Dessert Written by John Joseph Immel, Asheville, NC

Digestion in Ayurveda | Meal Times | Dessert

Modern desserts have introduced a new level of sweet and gooey goodness to the food chain. Refined flours, refined sugars and corn syrup were non-existant one hundred and fifty years ago. The resulting exponential increase in consumption of sugar completely overwhelms our 4.5 billion year old digestive system.

Desserts tend to be heavy, gooey, oily, sweet, cooling and difficult to digest. Anytime we can achieve yummy goodness while reducing these qualities has a tendency to make desserts healthier. For example, fruits satisfy sweet taste without the heaviness. For more healthy desserts, see the Seven Tips to Healthy Baking article below.

Why do People Crave Dessert?

One to two hours after a meal many people crave something sweet. The process of digestion tends to leave behind acid residues which are detectable two hours after eating when the eyes sting slightly and the mind becomes irritable. In ayurveda, this period occurs during the sour and salty phases of digestion. Unfrotunately, indulging this sweet craving is unhealthy. Dessert mixed with a partially digested meal confuses output of stomach enzymes and delays release of food into the small intestine.

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