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I have recently discovered the benefits of eating according to the stomach digestion time of each food. For example an apple takes 40 min to leave the stomach, so I won't eat anything else for that time after an apple. Chicken is digested in 1.5 - 2 hours, beef takes 3-4 hours, hard cheese 3-5 hours, beans 2-3 hours, while I was surprised that fish takes only 30 - 60 min depending if it's lean (sole) or fatty (salmon), and watermelon is one of the most digestible food taking just 20 min. Of course these times are influenced by sauces, condiments or other food you may add, but by sticking to the times I've found over the web I was able to solve my long-standing stomach woes such as pain, bloating and belching, which is something nothing short of a miracle for me as now I have a flatter stomach and no discomfort at all! The prinicple behind this is the fact that different foods are digested by the stomach using different enzymes, and when you mix food together you create a sort of traffic jam that slows down digestion so that food starts fermenting and creates gas, which doesn't happen if you respect each food's digestion time. Not to mention the fact that having undigested proteins reaching your small intestine - as opposed to having them previously broken down in single amino acids - triggers an immune reaction towards those proteins which is why you may develop allergy or intolerance for food containing those proteins, like the one I've recently developed for shrimps.
I now want to apply this rule to every type of food, but I haven't found yet a complete list of food with their respective digestion time, so I was wondering if anyone has knowledge about that or can point me to useful websites with that information.
I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.
Quite interesting! I've heard that it takes 2-3 days to fully digest a bagel, but I keep avoiding actually looking into this.... I don't actually eat a lot of bagels, but I really really like them!
I have recently discovered the benefits of eating according to the stomach digestion time of each food. For example an apple takes 40 min to leave the stomach, so I won't eat anything else for that time after an apple. Chicken is digested in 1.5 - 2 hours, beef takes 3-4 hours, hard cheese 3-5 hours, beans 2-3 hours, while I was surprised that fish takes only 30 - 60 min depending if it's lean (sole) or fatty (salmon), and watermelon is one of the most digestible food taking just 20 min. Of course these times are influenced by sauces, condiments or other food you may add, but by sticking to the times I've found over the web I was able to solve my long-standing stomach woes such as pain, bloating and belching, which is something nothing short of a miracle for me as now I have a flatter stomach and no discomfort at all! The prinicple behind this is the fact that different foods are digested by the stomach using different enzymes, and when you mix food together you create a sort of traffic jam that slows down digestion so that food starts fermenting and creates gas, which doesn't happen if you respect each food's digestion time. Not to mention the fact that having undigested proteins reaching your small intestine - as opposed to having them previously broken down in single amino acids - triggers an immune reaction towards those proteins which is why you may develop allergy or intolerance for food containing those proteins, like the one I've recently developed for shrimps.
I now want to apply this rule to every type of food, but I haven't found yet a complete list of food with their respective digestion time, so I was wondering if anyone has knowledge about that or can point me to useful websites with that information.
I'd really appreciate your help. Thank you.
Thanks for this OP.
About7 months ago, for the first time in my life , I started focusing on my digestion..
I think it's helped a lot.
In addition to your helpful info, I don't drink any water or liquid at least an hour before eating, and not for about 2 hours after eating.
We don't focus on digestion enough.
And IMO, we don't our digestive system a break as much as we should.
Quite interesting! I've heard that it takes 2-3 days to fully digest a bagel, but I keep avoiding actually looking into this.... I don't actually eat a lot of bagels, but I really really like them!ck
Bagel = processed flour, possibly bleached flour.
It sits your intestines for a LONG time before moving on..
That's one of the reasons I avoid all flour / processed flour and flour foods.
Flour is ****e.
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