Digestion

Supplements for Digestion Relieve the Bloated Feeling

Many people find that after eating a meal their digestive system becomes irritated, usually for reasons unknown. When you get that bloated, uncomfortable feeling that may be accompanied by heartburn and indigestion your problem may be a lack of digestive enzymes. It is these valuable digestion enzymes that help relieve the bloated feeling, gas, and burping that over eating and high fat diets can cause.

Some beneficial supplements for your digestive system

Eating foods that are high in complex carbohydrates (legumes and grains) are often to blame for that bloated, gassy feeling because those foods may be nearly impossible to digest properly. Not having enough of beneficial digestive enzymes causes many of our digestive problems including bloating and indigestion.

Vitamin C, an antioxidant, can help by eliminating many of the toxins that our body produces during the digestion of food. Probiotics also are useful to keep the digestive tract healthy and functioning normally. Probiotics consisting of Acidophilus, Lactobaccillus, and Bifidobacteria (known as the good bacteria) are digestion enzymes or microbes that help with the digestion process.

Probiotics keep the digestive system in tune

Adding probiotics in pill form to the daily diet will help insure a proper functioning digestive system and assimilation of all the right foods our body requires for every day good health and vitality. As our naturally occurring enzymes can be flushed or destroyed, adding probiotics help retain that balance which keeps our system functioning as it should every day.

Coenzyme Q10 along with Lipase, amylase, and protease are among the valuable enzymes our body benefits from, especially our liver. Particularly beneficial for those who have been taking an antibiotic, probiotics return the digestive system to a healthy balance of good bacteria needed for proper digestion. These digestion enzymes are available in various dosages and forms.

Flax seed helps ease constipation

If you sprinkle flax seed onto foods it will help with constipation problems as well as ease inflammation issues in the intestines and digestive system. A tiny seed that has been around for many centuries, the flax seed is showing evidence of helping reduce heart disease risk, stroke, diabetes, and fighting cancer. Loaded with Omega-3 and fiber, the flax seed is used both as whole seeds and ground up to add to foods or sprinkle over them.

Peppermint Oil alleviates bloating and pain from gas

Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS affects as many as one out of five people. Symptoms include constipation or diarrhea, bloating, cramping, or a painful stomach. Peppermint has long been a remedy for gas pain caused by overeating and newer versions which include an enteric coating have proven beneficial because the coating does not allow peppermint to dissolve in the stomach where it may lead to indigestion and heartburn, but rather in the intestines where it proves most beneficial.

Some of the more serious causes of digestive problems

Digestive problems can occur for many reasons and most of the time it is short term and not too serious. Recurring or constant pain and discomfort may have deep seated and more urgent causes however and you should see a doctor if the pain and discomfort persist.

When the liver is not functioning properly it is not providing enough digestive components including acid to digest food properly. Cleansing the liver and adding B vitamins along with other nutrients should help return the liver to normal.

The pancreas normally produces enzymes the digestive system needs to maintain a healthy balanced digestion. The bacterial flora produced in the intestines produces vitamin B complex which is beneficial to a properly functioning liver and our liver in turn produces the enzymes needed for the intestines to assure a properly functioning digestive system, so it is of great benefit to maintain good levels of enzymes.

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