8 Foods That Are the Most Difficult To Digest
Sometimes a person tries to take into account all the nuances of a healthy diet: he or she counts calories and cooks correctly, but the heaviness in the stomach does not go away. The fact is that there are foods that are difficult to digest, even by people with even the most tolerant of stomachs.
Dr. Alex
Fried pork
This amount of fat will be broken down by the gastrointestinal tract for about three days. All other gastrointestinal functions will be severely reduced, which is fraught with problems with the gallbladder, pancreas, and gastric mucosa.
Spicy foods
Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese cuisines have a lot of dishes replete with spicy seasonings. Sometimes you can indulge yourself, but for the gastrointestinal tract, it is a huge stress. Along with the enzymes for breaking down the food itself, you also have to produce epithelial cells, so that the mucosa does not "burn." This is a slow process, which may be accompanied by severe heartburn and other unpleasant feelings.
Legumes
Legumes contain special carbohydrates — oligosaccharides — which are very slow to digest and...
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