The most important contribution to our preventive health program is to read our body signs. To do this we need to understand the different parts of our body system. Health, nutrition and easy diet begin with understanding our digestion system. It will help us realize the critical importance of nutrient deficiencies and why we need to make corrective changes in our food habits and diet intake.
Before undertaking any major alternative health program and adding supplements to your diet, check any matters of concern that you may have within your body. Your doctor or health professional will help to create a beneficial program for your individual need.
One of the main contribution to our food intake is our digestive system. The human digestive tract was designed to process the enzymes delivered by our foods. It was not designed for the unnatural influx of complex varieties of foods to which we have subjected our body today. Most abdominal distress is caused by complex and multiple-course meals, simultaneous varieties, improper foods combination which end up in undigested and putrified foods left in our digestive system.
When we do not digest our foods well, we render the digestive enzymes ineffective which leaves petrified foods and poisons. This causes allergic effects and creates gastric problems that require relief antacids. Indigestion causes chronic abdominal distress, bloating, gas, stomach and colon discomfort, aches and pains, vomiting, diarrhea and headaches.
Digestion consists of basically two different processes. One is mechanical which begins in the mouth and involves the chewing, swallowing and then the churning of our foods. The other is physiological as it passes through the digestive tract which includes the chemical changes undergone by foods.
What are those enzymes you might ask and why are they important? An enzyme is a physiological protein molecule that breaks down and splits up foods into chemicals in preparation for assimilation into the bloodstream. It is then delivered for specific usage by the living cells in our body. The elimination of other foods substances then takes place through the large, the ascending, the transverse and the descending colons, the sigmoid and finally the rectum.
This is not a lesson on enzymes, etc., but it helps to look at their parts played in the digestive system, in order to point out the importance of eating right. There are specific types of enzymes. For example, experts in the field tell us that amylase is an enzyme that acts upon carbohydrates and breaks down starches into sugars. It is present in the saliva where it begins its digestive process.
Another type of enzyme is lipase which acts upon fats. Pepsin acts upon proteins, reducing them to peptides; it can initiate digestion in all kinds of proteins and in different stages of protein digestion; pepsin acts only in an acid medium and is destroyed by alkali, cold drinks and alcohol.
Erepsin, found in the intestinal and pancreatic juices take action only on the peptids (pepsin-reduced proteins) and polypectids. These are then reduced to amino acids. (Amino acids = nitrogen containing acids. Acid = a sour substance water-soluble chemical compound which reacts with a base to form a salt). Ptyalin is found in the mouth saliva (saliva is an alkaline fluid).
Why go into all this sample detail? Simply because it sometimes takes this to make us realize the critical importance of eating the right foods. Since enzymes are found in protein and complex carb foods like fresh fruits, raw vegetables, and legumes, it goes without saying that if we do not eat enough of these foods, we will interfere, obstruct, impede and hinder our digestive system.
Respecting our fearfully and wonderfully made body and changing our eating habits from junk foods to wholesome nutritious foods will heal us from many a disease, illness and ailment. We're talking about phyto-nutrients that affect every cell in the body; the difference between foods full of chemicals and foods full of natural enzymes do indeed affect the system in a big way./dmh
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