Nature's Healing Qualities: The Gunas

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Difficult means difficult to digest. Beans are difficult to digest because they contain natural protein digestion inhibitors (saponins) to protect them from insect invasion. Red meat, nuts, cheese, and wheat are difficult to digest because they are heavy, dense foods.

Fermentation in the GI tract

When foods are too difficult to digest, bacteria in our gut digests it faster than digestive organs, fermenting the food. Everyone has a different amount of power in their digestive tract which can be determined by a practitioner in a consultation. The cardinal sign of a difficult to digest food is gas & bloating. Stinky gas means that bacterial waste products are accumulating in the digestive tract. Eventually, fermentation irritates the GI tract causing diarrhea and burdens the liver and kidneys with a substantial toxic load.