foods for digestion

Helping Americans with their digestive problems is big business. Every year Americans spend millions of dollars on antacids, laxatives, fiber additives, as well as enzymes to improve our digestive systems. Eating a good, healthy, well balanced diet is really all you need to maintain digestive health. To avoid modern man’s digestive diseases, add these seven amazing foods to your diet and see just how good you can feel when your digestive system is working properly.


Lacto-fermented Vegetables

Are you asking yourself, “What the heck is that?” right about now? It’s not as complicated as it sounds. Lacto-fermented vegetables are things like pickles, sauerkraut, and kimchee.

These are very strong detoxifiers that actually remove heavy metals and other toxins from the body.

They also have very high levels of gut healthy probiotics that cost a fraction of those supplements you see advertised everywhere.

You can actually make these tasty vegetables yourself with not much more than some clean, filtered water, salt, and some crisp, organic vegetables.


Zucchini.  The powerful little veggie with the name that’s fun to say!

This powerful vegetable is hydrating and extremely filling. It can detoxify the body while assisting with digestion. Zucchini has a very high giver index, so it cleans out the entire digestive tract, most notably the intestines.

It has a mildly laxative effect and can prevent toxins that can cause cancer from settling inside the large intestine.

Zucchini hold most of their nutrients in their skin, so try to eat them raw, or leave the skin on when cooking.


Coconut oil has a slightly nutty, sweet taste and can be substituted for butter or oil in any recipe.

It’s solid when left at room temperatures, but unlike butter and other oils, coconut oil contains antimicrobial properties as well as fatty acids.

Coconut oil will improve immunity, digestion, and give your metabolism, as well as your energy levels, a healthy boost. For best health, try using organic, unrefined coconut oil.


Wild Alaskan Salmon

All salmon are not created equal.

Wild Alaskan salmon are not farm raised animals, as the name implies, and they aren’t fed GMO diets.

Find out why you should avoid farm raised salmon.

Wild Alaskan salmon is an anti-inflammatory, healthy food that is as good for you as it tastes.

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