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"It forms a gel in your intestines that regulates the flow of waste material through your digestive tract. This type of fiber is found in oatmeal, oat bran, dried peas, beans, lentils, apples, pears, strawberries, and blueberries. Soluble fiber is good for you, but no matter how much of it you eat, it won't influence your hormonal equilibrium. Insoluble fiber, on the other hand, can directly help to decrease estrogen overload. It binds itself to extra estrogen in the digestive tract, which is then excreted by the body." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Probiotic supplementation is especially critical if a lot of yeast is present, and will help restore a healthy balance of microbes in the digestive tract. Since a healthy digestive tract is critical for prevention of allergies, working with a health-care provider who can eliminate yeast and replenish some of the good bacteria through probiotics use will help to diminish eczema flare-ups. Folic Acid and NAC for Hearing Loss IF YOU'RE A woman and you're at an age when it's even possible that you can get pregnant, you've probably heard that you should be taking folic acid on a daily basis." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"The vagus nerve is the main nerve responsible for moving food through the digestive tract. If this nerve is damaged by glycation and free-radical damage/oxidation as well as other elements associated with long-term exposure to glucose, the intestinal and stomach muscles can stop working properly, and food will move much more slowly through the digestive tract. This condition is known as gastroparesis. Because the stomach of someone who has gastroparesis does not empty itself normally, it is more challenging to monitor and control blood glucose levels." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Studies show, for example, that although about 70 percent of the glycotoxins you eat escape being absorbed by the digestive tract (the body does have ways to resist these invaders), only 33 percent of the absorbed glycotoxins show up in the urine over a forty-eight-hour period. This means that the glycotoxins are deposited in tissues of the body, where they can wreak havoc. To help you get started on your antiglycation eating program, let's look at how to choose and prepare glycotoxin-free foods." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "If this nerve is damaged by glycation and free-radical damage/oxidation as well as other elements associated with long-term exposure to glucose, the intestinal and stomach muscles can stop working properly, and food will move much more slowly through the digestive tract. This condition is known as gastroparesis. Because the stomach of someone who has gastroparesis does not empty itself normally, it is more challenging to monitor and control blood glucose levels." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"FOOD ALLERGIES: Many autistic children have food allergies that hinder proper function of their digestive tract and/or immune systems. A significant study by Dr. R. Cade found that 87 percent of the autistic children tested had the presence of IgG antibodies, which is indicative of an allergy to gluten. The autistic child is also frequently susceptible to dairy allergies. Identifying those foods that adversely affect the child's health are an essential component of a proper treatment regimen. VITAMINS AND MINERAL: DAN research indicates that autistic children have additional metabolic needs." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Jamie had a subset of problems that may go with that group, including disturbances of digestion (probably a disturbance of the germs that live in his digestive tract, which may be the mediators of the sugar response) and a bunch of other biochemical markers. My approach to treating him was simply to find everything that was out of balance and, keeping an open mind, to say, 'Let's measure as many things as are reasonable to do, step by step, and fix the imbalances where they occur.' "I don't think that we entirely understand autism, even using this approach." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Plant sterols and stanol esters, which come to us courtesy of pinewood pulp and soybean extract, work by blocking cholesterol absorption in the digestive tract. THE LOWDOWN ON BAD CHOLESTEROL You may not know low-density lipoprotein by name; most people know it by its nickname, "bad cholesterol." LDL has a nasty habit of attaching to the artery walls as it travels through the bloodstream. As it builds up, it creates hard deposits that can restrict bloodflow and eventually lead to blockages associated with heart attacks and strokes." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"He had ear infections, bronchitis, very severe eczema, and his digestive tract had become very permeable. Within a month after I had taken my son to Dr. Stoll, and we had begun regenerating his intestinal lining through treating his candidiasis and watching his diet, I began seeing some improvement. Six months later, he was a totally different child. We were a totally different family. My child had inherited his allergy problems from my mother-in-law. She had severe asthma and emphysema, and she was extremely depressed because she thought that she was dying." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The digestive tract needs adequate rest to build up digestive enzymes for proper digestion. 5) Detoxification and cellular repair occur more efficiently when the body is not digesting. 6) The healthier you eat, the faster you will diminish the desire to eat between meals and the symptoms of toxic hunger. Some helpful hints to combat snacking are: • Eat a salad or raw vegetables with a dip to start both lunch and dinner. • Keep lots of frozen fruits and vegetables and pre-washed fresh items in your home. • Have cooked greens or soups with greens at every lunch and dinner." