Optimize Your Digestion :: The importance of eating in a relaxed state :: the benefits of probiotics fermented foods

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Digestion is so integral to our health! Even if you eat the most nutritious food available, if you aren’t digesting properly, you won’t be reaping all of the benefits of the food you eat. Fortunately, there are a few simple things you can do to optimize digestion. In this episode, Reiki Joe returns and interviews me, Dawn DiMare, about how you can optimize your digestion. I also discuss the benefits of fermented foods and probiotics.

This episode is part of a community outreach project that I am completing for my certification as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. Please email me at dawn@teaspoonofhealing.com with questions and comments! I welcome all of your input.

Show notes are below.

• [1:00] Introduction and disclaimer
• [4:40] An overview of digestion and potential issues
• [8:50] Eat in a relaxed, parasympathetic state
• [14:58] Optimizing digestion by chewing your food properly
• [17:53] Why do we need stomach acid?
• [21:10] Other things you can do to optimize digestion
• [24:45] The importance of probiotics and fermented foods
• [27:55] What is fermentation?
• [35:54] Reiki, relaxation and eating in a parasympathetic state