Improve Your Digestive Health!

Are you one of the many people suffering from constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, fatigue and the many other symptoms of gastrointestinal distress? Did you know that this distress is not considered a “disease,” but a “functional condition” by the conventional medical community? As a result, it is not taken seriously and often ignored.

From a holistic perspective, we know that GI symptoms indicate serious functional problems that will eventually lead to disease. Poor digestion leads to poor absorption of nutrients needed to maintain good health. The resulting nutritional deficiencies contribute to the increased risk of disease.

The major function of the digestive system is to break down food and absorb nutrients into the body. Nutrients that are liberated by this process allow the body to grow, heal and function. Resolving GI problems does not just improve your immediate quality of life by eliminating unpleasant symptoms - it also promotes your long-term health.

The colon is designed to dispose of body waste, but in most digestive problems, it is the culprit. Waste and toxins are stored in the colon before leaving the body, but problems occur when the colon does not do its job properly. Did you know that a healthy colon will cause a person to have 2-3 bowel movements a day? How healthy is your colon?

After the colon absorbs nutrients, it should remove waste materials before they poison the body. When the colon doesn't function properly, autointoxication occurs, and waste is re-absorbed through the colon wall back into the bloodstream, damaging internal organs.

Experts advise us to eat more fruit and veggies; boost protein and fiber intake; get optimum levels of vitamins and minerals. But what actually happens to these nutrients when inside the body?

Food scientists, working in an area called bioavailability, are trying to answer this question to discover how people can get the very best out of what they eat.

Toni Steer, a nutritionist at the Human Nutrition Research Centre, said: "The idea that we absorb everything we eat just isn't true. While you may have a certain amount of a nutrient within a food, what is actually absorbed may be less.”

“Bioavailabity” means how much of a nutrient within a food is usefully absorbed by the body.

Eating veggies with vitamin C will dramatically increase iron absorption. Similarly, a glass of orange juice along with spinach boosts iron intake!

Decreasing salt intake allows for better calcium retention. The same cellular “shuttle” takes both sodium and calcium out of the body. By reducing salt intake, calcium retention increases!

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