World-renowned gastroenterologist, Dr. Hiromi Shinya has spent all his life doing empirical research on human digestion. He revolutionized medicine when he discovered the miracle enzyme, the fundamental of a healthy gut.
Japanese-born Dr. Hiromi Shinya is the inventor of colonoscopic surgery, contributing to the elaboration of the utensils that doctors today use to perform this medical procedure.
He has cured over 300,000 patients, amongst which presidents, prime ministers, movie stars, and famous musicians.
Dr. Shinya’s theory is that the human body has over 5,000 enzymes that have around 25,000 different functions to keep a healthy gut. He said I quote:
“I believe that all these different enzymes stem from a fundamental enzyme, the source-enzyme, that is, probably a limited resource. If we exhaust these source-enzymes, we will not have enough of them to help repair our cells appropriately; thus, in time, cancers and other degenerative disorders can develop.”
Aged 84, Dr. Shinya is currently surgery professor at the Albert Einstein Medical College in New York and the head of the Endoscopic Surgery at the Beth Medical Center in Israel.
Use these rules to preserve the miracle enzyme in your body and to enjoy a long and happy life, starting with a healthy gut.
In This Article You Will Find:
Dr. Hiromi Shinya’s 7 Golden Rules for a Healthy Gut
1. A Good Diet
85-90% cereals, vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds.
- 50% whole cereals, brown rice, whole pasta, barley, grains, whole grain bread, beans, soybeans, lentils, pinto beans, lima beans, green peas, white, pink, and even black beans.
- 30% green and yellow vegetables, including legumes: potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes, beets, seaweed, and algae.
- 5-10% fruits, seeds, nuts, and peanuts.
10-15% animal origin protein (should not exceed 85-115 g per day)
- Fish (any type, preferably small fish because large fish contain larger doses of mercury)
- Poultry: chicken, turkey, duck (in small quantities)
- Beef, lamb, and pork should be strictly limited or completely excluded.
- Eggs.
- Soy milk, cheese, rice milk, almond milk.
Gut Healing Foods:
- Herbal teas
- Kelp
- Yeast flakes (good source of Vitamin B complex and minerals)
- Pollen and propolis
- Enzymes supplements
- Multivitamin and mineral supplements
Foods to Limit or Avoid:
- Dairy products: cow milk, cheese, yogurt, other milk products.
- Green Japanese tea, Chinese tea, English tea (no more than 2 cups per day)
- Coffee (Here are a few coffee alternatives you can try)
- Sweets and sugar (And a list of health-friendly sugars)
- Nicotine
- Alcohol
- Chocolate
- Fats and oils
- Regular table salt (use sea salt, because it contains minerals in ppm concentrations)
Other Diet Recommendations for a Healthy Gut
- Don’t drink or eat anything 4-5 hours before meals.
- Chew every food bite for 30-50 times.
- Don’t eat anything in between meals, except 1 whole fruit. You can eat one piece of fruit 1 hour before bedtime, if you’re feeling hungry and can’t sleep, because it will digest quickly.
- Eat fruits and drink natural fruit juices 30-60 minutes before meals.
- Eat whole, unrefined grains, and cereals.
- Consume more raw or lightly steamed foods (heating up foods above 48 C will destroy enzymes).
- Don’t eat oxidized foods (fruits that have developed brown spots have started to oxidize).
- Eat fermented foods.
- Keep a diet discipline by remembering that we are what we eat.
2. Clean Water for a Healthy Gut
Water is essential in maintaining good health. Drink water with a great reduction power. This means water that has not been polluted with chemicals. Drinking “good water”, such as natural mineral water or hard water with high calcium and magnesium content, helps you maintain a comfortable pH.
- Adults should drink 6-10 cups of water per day.
- Drink 1-3 cups of water first thing in the morning.
- Drink 2-3 cups of water, 1 hour before every meal.
3. Regular Bowel Movements
Start a new daily habit of eliminating the pollutants from the gut, and regular bowel cleansing. Avoid taking laxatives for this, opt for fresh fruit and veggie juice, lemon water in the morning or celery juice.
If you have a sluggish bowel movement or if you wish to detox your liver, consider coffee enemas. A coffee enema is more efficient for colon detox and for general body detox because it doesn’t release free radicals in the bloodstream, as other dietary detox programs do.
4. Moderate Physical Exercise
Age-appropriate physical exercise that is also adequate for your physical fitness is necessary for maintaining a good health state. High intensity, regular exercise can release free radicals and do more damage to your body, than good.
The best physical exercise for your gut is:
- walking 4 km a day
- swimming
- tennis
- cycling
- golf
- muscle strengthening exercise
- yoga
- martial arts
- sport aerobics
5. Proper Rest Heals the Gut
A regular sleeping pattern is crucial for a healthy gut, according to Dr. Hiromi Shinya. Go to sleep at the same hour every night and enjoy an uninterrupted 6 to 8 hours of sleep.
Don’t drink or eat anything 4-5 hours before bedtime (except for a piece of fruit that you can have 1 hour before bedtime if you’re particularly hungry).
Take a 30 minutes power nap after lunch.
6. Respiration & Meditation
Practice regular meditation and positive thinking.
Dr. Hiromi Shinya also recommends a complete deep breathing 4 to 5 times every hour. Expire twice as long as you inspire. It is very important to inhale deeply because this type of breathing helps eliminate toxins and free radicals from the body.
Wear light clothing made from natural fabrics that allow for your skin to breathe. Listen to your own body and be good and loving to yourself.
7. Joy and Love
Joy and love help amplify the production of healthy gut enzymes in the body, sometimes in a truly miraculous way. Take a moment every day to express your gratitude for all that you are and have good in your life.
Laugh, sing, dance.
Live the best of your life, work with passion and love the people in your life with all your might.
The Key to a Healthy Life (and a Healthy Gut)
Dr. Hiromi Shinya believes that the human ADN has an amazing potential that we know little of.
His research shows that a strong influx of positive emotional energy, triggered by the state of beings such as love, laughter, joy, can stimulate the ADN to produce a cascade of source-enzymes – the miracle enzyme that acts as a biocatalyst for body cell repair. Happiness and love have a healing potential way beyond our actual human understanding.
His most important advice for us is to do what we love in life, whatever fuels our passion, even if it sometimes can enter in conflict with his 7 golden rules above.
“Play an instrument. Make love. Have fun. Be grateful for the simple joys in life. Live your life with passion. Don’t forget: a happy and meaningful life is the natural path for human health. Overflowing enthusiasm, rather than keeping with strict diet rules, is the method to put your enzymatic factor into motion.”
Dr. Hiromi Shinya
June, 2007
Source: The Enzyme Factor – Hiromi Shinya, MD
