Calm or Nervous Digestion in Human Design

In Human Design, there are twelve different types of digestion. Your Human Design digestion type will tell you how you're designed to consume. The types of food that are best for you and the setting in which you eat. You can locate your digestion in the chart properties under the section that says ‘Digestion’.

Is your Human Design digestion calm, nervous or buzzing? In that case you are designed to consume based on external conditions.

Calm Touch Digestion

With calm touch digestion, it's important for you to only eat in environments that feel calm to you. You might find it difficult to focus on your meal when your surroundings feel chaotic. It may be helpful to limit noise, activity and interaction. You might even develop a preference for eating alone. And that's totally okay, because that’s how you are designed to be.

It’s important for you to only eat in environments that feel calm to you.

Someone with calm touch digestion in Human Design, can find it helpful to limit noise, activity and interaction while they’re eating. They might find it difficult to focus on their meal when their surroundings feel chaotic.

Buzzing or Nervous Touch Digestion

With buzzing or nervous touch digestion, it's important for you to eat in environments that feel active. You are looking for lots of sound, activity and interaction. Your digestive system is buzzing, that’s why you may find it difficult to sit through an entire meal. It’s possible that you prefer eating standing up, talking on the phone, walking around, or even driving. You might find it takes you a while to finish meals because you get so distracted. That’s okay, just leave your meal and then come back to it later. It's okay for you to release societal expectations around what meal time is supposed to look like. Just do you, because eating according to your design helps you optimize brain function.

It’s important for you to eat in environments that feel active.

Someone with nervous touch digestion might find it difficult to sit through an entire meal. They can prefer eating standing up, while busy with other activities and therefore it takes a while to finish meals.