What is good for digestion?
Believe it or not, 90% of the diseases start from your intestines and the primary most important reason for that is indigestion or bad digestion.
The following are 11 easy tips to live a healthy life.
1. Eat at least 2-3 hours before sleeping. Have light food in dinner. Drink warm milk before bed if feeling hungry.
Reason : The food will get digested within this time and you will sleep light else the body will keep struggling to digest the food while you are sleeping rather than taking a rest. Moreover, most of the repair works are done in the body while asleep.
2. Don’t drink water 15 minutes before meals, during meals and 45 minutes after meals.
Reason : Water severely interferes with digestion and absorption process. It is gonna dilute the gastric juices which aids the digestion.
3. This one everyone knows but nobody implements : Chew food 32 times before swallowing.
Reason : Digestion starts right from the mouth and the more you chew, the less the stomach has to work to digest the food.
4. Eat fresh and eat raw
Reason : It’s the life that is changing form from food into you. So the more fresh and raw foods that you eat, the more you feel alive.
5. Drink one litre of water in the morning.
Reason : It kick starts the entire system and clears any waste from your intestines. Start with one glass and gradually increase the quantity.
6. Observe fast once in a while
Reason : Give your stomach some rest. We keep on eating every waking hour – munching something which the body works all the time to digest. So, fasting gives rest to all the vital organs and rejuvenates the entire system. It also helps to remove toxins from the body.
7. Walk after every big meal.
Reason : Again, it helps in taking the load off from the stomach to digest the food. Take at least 300 steps after meal.
8. Don’t stuff the stomach too much.
Reason : One should eat 1/2 of food as solid, 1/4 as liquid and leave 1/4th of the stomach empty as offering to God. Basically, the empty space will make it easier for the stomach to churn the food. For example, have you ever tried churning something in a mixer after over-stuffing it? Similarly, when we over stuff, the body prefers to push the food out of the system rather than absorbing the minerals out of food.
9. While eating just eat.
Reason : We work all day to earn food and when you actually earn it, We are again busy talking, checking out Facebook, watching TV series, and doing something stupid on mobile. Stop everything and just enjoy your delicious meal. Savor every bite, taste the flavour and feel that this is the best meal on earth.
10. Eat balanced diet.
Reason : Stop listening to diet coaches and start eating everything in balance and moderation. Eat fruits, vegetables, dairy, nuts, eggs, and everything under the sun to eat. And believe me, you don’t have to take any pills – for vitamins and minerals after that.
11. Don’t interfere with your sleeping cycle
Reason: It badly affects the entire body and the mind. The body goes into shock after disturbed sleep.
*One Bonus Tip:*
Listen to your body. It is the best dietician ever. The body knows what is right for you, just pay some attention. And eat what is good for the body, not what is good for the tongue.