Meet Your Gut
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Dear Visitor,
In this website, you will learn about the GUT and some of its structures. Our goal is to educate in “layman’s terms and practical know how” about how important and vital is role of the GUT in healing and optimum health!
The GUT also known as your GI Tract and another name is Digestive Tract (system).
The Job of the GUT
Your GUT’s job 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 we eat.
In the course of time –it will digest approximately 23,000 pounds of solid food. (Source: Gut Prescriptions)
The numerous organs involve in the digestive process are: Mouth, Esophagus, Pancreas, Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder, Small and Large Intestines, Rectum. The accessory organs which are located outside the digestive tract are: Gallbladder, and the Liver and Pancreas. These organs are called accessory because they significantly compliment the digestive process through bile and enzymes, which are crucial to fat /food breakdown and useful in nutrient distribution and hormones.
The Digestive process in a “nutshell” is food broken down and converted to fuel to run the body. Larger foods through chewing and chemical enzyme activity turn it into microscopic particles. This will enable these particles to cross the cell membranes of the GUT into the bloodstream for nourishment. This process is crucial, because any glitch in the digestive conversion of these food particles can rob the body of its nutrient and energy supply.
Starting from the mouth, the Salivary Glands as you chew your food produces enzymes to start food breakdown. It has been suggested that chewing solid foods 59x, will break it down more which encourages needed enzymes for better digestion. The broken down food then passes through Pharynx and Esophagus through the esophageal and pyloric sphincter then to the Stomach. Different stomach acids aids to the broken down food, then the Pancreas adds its enzymes for further food breakdown. This further breakdown of food forms into a claylike substance called “chyme.” The “chyme” is then passed through the Duodenum to meet with Bile salts from the Liver through the Bile duct and into the Small Intestine for nutrient processing and nutrient assimilation. What is not assimilated becomes waste. It passes to the Ileocecal valve to the Cecum for bowel manufacture and elimination through the Large Intestine (Colon)—through the motion of the Colon muscles called Peristalsis.
Peristalsis--- is the wave of movement of the digestive tract from the mouth to these organs from ingestion, absorption, assimilation to elimination. Peristalsis is a distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contractions that propels foodstuffs distally through the esophagus and intestines. Segmental Peristalsis is a glitch and continuous wavy Peristalsis is good. It is important that this process of happens continuously. Any glitch in this conversion process can give irregular energy and compromise our vitality.
Healthy Digestive tract has the balance of friendly bacteria, digestive fiber, enzymes, well-broken down food particles, nutrients, mucosal lining, and healthy villi.
“Restoring the optimal bacteria balance in the GUT is vital to full recovery of health!” (Source: GUT Prescriptions)
Eliminating Organs in Your GUT
The eliminating organs in the GUT are: Liver, Kidneys, Large Intestine (Colon)
Let’s talk about how to make and keep these organs healthy and well-functioned:
Liver Health—as the largest gland in the body, it performs astonishing large number of tasks which impacts 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). It 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. *Adult humans produce 400 to 800 ml of bile daily
Kidney Health ---- Kidneys: filter waste materials out of the blood and pass them out of the body as urine. regulate blood pressure and the levels of water, salts, and minerals in the body. produce hormones that control other body functions. -the function of the Kidneys is to cleanse and distribute the blood towards the heart. They help the body pass waste as urine, help filter blood before sending it back to the heart. The kidneys perform many crucial functions, including: maintaining overall fluid.
Your Kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. 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.
Their basic functions include: (*You can attend our Wellness Classes if you want to know more about Kidney Health)
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.
Functions of the Kidneys
Regulation of blood volume
Regulation of blood pressure
Regulation of the pH of the blood
Regulation of the ionic composition of blood
Production of Red blood cells
Synthesis of Vitamin D
Excretion of waste products and foreign substances
The Kidneys perform the essential function of removing waste products from the blood and regulating the water fluid levels.
“To be effective in cleaning blood, the kidneys must have a rich flow of blood. About 23% of the blood pumped by the heart over the course of a minute goes to the kidneys. So, within a few minutes, all of the blood in the body gets swept through the filtering system of the kidney. The kidneys receive blood through the renal artery.” Source: www.ivyroses.com/HumanBody/Urinary/Urinary_System_Functions.
Why are the kidneys so important?
As part of the excretory system, our two kidneys help rid the body of substances it does not need. The kidneys do this by performing two primary functions: filtering the blood and producing urine.In doing this, the vital functions of the kidney are to remove toxic and waste products and excess water from the body. Most people know that a major function of the Kidneys is to remove waste products and excess fluid from the body. It also control’s the body’s fluid balance and keeps the right levels of electrolytes. ALL the blood in the body passes through the kidneys several times a day! To name one importance: a hormone produced by the Kidneys stimulates red blood cell production and other hormones produced by the Kidneys help regulate blood pressure and control calcium metabolism, The kidneys have millions of filtering units are called nephrons. These nephrons work thru a 2-step filtering process; filters the blood and removes waste from the blood. The size of the Kidneys is approximately 4 to 5 inches long and about the size of a large fist. For Kidney health and supplementation in “Get Better Gut” we suggest:
