Articles about Gut Health & Digestion on myplanetcure.com
There is a particular kind of frustration that comes with feeling uncomfortably bloated after a meal that you considered fairly sensible. Not a feast — just a normal lunch or dinner. And yet there it is: the distension, the pressure, the general unwillingness of your abdomen to return to its pre-meal state for the next…
📅 Last reviewed: March 2026 There is a moment most people have had, usually somewhere in their late 20s or 30s, where they realise that the way they feel every day is not just normal variation. The bloating after every meal. The unpredictable energy crashes. The skin that will not settle. The mood that feels…
Acidity is probably India’s most universally shared digestive complaint. Walk into any pharmacy in the country and the antacid shelf tells the whole story — dozens of products, constantly restocked, bought reflexively after any meal that pushed the stomach too far. Most people who use antacids regularly have never questioned whether the antacid is actually…
Before probiotics became a billion-dollar supplement industry, Indian cuisine had the answer in every kitchen. The curd set in a clay pot overnight. The idli batter that fermented quietly on the countertop. The kanji left to sour for three days. The pickle crocks in every grandmother’s kitchen that held vegetables alive with beneficial bacteria. The…
📅 Last reviewed: March 2026 The post-meal digestive rituals in Indian households did not emerge from cookbooks. They emerged from centuries of observing what happened when people ate certain things after food — what made the heaviness lift, what stopped the gas, what helped the stomach settle. The fennel seeds that appear in the bowl…