Diet and Digestion

Diet and Digestion are the keys to good health.  Why?
Proper diet and digestion:

  1. Decreases inflammation
  2. Improves immunity
  3. Decreases toxic load
  4. Increases nutrient absorption

   The opposite is also true:
   With poor diet and digestion comes increased inflammation, poor immunity, an increase in   
   toxins, and a depletion of nutrients.  Hence, you are swimming against the current when trying to
   cure illness without addressing diet and digestion.

A few facts

  • Over 80% of the body's entire immune system resides in the gut
  • Digestion can take up to 30% of your daily energy intake
  • As a fetus, the neural crest breaks in two with 2/3 becoming the brain and spinal chord, the other 1/3 becoming the nerves of digestion (a separate, independent brain).  90% of the Serotonin that you produce daily is made in your gut
     

Here again you can see the importance of food.