Healthy digestion
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Healthy digestion, also called digestive health, results in the absorption of nutrients from food without distressing symptoms. Healthy digestion follows having a healthy diet, doing appropriate self-care including physical activity and exercise, minimizing activities like smoking or consuming alcoholic drinks which impair digestion, and managing any medical condition which disrupts digestion to the best of one's ability.[1]
A person with healthy digestion will have lower risk of experiencing diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, heartburn, bloating, flatulence, and indigestion.[2] Additionally, a person with healthy digestion will have less need of digestive medications than a person who does not have healthy digestion.[2][1]
Some foods like Banana, Avocado, Melons, Oats, Yogurt quickly or completely digested than others.[3][4]