ByEating light meals and eating fermented dairy products are good allies for digestion. In addition, chamomile, lemon balm, and peppermint are digestive plants with which you can prepare infusions to finish meals. Anise and fennel are medicinal plants indicated to relieve gas.
On many occasions, we feel bloated and upset in our stomachs due to food. Do we know what we eat and how we eat it? Here we propose 10 ideas to improve digestion.
Tips To Avoid Poor Digestion
Chew Well
It is essential to chew well and slowly, taking the time necessary to eat. Let us remember that during chewing, sugars are digested, but the bolus of food is also prepared to be digested in the stomach. If it is well chewed, we facilitate the action of gastric juices on the food.
Large amounts of food should not be put in the mouth so that the bolus does not become too large and difficult to swallow. Chewing well and eating calmly prevents the formation of gas, acidity, and poor digestion. Go to the dentist regularly and keep your teeth in good condition.
Take Little Salt
It helps reduce fluid retention and therefore the feeling of bloating. Consume at least 30 to 50 g of fiber. Vegetable fiber regulates intestinal activity and prevents constipation. Fiber is essential for maintaining good bacterial flora, as it constitutes their food. To avoid poor digestion, eat fruits, vegetables, and cereals.
Drink Fermented Dairy Products (Yogurt, Kefir, Etc.)
Well, the microorganisms they contain help to regenerate and maintain the intestinal flora.
Eat Five Light Meals A Day (Every Three Or Four Hours)
This way you will avoid an empty stomach and the uncontrolled appetite caused by eating too much at one meal. Filling the stomach too much does not exactly facilitate digestion. Forget about excesses, especially at dinner, you know the saying: “Graves are full of great dinners.”
Reduce Consumption Of Carbonated Drinks
The gas expands in the stomach causing the effect of an overly abundant meal, and it also facilitates the accumulation of gases.
After eating, an infusion based on chamomile, lemon balm, lemon verbena or other digestive plants facilitates digestion and if you add anise or fennel, it will help you eliminate gas.
If it is difficult to digest fats, artichoke leaf, for example, is an excellent plant that acts on the liver to produce bile and on the gallbladder to secrete bile at the time of digestion. You should take it before meals to improve digestion.
Correct Constipation
If you need to increase the amount of fiber because you suffer from chronic constipation, plants with fiber such as ispaghula (plantago ovata), flax seeds, and plants with inulin (which has a prebiotic effect) such as chicory, have a regulating action on the intestine.
The first days may produce gas, to avoid this, take anise or fennel infusions at the same time. If the constipation is occasional, you can take senna infusions, but remember that you can only take them for a few days, they are only indicated for occasional constipation.
Periodic Debugging
In the changes of season, after having been taking medications, when you have been eating too much, or when starting a diet, a purification may be useful, for there are many products based on combinations of plants such as milk thistle, artichoke, clove of lion, burdock, fumaria and others that help purify the liver and kidneys, freeing your body of toxins.
It is advisable to take cleansing products in the morning with plenty of water for two or three weeks. Cleansing the body facilitates its functions, especially digestive function.
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