Also known as dyspepsia, the term ‘indigestion’ covers a whole range of unpleasant and often painful symptoms. These symptoms come about largely due to the inability of food to pass through your digestive tract as smoothly and comfortably as it should. For indigestion sufferers this can lead to nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain and bloating.

There are many causes of indigestion, including eating too much or too quickly, eating foods that don’t agree with you and having too much or too little acid in your stomach. Obviously you can affect the first two of these by serving smaller portions and taking extra time to thoroughly chew your food.

I can without doubt say that I have often been guilty of throwing down food with it having barely even touched my gnashers - never mind being chewed by them. The problem is though that wolfing down your food means big chunks of  food are entering your digestive system and they are inevitably harder to break down. Eating like this also means that you end up swallowing lots of air causing flatulence and wind problems. Not to mention the fact that your food will also not get sufficiently covered in saliva which also causes its own digestive problems.  

If the mere waft of your dinner cooking in the oven brings out overwhelming urges to eat the whole lot in one go then you may also want to think about using digestive aids and other complimentary remedies.

DigestAssist is a powerful herbal tonic formulated to help relieve and prevent digestive disorders such as indigestion, heartburn and acid reflux. It will help to quickly counter the causes and symptoms of indigestion including abdominal cramping, bloating and gas, and nausea.

If wind is a real problem to you then you may also want to look at something like Gasolve Relief. Wind can not only be painful it can also be embarrassing, unwillingly letting little tommy squeekers off all over the place. Gasolve is a  homeopathic remedy for preventing flatulence, gas and belching, whilst also helping to improve digestion.

For those of you whereby bloating and constipation is a real issue then your product of preference might be something like natural moves, an effective herbal formula that treats constipation naturally without the risk of dehydration, mineral imbalance and dependency. The herbs used in Natural Moves Tablets promote healthy digestion and also act as an effective liver tonic, therefore avoiding the risk of dependency and side effects associated with some other laxative products.

If, despite your best efforts, your indigestion lasts for more than two weeks then it is time to call your GP. It may be that you will need further investigation into the problem.