| The main four causes for indigestion is, stomach | | | | Critical deficiencies that cause indigestion are |
| trauma, digestive toxins, critical deficiencies and | | | | related to fiber, vitamin B-12, beneficial bacteria |
| stress. | | | | and digestive enzymes. These deficiencies are |
| Stomach trauma is pretty common, usually | | | | commonly caused by poor diet, stress, antibiotics |
| resulting in a hiatus hernia. With this type of hernia, | | | | and other medications. Your age and the number |
| the stomach is pushed up through the hole in the | | | | of medications you take increases the risk of |
| diaphragm that the esophagus comes through. | | | | critical deficiencies as you get older. |
| Repositioning your stomach with surgery or | | | | Stress works to pull your body apart making it is |
| manual reduction is usually needed to repair the | | | | the most common cause of digestive complaints. |
| condition. | | | | When stress interferes with the digestion process |
| Digestive toxins are very common in our diet. | | | | it doesn't produce enough pepsin. When there is |
| Some sources of these toxins are contaminated | | | | not enough pepsin formed to balance out the acid |
| foods, allergy to wheat (and other | | | | we call it acid indigestion. |
| gluten-containing grains), junk food, poor food | | | | Food that is poorly digested will sit like a rock in |
| combination and over consumption. | | | | your stomach for hours before it heads into the |
| The solving to this problem is to be sensible about | | | | small intestine. The foods ferments causing gas |
| what foods you choose. Avoid foods that you | | | | and bloating. Because of the shortage of acid in |
| are allergic to and eat only foods that you know | | | | the stomach, bad bacteria and parasites maybe |
| how they were prepared. Eating fruits and | | | | pass on into your intestines where it will grow and |
| vegetables that have high water content also aide | | | | cause infections. Then your immune system |
| digestion. If they are naturally grown they usually | | | | responds by creating allergies. |
| are high in fiber and low in toxicity. | | | | Inflammation from both allergic reactions and |
| The daily recommend servings of fruits and | | | | infection may affect the pancreas and gallbladder. |
| vegetable are (for children 5 servings, women 7 | | | | In addition, stress induced inflammation in the small |
| servings, and men 9 servings). You can also add | | | | intestines will create more inflammation in the |
| to your diet a small serving of high quality protein. | | | | large intestines. Plus, chronic stress often triggers |
| Avoid extremes in your diet and chew your food | | | | a host of other digestive conditions such as |
| until it liquefies before you swallow. All this can | | | | irritable bowel, colitis, gallbladder disease and |
| help in proper digestion and help reduce toxin in | | | | pancreas. |
| your stomach. | | | | |