Meet Your GUT!

Your Gut is your Gastrointestinal Tract also termed GI TRACT. It is also called THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.

The job of your GUT is to ingest and break down food, absorb and assimilate it and then eliminate waste products. The Digestive tract (system) works hard, because it has to work within the digestive process, a timeframe after you eat.

Your Digestive Tract is a long continuous tube. It is made of layers of muscle tissues. In this tissues are cells, glands imbedded in the mucus membrane/ linings. Its work is to ingest food, absorb it, assimilate/digest and eliminate what is not needed as waste. It continuously works hard and is always pressed to perform its service every time we eat, chew and swallow. It is known to digest solid foods approximately 23,000 pounds in the course of a lifetime.

These are the organs in your GI Tract/Digestive Tract:

Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine (colon)
Pancreas
Liver
Gall Bladder
Anus

Although the Gall Bladder, Liver and Pancreas are located outside the digestive tube/tract, they play an important role in the process of digestion.

If something is not right or something is wrong with these organs mentioned —the digestive process can be impaired—resulting to adverse effects in the nutritional status and overall health.

When this happens to the GUT, more often than not, we do not suspect—one can get hospitalized for GI disorders. Statistics had shown that over 100 million Americans are sick from GI disorders.

“The Digestive System is like the roots of a tree. When the roots are dis-eased—this affects the overall health of the tree. The same happens in the body. When the body’s nutrition process, digestion absorption, internal permeability and bacteria balance in the Gut is dis-eased--– since all these play an interdependent function with each other—this affects the health of the whole body”. Author Unknown

What is Persitalsis? Why is it important to the GUT?

When food is ingested thru the mouth—the journey of food and breakdown thru swallowing--absorption, assimilation and elimination happens thru the muscle contractions throughout the GI Tract tube. This process is called Peristalsis.

Since the “tube” is a muscle tissue—it is important that Peristalsis happens efficiently. The job of a “muscle tissue“ is to contract and relax for the Peristalsis process to occur “very well”. To know more on Peristalsis and really know your GUT…..…..please attend our class on “ The Journey of Food”.

Liver Health

As the largest gland in the body, your liver performs astonishing large number of tasks which impact ALL the body systems! It produces enzymes and bile, it helps in the control of synthesis and utilization of carbohydrates, lipids and protein. It supplies bile acids into the small intestine which is critical to the digestion and absorption of dietary lipids (fats).

Your liver filters the blood to supply to give good blood into the Kidneys for cleansing and processing into the heart. HDL, LDL is made in the Liver, therefore it is critical that there is a balance of these cholesterols. Bile contains bile acids, which are critical for digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins in the small intestine. Many waste products, including bilirubin, are eliminated from the body by secretion into bile and elimination in feces.

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Your Kidney Health

Your Kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. Their job is to cleanse and distribute the blood towards the heart while helping your body pass waste as urine, and help to filter blood your before sending it back to your heart. The kidneys perform many crucial functions, including: maintaining overall fluid.

They are located near the middle of your back, just below the rib cage. The Kidneys are sophisticated trash collectors. Every day, your Kidneys process about 200 quarts of blood to sift out about 2 quarts of waste products and extra water.

Your Kidneys’ basic functions include: (You can attend our Wellness Classes if you want to know more about how to keep your kidneys healthy.)

Regulation of extracellular fluid volume. The kidneys work to ensure an adequate quantity of plasma to keep blood flowing to vital organs.
Regulation of osmolarity….
Regulation of ion concentrations. ...

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Colon Health

The Colon, also called the large intestine (also known as the large bowel) is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of your digestive system.

Its function is to reabsorb fluids and process waste products from the body and prepare for its elimination. The colon removes water, salt, and some nutrients forming stool. Muscles line the Colon's walls, squeezing its contents along. Billions of bacteria, mucus coats the colon and its contents, living in a healthy balance with the body.

The Colon is also called “trash” of the body. It has the harshest environment—where inhabitants (bugs, bad/good bacteria, fungus, yeast, parasites) are found and resides. It is a toxic waste site. The tissues in the Colon harshly go through wear and tear due to these inhabitants and decomposition of food particles. These inhabitants are needed and are also helpful through the process of decomposition. Some or most of them can create havoc to the Colon structure and can back up to the other parts of the GUT. because the Colon is a toxic waste site, it is vital to regularly cleanse, balance or rid, as needed to to keep a healthy Colon. We have more Microbiome (bugs) than our cells in the body, emptying and cleansing properly can help balance these Microbiomes—which are also useful in lots of good functions in the body and they can also give bad functions in the body as well.

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