Key Highlights
- Knowing these triggers can help people get through celebrations with less stomach trouble and bounce back faster if symptoms appear.
- Dr Akash Chaudhary, Clinical Director and Senior Consultant, Medical Gastroenterology, CARE Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, says that for many, year-end gatherings mean several rounds of rich meals, late dinners and a mix of sweet, salty, and fried dishes.
- He points out that the stomach is built to handle a wide range of foods, but sudden shifts in quantity, timing and composition can overwhelm even a healthy gut.
- Celebration foods — rich gravies, fried starters, buttery sweets and sugary drinks — are usually loaded with fat and quick-digesting carbs.
- This combination naturally slows how quickly the stomach empties, leaving food sitting there longer than it should, says Dr Chaudhary.
