Healthy Lifestyle

Practice Good Eating Habits

Just as important as what you eat is the manner in which you eat. Poor digestion may simply be due to bad habits. Try to:

• Eat moderate portions. Moderate portions are digested more comfortably. Large meals put increased demands on digestion, since your body is only able to produce a certain volume of digestive juices.
• Eat at regular times. Your digestive organs operate best when you follow a regular schedule — breakfast, lunch and dinner. Skipping meals can lead to excessive hunger, which often results in overeating. With a regular schedule, your digestive organs have time to rest between meals.
• Relax while you eat. When you're relaxed, you tend to chew your food more completely, your gastric and intestinal juices flow more freely, and your digestive muscles contract and relax normally. Eating faster means you're not likely to chew your food as well and you might swallow more air, causing heartburn, belching, bloating or excessive gas.

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