Summer Barbecue: Ginger Marinade, Easy Digestion and the Drink That Changes Everything

Barbecue is summer. The heavy stomach at 10pm and the ruined night, much less so. Good news: it's fixed in two places — the marinade and the glass.

• 🔥 The ginger marinade = the smart move: marinating meat at least 2h in lemon + ginger + olive oil + herbs tenderises the fibres AND limits the cooking compounds linked to heavily charred grilling. Bonus: it replaces store marinades loaded with sugar (a supermarket BBQ sauce is often 40-50g of sugar per 100g)
• 🥗 Balancing the plate: aim for half grilled vegetables (courgette, peppers, aubergine, corn), a quarter starch, a quarter protein. The rule that changes digestion: vegetables BEFORE the meat — fibre first slows everything that follows
• 🍖 The forgiving cook: grey embers (no flames), high grate, meat not charred, cut off the black. And avoid fat dripping straight onto the coals — that acrid smoke deposits the worst of it on the meat
• 🥤 The real barbecue problem: what you DRINK: sodas, sweetened ginger beers, lemonades, sangria… you can put away 60-80g of sugar in one evening without noticing, alongside an already rich meal. That's the true cause of the post-barbecue coma
• 🌿 The INTI solution: 1 dose of ginger + turmeric + lemon in a big jug of iced water with ice cubes. It bites just enough, it tastes like a real cocktail, everyone goes back for more — and it's 0% added sugar. Ginger is traditionally used to support digestion: after a barbecue, that's exactly the moment

The winning combo: lemon-ginger marinade instead of sugary BBQ sauce, vegetables first, cooking over grey embers, and a jug of iced INTI instead of sodas. You eat the same, you leave the table without a stone in your stomach. And the next morning: a big glass of water + INTI before the coffee.

❓ FAQ

How do you digest a barbecue better?

Three levers. 1) The marinade: lemon + ginger + olive oil 2h ahead — it tenderises the meat and replaces industrial BBQ sauces (often 40-50g sugar/100g). 2) The order: grilled vegetables BEFORE the meat, fibre slows what follows; cook over grey embers, high grate, cut off the charred bits. 3) The drink, the most underestimated point: sodas, sweetened ginger beers and sangria can add up to 60-80g of sugar in one evening — that's the true cause of the post-barbecue coma. Replace them with a jug of iced water + 1 dose of INTI (organic ginger, turmeric, lemon, 0% added sugar): ginger is traditionally used to support digestion.