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Bloating, Reflux, Sluggish Digestion After the Holidays? The Natural Fix That Actually Works

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Valerie Orsoni Biohacker
Dec 27, 2025
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Holidays, digestion, and biological reality

The holidays are here. And with them… repeated XXL meals.

We no longer eat out of hunger, but out of indulgence, tradition, social automatism. Rarely a cucumber consommé, let’s be honest — but rather Yule log cakes, cheese platters, meats in sauce, gratins, chocolates, and candied chestnuts.

And as if that weren’t enough, sugar attacks us from all sides: gifts from friends, colleagues, neighbors, clients, family…

The result: we’re drowning in chocolate and sweets.

👉 Hello blood sugar, by the way.

When the stomach says stop (but too late)

These meals are often so rich that the stomach becomes physically distended.

An essential reminder: when empty, the stomach is about the size… of your clenched fist.

So yes, when we eat well beyond this natural capacity, the discomfort is real and strictly physiological.

And on top of that, we have:

  • fermentation of certain foods,

  • the acidity of others,

  • digestive slowness linked to fats and poorly broken-down proteins.

👉 The result?

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