Nutrition: how we feel after food can highlight unhealthy eating habits and existing health complications...

Food for thought: how we feel after food can highlight unhealthy eating habits and existing health complications - the most common combinations being...

 1. Poor nutrition/feeling famished.
Feeling famished after munching a meal is a common consequence of ingesting inadequate nutrition - be it due to restrictive eating as a result of dieting (our petite portions prevent us from feeling satisfied on a physiological scale), or the failure to fuel our body and brain with the 'right' foods (we opt for calorific convenience cuisine that subjects blood sugar to speedy spikes and slumps, and lacks satiety stimulating nutrients such as protein and fibre).

 2. Overeating/feeling stuffed.
A sense of sluggishness, particularly when paired with a 'stuffed' and swollen stomach, often occurs as a result of overeating - this most frequently stems from factors such as mindless eating (eating whilst distracted by TV and technology) and binge eating (an action that has a tendency to trigger toxic thoughts of guilt), and can contribute to additional weight gain if we continue to over consume calories.

 3. Hindered health/abdominal distention, discomfort and diarrhoea. 
Experiencing unsightly symptoms such as a sore and swollen stomach, soft stools and flatulence (wind) after eating may indicate an existing health complication, the most common being irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), lactose intolerance and coeliac disease - conditions that not only share the same characteristics, but are triggered by tucking into troublesome food sources such as spicy and/or high fat foods (IBS), milk and dairy products (lactose intolerance) and gluten containing cuisine (coeliac disease). 

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