Digestive problems we could do without

Summary: Digestive disorders that we could do without?

This discussion between Frédéric Bisson, host of 104.7FM, and Lynn Goneau, naturopath from La Boîte à Grains, focuses on digestive disorders and natural solutions to treat them. Lynn Goneau explains the importance of good digestion for health and offers several tips to improve digestive comfort.

She emphasizes the importance of limiting alcohol and coffee, which can irritate the digestive system, as well as eating at regular times and chewing slowly to aid digestion. Stress is also a key factor to manage, because it can affect the speed of digestive transit, leading to constipation or diarrhea. When it comes to diet, she recommends cooked vegetables and white meats rather than red meats, as well as gentle options for the little one.breakfast, like oatmeal and green tea.

Lynn also mentions supplements like Healthology Gut-FX, containing botanicals like marshmallow and slippery elm, plus glutamine to heal and repair an irritated digestive tract. However, she recommends consulting a naturopath for a personalized diagnosis.

1. Introduction: Digestive disorders, a common problem

Frédéric Bisson, host of 104.7FM, addresses a common subject: digestive disorders such as bloating and constipation. He sits down with Lynn Goneau, naturopath, to discuss natural solutions.

2. The importance of digestion for health

Lynn Goneau emphasizes that digesting well is fundamental to overall health. Good digestion helps transform food into essential nutrients for the body.

3. Avoid irritants: Alcohol and coffee

Lynn explains that alcohol and coffee can irritate the digestive tract and slow down digestion, causing bloating and gas. It is best to limit their consumption.

4. Eat at regular times and avoid large meals

To avoid digestive upset, it is essential to eat at regular times and not skip meals, as this can lead to overeating and bloating.

5. Take the time to chew food well

Chewing slowly, about 25 to 30 times per mouthful, helps aid digestion by helping enzymes in saliva better break down carbohydrates and fats early in the process.

6. The role of stress in digestive disorders

Stress can slow down digestion or speed up transit, causing either constipation or diarrhea. It is therefore important to manage stress for better digestive comfort.

7. Gentle diet for the fragile stomach

Lynn recommends easy-to-digest foods like cooked vegetables, white meats and fish. She advises against red meats and foods too rich in fiber for those with sensitive stomachs.

8. Ideas breakfast gentle on the stomach

For a little-breakfast sweet, she offers toast, oatmeal, fresh fruit and drinks like green tea or peppermint tea, instead of coffee.

9. Supplements to Help Digestion

Lynn suggests supplements like Healthology Gut-FX, containing botanicals and ingredients like marshmallow and glutamine, which help heal and repair irritated walls of the digestive tract.

10. Consult a naturopath for a personalized diagnosis

Before starting treatment, Lynn emphasizes the importance of consulting a specialist such as a naturopath to identify the specific causes of digestive disorders.

About the author

Lynn Goneau, Qualified Naturopath

Specialized in:

• Digestive health
• Hormonal health
• Stress and fatigue
• Memory and concentration
• Weight management

Frédéric Bisson, radio host at 104.7 FM

Host at the 104.7 FM radio station on the Cogeco network. Frédéric Bisson hosts the show L'Outaouais Now from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week since February 27, 2023.

Transcription

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM: 

You listen to us, maybe sitting in the car before going to dinner. Then you say to yourself, oh my god, I feel a little bloated right now. My stomach hurts, maybe you're experiencing constipation. Digestive problems are not easy. I understand you. I think we all have them at some point in our lives, but fortunately, there are natural solutions that exist and we talk about them with the ally of the show, our naturopath friend Lynn Goneau hello.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Hello Frédéric.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

It’s important to feel good about our digestive system. Like me, I admit that for two or three weeks, I have been feeling bloated.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

It's really not funny because digesting Fred well is really the fundamental basis of health. Yes, good digestion allows us to break down all foods and then transform them into assimilable nutrients for the body.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

First, some things, habits to change.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Yes, indeed. Then the first, I'm going to go with alcohol, then coffee to ban as much as possible, not for everyone. And for a lot of people, because it's an irritant in terms of the suggestive tube. We talk as much about the mouth, the throat, the stomach, intestines, all the internal plumbing. Alcohol and then coffee will also slow down the processing of food from the beginning from the mouth to the intestine. When it ferments in the stomach, because it slows down, that's when you can feel reflux, bloating, gas.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Eat at set times. That's another thing.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

This is very important. The body, especially the suggestive tube, likes routine. So yes, many, many. When you always eat at the same times, and then you always eat the same quantities, he finds himself less in a state of panic. Then it will also avoid eating meals that are too copious. I know if I skip my dinner there, I'll make it to supper. I tend to eat a lot more than I would normally eat. Then I find myself with bloating.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Chewing slowly also there. It makes a big difference.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Honestly, Frédéric, if that's the only thing people can remember today, it's one of the most important. Mom always told me when I was young, chew, you have to chew several times, 25 to 30 times with each mouthful, and then I would, it's really heavy, but it has its purpose because saliva contains all the enzymes. It will help you digest carbohydrates. These are the ones that we will find in bread, all the carbs and then the good fats too. So if from your mouth, if you are not able to start digesting these foods, we will have a lot of difficulty digesting. Then again, you can end up with stomach aches, bloating, flatulence. In the mouth, 25 to 30 times you have to chew each mouthful. So you have to take the time to eat.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Another thing is to pay attention to anxiety and stress. That’s crucial.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Yes. Because stress can cause the contents in one stomach to empty more slowly because the other is in a state of stress. Then it will not send there the energy necessary for digestion. He will use it to resolve stress. So you can end up either with a transit that will be faster, therefore diarrhea, or slower, with constipation.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

There are solutions to help our problems, our digestive disorders with food, some ideas of foods or nutrients to favor.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Yes, in fact, steamed or baked vegetables are gentler on the stomach because the fibers are less tough unlike raw vegetables, this can be white meats like chicken or turkey or fish. That's gentler on the stomach. On the other hand, red meats which are often very acidic can cause stomach churning.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Well, it's interesting in the morning, I don't know about fiber. We often eat bread that has a lot of fiber and all that is a good idea. What do you recommend for the breakfast?

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Yes, for one breakfast for someone who has a weak stomach, you can have a toasted roll, yogurt, oatmeal. It's one of my personal things with a little bit of almond milk, fresh fruit like strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and bananas. That's very gentle on the stomach. Green tea, herbal tea, lemon balm or peppermint herbal tea. Instead of having your coffee.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

If we need supplements, what do you recommend?

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

There is one called Gut-FX from the company Healthology. And I say fx, the letter F. The letter X. It's a powder formula that helps in several aspects. In particular to relieve and then limit gastrointestinal irritation because of the ingredients it contains such as the famous marshmallow and slippery elm. These are plants that I love working with to help heal and repair. You also have l-glutamine, glutamine, that is also really known for healing and repairing. When we have digestion problems because the walls of the intestine and digestive tract are irritated.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Yes, that's it. Sometimes they are porous, it lets certain things slip through. We lose vitamins and minerals.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

That's it. And there's also just the fact that they're irritated, okay, you also have a good source of probiotics in there. So it helps with the intestine.

Frederic Bisson - Host 104.7FM:

Before embarking on a treatment, it is important to ask yourself questions, to go and see yourself, for example, because you can help find out why there are digestive problems.

Lynn Goneau - Naturopath La Boite à Grains:

Yes, indeed, because it's never as simple as I take one thing or I do one thing, then it's all settled, so there are several factors to look at. I would be happy to discuss it with people, either on the floor on Tuesday, at La Boîte à Grains on Gréber, I am there from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. or it could be a private meeting.