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Take care of your internal hot spot
Hi JohnIf I were to ask you what your body's "hot spot" for digestion was, what would you say?
"My stomach?"
Nope.
"Oh, my colon, right? That's it. You always talk about how important the colon is."
Wrong again.
It's your small intestine.
And considering the HUGE role that it plays in digestion and really your overall state of health from head to toe, there's nothing "small" about it!
Tennis anyone?
Here are some fun facts for you:
The small intestine is only called small because the "tube" is not as wide as the large intestine (colon).
End to end your small intestine is about 20 feet long! (Versus your "short" 5-foot large intestine.)
The inside wall of it is covered with thousands of little finger-like structures called villi and each villi is covered with hair-like microvilli--this is where your nutrients get absorbed.
And if you opened it up and spread it out flat with all the little villi and microvilli laying individually on their sides it would cover the surface of an ENTIRE tennis court!
Somehow I doubt Rafael Nadal has that mental picture when he's volleying for the win...
Where the action is
The small intestine is where the REAL digestive action is.
Although your mouth and stomach are responsible for the initial breakdown of foods, the crucial point is just AFTER this.
The vital functions of your small intestine are to:
- Finish the digestion of your food and
- Absorb nutrients
When your food leaves your stomach, ideally it should be broken down to a thick, pea soup-like mass called chyme--pronounced 'kime.'
As the chyme drips out of the stomach and into the duodenum (the upper section of the small intestine), digestive enzymes are secreted by your small intestine, plus bile from the liver (thanks to the gallbladder) and digestive juice and enzymes from your pancreas.
Talk about a team effort!
At this point proteins are completely broken down into their amino acids, fats are reduced to fatty acids and carbohydrates become simple sugars.
In other words, your FOOD is ready to become YOU--nutrients that your body can use for cell energy and growth.
You are quite literally what you eat!
Then your small intestine absorbs the nutrients through tiny blood vessels in its microvilli.
The small intestine is a GENIUS--it knows what nutrients you need the most and absorbs those first. Then it will take up any remaining carbs, proteins, and then fats last.
The nutrients are put into your blood, sent off to the liver to have any toxins filtered out, and then transported all over your body.
Once digestion and nutrient absorption is done, what’s left of the food (which is now just some fiber, waste and water) moves to the large intestine where fiber is broken down, water is absorbed and...
Your next bowel movement is created!
Don't screw up a good thing
This is a magnificent process that is vital to your health and life. Your body needs nutrients to function and, well, to even exist at all.
So why would anyone want to screw up this crucial process?
But that's what millions of people do every single day!
You see, the hard to digest, acid waste-creating diets that most people have put a tremendous strain on ALL of your digestive organs and can lead to illness, disease and death.
It ends up being a domino effect--here's what I mean:
The domino effect of disease creation
When your stomach has trouble breaking down what you've eaten, it has to repeatedly secrete acid. This is how it attempts to jump-start digestion that has been halted or slowed.
All that acid production causes many or all of the nutrients in your food to be destroyed, and makes for LOTS of excess acid that can come sliding up your throat. (Hello acid reflux.)
Also, that means that your chyme is not the "pea soup" that it should be when it leaves your stomach. That causes instant stress on your small intestine and pancreas to do more of the work than they should have to.
This can result in wastes that don’t move smoothly like they should through the intestinal tract. (Hello constipation.)
It also means that your body's ability to produce enzymes is pushed to the limit, since SO many are being used up trying to digest the mess inside you.
The large amount of acid and toxins in your chyme also ruins nutrient absorption--instead of just nutrients, the microvilli end up absorbing LOTS of toxins, which then sail on to your liver.
So now your liver gets stressed out by filtering more toxins than it's supposed to. It can only do so much, and eventually toxins end up staying in your blood and getting transported everywhere.
That leads to inflammation all over your body. Since your blood vessels go everywhere, your entire body is fair game.
And you become the perfect home for obesity, sickness and chronic disease to flourish.
Keep things running smoothly
It's essential to keep ALL of your digestive organs running smoothly, especially the all-important small intestine.
Your health and quite possibly your life will depend on it.
Luckily, it's also very easy to do. It just involves 2 things:
- Eat foods that are easily digested together,
and concentrate on alkaline foods that come with their own enzymes.
- Give your body a little enzyme help if
necessary.
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The Great Taste No Pain health system can help take
care of part 1. - http://www.greattastenopain.com/great.asp In the Great Taste No Pain manuals, I show you which foods are alkaline vs. acid forming, and how to combine foods in order to make your whole system hum along smoothly. That means just the right amount of stomach acid and other enzymes being secreted, foods broken down like they should be, fewer toxins to strain the small intestine and liver, and more nutrients to help make for a healthier YOU! It also means that your body will get some enzyme help from your foods, so your organs don't have to do ALL the work. |
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If you're someone who has not been kind to your system (be honest) and has
likely taxed your enzyme-making ability, Digestizol
Max can help give your digestive system a much-needed enzyme
boost. - http://www.bluerockholistics.com/product/dmax.asp Digestizol Max's 14 plant-based enzymes help to break down all the different foods you've eaten and conserve your body's enzyme supply (or pinch-hit if your enzyme making ability is already impaired). |
Respect your digestive "hot spot" (your small intestine) as well as ALL your other digestive organs and they will return the favor handsomely for many years to come.
Because, as you now know from this brief biology lesson, you literally ARE what you eat!
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
I was having stomach problems for years, accompanied by headaches, dizziness, weakness, and sleepiness nights. I was going crazy.
I finally had an endoscopy done and they found I had H-Pylori and esophagitis Grade C. I was told by my gastro enologist that I had to change my diet, which I had already done, and to stop drinking alcohol and eating spicy foods. I was also put on Nexium, a proton pump inhibiter.
So now no acid in my stomach to digest my food! The esophagitis pain was less but I was so tired. Now that my food wasn’t digesting properly I wasn’t getting enough nutrients to my body. My life was dazed and confused and painful and tiring.
I went on line looking for cures. I tried aloe vera juice, cabbage juice, apples and apple cider vinegar. Then I found your Great Taste No Pain website and decided to try your plan.
It was slow going at first but eventually started to work. I slowly weaned myself off the Nexium until I was off it completely. I had good results; along with everything else I was doing I started to feel like my old self again!
No more pain, bloating, constipation. I’m even sleeping better now. I am so grateful for the Great Taste No Pain plan.
Thank you Sherry,
Ron
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