Yes ! You heard me right!Answer to every problem is protein in today’s era.A 35 year old women working in BPO (night shift) had an extreme gut health issue.She had been burping throughout the day and yes the burps were loud and clear! 100 burps per day ! When we took her medical and dietary history she told about her eating schedule ( which did not correspond to circadian rhythm !) and her favourite nutrient : PROTEIN ! Mornings she had protein shake, mid mornings were oatmeal smoothies , lunch were eggs , evening were nuts and seeds while dinner was tofu, paneer , chicken n veggies! Technically high protein diet which is 21st century’s tagline for everyone. 

But how about the digestive fire of the body?Can it digest this much protein? Her dinner timings were 2: 00 a.m. in the morning since she had night shift….now we could find that her Agni was weak and too much proteins are hard to digest…so for 1 week she was asked to completely eliminate protein shakes n non veg protein sources…paneer was also removed but simple dal,roti and sabzi were allowed…dinner timings were shifted till 9: 30 p.m. and few Ayurvedic medicines were added ….she started feeling better within first month itself! now slowly paneer / 1 egg was added to her meal during lunch hours ( strongest metabolic fire / Sun’s heat energy is during the noon !)…..she had no reflux…..it got well digested….no burping now! if she overate, then mild flatulence was noted…so eating a bit less than required quantity was advised….it worked!

So just blindly following the trend about proteins, its better to understand how your body assimilates them and how well your digestive fire can digest it! After all “Agni ” maintains your body! All the nutrients are important , balance them well!