‘Drink your food’ and ‘eat your drinks’!

We all know digestion begins in the mouth but not many of us realise how important the first stages of digestion are – it’s not all about the stomach! The saliva in our mouths carry enzymes that allow all the nutrients and goodness of foods and drinks to be absorbed once it’s in the stomach. This means to ensure all these nutrients are taken in by the body and used to their best effect all food needs to be slowly chewed into a liquid, while drinks need to be slowly chewed like food, hence the phrases ‘drink your food’ and ‘eat your drinks’.

If you drink slowly you will allow all the good nutrients to be absorbed. The area under your tongue is one of the quickest ways into your bloodstream. So the slower you drink, the quicker the absorption will be and the quicker the nutrients can get into your body giving you all round goodness and energy. Imagine rushing to buy a pair of shoes and getting home to realise they're not the same size. You need to not rush in choosing your shoes to ensure they are the best and right fit for you, girls you know what I’m talking about! This is the same thing, slowly drink to ensure the full goodness of the nutrients are absorbed.

For great tasting drinks visit Natural Tonic Bar in St James’ Park underground (www.naturaltonicbar.com) and remember slowly does it!