10 ideas to improve digestion

On many occasions we feel bloated and upset in the stomach. Do we know what we eat and how we eat it? Here we propose 10 ideas for improve digestion.

Tips to avoid poor digestion

Chew well

It is essential to chew well and slowly, taking the time to eat. Let us remember that 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 food. Large amounts of food should not be put in the mouth so that the bolus is not too large and difficult to swallow. Chewing well and eating calmly prevents gas formation, heartburn and poor digestion. Go regularly to the dentist and keep your teeth in good condition.

Take little salt

Helps reduce fluid retention and therefore the feeling of bloating.

Consume at least 30 to 50 g of fiber. Vegetable fiber regulates the activity of the intestine and prevents constipation. Fiber is essential for the maintenance of a good bacterial flora, as it constitutes its food. To obtain avoid poor digestion eat fruits, vegetables, and grains.

Drink fermented dairy (yogurt, kefir, etc.)

Because the microorganisms they contain help to regenerate and maintain the intestinal flora.

Eat five light meals a day (every three to four hours)

This will avoid an empty stomach and uncontrolled appetite that causes eating a lot at a meal. Overfilling your stomach doesn't exactly make digestion easier. Forget about excesses, especially at dinner, you know the saying: "graves are full of great dinners."

Reduce the consumption of carbonated drinks

The gas expands in the stomach causing the effect of a too abundant meal, 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, the 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 conditions, plants with fiber such as ispágula (plantago ovata), flax seeds and plants with inulin (which has a prebiotic effect) such as chicory, have a regulatory action on the intestine. The first days can produce gas, to avoid it drink anise or fennel infusions at the same time. Yes constipation is punctualYou can take senna infusions, but think that you can only take them for a few days, they are only indicated in 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, it may be convenient for you to purify, for this there are many products based on combinations of plants such as milk thistle, artichoke, tooth of lion, burdock, fumitory and others that help purify the liver and kidneys, ridding your body of toxins. It is advisable to take cleansers in the morning with plenty of water and for two or three weeks. Cleaning the body facilitates its functions, especially the digestive function.