Tummy Troubles May Be Alleviated With a ‘Vacation Mindset’

Simple tips and tricks can transform poor eating habits that impact digestion into practices that make the dining experience fun and relaxing.

Eating on vacation or sharing meals with friends create more mindful, slow habits that aid digestion. Shutterstock

Early in her career as a gut health dietitian, Ashley Oswald learned a helpful lesson about how vacations can sometimes be healing for chronic, complex conditions.

While working with a client who had symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Oswald found that dietary changes weren’t reducing her complaints. However, after taking a four-day trip over the Thanksgiving holiday, the client returned feeling 95 percent better.