Gastric Decreasing when fasting
Healthy Lifestyle September 25th, 2009
Digestive system was adapted for a person fasting. Reduced food intake into the body causing gastric morphological changes become small.
The human stomach it is elastic. The shape will follow the composition and amount of food that goes into it. During fasting, less food into the stomach, and it turned out to affect the size and morphological stomach.
“After some time go through fasting, the stomach will shrink and digestive enzymes decreases. That’s why when breaking the fast and eat a lot, the stomach will feel tight and heavy. That’s because the digestive enzymes of carbohydrate, protein, fat and others are reduced and not in numbers enough to digest, “said dr. Angela C. Ardhianie N from Healthy Choice Medical Detox Center & Store, Monday (7/9/2009).
As a result of reduced digestive enzymes will make your stomach work harder and spend more acid. “We entered the food in significant amounts, will shock and gastric acidity which require more, whereas no digestion, so it will work even harder and the risk of colic was higher,” said Angela.
Hence, why when the recommended meal break gradually, not immediately eat heavy. Ranging from a few sips of water, a little sweet foods, fruit juice, and a minimum interval of 1 hour and a half or just a big meal.
“If you can drink fruit juice reproduced, for 5 to 9 times smaller servings when breaking, cross-cross course from start breaking through to dawn,” explained Angela.
Mengecilnya stomach after fasting was a good idea to adjust your diet and reduce one’s appetite, especially those who want to be thin. Although not always directly related to the shrinking of the stomach with appetite, but the logic with a small stomach, the stomach will feel full even though the new’ve eaten in small portions.
But dr. Angela said the diminution of the stomach occurs only very slightly, so do not worry will change the shape utuhnya. “Mengecilnya stomach anatomy does not mean a drastic change, but the size just a bit smaller because accustomed to eating less food,” said Angela.
When fasting, the body also releases toxins unwittingly through a variety of ways different to each person. “There are a headache, body odor, bad breath, dry skin, more sensitive, acne out, hair loss, eczema or asthma to be more recurrent. It is the process of spending all toxins from the body, so do not be surprised if these symptoms occur at the time fast, “explained Angela.
To maintain the normal stomach and keep working and do not produce excess acid that can damage the stomach, Angela also recommend frequent drinking lemon juice. “Fruit juice is sour, but among all kinds of fruit, the degree of pH is relatively high, including 7.5, which means it is alkaline,” said Angela.
When the lemon is alkaline met with acid from the stomach, there will be a balance pH, and it prevents the stomach from being injured due to the continued production of acid when fasting.
“Drinking lemon juice is best done when an empty stomach to facilitate their absorption. So when dawn should drink lemon juice to neutralize the acid which continued to be produced in the stomach when the stomach is empty because the fasting state,” adds Angela.
