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Excerpt from
HomeSpaLady Blog
November 20
As you prepare your menus, your invites, your shopping
lists, and your homes for this Thursday's Thanksgiving Feast
- you should add one more extremely important item to your
list - the preparation of your own tummy. Now you might be
thinking “what the heck does she mean by that?”
Well, let me ask you this. . .
. . . how did you feel the last time you ate a holiday
dinner that included hors d’oeuvres, wine, bread stuffing,
meat, potatoes, cruciferous vegetables, and pie topped with
whipped cream or ice cream?
It’s not unusual for people to complain about eating too
much, but the complaint is often accompanied by whines about
bloating and grunts about pain. This discomfort can be some
serious stuff! I know I’ve been there! - and I want to do
the best I can to avoid it - short of depriving myself all
of the food. Even if it's organic and whole - the combining
of those foods can play havoc on our gastrointestinal
system.
So what can we do to prepare our own tummy for these treats?
Two things - and you can start right away.
I. - acidophilus
II. - digestive enzymes
Additional info:
- I. Take your acidophilus or pro-biotics on a daily basis to
help to populate the gut with some good bacteria - the kind
that will help balance the eco-terrain of your internal
environment. It's important to take these on an empty
stomach even - if you read some labels that say to take with
food.
Actually, I have found the less expensive acidophilus (the
kind they sell in pharmacies or places like CVS) say to take
with food. My hit on that is they don't have many or any
live cultures in them - if they did, they wouldn't tell you
to take with food! Taking a good quality acidophilus on an
empty stomach helps ensure that the bacteria will take and
not be diluted with food.
- Besides taking capsules of acidophilus/probiotics - there
are other ways to get these good live cultures into your
belly-Yogurt (preferably plain unsweetened) kefir and
cultured foods such as cultured vegetables (www.culturedvegetables.com).
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