| If you find yourself suffering from constipation, gas, | | | | Chew gum after meals: this will help produce more |
| bloating, diarrhea - try a few simple changes in your | | | | stomach acid and help you relax thereby opening the |
| habits and you may find a remarkable difference. | | | | digestive sphincters. Pick xylitol gum - it helps prevent |
| Limit drinking with meals: drinking dilutes stomach acid | | | | cavities - proven in research. |
| and stomach acid helps digest your food. Best not to | | | | Don't work and eat: just eat when eating. Mixing |
| drink during meals at all - drink 30 minutes before and | | | | tasks doesn't alert your digestive system that food |
| 1 hour after. | | | | is coming. Smell, sight, and touch all stimulate the |
| Chew well: the more you chew, the more stomach | | | | digestive glands and if you're busily reading a |
| acid and digestive enzymes are released | | | | newspaper or driving down the road, your digestive |
| Relax: being relaxed puts you in a parasympathetic | | | | system won't expect food coming - and then won't |
| mode which opens the digestive gland ports allowing | | | | digest it. I'm serious here. |
| the digestive enzymes to flow. The sympathetic | | | | Combining all those steps above - and even just a |
| stress mode closes all these ports and no enzymes | | | | few of them - ought to improve your digestive |
| are released. Plays a major role. | | | | abilities. This day in age, stress is rampant and so is |
| Don't overeat: eat until you are full and stop. An | | | | work but aim to put your health first. |
| overfull and stretched stomach causes weakness in | | | | Tell your friends about this. They will appreciate it. |
| the stomach ligaments which cause reflux of food | | | | Give these steps a shot and let me know how they |
| back up into your esophagus - and this leads to | | | | work for you... |
| heartburn. | | | | |