7 Anti-Bloating Tips To Help Improve Weight Loss

Just imagine how good it would feel to go to bed and rest, knowing your body was busy helping you shed pounds. Menopause often means bloating and weight gain due to hormone imbalance but it’s not impossible to tackle it.

To do that do that more effectively, try these suggestions to help you.

Tip 1 – Lower oestrogen levels because oestrogen can cause cells to take in too much sodium (salt) and water, leading to water retention and a loss of potassium and magnesium.

Since progesterone naturally removes water, it helps fix this by helping to lose weight as extra water leaves your body.

Tip 2 – Eat meals with little salt because salt stays in your body and if that is your dinner, so you wake up more swollen than usual.

A good way to prevent this would be eat cooked vegetables and a lean type of protein like fish, turkey, or tofu seasoned with herbs, not salt.

Tip 4 – Make or prepare your meals for the next day the night before and this is important because if you have a healthy, low-calorie meal ready, you won’t damage your diet by wanting a last minute high-calorie meal or takeaway. 

Tip 5 – Drink a lot of water because it helps remove excess water from your body and try to drink this water during the day.

This helps prevent many trips to the bathroom at night and make sure your last drink is at least one or two hours before going to bed.

Tip 6 – Make sure your bedroom is very dark and cool because melatonin can help your body make more fat-burning brown fat, according to a study on animals in the Journal of Pineal Research.

You can only make melatonin in total darkness, so ensure your room has no light to help you lose weight.

Most women going through menopause naturally try to keep cool, but a study found that those who slept in a 66F (19C) room burned seven percent more calories than those whose bedroom was a much warmer 75F (24C).

Tip 7 – Keeping your stomach healthy is important for reducing swelling, and a good probiotic might help with that.

It is known to help with swelling, and good foods for it include Sauerkraut, yoghurt, Kefir, and Miso.

Helpful information

Bloating is not just uncomfortable, but affects how you feel about yourself. Getting your hormone balance right is vital here as if you are dealing with too much oestrogen then rebalancing with progesterone would be the first step.

If you would like more information on how your diet can also help you manage this then this article can help:

https://blog.wellsprings-health.com/the-diet-to-help-beat-oestrogen-dominance/