| Your digestive system is responsible for breaking | | | | Your food is high in fiber so as to facilitate bowel |
| down the foods that you eat and providing energy | | | | movements, thus keeping your body free from |
| to the rest of your body for optimum functioning. If | | | | harmful waste matter.As you can see, your digestive |
| your digestive system is not working properly, all | | | | system is quite a complex system and any |
| your other bodily functions will suffer, thus causing | | | | breakdown in this process can lead to severe health |
| various diseases and illnesses.The health problems | | | | problems. This is why you need to restore your |
| that can arise due to digestive problems range from | | | | digestive health, which can be done by following the |
| mild disorders such as upset stomach, irritable bowel | | | | 4R approach that includes:Remove: which refers to |
| disorder, and dyspepsia (all of which can be very | | | | elimination of disease causing pathogens, germs, |
| uncomfortable and debilitating), to serious health | | | | bacteria and viruses from your body. This is achieved |
| concerns such as diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel | | | | through fasting, use of natural laxatives, natural |
| syndrome, and colon cancer, which can even be fatal. | | | | antibiotic medicines, and eating food high in fibers. |
| All these health problems that are caused by | | | | Replace: which refers to replacing poor digestive |
| digestive problems thus make it essential to have a | | | | enzymes with good quality, broad spectrum digestive |
| health digestive system.In order to better understand | | | | enzymes supplements. |
| how to restore your digestive health, you first need | | | | |
| to know how the digestive process works. The | | | | Re-inoculate: which focuses on adding good bacteria |
| digestive process starts in your mouth, where your | | | | into your intestines to help the digestive process. This |
| food mixes with your saliva and is acted upon by an | | | | is achieved by using high quality probiotics (which is a |
| enzyme known as ptylase that is found in your saliva. | | | | liquid supplement containing live bacteria; or powders, |
| From here, your food enters the esophagus and | | | | capsules, and tablets containing freeze-dried bacteria). |
| through that, your stomach.Once in your stomach, | | | | Along with adding bacteria directly through |
| the food is further broken down by stomach acids | | | | supplements, the re-inoculation phase can also be |
| and then this mixture (known as Chyme) enters your | | | | achieved by ingesting natural foods that increase the |
| bowels. Here the mixture is acted upon by pancreatic | | | | quantities of good bacteria in your body. |
| digestive enzymes, which metabolize the vital | | | | Repair: this last step focuses on using natural |
| nutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, | | | | supplements which help to repair and strengthen the |
| minerals, etc) from the food and convert them into | | | | structure of the intestinal walls, so as to optimize |
| substances which can then be readily absorbed by | | | | their functioning.In order to determine the exact |
| the body. The undigested portions and waste matter | | | | approach to follow, investigation may be required to |
| is then excreted from your body through bowel | | | | rule out any underlying significant disorders that could |
| movements.Thus, for proper digestive functioning, it | | | | mandate specific medical therapy, which is why it is |
| is important that:You chew your food thoroughly | | | | essential to consult an alternative medical doctor for |
| There is adequate stomach acid in your body | | | | restoring your digestive health.Dr. Nabil Khoury is a |
| (neither more nor less) | | | | medical doctor who practices integrative medicine |
| Your food is high in digestive enzymes | | | | combining allopathihc medicine with natural health. Visit |
| You do not have a high intake of antibiotics and | | | | his website Natural health and longevity bible to learn |
| chlorinated water, which can affect the digestive | | | | more on restoring your digestive health. |
| process | | | | |