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The role of nutrition in the development of hemorrhoids
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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All countries of the world are rich in taste preferences and variety of dishes. It can be noted that almost every people uses a lot of seasonings, spices, spices in food. The most frequent additives are spices, thanks to which gastric juices are actively secreted, appetite is awakened and saliva is secreted. What is the role of nutrition in the development of hemorrhoids?
Food. Causes of hemorrhoids
The habit of constantly eating spices in their daily diet created the impression that the food had become gray and completely tasteless without seasonings. Frequent use of seasonings and flavor additives irritates the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, simultaneously increases the flow of blood to its walls.
It is wonderful and deliciously tasty when the food is fragrant and attractive, but if you often fill with pepper, spices, seasoning your food, then the flow of blood to the mucous membrane will greatly exceed the norm. As a result, doctors note that various stagnant phenomena are formed in the vessels of the submucosal layer. Both doctors and patients, those who suffer from hemorrhoids, do not always take into account that when eating too spicy food and when conducting an incorrect diet, the known disease, hemorrhoids, aggravates.
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The habit of eating wrong
The habit of eating improperly directly affects the course or the formation of the disease. If you often eat dry, monotonous and hastily, then your digestive system is overloaded and poorly functioning, as a result of which there are difficulties in digestion and inflammatory processes, in particular, hemorrhoids arise.
Disrupted blood flow directly into the rectum is disrupted due to poor and irresponsible nutrition - this is one of the main causes of hemorrhoids.
Proper nutrition
Remembering the proper nutrition, balanced, we understand that everything is selected in the right proportion of the amount of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Also, one needs to consume vitamins, the body needs macronutrients and other useful substances. It turns out that this is not enough for the qualitative development and maintenance of good health.
Our food, of course, all enters the stomach, and there it is digested, but not all food is absorbed by the body and there must be food waste. Vegetable fibers, which are not digested, play a special role in our nutrition. If your body has too little fiber, the amount of feces will rapidly decrease and the intestine will weaken, the result, of course, is constipation.
Strain
If during the stool is too much to strain, there will be problems with the stool (you do not go to the toilet for a long time), blood will accumulate in the vessels of the rectum, and hemorrhoids are inevitable.
Alcohol and hemorrhoids
All people are well aware of the dangers of alcohol, about its effects on our own organism. The use of alcohol directly affects the occurrence of hemorrhoids. You've probably heard that alcohol destroys our brains and affects virtually all organs in our body. Along with blood, alcohol travels around the body, causing him irreparable harm and causing various diseases.
Alcohol has a direct effect on the intestinal mucosa and exposes it to significant changes, greatly irritating the mucous membrane. Getting into the stomach, alcohol spreads through all the blood vessels and expands them, getting into the rectum, it is waiting for the same fate. Because of this, blood clots form in the hemorrhoids, these nodes, in turn, become inflamed, so hemorrhoids begin.
If you suffer from hemorrhoids and at the same time drink alcohol, you do not suffer from headaches, you simply do not notice them, since the pain in the anus is much more noticeable than the headache.
Statistics show that from 17% to 33% of people who suffer from hemorrhoids, malicious users of alcoholic beverages. Think about your health and use a minimum of alcohol, or even completely abandon this harmful drink.
With frequent use of alcohol, ovarian, cystitis, prostatitis and urethritis, as well as hemorrhoids are possible, the list is long, but each of these diseases is dangerous. Therefore, in time, consult a doctor at the first sign of a malaise.