Monday, November 30, 2009

5 Ways to Improve Digestive System

1. Having healthy diet
Eat a wide variety of foods is the first step towards developing good and healthy eating habits. By doing so, your digestive system absorbs all the different nutritional requirements.

2. Eat more fibre
High fibre diet improves gastrointestinal health, thus reducing the risk of constipation and stimulating food digstion.

The best source of fibre and the easiest way to consume it is to eat more fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains.

3. Maintaining helath weight
One of the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight is it lowers the risk of coronary diseases like heart attack and stroke, diabetes and hypertension.

4. Drink plenty of water
Water helps to soften waste material in the gut and prevents constipation which, if left unchecked, could lead to digestive stress.

5. Be active - Exercise often
Exercise often, don’t be a couch potato.