Foods That Hinder Digestion

The following are foods that will hinder digestion and result in constipation, leaky gut syndrome and other disease s such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer:-

• foods that are high in saturated fats such as meat and meat products
• processed foods
• sugar and caffeine

These foods will slow down the digestive process. This has a negative impact as it reduces the absorption of essential nutrients. These foods affect the ability of digestive enzymes and juices from organs and associated gland to break down the food for absorption. Avoiding  these foods has been shown to improve significantly our chances to avoid cancers and other disease as shown in an earlier post on foods that help digestion avoiding such foods has led some migraine, diabetes and even cancer patients healing themselves of these diseases. Of course these patients do not just stop eating these foods but adopt a plant based diet that helps digestion and has been shown through various scientific studies to cut significantly the risk of cancer.