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"The organ that is paired with the heart is the small intestine, which is the "official of transformation of matter" or the separator of the pure from the impure. This is the official that helps you discriminate between what is beneficial and what is toxic, not only physically but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Because we live in an increasingly toxic world that pollutes our bodies, hearts, and minds, we are faced with mental confusion, emotional dysfunction, and depression. The small intestine then works overtime to sort out what feeds and nourishes us and what doesn't." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"If you are allergic and you continue to eat gluten, your small intestine stays inflamed. The chronic D deficiency that results from poor absorption due to the inflammation in the small intestine may then predispose you to autoimmune diseases among the many other problems associated with D deficiency. Many people with celiac disease also have deficiencies of potassium, magnesium, iron, and vitamins A, K, and B. If you have recurrent canker sores or irritable bowel syndrome and other bowel symptoms, see a doctor for an evaluation." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Ezetimibe (Zetia) is a drug that blocks absorption of LDL cholesterol by the small intestine, thus lowering LDL cholesterol levels in the blood. Zetia acts on cells lining the small intestine to interfere with their uptake of cholesterol by a mechanism that is not completely understood. Side effects of Zetia include fever, headache, muscle pain, runny nose, and sore throat. More rarely it can cause hives and liver damage. Zetia is sometimes used on its own by people who cannot tolerate the side effects of statins, which are reviewed in the following section." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"If your stomach is functioning normally and producing acid that's not blocked by medications, much of the bacteria in your food is killed before it can enter the small intestine. Limiting the growth of bacteria in the small intestine are gallbladder bile acids, pancreatic enzymes, and rapid transit. The movement of food from your mouth to your anus takes two to three days, but only four to six hours of this time are spent between the mouth and the entrance to the colon." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"If these tests are positive, your doctor will send you to a gas-troenterologist who will want to visualize and biopsy your small intestine. To do this, he or she will pass a scope, a half inch in diameter, through your mouth and your stomach, and into your small intestine. Usually this procedure is done under sedation. One food sensitivity—lactose intolerance—is known to produce symptoms identical to IBS. In this disorder, your bowel lacks enough of the chemicals that break down the sugar lactose, which is found in milk products. A test will allow your doctor to diagnose this insufficiency." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"WARNING SIGNS If persistent, the following can be warning signs of colon cancer or another serious problem: ¦ Change in bowel habits ¦ Obvious blood in the stool ¦ Very dark-colored stool ¦ Pencil-thin stools ¦ Diarrhea or constipation ¦ A feeling that the bowel doesn't empty completely ¦ Unexplainable weight loss ¦ Excessive fatigue ¦ Vomiting Black, tarry stools are also a common sign of a bleeding ulcer in the stomach (aka gastric or peptic ulcer) or duodenum (part of the small intestine)." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Eventually, this nutrient-rich food concentrate moves on into the small intestine. Once this concentrate enters the small intes-, tine, the acid is neutralized and the pancreas reintroduces digestive enzymes to the process. As digestion is completed, nutrients are passed through the intestinal wall and into the blood stream. That's what nature intended. Unfortunately, most of us don't live our lives as nature intended! Processing and cooking destroy enzymes in food. (Man is the only animal that cooks his food.) In fact, any sustained heat of approximately 118?129?" - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Most people believe that when you eat a meal it drops into a pool of stomach acid, whete it's broken down, then goes into the small intestine to have nutrients taken out, and then into the colon to be passed out of the body—if you're lucky. Not quite. What nature intended is that you eat enzyme rich foods and chew your food properly. If you did that, the food would enter the stomach laced with digestive enzymes. These enzymes would then "predigest" your food for about an hour?actually breaking down as much as 75% of your meal." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "Repair any damage such as herniations and inflammations of the colon and small intestine. • Eliminate the presence of polyps and other abnormal growths that have been allowed to flourish because of an unhealthy intestinal environment. • Rebuild and replenish the various friendly bacteria cultures that ideally should line virtually every square inch of that tube—from mouth to anus. The Problem In 1985, between 60 and 70 million Americans were affected by digestive disorders. Today it's close to 100 million." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.) "The less digestion that takes place before food reaches the small intestine, the greater the stress placed on the endocrine systems. Recent studies have shown that virtually 100% of all Americans have an enlarged pancreas by the time they are 40. Is it any wonder that the incidence of diabetes is exploding in the developed world?' There is also major research showing that enzyme deficient diets contribute to a pathological enlargement of the pituitary gland. (That's the gland that regulates all the other glands in the body." