People at risk

Anyone Can Suffer From digestive disorders occasional. However, some people are more at risk:

• Pregnant women, because the uterus “presses” on the intestine and stomach, and hormonal changes often cause constipation, dyspepsia or heartburn.
• People who practice endurance sport. Thus, from 30% to 65% of long-distance runners present gastrointestinal disorders during exertion. The causes are multiple: dehydration, poor diet, vascular disorders …
• People with anxiety or depression. Although digestive problems are not just psychological, several studies have shown that people with depression are more prone to gastrointestinal symptoms. These can also be made worse by emotion or stress.
• People with other chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes or migraine, hypothyroidism frequently suffer from digestive problems.
• Overweight people often have diarrhea-like transit disorders. We do not know, for the moment, the exact physiology. Could be incriminated the “intestinal microbiota”, our intestinal bacterial flora.

Risk factors

• A unbalanced diet (few fresh fruits and vegetables, quick and unbalanced meals, etc.);
• a sedentary lifestyle, therefore low physical activity;
• a poor lifestyle
  • Excessive alcohol consumption;
  • Smoking, which worsens functional digestive disorders.
  • Any excess! coffee, chocolate, tea, etc.
  • Overweight