Drinking Liquids.. During Eating Food.. After Eating Food?

I don't care. After my meal, I'm thirsty as hell!

Very interesting. I have a friend who deliberately stops consuming liquids 15 minutes prior to eating because he believes something very similar -- it disruptes the body's natural digestion/acid production. I've tried it, but it's difficult for me --I'm always drinking a lot of water -- especially when I eat. I believe the ONE time I was successful at not drinking, lol, I noticed that my digestion seemed more calm (I have digestive issues, so I'm ultra sensitive to any disturbances).

I read up on this and spoke to my biology teacher - she told me similar to this:


You probably know that your digestive tract depends upon compounds called digestive enzymes -- these are proteins produced by the cells in your gut and accessory organs -- to help you break down your food. Drinking with your meals does technically dilute them, but it doesn't negatively impact the rate of digestion in the least.

Digestive Enzymes

Digestive enzymes are proteins that you make and secrete throughout your digestive tract. They're in everything from saliva -- which contains a starch-digesting enzyme -- to the lining of your small intestine. You use them to help you break down the large nutrient molecules in the foods you eat into smaller molecules that you can absorb into your bloodstream. Technically, digestive enzymes don't actually do the digesting; water and acid react with your food. The enzymes merely facilitate and speed the process.






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Water and Juice

You've probably heard that it's a good idea to drink plenty of water each day, and may drink water or juice with your meals. However, you might wonder whether doing so will dilute your digestive enzymes and make digestion less efficient. Technically, drinking with your meals does dilute the enzymes -- any time you add water or liquid to a mixture, you make it more dilute. However, it's not a problem because the concentration of enzymes isn't important to the rate of digestion.

Enzyme Concentration

In chemistry, the rate of a reaction depends upon the concentration of certain key reactants. With regard to digestion, the key reactants are food molecules, water, and acid. While you need enzymes to speed up the reaction, the concentration of the enzymes doesn't affect the rate of reaction -- this is true both in digestion and in other enzyme-facilitated reactions.

Benefits

Actually, far from making digestion less efficient, drinking water or juice with your meal can actually make digestion more efficient. This is because digestion of all nutrient molecules is heavily water-dependent, and while you can secrete large quantities of water into your gut each day, you need to replenish the supply in order to continue to do so. Aim for at least eight 8-oz. glasses of water each day, and try to drink with each meal.


Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/461658-does-drinking-with-meals-dilute-digestive-enzymes/#ixzz1xQRbmbng

http://www.livestrong.com/article/461658-does-drinking-with-meals-dilute-digestive-enzymes/

I always drink liquids during my meals, usually water or milk. I have so much acid in my stomach all the time, I'm taking 3 different prescription medications every day just to cut back on acid production. If you are having hot, spicy foods or high acid food like tomato sauce, you should at least drink a little milk with it to help coat your stomach and stop the burn in your mouth and throat.

Of course every one is different : ) I've read that certain blood types are known for having distinctly low levels of stomach acid, particularly Type As (positive or negative is apparently irrelevant). So, in contrast, I guess that would mean other types have much higher levels... unless, of course, you totally destroy this theory by revealing your a Type A, lol.

I have read the same thing....but I also read to drink a glass of water before you eat. Who really knows what to do??

Good question though....I wonder myself