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"You are what you eat only," paints part
of the nutritional picture. Nutrition occurs when the food you eat is
digested efficiently so that the body can use the nutrients to build and
maintain health at the cellular level. Efficient digestion can only take
place in the presence of plentiful amounts of enzymes.
Conditions such as joint pain and gout can
be a result of indigested proteins, fats and minerals that form uric
acid crystals and get caught in the joints. Yeast or fungal growth can
start with indigestion of food in the blood stream and can be compounded
by white flour and sugar. Extreme fatigue may also be caused by
inability to digest proteins and fats, which cause blood to have
improper circulation.
Enzymes like amylase, protease and
lipase will digest carbohydrate, protein and fats respectively. Enzymes
like bromelain, betaine hydrochloride, papain and pancreatin help to
maintain healthy joints and circulation, besides the digestion of food
and absorption of nutrients.
When food is not completely broken down
in the intestines, it stays in the intestines to the colon where it
feeds the bacteria. Bacteria digestion of food particles then causes
gas, abdominal pain, and rumbling of the stomach and the production of
harmful toxins in the colon.
Eating raw fruits and vegetables are
encouraged to help digestion. A decrease in intake of processed foods is
recommended. Alternatively, enzyme supplements like a multi-enzyme
formula or a bromelain, papain, betaine hydrochloride supplement should
be used to prevent depletion of the body's own enzymes.
You can consume the best foods and take
the most well balanced nutritional supplement, but if you do not digest
and absorb well, you will enjoy less than optimal health. More and more
experts now agree that it's not what you eat that counts, it is what you
absorb!
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