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We are all born to eat.
Your brain and body are machines that use fuels in the form of proteins, fats and carbs.
But how does your big steak dinner become the amino acids that nourish and build your cells?
Enzymes
These proteins are the workhorses of your digestion
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Your brain and body are machines that use fuels in the form of proteins, fats and carbs.
But how does your big steak dinner become the amino acids that nourish and build your cells?
Enzymes
These proteins are the workhorses of your digestion
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Digestion starts in your mouth. Food breaks down into its simplest form throughout your body
Proteins become Amino Acids
Carbohydrates become Glucose
Fats become Fatty Acids
Enzymes are Pacman-like proteins that chomp down your meal, making it easily absorbable nutrients
Proteins become Amino Acids
Carbohydrates become Glucose
Fats become Fatty Acids
Enzymes are Pacman-like proteins that chomp down your meal, making it easily absorbable nutrients
4 key organs orchestrate the symphony of your digestion
1- Stomach
2- Small Intestine
3- Pancreas
4- Gallbladder
A weakness in one makes you feel out of tune
Hello bloating, heartburn and cramping!
The following image summarizes the intricate process
1- Stomach
2- Small Intestine
3- Pancreas
4- Gallbladder
A weakness in one makes you feel out of tune
Hello bloating, heartburn and cramping!
The following image summarizes the intricate process
Your stomach is a treacherous acidic environment, a natural marvel for protein digestion
Food mixes by rhythmic contractions, degrading further and further.
New evidence shows that heartburn drugs that lower stomach acid may not be such a good idea
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1580
Food mixes by rhythmic contractions, degrading further and further.
New evidence shows that heartburn drugs that lower stomach acid may not be such a good idea
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1580
The pancreas and small intestine are a metropolis of enzyme activity.
Food nutrients wouldn't be absorbed into your bloodstream without them, meaning certain death for us all.
Sometimes it works too hard so giving it a break is a great idea for your longterm vitality.
Food nutrients wouldn't be absorbed into your bloodstream without them, meaning certain death for us all.
Sometimes it works too hard so giving it a break is a great idea for your longterm vitality.
Your gallbladder also plays its important role but is often considered as an accessory.
Don't buy into that!
Here is why: https://twitter.com/JohnConstas/status/1159472712005357569?s=20
Don't buy into that!
Here is why: https://twitter.com/JohnConstas/status/1159472712005357569?s=20
How can you protect your harmonious digestive process:
- Avoid processed foods
- Eliminate sugar
- Thoroughly chew your food
- Enzyme supplementation could be a good idea
- Focus on eating instead of multitasking
- Fasting once in a while allows for a short digestion siesta
- Avoid processed foods
- Eliminate sugar
- Thoroughly chew your food
- Enzyme supplementation could be a good idea
- Focus on eating instead of multitasking
- Fasting once in a while allows for a short digestion siesta
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@Grimhood
@DietHeartNews
@KenDBerryMD
@Mangan150
@LDLSkeptic
@DavidPerlmutter
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