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The holiday season is a time filled with happiness and treats, but your stomach might struggle with all the extra goodies and big meals. If you're experiencing bloating, tiredness, or irregularities after the celebrations, it's essential to care for your digestive system. Here’s how to naturally improve your digestion and how incorporating Yakult into your daily routine can help greatly.
Drink Plenty of Water: After enjoying festive meals and staying up late, drinking enough water is important for your stomach. Staying hydrated helps remove toxins, aids in digestion, and keeps bowel movements regular and comfortable.
Choose Light, Healthy Foods: Start bringing back fresh foods slowly—vegetable soups, fruits, whole grains, and steamed vegetables can help your digestive system recover. Foods high in soluble fiber like apples, oats, or carrots nourish good gut bacteria and help restore balance naturally.
Add Fermented Foods: Foods like yogurt, pickles, kefir, and kimchi act as natural probiotics that help to restore the balance of bacteria in your gut. Including them can help correct any imbalances caused by overindulging during the holiday.
Take Yakult Every Day: Yakult contains more than 6.5 billion active helpful Lactobacillus casei Shirota (LcS) bacteria and is proven to enhance digestion and gut health.
Research highlighted on Yakult India’s website indicates that taking LcS daily is associated with:
• Better regularity in bowel movements and stool quality
• Help with bloating and constipation
• Stronger immune response through the activation of natural killer (NK) cells and increased anti-inflammatory markers
• Decreased stress and tiredness, as shown in research with athletes who experienced less anxiety and improved aerobic fitness after six weeks of consuming probiotics
These results reveal that Yakult’s LcS strain not only aids digestion—it also boosts overall health, enhancing your body's natural defenses and helping maintain overall balance.
Reduce Spicy Foods and Slow Down Eating: Allow your digestive system to recover from rich and spicy dishes. Choose soothing drinks like turmeric tea, fennel-infused water, or warm water with cumin to help detox gently and reduce inflammation.
Stay Active Every Day: Taking a walk after lunch or doing a short yoga session can promote better digestion and metabolic health. Light physical activity stimulates gut function and makes you feel lighter and more refreshed.
Prioritize Sleep and Relaxation: There is a strong link between your gut and your mind; the more relaxed and well-rested you are, the better your gut health becomes. Practice deep breathing, aim for 7 to 8 hours of sleep, and cut back on caffeine or alcohol after festivities.
