The easiest analogy I can put forth would be comparing one’s body to that of a chemical engine, it accepts what one eats as fuel. Sometimes it decides some of the fuel is unacceptable by discarding it by throwing it back up, or for
The easiest analogy I can put forth would be comparing one’s body to that of a chemical engine, it accepts what one eats as fuel. Sometimes it decides some of the fuel is unacceptable by discarding it by throwing it back up, or for some shooting it through quickly and sending it out the south pole region. Sometimes, it will decide to store it in the fat cells to cushion the body against leaner times; and some it will gratefully use to fire its countless tiny cell furnaces after it applies some complex biochemical treatment.
If the energy output in the food one recently fed their engine is nutritionally deficient, the body will insist you send more through hunger triggers and one has the urge to raid the kitchen again. Which is why you can devour an entire bag of potato chips and still feel hungry, nutritionally they were empty!
If any of you reading have ever watched one of those survival shows, like “Naked and Afraid”, the people on the show sometimes will go for the full 21 days with nothing more than water, and they always tell at the end of the show how much weight each one lost. During a survival mode such as that; the body will use up the fat deposits first to feed the engine, then it will turn to breaking down muscle tissue, (eating itself). When folks start getting sick and notice their body is breaking down is when the their engine has been being fed the wrong kind of fuel too many times, leaving the body to have to compensate with that which the body has stored.
Folks, our digestive system is basically a chemical refinery that is able to manufacture its own fuels and is capable of delivering energy from those raw materials: the proteins, fats, carbohydrates (that are broken down into starches and sugars), vitamins and minerals. This whole process of digestion takes place the minute we send food into our mouth and down the esophagus into the stomach.
When we chew our food and it’s mixed with our saliva digestion begins. Our digestive system is like that of a conveyor belt, there are various stations where other chemicals are contributed to convert the food/fuel so our engines can use it by breaking down, diluting and dissolving as well as adding some chemicals and even removing others.
When the food mixes with our saliva which is the first set of digestive enzymes the food comes into contact with, these enzymes are special protein molecules that act as “catalysts” the definition of catalysts: a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change. So the job of these catalysts /Enzymes is to assist the body/engine in metabolizing, which is the what the body does to convert this fuel into energy. The enzymes our body produces are called the spark plugs of life, we cannot process a single morsel of any food without them. Yet, when we are eating foods that are loaded with chemical preservatives or “enzyme inhibitors”, the very structure of our enzymes that the body produces can be altered, which is why we see so many folks struggling with digestive issues.
The Stomach secretions, the enzymes from the pancreas, the liver and the glands lining the small intestines all act on the passing food. As the food has been touched by the actions of these enzymes and ferments then the other catalytic agents of reduction in the mouth and stomach is now spread out, as it were, upon a huge carpet. This carpet area is the lining of our small intestines, which is about 26 feet long and is covered with millions of villi, which are like little fingers that are constantly moving back and forth, they are sticking out from the lining of the small intestine.
So when we eat something that has an irritating effect, the bowel is going to either try to get rid of it quickly which we experience as diarrhea, or it puts a spastic clamp on the intestines to keep the irritating substances from moving which we experience as constipation.
This rich lining of delicate sensitive cells is our body’s first defense level, it fights the good fight against the absorption of unnatural and detrimental food elements. Yet repeated absorption of these elements produces over time inflammation and even destruction of our delicate lining. That is when the blood in these villi become so overcharged with toxic elements that elements of it is allowed to enter into the blood stream.
So, as these digested food particles are spread over our intestinal carpet to be absorbed, two important issues present themselves: what is the quality of the food and the quantity?
If we overeat, that makes it difficult to digest, and too much is saved/absorbed. The villi have no regulating abil