Cleansing Blog

Through live and dried blood analysis, I can find cells that are low on nutrients, fungus, bacterias, liver stress, signs of glucose imbalance and poor hydration of oxygen, to name a few. In the case of this client, I discovered that the bacteria from his large intestine was going back into the small intestine. His foods were being eliminated undigested. He had low stomach acid levels and low enzymes, plus inconsistencies in his bowel movements, as he complained of headaches, dizziness, and indigestion.

When I went over his so called ‘healthy diet’, I found that his personal cooking habits involved a lot of frying, large amounts of meat, potatoes, pasta, and rice, with very little vegetables and fruits - and frequent binges of ice-cream!

Some of his symptoms, along with what was seen as blood anomalies, were consistent of nutrient mal-absorption, and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). Signs of improper absorption are: indigestion, infrequent and frequent bowel movements, loose and hard stool, yellow or black stool, stool with blood in it, foods left whole or partially whole, headaches, and dizziness.

Proper absorption stems from good digestion. Good digestion starts by performing the following healthy habits:

1) Chewing: All food should be chewed into a paste before being swallowed. This is to ensure that you are creating enough saliva. Saliva contains the salivary amylase enzyme, which digests carbohydrates (starches) and mucus (a thick liquid), which softens food into a bolus for pushing down your esophagus.

2) Preparing Balanced Meals: Each meal should generally include 75% percent vegetables/fruits, 13% protein/good fats, and 12% grains and fibre, all of which are better if organic.

3) Drinking Lots of Water: Ideally you should consume 50% of your body weight in pounds in ounces of water per day. Preferably at least a half an hour before meals, or 1-3 hours after meals, and at least a couple hours before retiring. Digestion requires water for mixing and processing of foods.

And now for a crash course in Biology… Hydrochloric acid in the stomach helps break down the bolus into a liquid called ‘chyme’. While food is being digested, a stomach enzyme called ‘pepsin’ breaks down most of the protein in the food. Chyme is slowly transported from the stomach into the small intestine. The small intestine is about 20 feet (6 meters) long and has three parts: the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. The duodenum is where most chemical digestion takes place. Here, bile from the gallbladder and enzymes from the pancreas and intestinal walls combine with the chyme to begin the final part of digestion. When food passes through the duodenum, digestion is complete.

From the duodenum, chyme passes to the jejunum and ileum, where tiny villi cover the walls of the small intestine. These villi increase the surface area of the small intestine, allowing the chyme to contact more of the small intestine wall. The increased contact causes more efficient food absorption.

During food absorption, food molecules enter the bloodstream through the intestinal walls. From the small intestine digested products travel to the liver. Hepatocytes (liver cells) detoxify (filter) blood of harmful substances such as alcohol and ammonia, store fat-soluble vitamins and excess substances such as glucose (sugar) for release when the body requires extra energy. Once food enters the large intestine it is mostly indigestible material and water. The cecum marks the beginning of the colon. Attached near the cecum bottom is the appendix. The appendix contains lymphoid tissue and intercepts pathogenic micro-organisms that enter the digestive tract. The other parts of the colon absorb water and minerals from the undigested food and compact the remaining material into feces. Defecation is the digestive process final stage.