Top 7 Tips to improve your digestive health

Top 7 Tips to improve your digestive health

When we talk about a healthy lifestyle, what we think? We think usually about eating nutritious food and doing exercise. Though, we all know nutrition and exercise aren’t always enough for most ideal results.

There are many ways to improve our digestive wellbeing, however our way of life and environment makes it troublesome. Here are some best recommendations to keep your digestion on right way.

1.              Use right combination of food

Food combining is the little known secret. When foods are combined properly they enhance your digestion and also help you to lose weight.

There are many ways for right combination of food. To combine food the right way, eat protein with vegetables or grains with vegetables, but not proteins with grains. Also, fruits should be eaten alone on an empty stomach to avoid fermentation and bloating.

2.              Take adequate Water

We all know that we should take plenty of water, but I suggest you to drink a glass of water 15 minutes before each meal. This habit will get your digestive juices flowing and help your food settle.

Our body loses water through breathing, sweating and also in digestion so it becomes essential to re hydrate by drinking plenty of fluids, eating food or fruits that contains high amount of water.

3.              Eat on schedule. 

Taking meals and snacks on a regular schedule can help keep your digestive system in top shape. When you do not eat at a consistent time each day, it can cause stomach to overwork resulting in bloating and indigestion and eating on schedule allow proper digestion of food.

Take your breakfast within one hour of your morning walk, lunch should be after 4-5 hours after breakfast and dinner should be at least 2 hours before you go to bed.

4.              Take benefits of Probiotics.

Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are naturally found in our intestine and known as good bacteria. I recommend you to take yogurt, juices, aged-cheese and soya milk regularly. They not only help to improve digestion and to build up immunity. When our digestive systems have been affected by improper foods or processed foods, these digestive enzymes can help a lot.

5.              Use dietary fibers.

Dietary fibers also known as roughage basically are the parts of plant foods that our body cannot digest or absorbs. High fiber diets have many benefits they help to maintain the bowel health and help to reduce weight. Drink lots of water, too, too much fiber without water can lead to constipation.

6.              Manage stress. 

Too much stress or anxiety can disturb your digestive system. Keep you stress level balanced so that you enjoy a healthy life. You can try for some relaxation therapy. There are some foods specially junk foods that can disturb you digestion and cause stress too. If you are having some stress that is disturbing your digestion you should consult to the doctor.

7.              Become ritual, have Fast.

Here I’m only suggesting you to take some gap between meals. Give your system about three or four hours to let the food get assimilated.

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How to choose best hair straightener

How to choose best hair straightener

When it comes to choose tool for your hair, it will be good to invest in hair straightening iron. It is very important for you to choose best hair straightener and not an easy job.

If You have concern about at-home straightening then it become very important to choose the right hair straightener with right technique. After all, you're clamping your precious, pretty hair with an iron that's at the temperature required to bake a whole pizza!!!!.

Here are some tips which could help you to choose the right type of hair straightener.

1) Choose the Right Size Flat Iron For Your Hair:

The size of flat iron depends on the length and thickness of your hair.

·         For short hair: If your hair is short, whether it is thick or fine, you will need a flat iron with narrow plates. The size of the plates should be half inch to one inch thick. With narrow plates you can iron even shorter sections of your hair.

·         For long hair: For a long hair, use wide plated flat irons. You can choose an iron with the plates sized from one-and-half inch to two-inch thick. With this you can cover more hair in shorter time and you can complete the task quickly and avoid hair burn.

2) Select the Right Heat Settings:

Your hair texture and type determine the heat setting. You should purchase an iron with a variable heat setting, so that it caters to your specific hair needs and less likely to damage your hair.

Different hair textures need different heat settings.

·         Fine/ Damaged Hair:  If your hair is either fine or damaged, then you should select a low-wattage iron—about 40 watts—that will not burn your hair, or if you have a flat iron with variable heat settings, then use it with a temperature between 250 to 300 degrees.

·         Medium/ Average Hair: It the thickness and texture of your hair is average, then it is ideal to use flat iron a temperature between 300 to 350 degrees.

·         Thick/ Coarse Hair: If your hair is very thick or coarse then you will need to set your iron between 350 to 400 degrees.

3) Choose Flat Irons of Right Material: 

It is very important to choose a flat iron with plates made of ceramic, tourmaline ortitanium. These materials become heated in less time and spread the heat uniformly to avoid burning of hair.

These materials release negative ions that reverse the damage causing positive ions on heating. They protect the hair cuticle from getting damaged and also the moisture from getting escaped while ironing. Do not choose irons with ceramic “coating” or teflon “coating”.

Things to remember:

·      You should not use straighten on wet hair unless you have a hair   straightener specially designed for this purpose.

·    Many products like anti- frizz sprays, serums that are designed to protect the hair from heat damage and also keep the hair straight for a longer period. Some of these products should be applied to the hair before straightening and also after straightening.

·       You must avoid moisture and water for as long as possible after the hair has been straightened.

·      Dry shampoo can help to keep hair straight after it’s been styled by reducing the moisture, oil and buildup in the hair. Sprayed on to the roots of the hair, dry shampoo is brushed outwards removing the oil from the hair and keeping the hairstyle straight, long after it has been treated with a flat iron.

·        Do not use a flat iron everyday.

·     Always clean your hot tools with an iron cleaner or lukewarm water and a cloth once the iron is cool, to remove any product buildup on the plates.

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