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Friendly intestinal bacteria (also known as flora or probiotics, which literally means "for life"), can help your body destroy bad bacteria and keep a fine balance in your digestive tract that will further help you absorb the nutrients you need so your natural detoxification systems continue to run smoothly. Again, I'll be giving you more direction about probiotics in Chapter 6. For now, understand that the addition of supplemental probiotics and digestive enzymes are part of your overall strategy for removing toxins and reducing your exposure to them." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Cleansing and detoxification are essential to healing the digestive tract and restoring good liver function. On some level, every cell is equipped with mechanisms to process and expel toxic substances, but entire systems are set up for powering more intricate and comprehensive detoxification. The majority of detoxification happens in either the gastrointestinal tract or the liver, which literally scrubs through our blood. Two essential forms of detoxification we are continually aware of are the urine and feces we expel daily thanks to our kidneys and colon." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Because bile links your liver, gallbladder, and digestive tract, people with liver problems frequendy have gallbladder issues and vice versa. They are also likely to have digestion problems. You have probably heard about gallstones, which affect up to 20 million Americans and are twice as common among women. Gallstone formation is thought to be due to an imbalance of bile salts and minerals, dehydration, toxins, and excess cholesterol in the bile. In addition, a high-fat, low-fiber diet and pregnancy have been associated with gallstone production." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "They serve two duties: they help keep your digestive tract running smoothly so you limit your exposure to intestinal toxins, and because they enhance digestion they will also support your entire detoxification system. In addition, a good probiotic supplement will also assist with keeping the intestinal ecology in the proper balance." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"In addition, roses can deter infection in the digestive tract and lungs as well as the cold and flu virus with aggravating symptoms of runny nose, sore throat, and lung congestion. Rose's decon-gesting quality carries into the reproductive system, relieving painful, heavy menstruation, irregularity, and infertility. Rose is also used for impotence in both men and women, not only on the physical level, but aiding in the emotional component of sexual insecurity." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "This strong taste indicates a high content of volatile oils and highly medicinal qualities such as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, and carminative (antispasmodic and gas relieving in the digestive tract), to list a few. The final taste to consider is a salty flavor, which indicates there are minerals in the plant that give it a nutritive quality. Sometimes you can actually taste the mineral. For example, high iron content makes your teeth feel funny while the taste of chalk indicates calcium." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Eating the enriched yogurt with a slow-emptying solid food gives the sterol more time to mix with the intestinal contents (liquids pass through the digestive tract faster than solids). Though the yogurts are not available in supermarkets, the same logic applies to other sterol-rich foods. Look for viscous fibers. Viscous fiber is the new name to look for when it comes to fiber . . . sort of. Viscosity refers to the thick and sticky consistency some types of fiber assume as they move along the small intestine." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"One of the things that your digestive tract does is to break down things from the environment into particles small enough for you to absorb without alerting your immune system that they came from somewhere else besides you. But if, for example, your gut is not doing the job perfectly, it leaks a particle of protein (a peptide) that is large enough to alert the immune system, in your joints, muscles, or ligaments, for instance. Then your immune system can't tell the difference between the protein particle from outside and the one in your tissues, so it attacks both." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"From the liver, hormones are passed into the digestive tract in the bile to be excreted. It makes sense, then, that if your bowels are sluggish or if your liver is busy breaking down pesticides, pollutants, toxins, caffeine, alcohol, cigarette smoke, or other drugs, things can go wrong. Harmful metabolites place you at greater risk for hormone-related cancers. Genetics play a big role here. How you break down hormones is handed down in your genes. Fortunately, genetic tendencies can be helped with the right dietary choices and supplements." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Eating more than you need burdens the digestive tract. The stomach labours to break down this mass of food for excretion. Eat smaller meals to relieve digestive strain. People who overindulge in the pleasures of the table are prone to digestive upset. Bile is made to break down fats. Greasy foods will stimulate bile secretion. Follow a healthy diet that is low in fat, sugars and refined carbohydrates. Dietary recommendations, found in Chapter Three, contain a list of low, medium and high glycemic and fat foods. The low glycemic and low fat foods in Column One are best for health." