3. Eat More Slowly
One of the simplest and commonest causes of indigestion and acid reflux is simply eating too quickly. When you do this, you tend to swallow large amounts of air along with your food, as well as not chewing your food well enough. Both of these factors increase the likelihood of experiencing acid reflux. That’s partly because the food will ‘pile-up’ higher inside the stomach.
Imagine everything you eat all being dropped into a big bag (because that’s essentially what happens!) and you’ll see that the flatter and more broken down your food is, the more likely it is to fit well inside. If your food is bulky and hasn’t been properly shredded, then it is significantly more likely to take up more space and reach that open sphincter in order to start traveling the wrong way.
Likewise, if there are large air pockets in your stomach, this will also prevent it from sitting as flat.
Eat more slowly than in order to reduce your likelihood of indigestion and reflux. That means chewing your food more so that it is broken down more and it means taking a pause between mouthfuls. Often this comes down to increasing your ‘mindfulness’ while eating and introducing rules for yourself – such as chewing X number of times for each spoonful.