Fibre is a very important part of the diet. When you say fibre many people think of bran. In fact, all vegetables contain plenty of fibre which is why the bowel is greatly helped by a diet rich in vegetables. Grains also contain fibre but grains contain a high proportion of sugar.Sugar is bad for us. So it ismuch better to get our fibre by eating loads of vegetables. If you need extra fibre, supplemented with psyllium husks daily.

Digestive health is also a very important thing to maintain. This is easy to do by taking a good diet combined with supplements, especially fantastic herbal supplements, which can help to keep the digestion working well. Some herbs which worked particularly well include camomile, gentian, peppermint and sometimes cayenne pepper.

It is also important to chew your food well before swallowing. This makes the food particles small enough to be digested more easily and creates less work for the stomach, small and large intestines, and the liver. This process of chewing food well wil also makes things beter for the pancreas gland whose function is partly to deal with the sugar which most food produces when it hits the bloodstream. the other function of the pancreas is to help with the digestion by producing digestive fluid which is pumped into the small intestine.

All in all digestion is a vital process which we must do all we can to maintain and improve. By using herbs, eating good food, and chewing food well we can help these processes to be maintained.