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Healthy Choices For Your Stomach - Fighting Bloating & Eat Healthy

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Afreen Qureshi

Stomach Bloating is the most common in the world. There is no doubt that processed foods satiate the palate of many gastronomes but few understand it's harmful effects of those foods.

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Oily, Spicy, and junk foods are the main cause of stomach bloating they create acid reflux from your stomach to your esophagus.  So you feel discomfort in your stomach and sometimes it leads to severe heartburn.

What is Stomach Bloating? 

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Stomach Bloating is very common these days among the people. No one is spared from its effects some people have a mild impact but some are having serious problems. 

Bloating can also be triggered but if your stomach lining gets disturbed and it becomes sensitive due to emotional changes, spicy foods, and changes in the alteration of gut microbiome.

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Another disease that causes GERD is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), sometimes it becomes so chronic that it affects your overall daily activities.

Steps to Get rid of Bloating in the Stomach

Healthy Foods that Soothes Your Stomach

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In ancient Indian holy scriptures, foods have vital roles in maintaining a healthy body. Fibres-rich and green leafy foods are healthy for the gut and some fermented foods maintain the gut microbiome.

Tomatoes, spinach, turmeric, ginger, avocado, and pineapple are the fruits that are good for your stomach. They make your stomach alkaline and help in healing your gut lining. 

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Curd is the best source of probiotics that helps in healing your gut lining 

Avoid Foods that Spike Bloating

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If we count on the foods that cause bloating, there are many you have to avoid like -

  • Carbonated Drinks
  • Junk Foods
  • Oily and Spicy foods
  • Consuming Beverages While Eating
  • Eating with a straw
  • Heavy eating
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There are certain foods that can cause bloating, such as whole grains, vegetables, and fruits that create discomfort in your stomach. Because they are a part of your diet and health too, you should include it in your diet.

Lactose Foods Intolerance Problems

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Lactose is a sugar that is found in milk, milk is the source of calcium ions. If you are lactose intolerant it means your body can’t produce enough lactate in your gut, which results in belching, and indigestion.

If you are lactose intolerant you can add certain alternatives of lactose like -

  • Yogurt
  • Cheese
  • Lactose-free dairy products
  • Non-dairy alternatives such as almond milk, soy milk etc.

Daily Activity Can Improve Your Digestion

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Daily activities can improve your digestion, it helps in regulating a stool or gas out of your body. It alleviates your bowel movements and daily exercise can remove sodium ions.

Certain yoga poses are highly beneficial to alleviate gas stress and bloating. It improves your digestion and increases your appetite. 

In your daily activities, you can use daily exercises such as -

  • Walking
  • Jogging 
  • Running
  • Exercise
  • Yoga Pose

These daily activities can make your gut healthy and improve your overall performance.

Try a Low FODMAP Diet

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Bloating is so common these days, that it leads to discomfort in the stomach that affects your cognitive function too. But you can alleviate the symptoms through a low FODMAP diet.

Research has suggested that if you limit certain carbs like - fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAP) may reduce the symptoms.


            Foods high in low FODMAP include: 

  •        Grains - Wheat and Rye
  •        Dairy - Milk, Yogurt and Cheese
  •        Fruit: Apples, Pears, Mangoes, Peaches, Fruit Juice and Dried Fruits
  •        Vegetables: Brussels Sprout, Cabbage, Asparagus, Onions, Leeks and green beans
  •        Pulses: Lentils and Legumes
  •        Other: Sugar-Free and Gum

Through detailed knowledge of the Low FODMAP diet, you can avoid and add certain carbs into your diet. 

Conclusion 

Today’s life is ramping up through rough choices of foods and everything we are doing in a hurry, which indirectly affects our physical health, especially our stomach.

This causes bloating in your stomach, it affects your overall performance. But with some effective diet plans and daily activities, you can control its adverse effects.

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