Foods to Aid Digestion After a Heavy Meal

Introduction: During holidays, people start all kinds of gatherings with feasting and drinking! It's common to eat until you're very full. What to do when sudden overeating leads to indigestion? Eating some fruit after a meal can aid digestion. The editor has recommended some foods that can be consumed after a large meal to help break down grease, promote digestion, and prevent indigestion.

Kiwi

Research shows that after eating kiwi, the digestive capacity of pepsin in the stomach increases. This may also accelerate the absorption rate of protein in the small intestine, thereby improving the body's overall utilization of protein. This is mainly due to a special naturally occurring component in kiwi—actinidine, which accelerates digestion and allows for faster and more comprehensive absorption of protein.

Kiwi Smoothie

Lemon Water

Lemons are rich in nutrients such as citric acid, malic acid, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus. Steeping them in water helps release these nutrients. Lemon water is beneficial for digestive tract health, as it can stimulate gastric juice secretion, aid digestion, promote bowel movements, and cleanse the intestines. Therefore, drinking a glass of lemon water after a large meal can promote digestion and relieve symptoms of indigestion, heartburn, and bloating.

Barley Tea

Barley tea has the effects of soothing the stomach, quenching thirst, resolving food stagnation, and clearing heat. It is beneficial for food digestion and can also improve complexion and nourish the five vital organs, which perfectly matches the barley flower's meaning "digestive yeast." Drinking some barley tea after a large meal can cut through grease, remove spiciness, and aid digestion.

Barley Tea

Pineapple

Pineapple contains a special protease that breaks down protein in the stomach, supplementing the body's insufficient digestive enzymes and aiding digestion. Therefore, eating some pineapple after a large meal can help promote digestion.

Hawthorn

Hawthorn is sour, sweet, and slightly warm in nature. Its functions include strengthening the spleen and whetting the appetite, resolving stagnation and promoting digestion, and increasing appetite. It is especially good at dissolving greasy meat accumulations. Modern pharmacological research suggests that hawthorn contains lipase and can increase the secretion of gastric digestive enzymes, thereby promoting digestion.

Canned Hawthorn