Indigestion Remedies

Best Indigestion Remedies

Finding the best indigestion remedies is difficult, primarily because we are all different.  There are however, some thing which are fairly universal in helping indigestion.  However, below are a few tips to help resolve your indigestion – before you even get it!!!

Drinks

Fluids are essential for good digestion, however, they should be drunk during a meal – not before.  By lining your stomach with a cold drink you can actually inhibit its ability to process to food which follows.  The other important thing is to drink water with your meals, not sugary or fizzy drinks.

Prepare yourself to eat

It may sound daft, but you body needs to produce certain chemicals in order to be able to break down the food you eat.  If you are sitting at your desk and working on a computer one minute and eating the next, you body has not had a chance to prepare for the arrival of the food.  In an office environment it can be hard to take time out – but it is worth it.  Try to move away from your desk to eat.  Also try to have some sort of preparation of the food.  Even if you are eating a repacked sandwich up and adding a sauce or extra tomatoes or something simple you are allowing your body to smell and see the food – this will encourage salivation; which is the first step to processing the food properly.

Chewing

This should not be underestimated – chewing is really important.  Chewing has two functions.  Firstly, it softens the food so that when it arrives in the stomach it is easier to process.  The second function is to give the stomach extra time to prepare the hydrochloric acid and other digestive juices which are essential for the breakdown of the food before it enters the intestines.

Exercise

We are all told not to take vigorous exercise on a full stomach – however, movement after food is good.  If you are sitting slouched over your desk, eat and sandwich and then immediately revert to work your stomach is squashed.  Ideally, we should all go for a short walk after eating.  If this is not possible then try to allocate tasks for immediately after lunch which require movement.  For example, after eating your sandwich, stand up and do your photocopying, perhaps take your outward mail to the post room, however minimal, some movement after eating is better than none.

So, in answer to the original question of what are the best indigestion remedies?  The answer is that if you minimise the indigestion by changing how you eat, you will probably find that most over the counter indigestion remedies will be able to cope with the lesser amount of pain you will feel.