Tips For Improving Digestion

Nia Rouseberg Author: Nia Rouseberg Time for reading: ~3 minutes Last Updated: November 14, 2022
Tips For Improving Digestion

In this article, learn more about Tips For Improving Digestion. Adopt a few simple recommendations, and after a while you will feel better..

Adopt a few simple recommendations, and after a while you will feel better.

Today, few people can boast of a pain-free stomach. Grumbling, bloating, colic, heartburn and problems with the chair bother many of us. However, few people think about the reasons for this state of the body. We "run" to the pharmacy for a life-saving pill, which for a short time eliminates the unpleasant symptom, but the problems remain unsolved. And the reason may lie in improper nutrition, and until you eat properly, you will continue to be haunted by troubles with the gastrointestinal tract. How to improve digestion?

Several prohibitions
 

To put order in the digestive system, you need to start with prohibitions. You should give up fast food, refined food and semi-finished products, as well as food on the go. Your food should be as natural as possible, and it should be prepared at home.

Start your day with water

After waking up, you should not immediately rush to the refrigerator and prepare yourself a rich breakfast. Nutritionists recommend drinking a glass of warm water on an empty stomach. You can add a little lemon juice to the water (if you do not have high acidity). First of all, water on an empty stomach helps to cleanse the body of impurities, and also starts the work of the gastrointestinal tract in the morning. Thus, you will prepare your digestive system for breakfast.

 
Fractional nutrition

To improve digestion, experts recommend switching to fractional nutrition. You need to eat food often (5-6 times a day) but in small portions. So you will not overload the stomach, and the food will be digested much faster. The interval between meals should be approximately 3 hours, and the amount of food eaten at one time should not exceed 250-300 ml.

In addition to improving digestion, fractional nutrition will also help you lose a few kilograms. The point is that with such a diet, the body begins to gradually rebuild its metabolism in the direction of burning calories.

Do not overeat!
 

This is probably the main requirement. Most often, we overeat simply because we "miss" the moment of satiety. Why does this happen? The fact is that the feeling of satiety comes to us about 15-20 minutes after eating. Therefore, get up from the table with a feeling of slight hunger, and believe that after a few minutes you will feel full. If you move, you will spend a few hours with a feeling of heaviness and distension.

Eat slowly, chewing your food thoroughly, and you will notice how you will eat less.

Spices for digestion

In order for food to be well digested, normal secretion of bile, gastric juice and pancreatic juice is necessary. You can increase the production of digestive juices with the help of spices, mustard, as well as onions and garlic. If you have no contraindications, then introduce these products into your diet.

Support normal intestinal microflora

Proteins, fats and carbohydrates in the intestines are broken down into smaller compounds, after which they are absorbed into the blood. Fats are split into glycerol and fatty acids, carbohydrates into mono- and disaccharides, and proteins into individual amino acids. Enzymes are needed to break down these substances in the intestines, which are also synthesized by microflora. If the intestinal microflora is disturbed, dysbacteriosis develops, which leads to bloating, the development of putrefactive processes in the intestines, and stool disorders.

Regular use of fermented milk products will help maintain normal intestinal flora. In some cases, it is necessary to take special drugs (probiotics) that restore the microflora.

 
Fiber for good digestion

Fresh vegetables, fruits and bran contain a large amount of coarse fiber - dietary fibers, which help to clean the intestines and improve its peristalsis. In addition, fiber helps maintain normal intestinal microflora, removes "bad" cholesterol, and also lowers blood sugar. Therefore, eat more food with rough fiber. It is very useful for the intestines.

 
 

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