Health Problems Related To What People Eat

Special diets are the best prevention and treatment for certain diseases.
* CONSTIPATION
     A person who has hard stools and has not had a bowel movement for 3 or more days is said to be constipated. Constipation is often caused by poor diet[especially not eating enough fruits, green vegetables, or foods with natural fiber like wholegrain bread] or lack of exercise.
 Drinking more water and eating more fruits, vegetables, and foods with natural fiber like whole grain bread, wheat bran, carrots, turnips, raisins, pumpkin or sunflower seeds, is better than using laxatives.It also helps to add a little oil to food each day.
 A person who has not had a bowel movement for 4 or more days, if he does not have a sharp pain in his stomach, can take a mild salt laxatives like milk of magnesia.
* ACID INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, AND STOMACH ULCERS.
     Acid indigestion and heartburn often come from eating too much heavy or greasy food or from drinking too much alcohol or coffee.These make the stomach produce extra acid, which causes discomfort or a burning feeling in the stomach or  mild chest. Some people mistake the chest pain, called the heartburn for a heart problem rather than indigestion. If the pain gets worse when lying down , it is probably heartburn.
 frequent acid indigestion is warning sign of an ulcer.
An ulcer is a chronic sore in the stomach or small intestine, caused by too much acid. It may cause a chronic, dull sometimes sharp pain in the pit of the stomach. As with acid indigestion, often the pain lessens when the personeats food or drink a lot water.
 If ulcer is severe, it can cause vomiting, sometimes with fresh blood, or with digested blood that looks like coffee grounds
 Prevention and treatment.
 Whether stomach or chest pain is caused by heartburn, acid indigestion, or an ulcer, a few basic recommendations will probably help calm the pain and prevent it from coming back.
* Do not eat too much.. Eat small meals and eat frequent snacks between meals . Eat mainly foods that seem calm and not cause pain.
* Notice what foods or drinks make pain worse and avoid them. These usually include alcoholic drinks, coffee, spices, pepper, carbonlateddrinks, and fatty or greasy food.
* Drinks a lot of water.. try to drink 2 big glasses of water both before and after each meals. Also drinks a lot of water frequently before meals. If the pain comes often, keep drinking water like this, even in those times you have no pain.
* Avoid tobacco . Smoking or chewing tobacco increase stomach acid and makes the problem worse.
        
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