Why You are More Likely to Experience Bloating During the Holidays & How to Beat It

The holidays are a time of year filled with time with loved ones, festivities, delicious foods, and often, unwanted bloating and digestive issues. Many just chop it up to indulging in surgery and inflammatory foods, but there can be a lot more to bloating than that.?

With?2 in 3 Americans reporting they regularly experience symptoms of indigestion, we want to highlight the hidden causes behind bloating and how you can beat it for a happy, healthy holiday season:?

• Lack of Sleep: Melatonin, the sleep hormone, is mainly made during the night in order to help us fall asleep.?Melatonin also helps regulate gastrointestinal mobility. When melatonin levels are low, it can be difficult to sleep and in turn, compromise the mobility of the gut and lead to gut issues such as bloating, heartburn, and more.?
• Eating Too Quickly: It takes about 20 minutes for your stomach to send a signal to your brain that it’s full, so remember to eat slowly, enjoy your meal, and chew your food (each bite should be chewed around 32 times).??
• Dehydration: 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated?and many of us opt for alcoholic and caffeinated beverages during the holiday season occasional and inconsistent hydration can lead to bloating because our bodies are not used to processing large amounts of fluid.?

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