Digestive problems and bloating concerning nearly one out of two French people. Some may be particularly vulnerable to the foods and other beverages they consume. This is why a nutritionist dietitian gives the four main drinks to ban when suffering from digestive discomfort. We tell you everything!
Digestive disorders, a vast problem that concerns a good number of people in France. Feeling of heaviness, heartburn, nausea, indigestion, bloating and even vomiting or diarrhea are all ailments that can be linked to digestive disorders. But how do they arrive? You should know that what we eat or what we drink has a direct impact on our intestinal transit as well as our stomach or digestive tract. Certain foods that are too fatty or spicy can be real enemies for our digestion, like certain drinks too!
Be careful, you should not make generalizations and all drinks apart from water are not responsible for all your ailments. A dietitian expert in nutrition, Caroline Thomason, has also given her advice to the specialized magazine Eat This, Not That! on drinks that can disrupt your intestinal transit or even your stomach and your digestion. She reveals that it is important to read labels carefully and check the composition of certain drinks that we consume, such as those that are more acidic than others. While these are the drinks to avoid to maintain good digestion and avoid certain disorders such as bloating, we tell you everything!
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These bad drinks for digestive disorders
If we do not think about this drink first, because it also has many benefits for the body, coffee can also in certain situations cause intestinal disorders. Caffeine increases the heart rate and gives a boost by releasing certain hormones like adrenaline or cortisol, but these hormones will also slow down the digestion process. Coffee also plays a role in the production of stomach acid which can cause reflux or heartburn which is particularly problematic, especially when drunk on an empty stomach.
Alcohol is also known to upset digestion, as Caroline Thomason explains: “Alcohol has a unique impact on digestion because it is a priority for the liver to be detoxified. So if you eat and drink at the same time, digestion is actually put on hold until the alcohol is completely detoxified from the body.»
Carbonated drinks, which are favored when a person suffers from diarrhea or nausea, for example, are actually bad for the digestion of certain people: “however, in other people it may cause gas or bloating» explains the specialist. It is strongly recommended not to consume these drinks with straws, they cause additional gas and bloating in the same way as energy drinks! These, in addition to causing what soft drinks already cause, studies have shown”a link between overconsumption of energy drinks and chronic gastritis“. Caroline Thomason concludes by explaining that “energy drinks can have a similar effect to coffee due to caffeine. However, energy drinks are also often sweetened with artificial sweeteners or alcohol sugars like maltitol or xylitol. They cannot be digested by the bacteria in your gut and can cause gas and bloating as they pass through our digestive system.»
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