Prevent food Digestive Disorders

The food you eat can affect digestive health. Therefore, health experts always suggest not to arbitrarily choose the food.

When food is consumed properly, it can launch the digestive tract, and prevent disorders such as heartburn, bloating and constipation.

Well, like any diet that allows your digestive well and smoothly, the following list, quoted by the Times Of India.

- Ginger
Ginger contains gingerol active that produces a sense of warm, spicy, and stimulating and healing properties. In addition to herbs, ginger is also often used as a digestive system disorder related drugs, such as nausea.

- Fennel
Anise contains anethole which berkasiat for soothing the digestive tract. Fennel also contains aspartic acid, which acts as an anti-flatulent.

That's why, not surprisingly, many people who have a habit of chewing fennel after meals. Fennel is often used for medicinal herb ingredients, it is also often used to process food.

- Yogurt
Yogurt contains probiotics are good bacteria to the gut. Probiotics will maintain regular bowel in the best circumstances, while also preventing the disease that came in through food. And consequently improve digestive tract function.

- Mint
Mint is often used as a treatment for indigestion, heartburn, and flatulence. Mint is also known for its efficacy to stimulate appetite. It is also able to treat nausea and headaches.

- Leaves greetings
Bay leaf has proven capable of treating migraine, anxiety and stress. The leaves can also improve the digestive system and help system detoxifythe.

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In order to Remove Wind Not Smelling

Remove the wind is a very common activity, and healthy. Even so, you may feel embarrassed to pass gas up spotted in the crowd, let alone a sound and odor.

Remove the wind is a natural activity that occurs due to consumption of foods that cause excessive gas formation in the body.

While the pleasant aroma that comes out when someone pass gas, could be due to several factors. One of them is too long because the leftovers are stored in the large intestine, which in turn produce foul smelling gases.

But do not worry, there is still a surefire way to overcome a bad odor when the wind throw, was quoted by the Times Of India.

- Limit consumption of foods high in fat. Foods high in fat produces large amounts of carbon dioxide and some of which will be released by the body in the form of gas.

- Excess carbohydrates in a person's diet can cause gas problems.

- Reduce the amount of air you swallow. Avoid talking and laughing while eating, because such behavior has resulted in excessive air swallowing. Eat and drink slowly and chew your food well.

- Chewing gum and smoking causes the air you breathe also become redundant. The accumulation of air causes bloating, stomach distress, and cause gas.

- Avoid consumption of spicy foods because they can increase the flow of stomach acid can cause irritation.

- Excess consumption of acidic beverages should also be avoided, such as tea, coffee, sodas, and alcohol. This tends to cause irritation to the gastro-intestinal tract. Also, reduce the habit of drinking with a straw. This method can cause more air into the digestive tract.

- Reduce foods that cause gas, such as beans, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, beans, and bananas.

- Do not eat three big meals during the day. Instead eat five small meals.

- After eating you should walk or perform activities such as climbing stairs in order to burn calories and does not accumulate in the stomach. Physical activity helps digestion work better.

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Addiction Eating Soap

Delicious meal not infrequently make opium. Pleasure is what makes Tempestt Henderson, 19-year-old from Florida, could not resist the temptation to eat a variety of soap products.
"I remember the first time I put my finger into the detergent and I licked my fingers. It was very sweet and tasty. It felt very nice and I was immediately addicted," he said as quoted on page dailymail.
Ignoring the warnings on the packaging of soaps, detergents he chewed a moment after waking in the morning. Candunya levels even increased. In addition to eating a detergent, teenagers who are studying as a nurse began to enjoy the five bars of soap every week.
"In the shower, I was like licking the foam and bubbles in my mouth. It feels like heaven. I like the cleanliness, eating soap makes me feel more clean than on the mere use it," he said.
Henderson hard to resist the desire to eat soap. Six-month struggle with opiate strange, he then consulted with a doctor. The results call this diagnosis suffer from disorder called Pica.
Pica is an appetite disorder characterized by the emergence of desire to eat non-food substances, which tend to endanger health. Some are addicted to eating the metal, coins, chalk, batteries, and even toothbrushes.
Physicians who deal with Henderson said, are the major stress factor. Adolescents are experiencing psychological problems, in which she felt very close to his family when the scent of soap.
"My girlfriend left me to go to school in Kansas. I had to separate from parents to attend school out of Florida. I feel very lonely, sad, and depressed. Just by eating the soap stress is gone," he said.
Dr. Barton Blinder, PICA expert, warned, eating soap can lead to fatal effects for the body. "Soap is a chemical, by eating it will damage the body's metabolism, resulting in digestive problems, and problems of acid-base balance in blood," he said.
To overcome the disorder, the family began to use liquid soap and Henderson began to think of not taking them. He was trying to avoid places that provide soap. And, Handerson stop taking the soap since September 2010.

