Barbecue and Heavy Digestion: Summer's Ginger Reflex

Grilled meats, dressed salads, dessert, rosé… and the afternoon after a BBQ feels like a forced nap. Ginger is made exactly for this — here's how to use it around a barbecue.

• Why the BBQ weighs: big volume + fatty meats + alcohol + sugar (sauces, sodas, desserts) = slowed gastric emptying, drowsiness and bloating
• The BEFORE reflex: a glass of cold diluted INTI at the aperitif — ginger speeds gastric emptying (clinically studied), you start lighter
• The AFTER reflex: INTI + sparkling water as an alcohol-free digestif — the ginger-lemon duo calms heaviness and overflow nausea
• 🔴 The classic BBQ mistake: washing the meal down with sodas and lemonades (8–11g sugar/100ml) or ending on a sweet digestif — sugar worsens post-meal drowsiness. INTI = 0% added sugar
• Marinade bonus: grated fresh ginger in a marinade tenderizes meat (proteolytic enzymes) and reduces cooking compounds — taste + health

The winning BBQ combo: INTI at the aperitif (mocktail), water during, sparkling INTI after. You enjoy the meal without ending up in houseplant mode. ⚠️ Intense abdominal pain, repeated vomiting or fever after a barbecue = possible food poisoning, see a doctor.

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