HLife | Healthy Living Redefined

…water, that is. Water is great all day every day, but there are two exceptions: Twenty minutes before and twenty minutes after a meal, hold of on the H2O goodness. Digestion requires hydrochloric acid (very low pH to break food down) in the stomach, and water (having a higher pH of neutral 7) dilutes it, so you want to keep water at bay during meals for optimal digestion. No “washing it down” – let the saliva, enzymes, and acid do their jobs!