“What are the natural ways to improve digestion?”
I am a 35 year old woman and I would like to know what are the best natural ways in which I could improve my digestion. I suffer from bloating and flatulence on and off and would like to switch to natural remedies for better digestion.
4 Answers
Flatulence is very common in young women. It depends on what you eat. A natural way of avoiding excess gas is avoiding certain foods like high sugar-containing fruits and vegetables. You can look up the FODMAP diet on the internet and try to avoid those items. Also, buy some probiotics and take a few times a week.
Hope it helps.
Hope it helps.
For normal digestion, you need to know your own food allergies, tolerance or intolerance of certain food items such as dairy product,s gluten, etc. Stay on a high-fiber, low-fat diet, including lots of fruits and vegetables. Best of all, add exercises to your daily regimen if you can. Avoid gaining excessive weight.
Hi there,
Bloating and flatulence are not indicative of poor digestion. As long as you don't have diarrhea and weight loss, chances are that you are digesting just fine. No need to take any remedies to improve digestion per se.
There are certain components in foods that no one can digest well and those components are what tend to cause bloating and flatulence. For gas in particular, the main culprit is carbohydrates, i.e., sugars in the (mainly) vegetables that we consume. The classic example is beans, which contain carbs that humans cannot break down. Thus, those carbs end up in the colon and are then processed by our gut bacteria to produce gas as a byproduct. To reduce gas, reduce carbs in the diet. It is impossible to eliminate all flatulence.
Sometimes reducing carbs can also reduce bloating, which is often a different problem than flatulence. A low FODMAP diet (a type of low-carb diet) can help both gas and bloating. Bloating is much more difficult to treat since we understand it less. See a GI specialist if bloating doesn't improve with diet changes.
Good luck.
Bloating and flatulence are not indicative of poor digestion. As long as you don't have diarrhea and weight loss, chances are that you are digesting just fine. No need to take any remedies to improve digestion per se.
There are certain components in foods that no one can digest well and those components are what tend to cause bloating and flatulence. For gas in particular, the main culprit is carbohydrates, i.e., sugars in the (mainly) vegetables that we consume. The classic example is beans, which contain carbs that humans cannot break down. Thus, those carbs end up in the colon and are then processed by our gut bacteria to produce gas as a byproduct. To reduce gas, reduce carbs in the diet. It is impossible to eliminate all flatulence.
Sometimes reducing carbs can also reduce bloating, which is often a different problem than flatulence. A low FODMAP diet (a type of low-carb diet) can help both gas and bloating. Bloating is much more difficult to treat since we understand it less. See a GI specialist if bloating doesn't improve with diet changes.
Good luck.
Flatulence and bloating are commonly noted after a certain age when the production of digestive enzymes are naturally reduced. OTC enzymes can help, changing diet can help, and sometimes, you may need to rule out more serious gastrointestinal disorders.
