Top Health tips to improve your Digestive System

1. Keep Chewing

Chewing is often underestimated, but it is crucial for proper digestion. Take your time and chew eat time 20-30 times before swallowing.

2. Eat Plenty of Fiber

It's important that you eat enough fiber- soluble and insoluble- to keep your food moving through your intestine easily. Also, because fatty food is hard to digest, a pair such as food with fiber.

3. Drink water

Adding plenty of water to your diet with help digestion by dissolving fats and soluble fiber-this allows food to pass through your intestines more easily. 

4. Exercise

Moving your body- take walks or jogs. Lifting weights or doing yoga- keeps food moving through your digestive system. Exercise increases blood flow to your organs and engages muscles in the GI tract.

5. Reduce Stress

Feelings of stress or anxiety can mess with your digestive system because your brain and digestive system are connected. Try stress-relieving exercises, getting more sleep and/or relaxation techniques.

6. Eat Warm Food

The spleen works best with the warmth and dislikes the cold, and our digestive require warmth to break down food properly. Try incorporating soups, cooked vegetables or teas into your diet.

7. Quit Smoking

Smoking can have a serious negative impact on your digestive system because it weakens the valve at the end of the esophagus, it also increases the risk of gastrointestinal cancers.

8. Drink less Alcohol

Ever notice how your digestion is little off after a night of drinking? Alcohol interferes with acid secretion, stomach muscles, and nutrient absorption, so be careful don't drink alcohol very much.

9. Lose Weight

Being even a few pounds overweight can cause digestive issues; for instance, the valve between the stomach and the esophagus sometimes won't close completely, which allows stomach acid back into the esophagus.

10. Try Probiotics

Probiotics compete for space with bad bacteria, promote the release of natural antibodies in the digestive tract and can even attack unhealthy bacteria directly in some cases.