Bye Bye Belly Bloat!: These 5 simple tips can help flatten your stomach starting today
These 5 simple tips can help flatten your
stomach starting today:
Decrease Salt
Salt is a beneficial and
necessary component of healthy living.
However, if you are eating an excess of salt, you will retain water and
that can lead to an imbalance of salt and water in the body and that is
synonymous with your ‘not-so-favorite’ five letter word: Bloat.
If you are eating processed foods such as frozen dinners, fast foods,
snacks etc, you are most likely taking in excess sodium. Salting all of your food is another
indication you are taking in too much sodium.
Stored carbohydrates hold three times the water that protein does, so if
you are eating an excess of pasta, cereals etc,, next time reduce the amount of
carbs and add more protein in its place.
Drink Water
Drinking water releases
Stop Chewing Gum
Chewing gum encourages
you to swallow air and then guess what?
You guessed it. You are filling
your tummy up with air just as if you were blowing up a balloon. And if the gum you are chewing is sugar-free
gum? it’s a double whammy. See the below post on Fake Sugar.
Stop the Fizz
When it comes to belly
bloat, carbonation is king. These
innocent little bubbles decide to take up residence in your intestinal tract
and then become trapped and gas builds up.
If belly bloat is an issue..your best (and super healthy choice)move is to eliminate all sodas – diet
too.
Skip Fake Sugar
Artificially sweetened
products from chewing gum, diet sodas, and candies to protein bars, contain
sugar substitutes, sugar alcohols or even natural products that can create excess
gas (and even severe gastrointestinal distress). One healthy exception (that, in excess, has a slight potential of creating digestive
issues): the sugar alcohol Xylitol
(pronounced: Zi-Li-Tol). Xylitol is
healthy for you as it has a minimal effect on blood sugar and none on insulin
level <- One key to optimal health for everyone.
