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Better Health through Digestion with an Ayurvedic Diet
Author ProfileJohn Joseph Immel
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Digestion in Ayurveda
Written by John Joseph Immel, Asheville, NC
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Digestion in Ayurveda

The Ayurvedic model of digestion reaches beyond mere digestion of food. It also encompasses digestion of chemicals, hormones, and all physiological changes. Perhaps a better word for digestion in Ayurveda is 'processing'. In fact, everything that happens to us must be processed. Digestion includes, for example, 'digesting' a cold temperature back to 98.6 degrees, information coming through the five senses, trauma, and any residual emotions.

Digestion, Imbalance & Healing

The body maintains balance by protecting itself from change. Medically, balance is called homeostasis. For example, the body keeps our temperature constant at 98.6 degrees. In contrast, the environment is always changing. These changes threaten to knock the body off balance. Disease comes when we are unable to process change.

Our ability to digest change is our ability to heal. ...

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