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Peter says that although Energetic Integrator 3 is named for its link to the small intestine, it might be more accurate to call it the Spine Energetic Integrator because so many aspects of the spinal muscles are linked to it. Also, because Integrator 3 bioenergetically regulates calcium metabolism in general, it is strongly linked to all of your bones, not just those of your spine. Hence, Integrator 3 is implicated bioenergetically in such conditions as osteoporosis." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"GUT CHECK The small intestine is the body's major digestive organ. It is highly adapted for nutrient absorption, either directly into the bloodstream or into the lymphatic system through small blood and lymphatic capillaries connected to the tract. Lots of water-soluble toxins, like water-soluble vitamins, can easily pass through the intestinal wall into the blood capillaries, where they then enter the bloodstream. Fat-soluble toxins, such as fat-soluble vitamins, are larger-chain molecules and enter the lymph system. From there they are carried eventually into the blood in the chest cavity." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Between the small and large intestines is a sphincter valve called the ileocecal valve, which regulates the outflow of material from the small intestine and prevents backflow. The appendix is located at the beginning of the colon. It is a tubular protrusion, about 3 inches long, which opens into the large intestine and produces lubricating mucus to aid in the movement of fecal matter through the bowel." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"A hormone produced by your small intestine called cholecystokinin stimulates a feeling of fullness that tells you to stop eating. The combination of nutrients and fiber in the foods you eat helps increase production of this hormone and fiber plays a particular role in prolonging its presence in your system, thus enhancing your satisfaction from food.62 Indeed, research has shown that over the long term, in studies lasting over 6 months, weight loss was more than three times greater in individuals who consumed a lower-fat, high-fiber diet than those who consumed a low-fat diet alone." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"If the stools are dark red, the problem is more likely to be in the upper tract, which includes the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. (See Black, Tarry Stools, below.) SIGNIFICANT FACT ^HttHE? Because they have similar ^Mv^ names, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are often mistaken for each other. ¦ IBS is more common and involves a cluster of signs that typically includes abdominal discomfort or pain and alternating bouts of diarrhea and constipation." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"You'll recall that bile is the fluid secreted by the liver and discharged to the small intestine, where it plays a critical role in the proper digestion of food, especially fats and proteins. It contains many used body substances such as salts, acids, hormones, cholesterol, mucus, fat, dead red blood cells, toxins, and other cellular debris. The liver dumps these toxic materials into the bile, which carries them into the colon so they may be flushed from the body If bile flow is stagnant due to liver congestion, then the colon will not eliminate efficiently, and toxins will be retained." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Our digestive systems must have their requirements met at every station along the way: mouth, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. It is the same as a production line for assembling cars, if the workers or correct materials are not available at each station along the way, the car is not built properly. UNDERSTANDING ELIMINATION Elimination is the removal of waste products from the body." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "This is because digestion is key to health, and bile is key to digestion in the small intestine. Going through the process of removing stones from the liver and gallbladder may be the most difficult and "not fun" procedure we will undertake on the road to improved health, yet it is necessary if we want to hold and reverse the aging process. As we get used to the routine, it isn't all that bad. According to many practitioners, although it may be somewhat unpleasant, it is absolutely safe." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Zetia acts on cells lining the small intestine to interfere with their uptake of cholesterol by a mechanism that is not completely understood. Side effects of Zetia include fever, headache, muscle pain, runny nose, and sore throat. More rarely it can cause hives and liver damage. Zetia is sometimes used on its own by people who cannot tolerate the side effects of statins, which are reviewed in the following section. Generally, however, they are used in combination with statins. Vitamin B3, or niacin (Niaspan), yet another cholesterol-lowering option, is found in a number of plants." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The two most prevalent probiotics are lactobacillus, which make up the majority of the probiotics living in your small intestine, and bifidobacterium, the most prevalent probiotics living in your large intestine. Good bacteria are critical in your body's ability to deflect incoming toxins and wrangle them to death or to proper elimination. So they are part of your Reduce and Nourish steps in the RENEW program. FACT Seventy percent of your immune system is located in your digestive tract. A healthy supply of good bacteria is critical to supporting immunity." