Feeling stomach acidity?

This is so common nowadays, and the main reason is this stress of life we deal with every single day and it seems so difficult not to stress. This feeling of stomach pain, stomach acidity, this feeling of stress itself, it’s like we have a small stress ball inside of our stomach that constantly releases pain every time we think of our problems and disappointments, whether related to couple relationship or financial concerns or health etc…

Most of the times the solution is to seek for God. Medications and diet control are very important and should be taken seriously but trust me seeking for God’s peace is the most wonderful feeling of stress relief.

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Problems are here. They come and go. They might go, they might stay, but we can’t base our health status, attitudes and feelings on our problems and disappointments. People are like this, they will disappoint you, and you have to be ready. Life is passing; we can’t focus on our problems and not progress. We have to let it go, and move on and the only solution is staying close to God to find His peace and will for us.

Now nutritionally speaking, if you are actually feeling stomach acidity, avoid: coffee, tea, caffeine, alcohol, smoking, soft drinks, citric fruits and juices, tomato and tomato sauces, spices, fried and fatty foods.

Important things to do are: Don’t drink and eat at the same time. Don’t stay hours without eating; eat small but frequent meals every 3-4 hours. Don’t eat fast, take your time. Eat your last meal 4 hours before sleeping, don’t wear very fit clothes especially after eating and sleep with your bed a bit lifted up.

All the tips will help you a lot, and also think of a thing at a time on your to do list, don’t think of the million things you have to do on that day at the same time, it will stress you. Don’t forget to spend time with God each day to bring back your inner peace, and feel good forever again whatever you’re going through!

Samia Khoury Dietitian

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It's all about BALANCE!

Hi dear readers, how's everything going with you?

This morning I shared a thought with a client about what I was thinking the other day: "why is it that God made our body this way that everything we eat more than what we burn we have to gain weight and fat? Why weren't we born in a way that we can eat whatever we want, whenever we want and just enjoy it without any guilt?"

And the answer I got is that God wants to teach us to have balance in life. If we can learn to balance what we eat and what we burn in a natural way without being nervous about it and maintain our weight and health status then it's a way of learning balance in life in a general way, which means we will more easily be able to manage and find balance in love relationships, with money and finances and savings, with Spiritual life, with the mind, with our thoughts and behaviors towards the people around us...

And this is what God wants from us: to have balance in everything we do, in everything we are and in everything we have, and we should start by learning balance with our own body

Samia Khoury Dietitian

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This New Year My Resolution is to eat like Japanese!

Hello amigos! It’s the end of the year and we are all saying goodbye to bad habits and thinking of good habits to incorporate into our 2012 lifestyle!

It’s nice this feeling of progressing, seeing that each year you are doing better than the previous one in many fields of your live, but this requires good will and determination. Maybe your resolution is to be more patient, or to do something nice everyday to someone new that you pick every morning when you wake up like someone from your family, or the secretary who works next to your office or the office boy of your uncle or the old lady who smiles to you on your way to work etc.. You can be creative when it comes to doing something nice to someone! Maybe your resolution this year is to keep your room clean! Or to pray 10 minutes everyday etc.... And I think each month we can come up with a new resolution and work on it for the whole month until it becomes a new good habit!

Ok now back to our subject! Have you ever seen an overweight Japanese person? Well, I haven’t. And every time I ask a friend or relative who went to Japan if he/she saw an overweight person in Japan they reply:” yes I saw 1 in 10 days or 2 in 2 weeks”. Well, this has been intriguing me and I found out that Japanese are always busy doing something! Their hands and mind are always busy, so they don’t really have time to pick something to eat and not even to think about it! They drink green tea many times per day, eat on time, they don’t nibble between meals, and walk a lot! Apparently they don’t really stress, they do what they have to do, and don’t keep on stressing about it. That’s very important!

And did you know that there is an Island in Japan called Okinawa where 15% of the worldwide centenarians live and age healthily in shape! Some can live up to 115 years!!!! I am sure you want to know what their secret is!! Okay okay I will tell you!

The Okinawa Centenarian Study shows that “the Okinawans have both genetic and non-genetic longevity advantages -- the best combination. In fact, the Okinawan traditional way of life -- the dietary habits, the physical activity, the psychological and social aspects, all play an important role in Okinawan longevity

Elderly Okinawans were found to have impressively young, clean arteries, low cholesterol, and low homocysteine levels when compared to Westerners. These factors help reduce their risk for coronary heart disease by up to 80% and keep stroke levels low. Their healthy arteries appear to be in large part due to their lifestyle diet, regular exercise, moderate alcohol use, avoidance of smoking, blood pressure control, and a stress-minimizing psycho spiritual outlook.

Okinawans are at extremely low risk for cancers of the breast, prostate, ovaries, and colon. Compared to North Americans, they have 80% less breast cancer and prostate cancer, and less than half the ovarian and colon cancers. Some of the most important factors that may protect against those cancers include low caloric intake, high vegetables/fruits consumption, higher intake of good fats (omega-3, mono-unsaturated fat), high fiber diet, high flavonoid intake, low body fat level, and high level of physical activity.

To end I must say their biggest secret is that they leave the table being 80% full! They never eat till they drop or feel sick like us Lebanese!! J They feel very light after eating. They eat lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, cereals which constitute 70% of their usual food pattern, and eat so much fish and soy. They eat lots of herbs, spices, and drink lots of teas. They are very active and what’s special is that they spend 1 hour everyday thanking God for everything they have. They are very peaceful and engaged in communities and social clubs which is important because they feel they are always useful…

So people after knowing all these facts my resolution this year is to eat like Japanese! What is yours?

Samia Khoury Dietitian

I am waiting for you to help you lose weight or consult you on health issues at my clinic in Lebanon or over the web wherever you live! Just contact me at 00 961 3 48 31 86 or via email to take an appointment live or online.

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