Digestion

When we ingest food we chew it into small pieces that are easier to break down in the stomach. Insufficient chewing will allow larger, whole pieces to sit in the stomach longer, prolonging the digestion process. Chewing releases saliva in the mouth which begins to break down the food and has an alkalizing affect. Saliva introduces four enzymes into the food, two of which are not available in any other part of the body.

Once swallowed, the food moves down the oesophagus into the stomach where it meets a sea of very strong Hydrochloric Acid (1.5 to 2 pH) that “eats” the food into a liquid (if chewed sufficiently).

From the stomach, the food passes into the duodenum where the gall bladder introduces bile. Bile is created in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile neutralises the acid from the stomach and gives our stools the brown colour. The bile also breaks down fat into small droplets. At the duodenum the pancreas also introduces enzymes, bicarbonate of soda (alkaline) into the mix. Depending on how much sugar and carbohydrates have been ingested and how much the blood-sugar levels rise once the sugar enters the small intestine and the liver, the pancreas will release insulin to keep the blood-sugars within suitable parameters. However the pancreas is not so finely tuned and will produce large amounts of insulin (to balance the blood-sugar) and cannot stop immediately, often creating too much insulin which causes us to feel tired after a meal as our body allows our blood-sugar levels to come back up by not burning any energy. If sugar or carbohydrates are eaten too often an imbalance can easily occur – causing diabetes.

An acid, low oxygen system allows Cancer to flourish in the body. Cancer is rarely found in someone with an alkalized, oxygenated system. Eating too much sugar, fats, dairy and processed food will increase your body’s acidity.

After the duodenum the food/bile/insulin mix (thick, brown fluid called Chyme) moves into the small intestine via peristalsis movement (similar to the way a snake moves). Being around 9 meters long, it is the small intestine’s role to break down, extract and absorb the oil, fat, sugar, and carbohydrate based vitamins A & E and minerals calcium, iron and iodine and distribute them as nutrition or energy throughout the body via the liver.

Celiacs who are intolerant to gluten (the protein of wheat and other grain products) often have their origin for their ailment in the small intestine. Clean up the putrefied “gunk” (slowly with HFB) and introduce products like AIM Barley Life® will assist in repairing this ailment.

The lymph is a component of the blood that moves in and out of the blood and it is the lymph’s job it to distribute nutrients (and fat) around the body and to pick up the rubbish and is filtered through the hundreds of lymph nodes (glands) which act as grease and toxin traps. Eventually most rubbish is returned to the intestines for passing via the lymph. Having a lymphatic drainage massage will help release the stored build-up in the lymph glands, or you can use AIM Herbal Release® to assist with this.

If you eat a fatty meal (eg hamburger, chips and milkshake), the fat from this meal can be measured in the blood within 1 hour of ingestion. It is this fat that clogs the arteries as it travels around the blood, eventually causing heart disease and strokes.