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Lavender balances the thyroid gland and small intestine, and releases acute nervous exhaustion, depression and frustration. Juniper balances the thyroid and the bladder and releases acute anxiety and stress from no known cause. Tea tree is excellent for all types of infection, an aid to strengthening the immune system and helping to fight invading organisms. There is also evidence that tea tree oil helps control dust mite. Eucalyptus will relieve the discomfort of congested nasal passages, open up the airways and help stop the spread of infection." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Because they can't pass food from the stomach to the small intestine, babies with pyloric stenosis vomit everything they eat. Surgery introduced in the early twentieth century had transformed pyloric stenosis from an almost invariably fatal condition into a curable disorder. But when Diana's surgeon, Jacob Handelsman, known as "Jake the Snake" for reasons that have been lost over time, cut open the Wennberg baby's tiny abdomen, he found her pyloric valve was normal; her vomiting was completely inexplicable. Handelsman refused to give up." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "Suspecting that colitis or a peptic ulcer might be causing her vomiting and nausea, a gastroenterologist did an upper GI series, a set of X-rays taken to look for abnormalities in the stomach and small intestine. A psychiatrist suspected an eating disorder or depression. A neurologist gave her a head CT scan to rule out a tumor. She was diagnosed at various times with gastroenteritis, dehydration, depression, and "functional disorder," a term physicians use when they can find no organic or physical explanation for a patient's symptoms and conclude the patient's complaints are all in her head." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"After food has been processed in the small intestine and nutrients extracted for use by the body, the remaining wastes are moved to the large intestine, or colon, before being expelled from the body as feces. Fecal matter in bowel movements contains fiber and wastes from the digestion of food. It also contains waste products from cellular metabolism. We should have as many bowel movements each day as the number of substantial meals we eat. When the number of movements is less than this, a condition of stagnation exists. Wherever there is stagnant food matter, there is fermentation and rotting." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Viscosity refers to the thick and sticky consistency some types of fiber assume as they move along the small intestine. This sticky fiber seems to work its magic by preventing bile acid (which contains cholesterol) from being reabsorbed through the intestinal wall. And if these bile acids are not reabsorbed, there's only one place for them to go: outside the body through the normal course of digestion." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Ingesting a beverage containing sodium not only promotes rapid fluid absorption in the small intestine but also allows the plasma sodium concentration to remain elevated during the rehydration period and helps to maintain thirst while delaying stimulation of urine production. The inclusion of potassium in the beverage consumed after exercise would be expected to enhance the replacement of intracellular water and thus promote rehydration, but currently there is little experimental evidence to support this theory." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Small bowel transplant can include small intestinal segments alone, small intestine with colon, and intestine with liver and/or pancreatic transplant. Transplant procedures and immunosuppressive therapies continue to improve and with time may provide more viable option for more patients with severe short bowel syndrome. IV." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Because we live in an increasingly toxic world that pollutes our bodies, hearts, and minds, we are faced with mental confusion, emotional dysfunction, and depression. The small intestine then works overtime to sort out what feeds and nourishes us and what doesn't. The other two officials in the fire element are not actual organs in the body, though they serve functionally as organs. The heart protector or pericardium is the official of the "pleasures of the people" and is in charge of protecting the heart by creating an atmosphere of happiness and well-being." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "There can be a tendency to become scattered and unable to focus, especially when the small intestine is imbalanced. Earth The earth element is our direct relationship to "the Mother," including the earth, our biological mother, and our own mothering role. It is the element that has to do with our nourishment and how we are fed as well as how we feed others. Earth element persons are naturally caring, giving, and sympathetic with a tendency to care for others more than themselves, which makes them good healers." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"GLP-1, L-CELLS, AND PGX An emerging mechanism further explaining the effects of PGX on satiety and blood sugar control involves a hormone secreted in the small intestine and colon known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). This important hormone is secreted by L-cells in the small intestine and colon in response to food intake." - Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon, Hunger Free Forever: The New Science of Appetite Control (Get the book.)

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