1. Low stomach acid levels

Stomach acid is essential for proper digestion, especially for protein-rich, hard-to-digest foods such as meat or fish. People often think that high levels of stomach acid cause indigestion, but this is not the case. If you drink too much water when eating, it will dilute the stomach juice and easily cause indigestion.

Some foods have the effect of stimulating stomach acid and aiding digestion. Therefore, if you find that you cannot digest bitter foods, you can eat more spicy foods, such as rocket sugar, watercress, chicory, etc., you can also eat some dandelion and burdock to stimulate the production of digestive juices and bile, thereby helping to digest and absorb fat.

2. Eating too fast

Because people now lead busy lives, they rarely have time to sit down at the table to eat, and often need to eat on the way to work or while watching TV/computer. This causes the brain to receive some false information, which leads to the production of stress hormones and increased brain activity to process other information received by the brain. This not only easily leads to indigestion, but also leads to other symptoms such as flatulence.

Therefore, do not eat in front of the TV/computer, in addition, it is recommended that people practice calm eating more. That is, before starting to eat, take a few deep breaths, and then carefully think about the look and taste of your food, and try to mobilize all the senses to "enjoy" the food. In this way, the brain will get the information that the food is about to be eaten, which will activate the digestive system.

3. Eating too much sugar and refined carbohydrates

Excessive consumption of foods rich in sugar and refined carbohydrates, such as sweets, pasta and processed foods, will nourish the stomach's harmful bacteria, and the large amount of gas produced by fermentation will put excessive pressure on the small intestine, which will cause the stomach contents to flow back into the esophagus and irritate the lining of the esophagus, causing burning and pain.

Therefore, indigestion, can drink probiotic-rich yogurt. Because probiotics help people digest and absorb nutrients, they can also provide power for gastrointestinal movement, rebalance the gut, and improve digestion in the long term.

4. Eating late

All of our organs, including the digestive tract, tend to be more active during the day. At night, our bodies also need to rest and our brains need to process all the information and emotions of the day, which means our bodies don't have time to digest. If you eat too late and then fall asleep immediately after eating, the food may remain in the stomach, leading to indigestion.

According to a study in the Journal Gastroenterology, people who eat less than three hours before bedtime are more likely to experience acid reflux than those who eat four hours or more before bedtime. Therefore, try to eat early, but if people are too busy to do so, they can try to drink some high-quality organic tea to help digestion. Fennel, cardamom, chamomile, ginger, burdock or mint can all be used to make tea bags.

5. Snack between meals

Digestion is a long and demanding process, meaning it takes eight hours for a full meal to travel from the stomach to the large intestine, but the time taken depends on the type and quantity of food. Therefore, people should pay attention to the time between two meals, usually eat three meals, do not eat snacks. This gives your body enough time to digest and absorb nutrients.

However, if someone has stomach pain on an empty stomach, eating something can relieve stomach pain, which may be a sign of more serious conditions such as ulcers, and should be checked in time.

6. Talk about stressful things like work over dinner

Indigestion can be exacerbated if people talk about work or other stressful things over lunch at the office. If you sit at the dinner table with friends and family, eat slowly and talk happily at the same time, the whole person will feel relaxed. So eating has always been a social event, so to eat mindfully and enjoy a meal, it's better to have someone to eat with."

7. Not chewing enough

You don't have to force yourself to chew everything 50 times. Instead, people are advised to chew until they have broken down their food to the point where it is easy to swallow.

8. Indulge

People often overindulge during the holiday season, loading up on processed meats, chocolate, dairy and other foods that are often the main culprits for indigestion. Therefore, during the festival, people can slightly refrain from eating, and the variety of food ingested at one time should not be too much. When indigestion occurs, digestive enzymes can speed up the digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates and reduce symptoms.

In addition, if indigestion manifests as an upset stomach, herbs such as mint, licorice, and ginger can also act as a great calming effect. If you have symptoms such as acid reflux, adding a soothing herb such as licorice, hollyhock, and aloe vera to your drink will help the digestive tract form a protective layer, thereby reducing irritation.

9. Bad drinking habits

Alcohol with a high sugar content, such as cocktails and flavorings, may aggravate or cause indigestion. Fermented beer and cider, as well as red wine with a high sulfite content, also have an impact on the digestive system. Therefore, people should drink rationally during the festival, should keep the body hydrated before drinking, should not drink on an empty stomach, should not drink during medicine. In addition, eating more green vegetables and fruits can help flush out the toxins of alcohol in the body.