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Facebook Trigger Eating Disorders

Be careful when you are too often linger on a computer screen playing facebook. According to studies at the University of Haifa, Israel, these activities risk causing eating disorders, particularly adolescent girls.

The study revealed that most teens who spend much time in front of a computer screen, the more their chances of developing a negative body image. In addition, various eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and excessive dieting.

Research conducted by Prof. Yael Latzer, Prof. Ruth Katz, and Zohar Spivak of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies Haifa University to test the effects of two factors on the development of eating disorders in adolescents. The second factor is that the media exposure and self-empowerment, quoted from the pages of the Times of India.

The study involved as many as 248 women aged 12-19 (average age: 14.8). They were asked to convey any information about the common practice when using the internet and watching television. Regarding the latter, they were asked to provide a number of popular events related to extreme standards of physical images.

Furthermore, also asked to fill out a questionnaire that tested their approach to issues related to slimming, bulimia satisfaction, physical or dissatisfaction, their general outlook on food, and their feelings about personal empowerment.

The results showed, the longer it spends more time on the Facebook page, they can suffer from bulimia, anorexia, physical dissatisfaction, negative self-image, negative approach to eating and more interested in performing weight-loss diet.

Extensive online exposure to fashion and music content showed a similar trend, but is manifested in fewer types of eating disorders. Thus, the more exposure to fashion content on the internet, the higher chance of a girl affected by anorexia.

Similar study conducted earlier which found that the effects of watching television gossip shows impressions can also cause eating disorders in young women, especially teenagers.

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Channeling Emotions through Eat

Did you ever go looking for food and drink after a fight with your spouse? Or pamper yourself with some ice cream and chocolate after a hard day? Or spend the wrapped packet of chips because you do not know what to do any activity?

What happened to you is known as 'emotional eating'. That is, the conditions in which people eat not because of hunger. but for various other reasons like the fear of hunger, diversion of mind from unpleasant things, kill the boredom and loneliness.

"So, the driving factor for eating not because of hunger but because of the feeling of floating," said Varkha Chulani, clinical psychologist as quoted from the pages of the Times of India.

Dr Nupur Krishnan adds 'emotional eating' occurs when people have the desire to eat when emotionally unstable. In the long term, this habit can destroy confidence and health through excessive weight gain.

"The problem is not in the will, but the psychological and emotional needs, changes in body shape, thinking, addiction to the loss of emotional eating," he said.

People used to look for an escape for a moment forget that convolute the issue they like shopping, massage, sex, and eating well. They do not have a strategy and the confidence to solve problems so that they find comfort in food.

This also resulted in a person can not get out of this habit, like being in a vicious circle. Unwittingly, this habit makes the body stretched and even obesity. Disproportionate body shape just makes matters worse because of the perceived pressure will be greater and will further push to keep doing the 'emotional eating'.

Typically, when emotion, people will consume foods that do not contain many nutrients, but contain more sugars such as candy, pastries, ice cream, bread. It also increases blood sugar levels and stimulates the brain to release chemicals that drive hunger.

'Emotional eating' can lead to obesity, depression, insomnia, dementia, loss of muscle mass, osteoporosis, hair loss, low blood pressure, low heart rate, headaches, and even suicide.

If you are including people with these habits are advised not to use food as an escape. If this already, seek help from others to stop it.

Do not let your stomach empty for a long time, plan what to eat. If you can not stop to chew on, try to eat fruits and vegetables, avoid drinking coffee and sodas, avoid pastries. Better to eat the filling. Most importantly, try to eliminate your stress by listening to music, yoga, or meditation.

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Mandatory communicated to the doctor

Sometimes feeling awkward, reluctant or tukut, appears when you consult with a physician. Especially when the doctor asks about the habits and lifestyle in detail.
This habit makes many patients often do not disclose health information about himself in full or tend to cover up. In fact, health information from you as a patient is very important for doctors to diagnose health complaints appropriately.

To be a smart patient, know the five things you must tell in detail with your doctor, as quoted by CNN.com

1. Vitamins, herbal medicines and supplements consumed
Drugs and supplements can interact with other drugs in different ways. So, open the possibility of dangerous side effects.

2. Tell me if you smoke
Smoking and consumption of alcoholic beverages has a direct impact on your body. Tell me also how often you smoke and consume alcohol. The doctor will better understand health concerns you may have and directs the proper medication.

3. Changes in body
If you notice any changes in the body, such as lumps in the breast, strange moles, also tell your doctor. Or, things that you think are strange changes in the body. This is very important, because most know is your own body. So, always tell your doctor if there are changes, could be tested whether it is harmful or not.

4. Depression or stress
Do not hesitate to tell your doctor if you are stressed or depressed. That's because of psychological conditions have a major impact on physical health. He may refer you to a psychologist or psychiatrist, so that you get proper treatment.

5. Family health history
Tell me also about family health history with your doctor. many diseases that are genetic, so it is very important for doctors to know. It's for getting the right diagnosis and treatment.

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