by Veronica
(Hartford, Connecticut)
Why you can not drink water while you eat food?
Response
Although doctors may recommend that there is nothing wrong with drinking water during the meals. According to yogic/ayurvedic philosophy you should drink plenty of water throughout the day, but avoid drinking water during the meals. The stomach should not be heavily loaded. Half of the stomach should be filled with solid foods, one room with aqueous part and leave an empty room. Also, keep in mind that your own fruits and vegetables contain large amount of water. It is advisable to drink a minimal amount of water a half hour before eating meals and two hours after meals.
But there can be no hard and fast rule for drinking water. You may have to drink water if you are having meals after a hard day's work in hot and dry climate. The amount of water you drink depend on weather conditions and their levels of physical activity. In addition, the amount of water required will depend on type of food you're eating. If the food is sattvik and consisting mostly of fruit and vegetables, water requirement will be minimal. Whereas for the diet of Tamsik spicy, water requirement will be more and you can't avoid water with meals.
In addition, remember that digestion efficiency depends not only on the quantity of water meals. Take into account the level of nutrition of your diet, lifestyle, stress levels and eating habits, analyzing your digestion.
Water during meals
1. avoid drinking water with their meals. Drinking water with your meals dilutes the gastric juice and slows down the process of digestion in the stomach and intestines. Even if you need to drink water just drink water kept at ambient temperature. Ideally, Ayurvedic texts recommend drinking a minimum quantity of hot water during meals.
2. cold water during the meals reduces digestive fire. Digestive enzymes make inactive, digestive process is complicated and leads to the accumulation of toxic waste in the body. So drink ice water, non-alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, tea, coffee or alcohol is strictly prohibited.
3. chew your food properly, and he easily pass down to your stomach. Don't drink water to swallow food in a hurry. If you must drink water after swallowing food.
When to drink water
4. drink water approximately half an hour before eating their meals. This will quench your thirst and to some extent, give you sensation of fullness. Drink more water before meals promotes weight loss, as pure water contains zero calories. Drink a glass of water when you're hungry. You can take a lot of water for two hours after meals, as most of the digestion process will by now.
Other considerations.
5. cold water should also be avoided during the winter season, as the digestive fire is lower this season.
6. don't drink too much water with meals if you are suffering from digestive diseases such as acid reflux or hiatus hernia or your digestive process is slow. In this case, drink a minimal amount of water with meals.
7. If the tone of the stomach is smaller than normal, excessive water remains long on the stomach, interfering with digestion.
8. Poor Gastric motility also implies the impossibility to take large amounts of water and can be recognized by the sensation of fullness, weight and mass, after small amounts of food. Small amount of fluid strip the appetite. Even in cases of bad, eight ounces of fluid is usually allowed in each meal. Read this article The Truth as to drinking water with meals for more information.
Hope this helps
Daljit
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