Most if not all of us have experienced that uncomfortable feeling of heaviness in the stomach after a heavy meal that wouldn't go away. People who love to eat but are unable to control themselves often suffer from this condition known as bloat. If you find yourself frequently dealing with this problem, it simply means that you eat excessively quite often and if you allow yourself to continue with kind of eating behavior, you would most likely end up becoming obese.
Below are 4 practical tips on how to avoid bloat. It is important to remember however that you also need to look seriously at your attitude about food and your lifestyle in general. Do you eat to live or live to eat? Do you have a hang-up about not having enough to eat? Or is it just that your appetite is simply big? We are now learning that issues about food and eating can sometimes be just an outward manifestation of a more serious problem. As you learn to avoid bloat, it would do you well to try to understand why you overeat in the first place and then take the necessary steps to overcome it.
How to Avoid Bloat
1. Always chew your food well. If you just gulp your food and not chew it properly, the possibility of bloating is increased because the material to be digested is not of the right consistency. When the digestive process is not properly aided, a gas leak may occur resulting in bloat. If you have the habit of eating hastily, you would have to learn to eat more slowly. Make sure you chew your food well before you swallow.
2. Avoid drinking while you're eating. Although drinking a lot of water is highly recommended, it should not be done while eating. As you chew your food your saliva does a lot of work preparing it before it enters the esophagus then down into the rest of the digestive tract. Drinking water dilutes the alkaline levels in the mouth and this is not favorable to efficient digestion. The end result bloat.
3. Avoid carbonated drinks, choose only those without fizz. It is also better to drink beverages at room temperature as this helps in the digestive process.
4. Avoid drinking coffee while eating. Although it's nice to have coffee with your breakfast meal, you have to stop doing it. It's a practice that is not beneficial to the body's digestive processes.
5. Take supplements that support the digestive system. The best kind to take are those that contain probiotics or good bacteria. Probiotics promotes good digestive health in general thus strengthening the system against bloat and other digestive problems for that matter.
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