Letter 2 : Beware, Drinking Water While Eating

You have the habit of drinking a lot when you're eating? It looks like you should immediately change the habit. Therefore, a sip of water when eating was found to inhibit the digestion in the stomach.

Counselors microbiotic of India, Shonali Sabherwal, say, when eating is not the right time to quench your thirst. "People do not know how to drink water while eating quite difficult for their digestion," said Sabherwal as quoted by the Times of India.

Research shows that drinking a little water during the meal is not a concern. However, drinking a glass or two glasses can interfere with digestion. The researchers found that it is best to drink water before a meal and two hours afterwards. This helps in the absorption of nutrients.
Sabherwal says that drinking water when eating can dilute the concentration of gastric acid (HCl). To digest food, your body requires a certain concentration of HCl. However, because they drink a lot of water, the concentration of HCl is reduced. As a result, only a few foods that can be digested by the body. This, if allowed to continue can cause various diseases.
Gastric acid, in addition to aid digestion also functions as an anti-bacterial. If the stomach is not working optimally, will be able to affect the work of other digestive organs become more severe, causing an imbalance of the body's metabolism.
In order to not feel hungry when eating, Sabherwal urged not to eat too many salty foods. "Make sure your food is not too salty because it will increasingly make thirsty," he said. So that digestion is still running well even without assisted by water, he suggested that chewing slowly. When chewing, mouth secretes enzymes that help digestion of food so that the task of the stomach to digest food becomes lighter.