If you find yourself troubled by digestive issues like constipation, heartburn, and bloating, it may be time to revisit your lifestyle habits. Faulty lifestyle choices including eating the wrong kind of food, consuming extremely processed, spicy food, or leading a sedentary lifestyle, could all be contributing to your digestive issues.
In her latest Instagram post, nutritionist Karishma Shah talks about common dietary mistakes people make that wreak havoc on their digestion. If you can’t point out exactly why you are having digestive problems, it may be due to some eating mistakes you are making inadvertently.
Eating when not hungry
Setting a fixed time for meals is a good practice, however, eating when you do not feel hungry means you are not paying attention to your brain signals. When you eat a meal when not hungry means your brain has not received any signals from your stomach to secrete any digestive juices, and this may cause digestive issues.
Emotional eating
Nothing good has ever come from eating to numb your emotions. Overloading yourself with calories for the sake of feeling momentary relief from negative emotions is nothing but a distraction to suppress certain emotions which result in totally overloading your digestive system.
Too much water before or after meals
Water can easily dilute your digestive juices and is one of the worst things to do to your stomach.
Eating while multitasking
A lot of us have cultivated the habit of eating at our desks, or while watching TV and it leaves our digestive system compromised. Eating mindfully, meanwhile, makes sure you not only digest your food well but also aid in the proper absorption of nutrients.
