POOR DIGESTION IS VERY COMMON AND I WOULD GUESS THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS HAD A MOMENT OF THAT BLOATED, UNCOMFORTABLE, FULLNESS FEELING AFTER A MEAL. SOMETIMES OUR INDIGESTION IS CAUSED BY A GUT DYSBIOSIS (LIKE IBS, SIBO), INFLAMMATION AND SOMETIMES IT’S JUST A RESULT OF A STRESSFUL LIFESTYLE. THE BEST IS OF COURSE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EXACTLY YOUR DIGESTIVE ISSUES ARE COMING FROM, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR SYMPTOMS NO MATTER WHAT THE UNDERLYING REASON IS.

HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAS WORKED WONDERS FOR ME AND MY DIGESTION:

- EAT MORE STEAMED, SAUTEED FOOD INSTEAD OF RAW
- MIX AND MASH YOUR FOOD. SOUNDS A BIT LIKE BABY FOOD, BUT YOU CAN MAKE ENDLESS ‘HUMMUS-LIKE’ DISHES FROM ALMOST ALL VEGGIES
- ADD MORE HEALTHY FATS TO YOUR DIET (AVOCADO, OLIVE OIL, GHEE)
- PRIORITIZE WARM FOOD OVER COLD. IF YOU DO HAVE A COLD SALAD OR SMOOTHIE, HAVE SOME WARM TEA OR WATER BEFORE
- BREATH BEFORE YOU EAT. I DO 5 ROUNDS OF 4-7-8 BREATHING
- CHEW YOUR FOOD. SOUNDS SILLY AND SIMPLE BUT YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW LITTLE WE CHEW OUR FOOD. COUNT YOURSELF NEXT TIME. IDEAL # SHOULD BE AROUND 30
- DON’T DRINK WHILE YOU EAT. HAVE YOUR WATER BEFORE AND AFTER, BUT NOT DURING YOUR MEAL
- DIGESTIVE BITTERS AND APPLE CIDER VINEGAR BEFORE EATING
- DIGESTIVE ENZYMES. I TAKE 2 CAPSULES WITH EVERY MEAL
- MOVING YOUR BODY
- MEDITATION

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WHO HERE HAS SUFFERED FROM A BIG BALLOON BELLY AFTER EATING?