When your digestion system is off track, your health can suffer in all kind of ways. From several digestive disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, gas a much more. If left unchecked these thing can lead to dangerous chronic health problems. Once you are focused on improving your digestive system, you can reverse just about any chronic health issues without drugs, diets or deprivation. Here are 8 simple ways to help you heal your digestive system.
- Good digestion starts in the mouth. When you chew your food well, it eases the work required from your digestive system.
- Focus on whole, fresh foods. Avoid processed foods, fast foods, those foods are really high in salt, sugar and processed oils which are hard for your system to digest on top of them providing no nutritional benefit.
- Try to eat fermented foods, they are high in good bacteria. Eating them will help regenerate your gut flora. Fermented vegetables, tempeh, miso, yogurt, kefir, kimchi, Kombucha and sauerkraut. Start slowly allowing your body to adjust the change and become accustomed to the changes.
- You can heal your digestion system by supporting your liver to work efficiently and effectively. If your system can handle it try to give it a boost by eating carrots, beetroots and leafy greens in soups and freshly squeezed juices.
- People who suffer from digestive disorders are extremely dehydrated. Try to increase your water intake. Try to drink to drink a glass a day with apple cider vinegar or fresh lemon juice. Herbal teas are another way to get and stay hydrated as well as healing your body. Peppermint, ginger, fennel and fenugreek are all good for digestive support as well as helping to heal.
- Consider using a gentle detox on a regular basis as a way to reset your system. Using Aloe Vera juice is great for healing and soothing, so consider putting that into your detox.
- Probiotics are the good bacteria that have been shown to improve gut health. They are easily available as a dietary supplement. Please ask your doctor before adding anything new to your diet.
- Glutamine is one of the most important nutrients that support your body and help with regeneration and repairing of your intestinal lining in your body and also soothes inflammation. These are just some of the foods where you can find glutamine, meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, beets, beans.