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If you’d prefer to try your hand at making them at home, Zeller recommends the Homemade Citrus Spiced Dandelion Bitters from Traditional Medicinals. The ingredients are relatively minimal, containing white rum, fresh orange peel , dried dandelion root and leaf, fresh ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom. Since there are many different types of digestive bitters, the specific benefits can vary based on the blend of herbs, but Zellner points out that bitter tinctures and bitter foods can help with heartburn, indigestion, bloating, and stomach upset. A 2012 literature review in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition found that in general, bitter, aromatic, and pungent plants can have digestion-enhancing activities. Digestive bitters are distilled-down, concentrated blends of different bitter herbs and plants,” says Zellner. According to Zellner, a herbalist will create specific blends of digestive bitters based on the intended effect like to help improve digestion, detoxification, or blood sugar, for example. There are many different kinds of herbs, so there are many types of possible reactions. You might experience: It should be no surprise that bitters taste, well, particularly bitter — after all, that’s the whole point. If you find that the taste just isn’t worth the potential payoff, there are still other ways to lend your digestive system a hand.
They can also be used to calm an upset stomach, support healthy blood sugar levels, balance appetite, support liver/detox functions, and can help curb sugar cravings,” she says.
Digestive bitters, specifically, are said to help digestion because of their bitter taste. They stimulate your bitter taste buds, which signal different activities in your digestive system to start, like making more saliva. Poisonous herbs tend to taste very bitter, so taking digestive bitters might seem contrary. However, not all bitter herbs are unsafe to eat. There are many different kinds of herbs available. Some include: Through years of evolution we are hard-wired to prefer the taste of energy-dense fat and/or sugar-laden foods. Now that food is not in short supply and our needs are often more based around limiting our energy intake rather than maximising it, our liking for fat and sugar tastes is not so helpful. Consciously replacing some of these foods with bitter, fibre-full foods is a good step towards changing those troubling dietary patterns that are contributing to obesity. Bitter tastes such as those found in an array of green vegetables have been somewhat lost from our diet these days. However, including sufficient bitter foods could help support a number of areas of our health including:
This new research is intriguing in light of the fight against obesity as the over-consumption of high-fat and high-sugar processed foods is often thought to be at the root of the problem.
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The bitterness from herbs helps stimulate the digestive system, can be taken before meals to trigger digestive enzyme production, helps the stomach produce bile, and balances hydrochloric acid (HCl) levels in the stomach. It’s also important to remember that bitters are made with alcohol, so you shouldn’t take them if you’re pregnant or nursing, or if you’re in recovery. Can’t bear bitters? As well as the suggestion that we'll grow to tolerate bitter tastes, did you know that by gradually limiting your intake of sugar, your taste buds can also readjust in this respect?
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