Keeping The Digestive System Healthy

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Your digestion is like a kitchen in your home. More than what you consume, digesting all the needs of the body. Although you consume a complete, but the nutrients contained in the menu a day becomes incomplete absorbed by the body when the digestive system is disturbed. Choosing groceries to store a very tasty menu equals health. How to keep your digestion healthy, I discuss it here.

Your digestion starts from the oral cavity. That's where you start eating the enzyme in the saliva. The importance of chewing food for longer so that the perfect food mixed with the enzyme. The more perfect the food is mixed with the enzyme, the more fully absorbed by the blood in your stomach and intestines.

In the oral cavity is also the first food is milled as softly as possible, so the stomach is not too heavy to smear it. Chewing each spoonful of food longer, preferably because many enzymes are mixed. as well as foods that have been prepared to be sliced ​​by the stomach. [1]

How To Keep Your Digestive System Healthy ?

Many ways we can do to maintain your digestive health from eating healthy, diligent exercise and avoid unhealthy living habits. By prioritizing these three things, then it is a step to maintain your digestive health. for that, on this occasion I will share tips to keep digestion stay healthy, including:

  • Chew food well
    The longer you chew the food, the easier it is digested by your body. It can also produce more enzymes. Chewing the old to soft foods is good for digestion. It does not take up to 32 times, but not less than 10 to 12 times so the food does not burden your intestines.

  • Consumption of fibrous foods
    Fiber foods, not only help your digestive system, fibrous foods can also experience diseases such as diabetes, colon cancer, coronary heart disease, hemorrhoids, lowering blood sugar levels and also lower cholesterol levels in the channel. Vegetables, fruits, grains and bean types - are the main sources of fiber. it's worth noting.

  • Drink plenty of mineral water
    Mineral water is instrumental to the health process of your body. The digestive system can work very slowly if you can not meet the fluid requirements in your body. Water helps the movement of food, dissolves food, regulates the concentration of foods digested by the body and helps the absorption of nutrients by your body.

  • Limit your intake of meat
    Consumption of meat is well balanced for the body because it contains lots of protein. But if you want your digestion is always in a healthy condition, avoid eating red meat excessive because it can lead to interference in the digestive system and other organs of your body. Meat is a food that is difficult to digest so tend to accumulate in the stomach.

  • Avoid cold foods and drinks
    Very cold foods and drinks can cause contraction of the pylorus, the valve that separates the stomach with the duodenum, thus slowing down the movement of food digested by your stomach. In addition, your stomach will go the extra mile to warm the food, so the food lasts longer in the stomach.

  • Eat regularly
    Eating regularly can help optimize the work of your digestive system. An empty stomach causes pain and is often bloated. Therefore, try to eat regularly by arranging your meal time into 3 big meals and 2 times a light meal every day.

  • Regular exercise
    exercise can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle, regular exercise can also help digestion and prevent constipation in your body.

  • Overcome stress
    Prolonged stress will cause indigestion such as excessive stomach acid production. Strive positively to cope with stress. You can manage stress by doing breathing exercises or going on vacation somewhere.

  • Limit caffeine and alcohol
    Bad habits such as consuming soda-containing beverages, caffeine and alcohol can disrupt the functioning of your digestive system, and cause problems such as increasing stomach acid production which can ultimately lead to heartburn and heartburn (a burning sensation in the chest due to the rise of stomach acid to the esophagus ). [2]

Those are some ways to keep your digestive system healthy. Because the digestive system in humans is closely related to the important organs in your body. for that is always apply a healthy lifestyle and always eat healthy food regularly because healthy digestion supports strong immune system so that no risk of digestive disorders and other digestive diseases. []



Reference :


[1] (https://www.sahabatnestle.co.id/content/view/sistem-pencernaan.html)
[2] (https://solusikesehatankita.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/menjaga-kesehatan-sistem-pencernaan/)

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