How to Improve Digestion With Natural Medicine

Micro-organisms called microflora play a healthy role in the digestive tract, maintaining the balance between helpful and harmful micro-organisms. Microflora help the body utilize nutrients, enzymes and vitamins. As the body ages and is exposed to digestive disorders, antibiotics and even meat, the levels of microflora in our body decreases and limits our digestive ability. Through natural medicine, you can stimulate and protect these healthy micro-organisms and improve digestion overall.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Drink plenty of water, particularly if you suffer from constipation. Constipation and malabsorption of food can cause imbalances of healthy and harmful bacteria in the digestive tract, causing inflammation of the intestinal lining, known as intestinal permeability. The first step in improving digestion through natural medicine is to increase your water intake.

2. Eat yogurt, cheese and other fermented food items daily. Fermented foods contain Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, two healthy forms of bacteria that aid digestion, relieve constipation, help the body to absorb vitamins and minerals and reduce cholesterol levels in the blood.

3. Take probiotic supplements containing healthy bacteria to improve digestion. Probiotics are particularly useful during and after taking antibiotics, if you have immune system deficiencies, irritable bowel syndrome or food and/or lactose allergies. When choosing a probiotic for your condition, it is best to consult a naturopath or nutritionist who can guide you in choice and dosage.

4. Increase your intake of fiber to improve digestion. Good sources of fiber include apples, flaxseed, dried fruit like dates, figs and prunes as well as beans. Natural sources of fiber in your regular diet help relieve constipation, reduce inflammation of the digestive tract and improve digestion overall.

5. Drink a glass of warm water with a squeeze of lemon and a dash of salt before meals. This mixture naturally acts like the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach, it will help to remove excess bile from your liver and aid in the breakdown of food, improving digestion.

6. Eat fresh papaya for dessert, a healthy and delicious fruit that is known for its powerful digestive enzymes. Eating a small portion of papaya after a meal will add to your bodies natural and healthy enzymes and help it break down food.

Tips & Warnings

• Chew your food well, as saliva is the number one agent in food breakdown and digestion.
• Never eat more food than you can hold in both hands and try to leave at least 4 hours between meals. Eating excessively means partially undigested food reaches your colon, blocking the intestinal tract and disrupting the natural process of digestion.

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[shewani]

on 1/5/2009 i have constipation problem,i think my food does not get igested properly,i m having wait loss, my body is getting slimmer,whatever i eat i think comes on to my face,what should b done