Ditch Bad Habits
You are aware that unhealthy behaviors like smoking, binge drinking, and eating late at night are bad for your general health. They may even be to blame for a few common stomach problems.
- Smoking: Acid reflux risk nearly doubles when a person smokes. Studies have also demonstrated that these symptoms go better after quitting smoking. This unhealthy habit has also been linked to gastrointestinal cancers. Remember that stopping smoking could help if you smoke and have stomach problems.
- Alcohol: Alcohol can cause your stomach to produce more acid, which can cause heartburn, acid reflux, and stomach ulcers. Gastrointestinal bleeding has been connected to excessive alcohol consumption. Additionally, drinking alcohol has been linked to detrimental changes in gut bacterial composition, leaky gut, and inflammatory bowel diseases. Alcohol consumption should be decreased to improve digestion.
- Late-Night Eating: Heartburn and indigestion might result from eating late-night food followed by lying down to sleep. Gravity helps keep the food you eat going in the right direction, which gives your body the time it needs to digest it. Additionally, the contents of your stomach may rise to the surface when you lie down, leading to heartburn. After eating, lying down is closely linked to an increase in reflux symptoms. Try waiting three to four hours after eating before going to bed if you have digestive problems at night so that the food can pass from your stomach to your small intestine.
