(Newswire.net — November 22, 2014) — Ther reasons that the average American has digestive issues are many.
The human body was designed to take the living enzymes in our foods and combine them with those that the body makes. The combined enzymes are then used to digest the foods, starting in the mouth and working all the way through the colon. Eating cooked and processed foods actually kills the enzymes before we eat them. The body now has to work even harder at making enzymes. The ‘enzyme factories’ rely on the minerals in the foods for their raw materials, as well as the proteins and other nutrients from the foods. Our soils are becoming mineral deficient, so our food is mineral poor leading to a lack of enzymes available to digest our foods.
Supplementing with enzymes.
There are numerous enzyme products available in blends that will help you digest anything or as individually if one type of food bothers you more than others. A removed gallbladder can typically find that Lipase eases their digestive issues caused by eating fats.
Another thing we as Americans typically lack are the good bacteria that belong in our bodies. Cooking the foods, growing them with pesticides, washing them with antibacterial soaps and irradiating them all contribute to killing the good bacteria that belong in and on our foods. These bacteria are meant to help us in the digestion process, especially in the colon. Lacking these can lead to colon damage and a problem called Leaky Gut Syndrome. The solution is to eat fermented foods and possibly supplement with probiotics. You will need to heal the colon once the damage has been done. There are multiple ways of doing this, but the GAPS diet is the best known.
If you do everything right, eating natural and raw foods, taking enzymes and taking probiotics and you still have the occasional upset there are several herbs that have been proven helpful in calming and healing the gut. These include sage, oregano, rosemary, lavender, peppermint, thyme, ginger and chamomile. Many can be taken as seasonings in our foods, teas or capsules with ginger and peppermint being the best known.
People overuse antacids instead of herbs.
That little roll is much more convenient to carry than a plant or a jar of pills, but the consequences of antacids can be substantial. These work by blocking the stomach from making acid. The acid in the stomach is needed to activate the enzymes for digesting the food. Too little acid results in little or no digestion. The nutrients missed when we lack stomach acid are iron, B-12, folate and zinc.
Our whole body will be healthier, including our hair, skin, mind and energy levels when our digestion is working right.
Source: http://blog.enrichgifts.com/2014/11/digestion-problems.html