Easily Digestible Foods
Constant consumption of 'heavy' foods certainly puts a considerable pressure on our digestive system. In such a scenario, what we need is a set of easily digestible foods that would help our digestive system to relax. The following is a small list and write up about foods, which can be digested quite easily. To know more, read on...

What kinds of foods are easily digestible?
The basic logic that can be applied while getting to know about these foods is, simpler the nutrients within the food products, the easier is the digestion process. The term 'simple nutrients' can be explained as follows.
The most prominent and healthy food stuffs that human beings tend to consume primarily contain four basic types of food groups or nutrients namely, natural sugars, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. The human body needs all the 4 types of food nutrients in some or the other form, for the normal functioning of the body. The human digestive system requires the least time and energy to break down natural sugars and assimilate it in the body. The carbohydrates require a little more time and energy to be digested. The proteins can be classified into simple and complex. As the name suggests, the simple proteins require less time to be digested as compared to the complex proteins, and the fats require the maximum time to be broken down. These foods thus contain more of natural sugars, simple proteins and carbohydrates. However, we cannot exclude the other nutrients like fats and complex proteins, vitamins and minerals, as they are required to fulfill the bodily functions that tend to go on in our body. Hence the easily digestible diet must not only contain easily digested protein, sugars or the easily digestible carbs, but must also contain some amount of fats, complex proteins and other complex nutrients of foods as well in small quantities.
Before we begin with the list of easily digestible foods, we must bear in mind that there are many factors that affect the rate of digestion. Just eating the simpler proteins or living off on a diet of nutrient-light snacks will not ensure a quick and easy digestion.
Vegetables
Vegetables and for that matter, all the fruits contain a significant amount of easily digestible carbohydrates. Vegetables also contain two very important nutrients namely water and fiber that are instrumental in easing digestion and increasing the rate of digestion. Eating the vegetables raw or in the boiled form are easy to digest. Furthermore, cooking the vegetables or storing them in the refrigerator oxidizes the enzymes and vitamins that are present in the food. Taking out the juice of the vegetables helps in quick digestion.
Pulses
Most of the pulses cannot be consumed in the raw state. To make the pulses easily digestible, you can either germinate them or boil them. Personally, I would recommend germination as it provides a good amount of simple proteins. I would also recommend you not to cook pulses with any fat or oil as it complicates the entire food, thus straining the digestive system. A dash of some herbs and fruit juice or lemon juice often tends to work wonders.
Cereals
Just like the pulses, one must certainly avoid cooking cereals with fat or oil. The simple proteins often get converted into complex proteins if cooked. Baking the flour of a cereal is quite okay, but again one must avoid any kind of fat.
Easily Digestible Foods
| Vegetables | Pulses | Cereals |
| potatoes | soya sprouts | corn fresh |
| lucerne sprouts | red lentils | wheat sprouts |
| asparagus | green beans | oats |
| peeled zucchini | pod-peas | rice |
| apple | peas | quinoa |
| garlic | green soybeans | barley |
Some of the other vegetables that are easily digestible include chinese cabbage, pumpkin, chervil, green celery, pastinaak, peeled cucumber, purslane, red beet, tomato, white leek, turnip, spinach, small salad, fennel, sweet potato and carrots.
Foods Which are Not Easily Digestible
| Vegetables | Pulses | Cereals |
| eggplant | soya parts | wheat |
| endive | peas deep frozen | buckwheat |
| onion | tofu | couscous |
| Swedish turnip | yellow soybeans | bulgur |
| cabbage | chickpea | rye |
| green leek | black eye beans | seitan |
Some of the vegetables that are not easily digestible include cauliflower, mushroom, broccoli, daikon, celery root, black radish, peels of zucchini, paprika, salsify, Brussels sprouts, salad, beets, quorn and chicory.
These tables would help you to make a variety of good, light and simple meals and snacks. Hence, if you want to have food that is easily digestible, all you need to do is refer to the given tables and make the combination that you like. Another very important piece of information - all raw vegetables and fruits are the most easily digestible foods.
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