Demetrice Morrison,RD LD

Health and Wellness Blog

Thursday, January 14, 2010

A HEALTHY GUT AND TO A SEXY & HEALTHY BODY

Our digestive systems continously extract water and nutrients from an astonishing amount of solid foods and liquids over our lifetimes, all the while fending off nasty microbes and processing waste. What we put into our stomachs is so important that it affects whether we feel well, how flat our bellies are and even our chances of avoiding certain cancers.

When it comes to digestion, women face some unique concerns. "Shifting hormone levels from menstraution, pregnancy and menopause all put a feminine stamp on your digestive tract.

Women have the same digestive organs as men, but they are squeezed, alsong with reproductive organs, into a smaller abdomen. "This menas our digestive organs don't have much give when they get filled with excess gas, air or food.

Keeping your stomach healthy, soothed and lean can be as simple as making the right food and drink choices. Here some tips:

Eat to beat disease: citrus fruit, fiber-rich foods, leafy greens and yellow vegetables.

Choose foods that soothe: caraway, cadamom, cinnamon, cumin, fennel, ginger, mint,
nutmeg, oatmeal.

Eat foods to flatten your tummy: avocado, brown rice, dark chocalate,nuts, oatmeal, olive oil, seeds.

These foods also help to decrease stomach cancers as we increase our fiber intake of 25 g per day.

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