Has this happened to you? You’ve changed how you’re eating but still have uncontrollable bloating, and you’re still gaining weight or just hit the wall and not making the progress you feel you should be. Maybe you even have excess gas? Or perhaps you’re not feeling energized after eating. I’ve been there. I want to share my best-kept secret with you for better digestion!
But first, why am I talking about having better digestion in the first place?
Great question!
We all know that suffering from digestive problems such as gas, bloating, reflux, stomach cramps, diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease can seriously hinder our daily functioning and make us miserable.
Your gastrointestinal (GI) tract acts as your body’s food processor and if it’s blocked, overloaded, and polluted with toxins such as food additives, pesticides, and preservatives, or otherwise irritated, it’s going to let you know how it feels by having one of the reactions listed above.
Your GI tract first breaks down your food by the mechanical process of chewing and then by a multitude of complex chemical processes that extract nutrients to feed your system and expel toxins.
The best way to ensure that we’re helping make it easy for our bodies to digest our food is to chew A LOT so that our food mixes with our digestive juices so it can be easily digested and better absorbed for optimal nutrition.
So what is my best-kept secret to better digestion?
CHEWING!
Believe it or not, chewing is one of the most important aids to our digestion, and it’s also one we often take for granted so much so that we sometimes just swallow our food whole, forgetting to grind our teeth altogether!
How many times do you think a person chews their food before swallowing?
…… 3.
3!? Isn’t that nuts! It’s like chomp, chomp, chomp gulp. Can you see why the food isn’t getting digested completely?
Learning how to chew your food properly (up to 30 times per bite) will help you extract the maximum nutrients from your food and get your digestive juices flowing right AND help keep your weight down and your tummy flat.
How? Because if you eat healthy food packed with nutrients that you chew properly with each bite, you will be able to recognize once you feel full and you will, therefore, eat less!
My clients find that learning how-to chew helps to:
● Sense intuitively when you’re full
● Gain way more satisfaction from eating
● Develop a healthier relationship with food
How to chew better for optimal digestion:
To get in the habit of chewing, try chewing each bite of food at the beginning of your next meal 30 times. (Putting your fork down and breathing between bites will help.)
WARNING: you may feel like this >>>>> 
cow chewing a cud at first but after a while, you won’t even notice that you’re a chewing pro!
Even if you only have 5 minutes for a meal, let the chewing relax you and use it almost as a meditation.
That way you’ll enjoy the whole spectrum of tastes and aromas that make up the meal, trigger cephalic phase digestion (which is triggered by the site, smell, and taste of your food), and your body and brain will be satisfied even with a quickie 😉
What do I do now?
In my health coaching practice, I help clients understand why they eat in a rush and forget to chew and we come up with a how-to guide for chewing that is easy to implement and turns eating into a whole new enjoyable experience.
If you want to learn how you to chew for better digestion that will lead to a flatter, firmer belly, then click here now to schedule a time to talk with me about it!
Now, I want to hear from you.
When do you find yourself scarfing down your food? All the time? Leaving for work?
Leave a comment below and let us know.
Thank you so much for reading and joining the conversation.
I’m truly grateful for your participation,
Becca
