HEALTH NEWS How to improve digestion, and the benefits of beetroot juice

If you suffer from bloating or indigestion, you’ll know that what you eat – and when you eat it – can make a big difference to how you feel. Our Healthy Diet Plans promote good digestive health, with gut-soothing ingredients and easy to digest fibre. Here, registered nutritionist Kerry Torrens offers tips to improve your digestion…

EAT MINDFULLY

Make an effort to notice different textures and flavours and chew food properly – the first step in digestion. Being distracted by TV, laptops or phones means that you’re more likely to eat absent-mindedly and feel unfulfilled when you finish your meal.

CHOOSE PROBIOTICS AND PREBIOTICS

Eat plenty of foods that supply good gut bacteria (probiotics) as well as the fuel these bacteria need to thrive (prebiotics). The peach & orange yogurt pots from our Healthy Diet Plan are perfect.

GO LIGHT AT NIGHT

If you’re eating late, a lighter dinner can help you to satiate your hunger without feeling uncomfortably full, allowing you to more easily drift off to sleep. Try our curried chickpea wedges with tomato sambal or steamed trout with mint & dill dressing. Both are light and flavoursome.

Get all the recipes for our 7-day summer Healthy Diet Plan in this month’s supplement, or online at bbcgoodfood.com/free-diet-plan