Growing up all I remember eating was chips, burgers, crisps, chocolate & all unhealthy foods.Never really had fruit & definately no veg.Amazingly I was hardly ever ill with colds or bugs & have not had any health complications.
Since my baby has started eating with us I've made an effort to change our diet from junk foods to home cooked meals from scratch.Using veg, salad, herbs, spices & eating so much better. Now I suffer with indigestion a lot, stomach bloating, Im tired, irritable & get cold after cold.
Whats going on? I don't want to eat rubbish food but I seem to be able to digest it easier than healthy food.
2007-12-16 00:20:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Your body is de-toxing - getting rid of all those poisons you have accumulated over the years.
Also, you may be eating too fast. Try chewing more thoroughly, so that your digestive juices in your mouth give the food a chance. That can cause stomach bloating.
You may also have an intolerance to something - try eliminating one possible suspect at a time for a week or two (dairy products and wheat are some of the commonist culprits) and see if that helps.
And make sure you drink a lot of fresh water. Give it at least six months while your system adjusts to healthier eating - it's well worth it in the long-term.
2007-12-16 00:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kukana 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That happened to me and for the moment I'm not eating very healthily. My son still isn't eating with us much yet (he's still resistant to anything new and wants baby foods!) so I know I have to improve my diet when he does start sharing our meals. But like you I find veg and fruit quite indigestible, I can't take brown bread at all. It gives me heartburn and stomach ache. I try to cook from scratch but I'm a useless cook and my other half won't eat some of the things I make.
I can only think that the healthier, more wholesome foods are harder to digest than the processed foods and thats why our bodies find it harder to digest them.
Like you I ate a lot of "junk" as a kid and was never "obese" of had health problems. I think a lot of it just comes down to your own metabolism. Some people can take this sort of food better than others. Others put on weight if they so much as look at a cake!!!
I'm not "cooking from scratch" at every meal. I do it once or twice a week but we still eat some processed foods. I'm hoping over time to increase the amount of "homemade" stuff we eat but I need to get better at cooking first, so hopefully that will give my body more time to adjust.
2007-12-16 06:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your problem is hat your going from all junk-food to all healthy food way too fast. You need to 'slowly' decrease junk food and increase healthy food so your stomach will get used to it.
It's the same for me, but the other way around. I eat healthy food, and when I go out for pizza and all that I sometimes get sick and my friends are usually fine lol
2007-12-16 00:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just down to adjustment and this may take time. Oddly enough I get the same symptoms when I eat junk food. Anything with lots of sugar and fats has me creased up with belly ache. I can only conclude that it's unaccustomed food upsetting your digestion. Stick with it though, you will benefit eventually.
2007-12-16 00:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by gizzaclue 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
your body just needs time to adjust. be sure to take a daily vitamin and maybe some vitamin c. that should help you not get sick. you have basically shocked your body now it has to recover. I know it seems strange but the same thing happened when I quit smoking all the years of damage sent my body into a recovery stage where the body works extra hard to fix the prior damage. all that extra work makes you sick because it is working so much overtime. keep it up you will feel better soon.
2007-12-16 00:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by ms.pookie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Er, I'm afraid that this is what "healthy" food does...Its actually better for both of you...just a bit uncomfortable at first!
2007-12-16 04:13:20 · answer #6 · answered by gibson w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junk food digests quickly and healthy food does not. Eat less.
2007-12-16 01:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by ted j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a baby my mom allways made food for me by herself. Whan I was a little older (like 5 years old) she feed me vegtables and fruit all the time. I was hardly givin any sweets, well maybe sometimes hard carmel candy and I grew up as a healty pearson. Never had such problems like you have right now. I feel sorry for you, just feed your child healty and it won't have the same problem like you have right now.
2007-12-16 04:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by cameron 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hate eating healthy food too. The thing is your body IS accepting it as it is producing nutrition and your bod aint used to that, but it quietly strengthens the immune system and gives you more energy.
2007-12-16 00:35:37 · answer #9 · answered by supernovam13 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when i grew up there was no ready meals, take aways or junk food around...we only ate healthy meals - so give your system time to adjust. if you have had a lifetime of rubbish...your body is purging itself of the rubbish...glad to hear you are feeding the baby healthily...you'll be glad of that one day!
2007-12-16 00:25:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