Poor digestion could cause a feeling of discomfort in your belly such as bloating, burning, gas, nausea, gurgling in the belly, fatigue, irregular or uncomfortable bowel movements. Bad input means bad output (body function) and could be the beginning of all sorts of health issues
What if I told you that poor digestion may not cause discomfort in your abdomen but there could be other health issues that could be caused or worsened by poor digestion such as…
Osteoporosis, hormone regularity, migraine headaches, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, mood swings, anxiety, depression, allergies…
Seems crazy right? Check this out.
Minerals like calcium for good bone health or iron to build blood are hard to digest. Think of minerals like rocks and metals. How hard do you think they are to melt down and absorb into your body? Pretty hard I’d say so that’s why healthy acid production in the stomach is important to digest and absorb minerals.
Bone loss – a condition known as osteoporosis, may be supported by supplementing with calcium but sometimes it’s not enough. What if poor digestion prevents you from absorbing enough calcium to support bone health?
Here’s another point… undigested fats sticking around in the intestines can block absorption of nutrients. Some important vitamins and minerals are fat soluble meaning they need fats in order to be properly transported through the body and put into use.
This is why good liver function and its ability to produce bile is necessary to properly break down and use fats.
And what if you could make big changes in your health by becoming a master at digesting your food?
Digestion is a complex process. And the digestive process is only a beginning.
A ball of chewed food gets dumped into the stomach. Food has to be melted down into liquid so that the little tiny hairs in the small bowel are able to suck in the nutrients from the food.
MOTHER WAS RIGHT…CHEW your food well!
The stomach squirts out digestive juices (stomach acid and enzymes) to help melt this ball of food into liquid. These liquefied nutrients are then sent directly to the liver before being sent out to feed the rest of the body.
So getting the food down into the stomach is only a beginning. All that nutrition has to be filtered and broken down even more by the liver before the rest of the body ever gets fed.
The liver cleans out chemicals and toxins and creates a bile that is squirted into the small bowel to help break down and absorb fat. Every cell in the body needs fat.
This is so key – remember this: Good health is all about good circulation. Every cell in the body needs to be fed to job it’s job well. This digestive process has to flow all the way down to each individual cell in the body so that you function well and feel your best.
Poor digestion can mean poor health.
If you struggle with chronic health problems optimizing your digestion could improve your health and perhaps even resolve the problem completely.
If you want to feel your best naturally, with loads of energy and vitality make sure you take care of your digestive system!
REMEMBER not all supplements are the same – the nutrients in low grade supplements get destroyed when they are poorly processed and put into pill form. Some supplements are synthetic and the body has a hard time recognizing them or breaking them down and using them properly.
Supporting digestion, a major pillar of good health, is emphasized here at the clinic. If you have poor digestion or other health issues and would like to talk about getting support call the clinic of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine –this medicine works, there’s help here for you!
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Also look into Leaky Gut Syndrome related to the topic of poor digestion
