Food being an "indispensable ingredient" of our lives I thought to share with you today in my #challenge30days post a "hack" that I am using for some time at every "heavy" meal. Or at least most of them. Especially these square meals that I sometimes feel like taking a nap on the chair after having them.

Reviewing my eating habits and history I don't consider myself as a "junky" or an "ignorant" in terms of healthy and unhealthy foods, as I was a vegetarian for about five years. However throughout time I had to face some digestive problems with which I still have to deal even now. I was to the doctors for investigations and followed their treatments, but I'm not a fan of chemicals so I made my own research to help myself the green way.

One powerful and very accessible ingredient that I found on many researches on the topic was GINGER. That spicy root that grows in some parts of Asia, I believe, and is used in many Asian recipes. Getting more into its powers I found it very very useful for my past gastritis and actual IBS thus I am adding it to my food every day. Its benefits are amazing and are not only digestion related as you can discover, but I think I already covered that topic in an old post so I won't spam you repeating myself.

I use ginger as a useful digestive ingredient in two ways. The first is as simple as you can imagine: cut a raw slice and eat it as it is after having lunch or any other substantial meal, when the stomach gets very often to "crowded". I don't have any problem at all with its taste which I am already used with and I actually find it cooling, especially in summer.

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The second way I use it is to grate it fresh and make some kind of a powder out of it. This version of it you can also find in stores already prepared so you can save yourself some efforts, but I like handling business myself so I make my own version. The powder can be added in almost every food, before or after cooking it. I usually prefer it after and especially on stake, potatoes or beans. As I said, is the "hard ones" that bother my digestive system and the most to get treated with ginger.

Before introducing it in your diet, if you have like myself a poor digestion, I would advise you to ask a doctor at first and why not do your own research. As in the case of the cold showers post that I wrote two days ago I recommend taking it gradually. It might have some nasty side effects when not eaten in proper quantities and the best voice to "judge" that is your own body so take it easy and listen it carefully.

Hope you found this spicy and highly ingredient for a poor digestion useful and haven't fell asleep while reading the post about it. See you to the next life hack post from @dragosroua #challenge30days and hopefully see your hacks also.

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