Best practices during your meals :Our body is what we eat and how well we take care of ourselves. Each organ of our body needs special attention and we should try to make the job of our organs much easier rather than harder.

Stomach plays very crucial part in breaking down what we eat. so we must try to help it by paying attention to few minor things to make its job easier for our health sake.

• Drink less water, when you having meals. and no cold drinks at all, okay okay, once in a while a sip of soda won’t hurt especially with heavy meals but avoid having it regularly .
• Have water at room temperature or not ice cold unless you are living in an extremely hot atmosphere.
• Drink a glass of water half an hour before having meal, so it helps with digestion plus your stomach is not empty so you won’t end up over eating.
• Don’t drink water right after the meal and avoid drinking water during meal, think of it as a putting food in blender and adding water to it, it will fill the blender but more liquids which could just pass thorough much quicker than a thick food in your stomach.
• Have water after half an hour or 40 minutes for help your stomach and body to thoroughly absorb nutrients after digestion process.
• Have mix of protein, vegetables and carbs, but watch portion control.
• Chew food well, instead of swallowing the food down the throat, it makes the stomach take longer to digest or just pass it as big chucks which can give you less nutrients and more intestinal issues down the road.
• Sit down while eating, so your brain and body is in resting mode, and so brain can watch over and give all the energy for the process of eating and digesting while absorbing nutrients.
• Only concentrate on food while eating, don’t allow yourself to take any stress at that time, no talk or very minimal while having meals. Also, you want to avoid choking on food.
• Don’t over eat, know when to stop, as any organ or machinery over used gets worn out, so be gentle and modest.
• After eating, don’t do any heavy lifting or exercise or even shower, just relax for 20-30 mins, allow stomach and brain to use all energy in digesting food.  

These practices will help you optimize your health; it will help in living a healthier and improved life. We must understand how our body works and give it its due attention to live a better life.

Happy Feasting 🙂