TIMES OF INDIA, SPOTLIGHT | Jun 29, 2021
Are you also living a desk-bound life from home? Thanks to the pandemic, we are all cooped up in our homes with hardly any room for physical activity. Living this sedentary lifestyle can have an adverse impact on your digestive health, throwing your body into disharmony.
A healthy digestive system helps in processing food, eliminating waste with ease, and absorbing essential nutrients well, making you feel light on the stomach.
The question is, given the current circumstances when gyms and fitness centres are all shut, how does one maintain their digestive health?
Adopting healthier lifestyle practices like exercise and yoga are all good measures when done regularly but it’s also important to make little modifications in our diet to maintain normal digestion overall. For instance, one of the ways to begin is by including fibre in your meals.
Fibre plays a major role in digestive health. It is the fuel the colon cells use to keep themselves healthy. Fibre helps keep our digestive tract flowing by keeping our bowel movements regular.
Let’s discuss:
Fibre and Digestive Health
Fibre keeps the digestive system clean and healthy by breaking down the insoluble food and easing out the bowel movements. It even flushes cholesterol out of your body. According to this study , including fibre in your meals will have several long-term benefits, like not feeling hunger pangs frequently and maintaining healthy digestion.
Now, are you thinking about how you can increase the intake of fibre on a daily basis? Dietary fibre is present in several veggies, fruits and cereals. However, one simple way to include fibre in your daily diet is through staples in your diet – that is the flour you use! Consider replacing your regular flour chapatis with Aashirvaad Atta with Multigrains because this is made of six different grains and packs in the goodness of wheat, soya, channa, oat, maize, and psyllium husk. While each grain has its own qualities and health benefits, Aashirvaad Atta with Multigrains combines it all to ensure you never miss your daily dose of fibre.
The rich composition ensures that the chapatis you make using this flour are high in fibre, and keeping you active for longer. So, make a transition towards a more nourishing atta without affecting the taste and softness of your bread. This move from your regular flour to multigrains, will have a positive effect in maintaining digestion while its iron content supports immunity. In addition, since high fibre foods tend to be more filling than low fibre foods, you are also likely to stay satiated when you make the switch.
The current challenging times have put the focus on taking care of our health more than ever. So it’s the best time to adopt healthier lifestyle practices in favour of building good digestive health. That’s why it’s not a bad idea to ditch high carb junk and fatty foods and meals that are high in fibre.
The brand’s latest ‘Happy Tummy for a Happy You’ campaign is creating awareness about the importance of a fibre-rich diet for a normal digestive system. While we have all heard of intelligence quotient (IQ) and emotional quotient (EQ), here’s your chance to explore your Digestive Quotient, or DQ! To know more about your digestive health and to check your Digestive Quotient, do click here .