5 Simple Methods To Correct Your Digestion Problems

By Author: Dennis Boesen
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Your digestive system starts at your mouth and goes all the way down to your rectum. Each part of the tract has a different function to perform in order to properly process the food you consume and either use it to maintain your body or discard it completely. There are many obstacles that can arise with this digestion process, creating a lot of discomfort that most people do not know how to relieve.

If you regularly experience heart burn, gas, stomach cramps, or bloating, you know there is a digestion problem of some sort. Taking effective steps to improve the digestion process will help you feel better right away.

The easiest step you can take is to eat a diet full of nutrients such as fiber and protein. Processed foods may taste better, but the essential nutrients that your body needs to aid digestion are removed during processing. Digestion of these foods is much slower, and when there are a lot of additives and chemicals the body may not know how to process them at all.

You don't necessarily have to give up all processed foods to have a healthy digestive system, but a well balanced diet that includes ...
... plenty whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, is a great way ofeliminating issues with digestion.

Cutting back on sugar is the second step. Sugar is often blamed for the obesity epidemic and the number of diabetics today, but it does more harm than that. This substance also encourages yeast and bacteria to enter your body and multiply. When excess sugar leads to high levels of yeast or bacteria in the digestive tract, digestion troubles are often the result. If you decide to follow step number one and reduce your share of processed foods, then you will moderate your sugar consumption at the same time.

The third step is to eat only when you are actually hungry. The enzymes that cause your food to move from the stomach to other parts of the digestive tract are released when your body is hungry. When you eat for reasons other than hunger the food has less assistance without these enzymes. Focusing more on your own body than you do the time of day is a beneficial step to improving digestion.

Next, try to slow down while eating. The job of your saliva is to combine with the food and start the process of breaking it down so it can move on in the digestive system. Eating a lot of food at a rapid pace makes it very difficult for the saliva to do its job. Food that is not properly broken down causes discomfort later on as digestion progresses.

Finally, you should closely analyze your body's reaction to various foods in order to support your digestive system. Everybody's digestive system is sensitive to different ingredients, so one person may need to eliminate dairy completely while someone else has discomfort processing starchy foods such as potatoes.

It sometimes requires some patience to determine the exact cause of digestive troubles, but these steps should bring fast relief for most people.

Dennis B.
A lifelong tech, TV and movie buff with particular interest in horror, Sci-Fi and non-mainstream movies. Would spend most of my time traveling the globe if I had the choice.
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