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Yes, salty foods and carbonated drinks can cause bloating. Certain other food combinations can take longer to digest and lead to bloating. So you might just want to avoid them at any cost. According, to nutritionist Priya Kathpal, these are the worst food combinations for your digestive tract.
Protein + Protein: You might love your chicken salad with protein-rich beans, but so much protein together can take a lot of energy to digest. So if you are combining protein with protein, you are likely to feel very bloated. Also, it can take a long time before you feel properly settled. So go for just one protein source per meal like fish with some veggies or egg with bread. Remember green and non-starchy vegetables go well with almost any food. Here are 5 reasons you should not ignore bloating.
Fruit + Protein: Fruits contain simple sugars that take very little time to get digested. But that s not the case if you eat them after a protein-rich meal containing meat and eggs like a dessert. The sugar from fruit will tend to stay longer in your stomach until the protein is broken down, causing your stomach to bloat. So make sure that you wait for at least an hour after the protein-rich meal to eat the fruit.
Dairy + Starch: Yes, the pizza and burger filled with cheese can take like a while to digest. Dairy itself takes a long time to digest, and when you combine dairy products with starch, it is double the effort. Starch starts fermenting when it sits too long in the digestive system leading to gas and painful bloating, which is not a welcome situation. The safer approach would be just to skip the bread and have dairy with leafy greens instead. The greens can help you digest the fat much better than starches. Also, try to opt for organic cheese that has not been homogenised or pasteurised as you will be able to digest them quickly. Here are 4 dangerous honey combinations according to Ayurveda.
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