After you finish a meal, do your digestive system a huge favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Give your tummy and the rest of the system complete priority for awhile—three or four minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our blood supply carrying fuel is channeled to three basic areas of our body—the muscles, the brain, and the digestive system—and prioritized according to the need of each area at any given moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone understands the need for energy for muscles, supplied by the blood flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fewer people realize how much energy, supplied by the blood flow, the brain uses when it is active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Very few people stop to consider how the digestive system requires a lot of blood flow to supply energy to its job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a limit to the total amount of energy the blood can supply to the whole body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Applying this means that we can perform greater physical work if we do not have to use our brain a lot at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Likewise we can perform greater mental work if we do not have to use our physical muscles a lot at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, focus on the digestive system and its need (demand) for energy from the blood supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Immediately after eating, the digestive system must be given priority by reducing as much as possible the demand for energy (blood flow) to the muscles and the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a simple three-word suggestion for anyone to do for a few minutes (at least three or four) right after eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remain seated in a comfortable position that you can maintain—then . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MOTIONLESS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Become aware of every muscle, and consciously relax—focus on one muscle at a time if necessary, flexing and releasing. Then remain motionless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TALKLESS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do not talk or otherwise communicate with anyone or anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THOUGHTLESS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Spend this time without thinking about anything. Take each thought that comes and imagine setting it on a shelf immediately. If necessary focus on your physical tummy. This may be a bit challenging to successfully let go of every thought—just do the best you can, but focus on relaxing your body, your interacting with others, and your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send as little blood as possible to your muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send as little blood as possible to your brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send as much blood as possible to your digestive system, and within a minute or two you will experience movement in your gut (your tummy saying ‘thank you’)—mission accomplished !<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are really successful, you may find yourself dozing—extra mission accomplished ! !<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you decide to stop, be sure to transition slowly back into physical activity and mental activity and personal interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember the three words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOTIONLESS—TALKLESS—THOUGHTLESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After you finish a meal, do your digestive system a huge favor. Give your tummy and the rest of the system complete priority for awhile—three or four minutes. – – – Our blood supply carrying fuel is channeled to three basic areas of our body—the muscles, the brain, and the digestive system—and prioritized according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-health","category-inspire_lifter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4705,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704\/revisions\/4705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}