Here are some tips to keep your digestive system healthy.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM – Must Read! Here are some tips and ways on how you can improve and keep your digestive system healthy.
Our digestive system is the one responsible for ingestion, secretion, mixing, movement, digestion, absorption, and excretion in the human body. And if not taken care well, we may suffer dysfunction in this particular system of our body such as ulcers, GERD, IBD, and celiac disease just to name a few.
But we can possibly avoid or prevent these conditions through these tips and ways as to how we should take care, improve, and keep our digestive system healthy. See below:
- Chew your food thoroughly and take your time breaking down your food into small components to be assimilated in your body.
- Eat a high fiber diet as this can prevent or treat various digestive conditions, such as diverticulosis, hemorrhoids, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Keep hydrated and drink a lot of water. The liquid helps in digestion dissolving fats and soluble fiber which allows food to pass through easily.
- Exercise regularly to keep the foods moving through the digestive system and this can also help you maintain a healthy weight.
- Reduce your stress and always make it a point to relax because the brain and the digestive system is connected and stress or anxiety might trigger something and affect the function of the digestive system.
- Quit the bad habits such as smoking, excessive caffeine, and alcohol as these has significant effects to the process. These bad habits may lead to stomach ulcers and heartburn.
- Also, based on Apollo Hospitals, try incorporating probiotic in your diet for the good bacteria combat the effects of a poor diet, antibiotics, and stress. It helps enhance nutrient absorption, break down lactose, strengthen the immune system, and possibly even help treat IBS.
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