Help your body break down meals like a pro by adding these digestion-friendly foods to meals and snacks.
These days, it seems like digestive drama has become the status quo.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Victor Protasio
Try thisPineapple Green Smoothie.
Avocados
If high-fat meals tend to give you trouble, consider avocados your new partner in crime.
Go for thisAvocado-Egg Toast.
Try one of these26 Healthy Recipes to Make with a Bunch of Ripe Bananas.
ThisMango & Avocado Saladhits the spot when paired with grilled chicken or fish.
Papaya
The enzyme found inpapayais called papain, which helps to break down protein, says Lavy.
For info onhow to cut papayathe right way, check out these instructions.
Raw Honey
Among others, honey contains digestive enzymes called diastases, invertases and proteases.
These help to break down starches, sugars and proteins, respectively.
Drizzle it on toast, mix it into yogurt or use it to sweeten your oatmeal.
Never had kefir before?
ThisBerry-Kefir Smoothieis a great recipe to start out with because the sweet berries help balance kefir’s tang.
If going with store-bought, buy sauerkraut made with water and salt, not vinegar, says Mussatto.
(This means that the sauerkraut was fermented and not pickled, leaving the digestion-friendly enzymes intact.)
Eat it on its own or as a side to any meal.
it’s possible for you to make sauerkraut at home, too.
This is on top of the role it already plays in nausea relief.
Go for theseTurmeric & Ginger Shots.
