As far as the stomach is concerned, according to experts, there are a lot of misconceptions. But what do you really know about the stomach?
The stomach can become a source of a wide variety of discomforts: a feeling of inferiority, which we feel every time we overeat; bloating, because of which we can not zip up the trousers; gases that can make us the most unpopular person in the office or elevator. In addition, the stomach can cause serious health problems.
Now many people, according to experts, have very little knowledge at the expense of the digestive tract and stomach activity - this is only one reason why stomach problems are resolved longer and harder.
Experts argue that there are some well-known myths about the health of the stomach, and many of them can prevent getting rid of the problems most effectively.
Sometimes it happens that a rather complex, frightening and complex problem arises, but in fact the solution lies on the surface, but only if you understand, where the misconceptions, and where the myths.
To understand, the doctors-experts were able to clarify some of the riddles about stomach problems. Let's now see where the truth is, and where delusions, just you and you can check, in fact, do you know much about the stomach.
Myth number 1. Digestion is mainly in the stomach.
It is a myth. The largest part of the digestive process occurs in the small intestine. The stomach meets food, takes it, mixes it and starts to grind until it turns into chyme (gruel). After that, the gruel comes in small portions into the small intestine, thus the main digestive process occurs.
Moreover, it should be noted that the food is not digested in this order, which you have consumed it. Remember that in the stomach the food mixes, and then it is sent to the small intestine in small portions.
Myth number 2. If you start eating less food, then soon the stomach volume will decrease, as a result you will not experience a strong feeling of hunger.
It is a myth. In an adult, the stomach in any case remains the same size, even if you start to eat, like a kitten, of course, an exception is if you performed the operation to reduce the stomach. Because of the small quantity of food, the stomach will not decrease, but "the appetite counter will be reset", so you will not feel much hunger, in addition, you can avoid eating the food you asked yourself.
Myth number 3. In thin people, nature has a small amount of stomach compared to full people.
It is a myth. Of course, it is difficult to believe in this, but the size of the stomach has nothing to do with weight or weight control. People who are thin in themselves, have a similar volume of stomach or even more than full people who are forced to control their weight all their lives. Vesnikak does not refer to the volume of the stomach. By the way, even people who survived the operation to reduce the volume of the stomach to the size of walnut, all the same, they gain weight.
Myth number 4. Exercises on the simulator for squats or abdominals can reduce the size of the stomach.
It is a myth. No exercise can not change the size of the stomach, but can burn fat that accumulates around the waist and abdomen. Moreover, such exercises can strengthen the abdominal muscles, parts of the body that are located under the diaphragm, where the stomach and other important internal organs are located.
The most interesting thing about the structure of the body is that the part of the fat that does the most harm is not visible to us. It is located in the so-called epiploon, it is something like a sheet that wraps our internal organs.
People who have a lot of weight, very often have a lot of fat between their internal organs. There are cases when the fat envelops the liver, and so dense that hepatitis may occur, and if the case is very severe, then he can completely refuse. However, there is good news: a healthy food system will help you not only to lose fat that you can see, but also inwardness that can not be seen with the naked eye.
Myth number 5. Products containing insoluble fiber (insoluble in water), less provoke blowing and gassing than products whose fiber dissolves in water.
It's true. Many people are surprised when they are told that they took some products for a "softer" fiber. In fact, soluble fiber is products such as peas, oat bran, beans and citrus-such products can provoke gas formation and swelling, but insoluble fiber is found in cabbage, carrots, whole grain bread, beet and wheat flakes. What is the reason? Bloating and gas formation is the result of the activity of the intestinal flora, which is so necessary for the digestion of soluble cellulose. But insoluble fiber is not digested, so there is no contact with the intestinal flora, the vee-gases are not formed.
Remember this: insoluble fiber does not form gases, so it can increase the volume and frequency of defecation.
Myth number 6. It is the most effective way to tame heartburn (acid reflux).
It's true. The less acid gets back into the esophagus, the less problems there will be with its cleaning. Of course, it's hard to believe, but if you lose half a kilogram in the area of the animal, you can achieve favorable changes-an excellent example of this is pregnancy. Over time, the embryo grows and develops, and therefore, presses on the internal organs, the most exaggerating heartburn, but when a child appears and the organs are released from pressure, heartburn disappears. The same happens when you lose weight in the abdomen, even a little, but the effect is noticeable immediately.
Pay attention: many people lose weight to get rid of anemia, therefore already in the first days of the program of growing thin it is possible to notice a positive effect on heartburn.
Myth number 7. If you have a night, the weight is gained faster than with meals throughout the day.
It is a myth. Many experts say that we are full of fat, when we consume more calories than we spend. Even if it seems logical to us that we use calories more efficiently and quickly with food for the whole of today than if we use the same portion of food before bed, but in reality the weight set is not based on a twenty-four-hour cycle. If all the calories that we get with food over a certain period of time exceed the number of calories that we consume in the same period, we will grow tougher.
Recently, animal studies have been carried out, which showed that if you refuse snacks after dinner, then weight gain can be prevented. If you eat at night, then break the daily regime of the body and change the level of hormones that control the taste, and this will lead to weight gain.
Speaking differently, it should always be in our head and remind that if we become nervous or tired, then the food used before bedtime will make digestion more difficult, lead to swelling, heartburn and gas formations. The intestine has its own "brain", which helps make sure that the food goes through the digestive tract in the right amount and at the right pace. When fatigue poddoleleva - usually this happens at the end of the day - the "brain" in the intestine is tired. Therefore, activity decreases and food progresses through the digestive system more slowly.
Myth number 8. A peanut butter sandwich and cracker, which contains only 200 calories, can better control appetite than the usual crackers, which contain the same calories.
It's true. This is due to the fact that fats are digested much more slowly than carbohydrates, so they stay longer in the stomach for longer, which means that we spend longer satiety after eating a small amount of fat.
Myth number 9. Beans provoke gas formation in all people, and nothing can be done about it.
It is a myth. Beans contain a lot of sugar, and for its proper assimilation a special enzyme is needed. Some people have this enzyme more than others. Therefore, the less you have this enzyme, the more gas your body will form by digesting beans. What to do with this? Studies have shown that it is useful before eating to use the means that contain the necessary enzyme for the assimilation of sugar. You can reduce the formation of gas, if you take funds that contain simethicone. It weakens the pull on the gas bubbles that form after the ingestion of food, and fights with gases.