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How to improve digestion

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    edited December 2024
    Fiber, sufficient dietary fat, water, exercise.

    Doctor.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,142 Member
    For what reason? Reduce bloating? Extract more nutrients and calories from food? Poop is too liquid or solid?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,429 Member
    Without knowing what's going badly with your digestion, I don't even remotely know how to suggest things that might help. Can you be more specific?

    Only thing I've got with so little info from you: See a gastroenterologist for testing, diagnosis, and recommendations. At minimum, log your typical eating and symptoms for a week or so, and take that to a registered dietitian for advice.

    If you tell us more, we might be able to give you experience-based suggestions to try, but I don't think anyone here is a gastroenterologist or dietitian.

    I used to have issues, pretty much followed what Riverside said above . . . after seeing my PCP, and a gastroenterologist to rule out serious health conditions. (I was diagnosed with IBS-C. I took meds for a bit, then as things improved via the other things Riverside mentioned, I dropped the meds. Your situation likely differs from mine.)

    Best wishes!
  • Lady_Magenta
    Lady_Magenta Posts: 242 Member
    I have the same problem. I eat probiotic prunes every day and I make sure I eat enough fiber.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,069 Member
    edited December 2024
    If it’s GERD, I went to the doctor for years, did years of Ranitidine, etc.

    Every time I went and sat on her exam table and wept my sorrows, she gently scolded me,”lose weight” and handed me a printout of a simple elimination diet, which I always wadded up the moment I got in the car.

    Then one day, I had enough of the GERD and the constant fatigue. I decided to lose weight.

    The GERD disappeared almost completely with the first 10-20 pounds lost, and seldom troubles me now unless I’ve badly overeaten.

    I now consider GERD my Early Warning System that I’m coming off the rails.

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