Be Slim, Be Fit, Have Health

An upset tummy is something that everyone has had some experience of. Most people really on medications or remedies to resolve the problem, but this is only a temporary cure, there must be a better, more natural and sustainable approach?

Harvard University have recently conducted research that clearly links exercise to a reduced occurrence of stomach problems and improved nutritional absorption. James Kernel from the Universities Sports Sciences Department suggests a number of reasons for their findings. Firstly, when people move around they are generally upright which helps food and liquids move down through the body, also when you move muscles in a repetitive motion, like when paddling on surfboards for example, this helps pump blood all around the body and help distribute nutrients that were absorbed in the stomach and intestines. Stomachs tend to have a problem when you are in a sitting position or are inactive for a while as the food cannot move through the body as smoothly.

Reason number two is the effect of the glucose-regulating chemicals that circulate around the body before, during and after exercise. The key hormones involved with the process of storing and releasing glucose into the blood stream and insulin and glucagon, but their are more involved. Muscles that are found lining the intestines and stomach contract in pulses to help move the conveyor belt of food through all the digestive systems. If glucose is not fed to these muscles in regulated amounts, their efficiency of their work can slow down quite dramatically and cause problems.

So rather than wait until you actually get indigestion or stomach ache before take action, why not buy one of the abundent second hand bikes about or how about used kayaks if you like the water, and try prevention instead of cure