If you are looking for a simpler way to ensure proper digestion and nutrition, focus on taste and order. More specifically the six tastes of food – sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent and the order in which you eat them during a meal.
Western nutrition emphasizes protein, fat and carbohydrate content which often leads many people to perform complicated math equation before sitting down for dinner. In Eastern cultures, on the other hand, the key to proper nutrition is a simple matter of balancing all six tastes in a meal in order of how difficult they are to digest. For example, sweet things are the hardest to metabolize and therefore are eaten at the beginning of the meal (dessert before a meal anyone?) and bitter and astringent foods, like green leafy vegetables, are consumed last. A balanced meal is simply a meal that includes all six of these tastes. No math, no calculator needed.
If your plans for dinner tonight include a salad, main course and dessert, try reversing the order and you might notice a lighter, less heavy feeling at the end of your meal.
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