitter greens, fiber and fresh foods.
Many people notice it helps
- Stimulate gastric juices
- Support hydration
- Encourage peristalsis
- Improve bowel regularity
- Reduce heaviness after meals
- Fermentation
- Gas buildup and trapped gas
- Bloating
- Pressure
- Sluggish digestion
- Feeling "backed up"
May help support
- Elimination and bowel regularity
- Hydration
- Trapped gas release
- Reduced abdominal pressure
- Movement of stagnant waste
Many clients report feeling
Lighter, less bloated and flatter through the stomach, with less pressure, easier bowel movements and less heaviness after eating.
