Re: Drinking dilutes digestive juices?

October 22, 2004

> Hi,

>

> Is there any truth to this, as many sources claim it true? Seems odd

> to me that digestion in it's ingeniuty would stumble with something

> so simple as amount of liquid in the stomach.

> Has anyone any facts regarding this subject?

>

> Petteri

Have always been a dry eater except when I'd have milk as a child and when I

tried it again with raw which proved casein an issue. Recently 4 ounces of

hazelnut milk doesn't seem to change anything if I remember to drink it

while eating. Read year's ago IIRC in an Ayurvedic book that dry eating is

considered better for digesting meals.

Wanita

October 22, 2004

>Is there any truth to this, as many sources claim it true? Seems odd

>to me that digestion in it's ingeniuty would stumble with something

>so simple as amount of liquid in the stomach.

>

>An old text, The Physiology of Digestion by Combe, M.B., says

>

> " Fluids taken into the stomach, it is proper to observe, are not

>subjected to the slow process of digestion, but are absorbed directly

>into the system; so that, when we take a moderate draught, the whole

>of it is taken up from the stomach in a very few minutes. "

In the old days when my digestion was constantly on the fritz I listened

a lot to the " don't drink water with a meal " school of thought. And " chew

your food umpteen times " . Neither bit of advice helped much. Plus I tend to

cook spicy food and eat spicy kimchi, and sometimes I NEED the water!

My understanding of physiology is same as you write ... water gets

absorbed pretty quick. However, based on experience (and tradition,

and a couple of studies I read way back when) drinking WINE with a

meal really does help digestion on a number of fronts. It seems to

disable some of the bad stuff in the diet (like gluten, which mucks

up the villi in the upper intestine) and makes fat more digestable.

Olive oil might help in somewhat the same way, plus it might keep

down the glycemic effect of the meal. Any lacto-fermented thing

also helps with the glycemic load, and the bacteria will help the

digestion.

Heidi Jean

October 22, 2004

What I have heard is that drinking too much water with a meal

dilutes the stomach acids needed to properly digest the food.

>

> >Is there any truth to this, as many sources claim it true? Seems

odd

> >to me that digestion in it's ingeniuty would stumble with

something

> >so simple as amount of liquid in the stomach.

> >

> >An old text, The Physiology of Digestion by Combe, M.B.,

says

> >

> > " Fluids taken into the stomach, it is proper to observe, are not

> >subjected to the slow process of digestion, but are absorbed

directly

> >into the system; so that, when we take a moderate draught, the

whole

> >of it is taken up from the stomach in a very few minutes. "

>

> In the old days when my digestion was constantly on the fritz I

listened

> a lot to the " don't drink water with a meal " school of thought.

And " chew

> your food umpteen times " . Neither bit of advice helped much. Plus

I tend to

> cook spicy food and eat spicy kimchi, and sometimes I NEED the

water!

>

> My understanding of physiology is same as you write ... water gets

> absorbed pretty quick. However, based on experience (and tradition,

> and a couple of studies I read way back when) drinking WINE with a

> meal really does help digestion on a number of fronts. It seems to

> disable some of the bad stuff in the diet (like gluten, which mucks

> up the villi in the upper intestine) and makes fat more digestable.

> Olive oil might help in somewhat the same way, plus it might keep

> down the glycemic effect of the meal. Any lacto-fermented thing

> also helps with the glycemic load, and the bacteria will help the

> digestion.

>

> Heidi Jean

October 22, 2004

Hi,

Traditional Ayurveda recommends stomach 1/2 full of food, 1/4 full of

liquids and 1/4 empty so there is room for juices to do their work.

Another case for soup or even better natural beer or wine with

meals!

cheers,

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