Jordan: Hi, I'm Jordan Rubin and I thought we'd talk about today, 8 steps to eliminate
gas, bloating, and digestive problems.
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I believe that there are people every other day of the year that also want to eliminate
gas, bloating, and digestive issues.
Let's get started.
Number one, chew your food.
Haven't you ever heard your mom say, "You're not chewing your food, you're just wolfing
it down?"
I don't know what the wolf part is, but when I was a kid my mom said it all the time.
And here is the deal, folks.
When you chew, particularly carbohydrate-rich foods, your saliva has an enzyme called ptyalin
and it helps you to pre-digest the food.
So all those difficult-to-digest grains, and sugars, chew your food 50 times every bite.
Count.
And I bet after a couple of weeks, you won't have to count anymore.
There are people that had actually cured themselves from digestive diseases from chewing their
food more thoroughly.
Now, number two, consume chia seed.
We know chia is a popular superfood from the Amazon.
Why is it so good for digestion?
It's high in fiber.
But a particular type of fiber called mucilaginous fiber makes chia seeds expand in your gut
and help you absorb and then eliminate some gases.
Now anytime you increase fiber intake, you're going to have a change in your bacteria, so
you might experience a little gas and bloating when you add fiber to your diet.
But guess what, chia, with its special fibrous components can help that.
Here's the good news.
Chia can be ground and sprinkled in smoothies, on foods, or because chia has that gelling
effect, you can actually eat chia r mix it in recipes straight.
Two to three tablespoons of chia a day can help reduce gas, bloating, and eliminate digestive
problems, and even help with constipation.
We're going to talk about essential oils, and two of my favorites are peppermint and
ginger.
I just love peppermint right on my tongue.
I put it on my toothbrush on top of the toothpaste.
It's great mixed in a room temperature or warm water.
Same goes for ginger.
Here is a great tonic.
Take some lemon juice, warm water, some honey, either raw, organic, or Manuka honey, two
to four drops of peppermint, and ginger essential oil.
Not only would that taste great but it will do wonders for your tummy.
You can also mix peppermint and ginger in a carrier oil and rub it on your abdomen.
Try using an oil that's very penetrating like coconut oil and you can diffuse them.
In fact, at home, I'm diffusing peppermint oil right now.
Makes you alert and calms your tummy.
Number four.
The fourth way that we can reduce gas, bloating, and eliminate digestive problems is by consuming
two of my favorite foods, both rich in enzymes.
The kiwi fruit actually helps with constipation and can reduce gas and bloating.
It's also high in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids coming from the seeds.
I made a chia smoothie last night where I had two kiwis, cranberries, because how often
can you get frozen organic cranberries, blueberries, raw yogurt.
Remember, I like to eat raw eggs, threw a couple of pasteurized eggs in there, a little
vanilla and some raw honey.
It was awesome and that boost my digestion more ways than I can even count.
Kiwi and fig, particularly raw figs, are wonderful to help you digest proteins and suit your
gut and help you get over constipation.
Now, we know grandma and great grandma used to eat prunes or dried plums, I believe figs
can work just as well.
And figs also help to absorb toxins.
In the Bible, Hezekiah had some type of cyst or some type of lump, could've been a tumor,
and he used a fig poultice and God gave him 15 more years on his life.
Pretty awesome.
Kiwi and fig help eliminate gas, bloating, and digestive issues?
I bet you'll notice results in three days.
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Number five, digestive enzymes.
Digestive enzymes help you digest proteins, carbs, fats, fiber, and even beans and dairy,
and other difficult-to-digest substances.
Take a digestive enzyme capsule before meals to get the benefits.
You can even see this work by taking a digestive enzyme capsule into, emptying it in oatmeal,
mixing it few times, and the oatmeal will go from being thick to runny as these enzymes
break down the food.
Now, remember, when it comes to eating, you're not what you eat, you're what you digest,
assimilate, and absorb.
Taking enzymes one to three caps before meal is great.
Even though I'm eating healthy, I'm going to eat a lot, just saying.
Number six, probiotics.
Consume probiotics on an empty stomach.
I like first thing in the morning and right before bed.
Probiotics help to colonize the gut and dislodge toxins also creating their own enzymes 24/7.
I call probiotics enzyme factories.
You can take enzymes with meals.
I recommend it.
But probiotics actually create enzymes.
I once heard that enzymes are the teeth of probiotics.
They help break down substances that are lodged in your gut, they support the immune system
that's found in your gut, and they help you digest foods in your colon so they don't linger
and cause gas, bloating, and constipation.
My favorite probiotics are known as soil-based organisms or SBOs.
I also like Lactobacillus plantarum which is my favorite lactic acid bacteria, and the
friendly yeast, Saccharomyces boulardii.
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How about that one?
Bone broth is the ultimate gut-friendly food.
In fact, I call it the "food of last resort."
But let's say it the food of first resort.
I have a son, Samuel, who's nine.
And when he was younger, one of the first foods we gave him was blended bone broth.
He loved it so much that he ate it about half of his diet for a year and a half, and still
today when we're making bone broth or chicken soup, he jumps up and down.
Bone broth has polysaccharides or what you would call glycosaminoglycans that soothe
the lining of the gut and it can help your joints, skin, hair, nails.
Look up the benefits of bone broth online.
Check out draxe.com for a great article because bone broth is the quintessential superfood
and it's great for your gut.
It can help reduce gas, bloating, constipation, and help your overall health like nothing
else.
Grandma was right and so were those authors because chicken soup is good for the soul
and the body.
The eighth step to eliminate gas, bloating, and digestive issues is to eat mono meals.
Folks, break it down.
Make it simple.
You see watermelon on the screen.
That's a great mono meal.
It's not only cleansing but it's easy to digest.
But when you combine watermelon, it becomes difficult to digest.
For whatever reason, I always grew up hearing, "Melon, eat it alone or leave it alone."
I don't think melons go well with other foods.
Maybe it's a placebo effect but when you eat a mono meal or fruit or a vegetable or even
meat, you're going to digest your food better.
These are the eight steps to eliminate gas, bloating and digestive issues.
Let's recap.
Chew your food.
Fifty chews per mouthful.
Chia seed, great for the gut, swells, helps your tummy feel better.
Peppermint and ginger essential oil, kiwi, and fig to add enzymes and healthy fiber.
Digestive enzymes, one to three before each meal.
Probiotics, SBOs on an empty stomach.
Bone broth every day.
And eat mono meals if you can't digest your food.
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