I'm on a fairly LC diet, and I make sure that I eat lots of good meats and fats. My problem is that I seem to have slow digestion and that if I have anything "heavy" for the evening meal, I'll assuredly wake up in the middle of the night with indigestion and/or heartburn. I've tried skipping dinner, and doing so does make me sleep much better. But skipping dinner means that I'm not eating enough, and dinner is usually the main meal of the day, so it's a kind of a bummer to skip. Any advice? Thanks.
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My favorite answer for this sort of issue is powdered ginger root capsules.I have yet to experience a indigestion issue that 1 or 2 capsules would not prevent or remedy. Great medical overview here: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/ginger-000246.htm It is also a great general anti-inflammatory, which can help many issues. |
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Perhaps make dinner (lunch - the midday meal) the biggest? And let supper be very light? Also, when I (infrequently) get heartburn, I take a small bit of baking soda w/ water and it knocks it right out. My husband has Gastric Reflux and never realised it. He kept getting food stuck in his throat - we thought it was pyloric stenosis - and it's actually scarring in his esophagus from a lifetime of gastric reflux! I hope you find some relief! |
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As Blue wrote already, you may solve your problems just upping your breakfast and lunch, and making dinner just a small meal. Intermittent Fasting could be even better, and it doesn't necessarily imply eating too little, if your other two meals are big enough. But if you don't want to change your meals' size, then you can try two things: Finish your dinner by 6:00 pm or even earlier (well, this may be seen as IF...) Eat a large salad for dinner, and lower your protein and fat intake. In my personal experience, fresh veggies help digestion. A fresh salad with lettuce, cucumbers, or zucchini will not increase much your carb intake. Try to establish what is heavy on your digestion: eat a dinner heavier on proteins, and see how you sleep. Then try a dinner heavy in fat. If you can establish what macronutrient gives you more troubles, you can plan your dinner better and still keep LC. |
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Fresh veggies do NOT help my problems with indigestion which sometimes is acid reflux. Any kind of greens or fruit in the evening will cause indigestion for me. I do best when I only eat a small amount of fatty protein for my dinner, just enough to satisfy any hunger I might have. |
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Maybe look at this: http://www.charlespoliquin.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article.aspx?ID=27 Robb Wolf talks a lot about this and highly recommends Now Foods Super Enzymes (use my referral code PUH218 and get $5 off which is almost a 1/3 discount) ... Could be worth a try! I'll be honest, I have been experimenting with these digestive enzymes, and certainly feel the burn/warm feeling listed in Poliquin's article, but have not noticed any dramatic changes. That said I only have minor digestive issues, and I am starting to suspect another culprit (specific food intolerance)... |
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I don't do well eating a very big dinner. I eat my main meals at breakfast and midday, then something small that I can handle well for supper, usually at 4:30 P. M. I have been doing this for decades. Ran across this page at Barry Groves site, and he recommends a very similar "layout" of when to eat what amounts as well, though the evening meal is late. He eats much more than I do and makes his midday meal much larger than breakfast. I keep mine about equal or the midday meal just a tad larger. http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/diabetes-6.html The meal schedule and amounts are in a yellow box, just past halfway on the web page. I don't know the biochemical reasons for eating this way or for other schedules. I just find this keeps me very steady and I don't have digestion-related problems from it. Hope this is of some use. I wish you success in finding what works well for you. |
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Like Melissa said her in previous comment, I too got by with Apple Cider Vinegar in water. I used it nearly everyday to get my acidity up. I also focused on eating naturally fermented foods at least once a day - such as sauerkraut. The final step that seemed to be a huge help was including IF in my routine once a week. At first it was extremely challenging as I get heartburn, etc but with time it gets easier and I believe it's a huge benefit to healing your stomach and gut. |
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I am curious about the answers to this question. If the questioner was eating any other way I suspect all the answers would be to try changing what they were eating. Why would a low-carb/paleo diet need supplements in order to avoid heartburn and indigestion if it is a healthy diet? smcdow: Have you tried experimenting eating different foods for your evening meal? |
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Chris Kresser's articles on heartburn and GERD are my current favourite such treatises. Especially this one. |
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i had to reduce my fat. i was truly miserable every evening/night. food just would not move out of my stomach. reducing fat did the trick. |
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