2) Wait till you poop before eating again. This is pretty normal if one is eating only two meals a day and digestion is working well. This gives your digestive system a bit of a rest between jobs, a good thing. If constipation is stubborn you may have to be more stubborn than the constipation! Drink only water until you finally poop, then eat again. It may take awhile, that's OK.
3) But you don't have to eat at that point, ideally one should only eat when they are hungry. We do "emotional eating" a lot of the time. It's a big part of the overall problem with general levels of health today. When you eat for better digestion it doesn't take long to feel the difference between emotional and true hunger eating. THAT is a very good point to arrive at.
3) But you don't have to eat at that point, ideally one should only eat when they are hungry. We do "emotional eating" a lot of the time. It's a big part of the overall problem with general levels of health today. When you eat for better digestion it doesn't take long to feel the difference between emotional and true hunger eating. THAT is a very good point to arrive at.
4) The first stage of digestion is mouth, teeth, saliva. With a bite of any given food type, how long does it take you to thoroughly masticate (turn into something resembling a liquid) and swallow. That is your first clue as to how big a job you are throwing into your digestive system.
5) Eat more of the foods that are easy to digest that are also nutrient dense (vitamins and minerals on a per calorie basis). Fruit is easiest, vegetables are next, meat is hardest.
6) Eat simpler meals. Foods of one type are digested better than a mix of foods.
On that last point, we have very similar digestive physiology as other higher primates. They don't have the convenience of grocery stores! They eat only one specific food at one meal. Mono meals are actually the best idea for better digestion. Or meals with only 2-3 same group components, for example, first meal of the day, a fresh fruit "salad" of one papaya with one banana and a half cup blueberries, or 3 mangos with one banana and a half cup blueberries. Or...whatever is fresh and good and available. Of course ripe tasty fruit is a must. If you suffer with constipation do more of that. Bonus: it's delicious too!
7) Always stay hydrated. How much water you will have to consume to achieve that will vary by the water content in the foods you eat. Juicy fruits of course have the highest water content, meats the lowest. And raw foods are highest, cooked foods the lowest.
The good news is eating for better digestion also dramatically improves or reverses other conditions that are a result of impacted digestive process, such as diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and Crohn's disease.
And listen! When your doctor says "there is no cure for that" what he or she really means is there is no FDA approved medication they can prescribe that cures that condition. When your doc then says "but I can prescribe medications that manage that condition, which you will unfortunately have for the rest of your life" you are in the office of a doc that is either willfully blind (big pharma influence) or ignorant to the remarkable healing effects of diet/lifestyle modifications. But if your doc instead says "but there are diet/lifestyle modifications that are remarkably effective in reversing that problem, and I can help you with that" count your lucky stars, you are in the office of a physician that practices some form of whole foods plant based nutrition.
Some forms of this approach are more effective than others, for a quick exposure to the most effective of them I recommend a well known book by a former surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Esselstyn's "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease", short and to the point, an eye opening easy fast read.
https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Reverse-Heart-Disease-Nutrition-Based/dp/1583333002
The good news is eating for better digestion also dramatically improves or reverses other conditions that are a result of impacted digestive process, such as diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and Crohn's disease.
And listen! When your doctor says "there is no cure for that" what he or she really means is there is no FDA approved medication they can prescribe that cures that condition. When your doc then says "but I can prescribe medications that manage that condition, which you will unfortunately have for the rest of your life" you are in the office of a doc that is either willfully blind (big pharma influence) or ignorant to the remarkable healing effects of diet/lifestyle modifications. But if your doc instead says "but there are diet/lifestyle modifications that are remarkably effective in reversing that problem, and I can help you with that" count your lucky stars, you are in the office of a physician that practices some form of whole foods plant based nutrition.
Some forms of this approach are more effective than others, for a quick exposure to the most effective of them I recommend a well known book by a former surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Esselstyn's "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease", short and to the point, an eye opening easy fast read.
https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Reverse-Heart-Disease-Nutrition-Based/dp/1583333002
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