Your Digestive System
Chew your food! Did you know that chewing is most critical to begin the digestion process! Digestion begins in the MOUTH - chew your food well, maybe count to 12 while chewing each bite if it will help with awareness. A-ha! The beginning of mindful eating!
Your GUT is at the CORE of your health! These are just some of the ways gut dysfunction may show up in your body:
●heartburn
● constipation
● gas
● diarrhea
● IBS
● Crohn’s
● Colitis
● Candida
Teachable Moment!
The sight and smell of delicious food stimulates salivary glands.
Since digestion begins in the mouth with you ingesting food, it is worth knowing that within the saliva is an enzyme called amylase. That enzyme assists in the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates. So your digestion of carbohydrates begins right in the mouth!