Healthy Tips for recovering from Christmas empachos.

-lemon juice and tea of Chamomile are the most traditional and effective remedies to recover from these abuses

-Dr. Iñaki Ferrando, director of medical communication of Sanitas, it proposes a series of tips to improve the digestion during the holiday season

Madrid, 2011-December has come Christmas and with it the excesses with meals. The abundant and especially calorie menus break the routine of our organism and generate an overwork on the stomach which ends up taking a toll.

Savoury dishes rich in fat, alcoholic and soft drinks and forceful desserts are a dangerous mix which, in most cases derived simply in a heavy digestion, but that, on occasions, produces greater discomfort as empachos and indigestion.

Pain in stomach, a feeling of heaviness, burning, gas and acidity, vomiting can become unexpected companions of these celebrations if not eaten in moderation and not cured after an abundant meal. Dr. Iñaki Ferrando, director of medical communication of Sanitas, remember that even though they are special dates and the menu is not the usual, must try to eat 15% protein, 30% fat and 55% carbohydrates ”.

Remedies for Christmas empachos

Although Dr. Ferrando ensures that moderation is the best gift for Christmas for our stomach ”, offers us a series of practical and effective advice to recover after a Christmas indigestion:

-Ante early symptoms of indigestion, start a soft diet based on vegetable broths, purees, fruits, fish to el steam, etc. to give a breathe to el stomach.

-mix the juice of a lemon with a liter of water, a tip of knife of bicarbonate of sodium and another of salt and drink a glass every three hours.

-after a food copious, mix a tablespoon of root of ginger in a cup of water boiling.Let rest and take.

– soon begin with the typical desserts of the era, such as the marzipan and nougat, take fresh pineapple or papaya because they contain papain and Bromelain respectively, enzymes that facilitate the digestion of the protein.

-ripe plantain is also a good choice as natural antacidas well as so consumed grapes at this time, helps digestion and prevent the irritation of stomach.

-infusions of Chamomile, mint and tila are natural solutions that protect the digestive system, balance the production of the gastric juices and decrease the formation of gas.

In more intense cases, Dr. Iñaki Ferrando ensures that gastronomic abuses can produce Biliary colic in predisposed individuals, which is manifested by pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen (mouth of the stomach and liver), generally radiating to the back ”. If this occurs and the previous recommendations not aliviasen the symptoms, it is advisable to go to the consultation of a specialist.

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