Ayurveda: Tips for good digestion to lead a fit and healthy life

Ayurveda teaches that key to a good and fit life lies in ability to digest food you eat. It does t only deal with tangible factors like foods and drinks but also includes environment that you eat in. If you do t eat in regular proportions or in unfavourable conditions, an imbalance is caused in digestion process that results in issues in health. You can, however, fix se imbalances before y occur. Here are five simple tips to improve digestion.

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Eat-in a peaceful environment

With fast-paced lives that people le, it has become impossible to actually sit and eat anything. However, by spending just a few minutes on focusing your eating pattern can make a huge difference. When you actually sit and eat you can focus on how much you eat and what you put in your body. If you are multitasking while eating your attention is divided and it also affects your chewing. Hence we tend to gulp without chewing properly, which is unhealthy.

Consume freshly cooked foods

Ayurveda believes that in order to feel fresh you must eat fresh. whole ordeal of cooking, heating and reheating isn’t considered ideal according to Ayurveda. It believes that leftover food loses 'life' and hence ends up making you feel tired and sluggish. Eating a freshly cooked meal every time you eat is a must according to Ayurveda.

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Have your biggest meal at lunch

According to studies, our digestive system secrets a higher level of digestive juices during midday. Your body is shutting off and getting rey to sleep in evening and hence digestive fire is quite less at night. Having a large meal during lunch provides eugh time for your body to digest food before going to bed. If you have a large meal at dinner, your body does t get eugh time to digest it, and hence you are left feeling bloated.

Keep sipping on Ginger tea throughout day

Ginger has a lot of healing properties that help with release symptoms of gas and cramping. It has been reported that ginger has been used for more than 2,000 years to treat digestive problems. According to a study in European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, it has been found that ginger helps in moving food from stomach to intestine. It also aids digestion by stimulating gastric enzymes, bile, and saliva, which are used in process of digestion.

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