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Stress may cause an excess of acid in the digestive tract. It also causes blood to travel away from the stomach and go to the extremities for the person to run. This is an evolutionary mechanism termed the "fight or flight" response. It was an innate survival mechanism for us to run from a predator. When less blood is in our abdominal region, digestion is impeded. A few interesting recommendations from some turn of the century homeopathic texts were to apply heat and friction to the abdomen. Warmth could be applied using wet towels. Friction would be applied using a "flesh" brush." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "This length of time is required to determine delayed food reactions and clear your digestive tract of it. It also gives some time for your body to heal from any ill effects of the food. To determine if your symptoms are caused by a food, you must fully eliminate it. You must prove which food, if any, is causing your symptoms. Start with one food at a time. If you do more than one, you will not be able to tell which one is the cause of your ill health. Do not use this method if you have severe or life threatening allergies. It is not worth the reaction when you re-introduce the food." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Probiotics: A dietary supplement with beneficial bacteria which assist the body with natural occurring flora in the digestive tract. Proteolytc enzyme: Aids in the metabolism of food-derived proteins in the digestive tract. PSA: Prostate-specific antigen which is a substance that can be detected in the blood of men, which helps to determine if there may be prostate cancer. Radical Prostatectomy: Complete surgical removal of the prostate. Sarcoidosis: Immune system disorder (small inflammatory nodules) mostly in the lungs, but any organ can be affected. Scrophularia: Also called Figwort." - Gregory, A. Gore, Defeat Cancer (Get the book.)

"It has also helped to heal ulcers, alleviate disorders of the spleen and colon, relieve constipation, and heal hemorrhoids and bleeding in the upper digestive tract. Watercress is high in Vitamin C, and is used as a general tonic. Its bitter taste is thought to regulate the appetite and improve digestion. It can be used to alleviate nervous conditions, constipation, and liver disorders. Watercress is a popular cough and bronchitis remedy. It contains a remarkable substance called rhein, which appears to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Clin Chim Acta 358: 60-67, 2005] • Ginger root extract (gingerols) inhibits the growth of Helicobacter pylori in the digestive tract, which is a bacterium linked to stomach cancer. [Anticancer Research 23: 3699-702, 2003] • *Example 2: A French study published in the journal Phytomedicine showed that extract of black cohosh may prevent and halt the growth of breast cancer cells. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"A disease of the nerves rhat usually affects the internal organs, including the cardiovascular system, the digestive tract, and the bladder. The affected nerves function automatically and so are not under voluntary control. beta cell: A type of cell produced in the pancreas that produces and releases insulin, a hormone that controls the level of glucose in the blood. blood glucose: The main sugar manufactured by the body from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It is the main source of energy for the body and is transported to all cells via the bloodstream." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"I3C converts into DIM (diindolylmethane) in your digestive tract. Both I3C and DIM improve estrogen metabolites and are available as suppplements. Because DIM is less expensive and doesn't require stomach acid to work, it is often touted as the preferred supplement. However, DIM doesn't have the anticancer properties or the estrogen-receptor effects that I3C does. I recommend using 400 mg daily of I3C (equivalent to eating one half of a head of cabbage). I often prescribe this with a low dose of betaine hydrochloride, which ensures acid to make DIM and helps methylation." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"It takes some time for your digestive tract to learn how to digest them better, so you may have to start out with a smaller quantity and increase the amount gradually. Don't stop eating beans entirely. It will make things worse when you try to eat them again. Instead, just eat a smaller amount every day. 5) Whole Grains Whole grains include barley, buckwheat (kasha), millet, oats, quinoa, brown rice and wild rice, all of which are high in fiber. Just because a food is called "whole grain" you can't assume it is a good food." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"That makes you feel better right away, but whatever has been making you anxious remains intact as long as you eat to forget about it, only to arise again as soon as the cookie crumbles in your digestive tract. Also, if you eat enough food, you go sluggish and dull, which might take the edge off the uncomfortable physical symptoms that anxiety causes, but again, the cause of the anxiety is still there. Few things excite automatic eating the way that stress does." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"As it travels through the digestive tract, fiber cleanses the intestines, encourages regular bowel movements to keep your colon healthy, and gives you a feeling of fullness. Studies have shown that for every 10-gram increase of daily fiber, there is a stunning 29 percent reduction in the risk of heart disease. The best foods for lowering insulin are legumes (such as lentils and chickpeas) and broccoli. 2. High in antioxidants. Ample amounts of vegetables and fruits also deliver protective antioxidants and other micronutrients to the body." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

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