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11. Fennel
For super digestion, try drinking fennel tea two or more times each day. In many parts of the world, fennel seeds are served after dinner to improve digestion. Fennel relaxes the entire digestive tract, making it easier for your body to digest foods and move them along the intestines.
12. Focus on Fiber
A high fiber diet is perhaps one of the best ways to improve your digestive system in just a few meals. Fiber keeps things moving along, preventing constipation and other types of digestive problems such as hemorrhoids, IBS, and diverticulosis. It’s important that you get both soluble and insoluble types of fiber. Insoluble fiber, sometimes called roughage, is fiber that cannot be digested by the body but adds bulk to your stool. Soluble fiber means that this fiber draws water to itself and can prevent hard, dry stool. Make one of your dietary focuses fiber and everything will come out all right in the end … so to speak.
13. Avoid Fried Foods
Yes, we know, fried foods taste good, but they are extremely hard on your digestive system. Fried foods are some of the hardest things for your body to digest, especially if they are fried in GMO trans-fat oils such as corn oil or soybean oil. Skip the fried stuff and go for broiled or baked.
14. Fruit
To get plenty of healthy soluble and insoluble fiber, eat at least 3 fruits each day. Not juice, but the whole fruit. If your fruit choice has edible skin, so much the better. The skin of most fruit is loaded with vitamins and important fiber, so eat that apple, including the peel. Of course fruit like bananas can be peeled, so don’t worry about choking that down!
15. Diversify Your Meals
Try to eat a wide variety of foods. Substitute beans instead of meat for one meal each week. Try some pita bread for your lunchtime sandwich or whole meal pasta with peas. Of course, if any of these foods upset your digestive system, you should avoid them, but Mother Nature made our bodies quite flexible, so get as many diverse nutrients as you can by adding variety to your meals as much as possible.
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Extra Tips:
- Get regular exercise. This helps food move through the body more easily
- Manage your stress levels
- Skip those bad habits like smoking, excessive drinking, and late nights
- Drink plenty of fluids. For good digestion, drink a full 16 ounces of water with each meal
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Kitsy WooWoo
Jan 19, 2016 at 9:37 am
“Regardless of how you feel about dairy products, there is no denying that they are good for the body”
Ah, but there IS denying they are good for the body.
https://healthesolutions.com/harvard-declares-dairy-not-part-of-healthy-diet/
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