The World’s Healthiest Foods provide our digestive system with the
health-promoting nutrients it needs to function at its best. This is not
only important to overall health but to successful weight loss as well.
In order to achieve healthy weight loss, it is necessary to maintain
metabolic supplies of energy to our brain, muscles, and other organ
systems. This “metabolic maintenance” can only be achieved when
the digestive tract is working properly. Your digestive tract is the
place where everything starts.
The digestive process begins when you chew your food. It’s important
to adequately chew in order to break the food down into small
enough pieces to allow for the best digestion. I think that the more
you chew, the more weight you can lose. Unless you can break down
your food effectively, nutrients will not be made available for
absorption up into your body. And if you cannot absorb the nutrients,
they cannot provide benefits to the rest of your body. It’s absolutely
essential for you to digest food and absorb nutrients in an optimal
way if you want to achieve healthy weight loss.
As I will present in Chapter 10, inflammatory balance in the body
may be especially important to maintain during times of weight loss.
One way to maintain this balance is to make sure your digestive tract
is functioning optimally. That’s because if there is any compromise
in your digestion, unwanted molecules (like toxic residues or allergy-
causing substances) can sometimes get absorbed into the blood
stream and trigger unwanted inflammatory responses.
CHAPTER 7
World’s Healthiest Foods
Promote Digestive Health
World’s Healthiest Foods Promote Optimal Metabolism