tips for improving digestion

1. Eat more fiber, such as whole grains or flax seeds with breakfast. Just 1-2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds every morning can really regulate the bowels.

2. Add fermented foods to your diet (sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir, pickled veggies).

3. Eat your protein foods before or with your salad. The stomach's digestive juices kick in at the beginning of your meal, and that is the best time to eat harder to digest protein foods.

4. Don't eat within 2-3 hours of bedtime.

5. Eat an apple a day-- good fiber, good vitamins, good anti-cancer fruit. (In summer, berries are the fruits of choice for this purpose).

6. Add foods of color to your daily routine-- leafy greens, orange squashes or yams, papaya or pineapples, etc.