What does drinking water during meals lead to
Indigestion often occurs as a result of behavioral disorders. These behavioral disorders are as follows:
Eating quickly: The digestive process, and particularly the digestion of flour-based foods, begins in the mouth with the chewing of the bite. Food that is not chewed well begins to putrefy in the digestive organs. The excess gas that forms with putrefaction is a result of indigestion. Even the best foods we consume are only beneficial as long as we can digest them.
Drinking water during meals: Fluids consumed during meals (drinks, water, fruit juice, etc.) expand the volume of the stomach and reduce the effectiveness of the stomach's digestive fluids by diluting them. Both the increase in volume and the resulting incomplete digestion again lead to indigestion.
Drinking cold water: On the other hand, a certain temperature is required for the digestive process to occur. Fluids consumed cold during meals slow digestion, and this slowed function is, in itself, indigestion.
Eating more than needed: Eating too much in terms of quantity is one of the main causes of poor digestion. The stomach and enzymes have a certain capacity, which varies from person to person but still exists. This capacity can be increased by forcing it, which is an undesirable situation. A person experiences the stomach's excessive fullness as bloating and difficulty digesting.
Meals too close together: The stomach and intestines need a certain time interval to fulfill their functions. A normal digestive process requires 4-6 hours. When we look at our daily life, the time between main meals corresponds to this period. Eating large amounts of food in shorter intervals than this also causes indigestion.
Snacks between meals: Today, there are various popular approaches that create confusion regarding snacks between meals. Snacks, meaning small amounts of food between main meals, appear as excess calories in people who don't start their day early, can't properly regulate the amount of their main meals, and don't exercise, and they also deplete reserves. Both of these outcomes are among the important precursors of indigestion. In this respect, snacks are not necessary except in special circumstances caused by illness.
Eating late at night: Sleep is the time all our organs, except the heart, need to rest, renew, and cleanse themselves. Dinners eaten in large quantities, and worse, meals eaten late at night, remain in the stomach undigested until morning, since the digestive system also goes into a sleep state. This is an important behavioral error leading to indigestion. Morning fatigue, bad breath, weight gain, and indigestion are outcomes awaiting those who have the habit of eating at night.
The habit of eating while upset: Food eaten while upset, angry, extremely tired, or unhappy for any reason is a form of emotional gratification. Generally, it becomes difficult to control the amount of food eaten in this and similar emotional states. Setting quantity aside, when food is eaten while a negative emotional state prevails, the nervous system cannot assist the digestive process, and the digestive process again results in indigestion.
Fungal overgrowth in the intestines: When the gut flora is disrupted, in the presence of uncontrolled intestinal fungus, the digestive system mucosa cannot perform its necessary digestive and absorptive functions. Feeling very tired, excessive cravings for sugar and sweets, excessive gas formation in the intestines, weight gain, reflux in some cases, and, alongside all of these, indigestion, are common complaints in the presence of intestinal fungus.
Insomnia and fatigue: After a while, sleep disorders end up as chronic fatigue. A state of excessive fatigue means the muscles of the digestive system cannot function as required. Both insomnia and fatigue deplete first nerve reserves and then digestive reserves, making the development of indigestion easier.
Eating while feverish: Fever is an alarm from the immune system. In case of illness, the body uses all its energy to send more defense elements to the site of the event. In this state, food eaten by force is difficult to digest. This is because high fever reduces digestive secretions.
Any type of strong spice: Harsh spices such as mustard, vinegar, and black pepper, especially in the presence of stomach sensitivity, lead to digestive disorders and indigestion by stimulating digestive secretions and disrupting the chemical composition of digestion.
Fried food: Regardless of the type of oil, fried food is generally heavy to digest. This is because fats break down at high temperatures, and this breakdown damages the liver. The straining or impairment of liver function is also among the causes of indigestion.
Sugar consumption: The shortest and most important explanation that can be given about sugar is this: "The body perceives it as a white toxin." Its harms are countless. In particular, white sugar consumption disrupts the functioning of the digestive system, the pancreas, enzymes, gut flora, fat metabolism, all organs, and many more functions.
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO TREAT INDIGESTION
Treatment of all illnesses is only possible by finding the cause. The situation is the same for indigestion.
- If there is an enzyme deficiency, enzyme preparations should be used and the pancreas should be rested
- If there is a condition related to the liver and bile ducts, this condition should be regulated
- If there is a mineral or vitamin deficiency, it should be replaced
- If there is a gut flora disorder, the flora must definitely be treated
- Healthy eating should become a way of life
- Digestive system regulation should always be ensured with neural therapy
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