Factors that worsen digestion
There are a number of factors that negatively affect the digestion. Get rid of them - means to improve the digestive process.

Smoking brings the body hundreds of harmful toxic compounds that cause enormous damage to all organs and tissues of the body, including the digestive system. Hot inhaled air irritates the mucous, and the hot air filled with harmful compounds, increases the risk of diseases.

Quitting smoking improves digestion has to "stage plate" - a non-smoker person feels sharper flavors of food that boosts the stomach to the secretion of digestive juices before the food gets inside.

Alcohol can be a negative factor for digestion, if it a lot and he is a frequent guest in the stomach. A glass of dry wine in the afternoon improves digestion, bottle - slows down the metabolic processes, because the liver is necessary to neutralize the alcohol, which is perceived as a poison and take it out of the body. The additional load on the liver and stomach impairs digestion. 

Stress negatively affect digestion. More recently, one of the causes of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer called "nerves." Although medicine is now known to influence Helicobacter pylori, stress as a risk factor for digestion is important. Stress - it's always spasms, and digestion work the muscles of the stomach and intestine plays an important role. There are studies that confirm the effects of stress on the death of beneficial microorganisms in the gut.

Sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise does not work properly intestines. Constipation usually affects obese people because of sedentary lifestyles. The more traffic, the more intense the metabolic processes.

Sometimes a person suffering from digestive disorders, not knowing that is "flat" for the parasites. Intestinal worm invanzii defeat protozoa impair digestion as poison the body, killing healthy intestinal microflora. If there is no apparent cause symptoms of an eating disorder, you should get tested for parasitic infection.

Simple rules to improve digestion
We eat in a hurry, to go biting, swallowing large pieces. Meanwhile, just chewing food thoroughly, we are improving digestion. It is known that large chunks of falling into the stomach, lying there for a long time remain a heavy burden, often undigested held throughout the digestive tract and out as such. The organism is doing a great job of transporting dead weight, without gaining anything in return.

Digestive juices penetrate inside the bolus to a depth of one millimeter. This is the size to which to chew each piece. In rapid ingestion of food there is one drawback - usually at a hasty meal we swallow air, which leads then to the rumbling, bloating and other unpleasant consequences. Council chew forty times in fact correct. This is - a direct way to improve digestion.

A huge role in improving the digestive system plays what we eat. Fiber - an essential component for improving the muscles of the stomach and intestines. Increase fiber in your diet will significantly improve digestion, speed up the passage of food through the intestines. In addition, a source of fiber - fresh fruits and vegetables contain, among other things, vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to the intestinal flora.

It adversely affects digestion fast food, sweet, fatty, spicy - what we usually understand by junk food. Each type of such product influence digestive processes, but, for the most part, they give rise to the appearance of decay or fermentation processes. Food should be healthy and vibrant.
 
Be sure to be present in the diet of dairy products. They are a source of pro- and prebiotics that help the activity of a healthy intestinal flora. It is a natural dairy products such as yogurt, fermented baked milk, yogurt and varenets with a small, not more than a week shelf life.

Improves digestion sorts of stimulants, both natural and manufactured by pharmaceutical companies. In the first case we are talking about spices such as pepper, horseradish, mustard. They enhance the production of digestive juices, accelerate the metabolism, help digestion.

Second - different kinds of enzyme preparations that enhance or gastric secretory function of the intestine. Recently, a lot of information that pharmaceutical enzymes are useless, that their action is nothing more than a publicity stunt drugmakers. In any case, and spices, and special preparations should not be abused.

Water is essential digestive system. Adequate intake of clean water is a guarantee that food is not digested lump settles in the intestine, causing constipation. There are different data about how much you need to drink water, the amount of 6-8 glasses of pure water a day can be a guide.

It is important that just before eating in the water body has been received to the digestive enzymes are not appeared diluted. For half an hour before eating better not to drink. For the same reason, do not drink plenty of his lunch. It is best to drink half an hour after eating. An exception to this rule - the need to lose weight. There are recommendations to drink a glass of water before a meal to "trick" the stomach. Continuing to use such trickery is not necessary in order to avoid problems with digestion.

For digestion equally bad and the food is too hot and too cold. The temperature of the food for good digestion should be equal to the temperature of the body, the body does not otherwise proceeds to digestion until regulate temperature.

Diet is also important for healthy digestion. Eating regularly in the same time, we accustom the digestive tract to produce the gastric juice, the enzymes at a specific time, and this leads to improvement of digestion.

It is impossible to overeat - excess food slows down the digestive process, causing a feeling of heaviness, overloads the stomach. Portion shall be such as to leave a slight feeling of hunger. It usually takes 20 minutes after a meal.

Wash your hands before eating, wash your fruits and vegetables before serving. Hygiene in food are also important for good digestion, as well as all the complex chemical processes occurring in the body.