Health Tips: Your digestion gets spoiled due to these morning habits; Click here for details

A healthy digestive system keeps us energetic and active throughout the day, while poor digestion causes many physical problems, such as gas, acidity, constipation and flatulence.

New Delhi: How the day starts has a direct impact on our energy and health throughout the day. Often we take our morning habits lightly, without knowing that these habits can affect our digestive system the most. A healthy digestive system keeps us energetic and active throughout the day, while poor digestion causes many physical problems, such as gas, acidity, constipation and flatulence.

If you are often troubled by stomach problems, then some of your morning habits may be the main reason behind it. Let us know what are the morning habits that can spoil your digestion?

Not drinking water
The first mistake that many people make as soon as they wake up in the morning is not drinking enough water or drinking very cold water. After a night's sleep, the body is in dire need of hydration. If you do not drink water in the morning, it prevents the digestive system from starting properly, which can cause problems with bowel movements.

On the other hand, drinking very cold water early in the morning can slow down digestion. This takes more time to digest food and can cause problems like indigestion or flatulence. Drinking lukewarm water on an empty stomach in the morning activates the digestive system, is the simplest and most effective way to flush out toxins and relieve constipation.

Skipping breakfast or eating the wrong breakfast

In today's busy life, skipping breakfast has become a common habit for some people, but this habit affects your digestion. Not having breakfast slows down the metabolism, due to which the body has to struggle more for energy and the digestive system becomes irregular.

When you eat the next meal after staying hungry for a long time, there is a sudden pressure on the digestive system. At the same time, some people eat excessively oily, spicy or processed breakfast early in the morning. Samosas, kachoris, or overly sweet bakery products are heavy to digest and can cause acidity, gas, and indigestion. So choose a light, nutritious, and easily digestible breakfast for the morning, like dalia, oats, eggs, or fruits.

Mental stress

Mornings are often a time of rush and tension, and this directly affects your digestion. Eating under stress or in a hurry is very harmful for the digestive system. When you are stressed, your digestion tends to slow down as your body’s energy is diverted towards muscles and other emergency functions.

Eating in a hurry

Eating in a hurry does not allow you to chew food properly, which leads to large pieces of food reaching the stomach and makes them difficult to digest, resulting in gas, stomach pain, and indigestion. Taking a few extra minutes to eat comfortably and calmly in the morning is a good way to improve your digestive health.

Excessive consumption of morning tea

Many people start their morning with tea or coffee on an empty stomach. While it may give you instant freshness, excessive consumption of caffeine on an empty stomach can be harmful to your digestive system. Caffeine present in tea and coffee stimulates the production of acid in the stomach, increasing the risk of problems like acidity, heartburn and gastric ulcers. It can also affect intestinal motility.

Note: This article has been prepared on the basis of information collected from medical reports.

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