Understand Your Digestive SystemWritten by Cheryl Haining
What Goes On Inside? (Your digestive System) Your well-being depends on what you eat, when you eat, how you eat, fluid intake and how well your food is absorbed. We absorb everything we need to sustain life through our lungs, digestive system and skin. A robust digestive system is central to our well-being, tirelessly extracting fuel and nutrients we need from food we eat. It is vital that we are aware of protecting our digestive system.We ingest many negative things that upset out well-being. Junk food, inadequate or poor quality fluids, pollution, alcohol, tobacco and other smoke and stress, all effect efficiency of digestive system. When our digestive system is not functioning at it’s best, rest of body suffers. Nearly all nutrients we need come from food and drink we consume. Some things that affect digestive system and our health are ·Poor diet that is lacking in fresh fruits and vegetables and/or has excess intake of sugar ad saturated fats ·Eating when stressed or angry ·Irregular eating, missed meals ·Eating just before going to bed ·Eating too fast, not chewing foods ·Lack of fibre (you need 20 – 35 gms per day) ·Lack of ‘good’ bacteria in gut ·Lack of gastric juices in stomach ·Lack of digestive enzymes ·Drinking less than 2 litres of water a day This is now explained in more detail Junk food, processed foods, refined sugars and flour products are more difficult to digest and do not supply good nutrition to body. Make sure that natural whole foods and fresh products provide most of your daily food intake. These help your digestive system to work as it should. When you are under pressure chemicals in your body change. This effects digestive system. Food is not properly digested and you absorb fewer nutrients. Try to be relaxed when you sit down to eat. Concentrate on what you are doing and enjoy food you are eating. Water helps rid body of waste. Kidneys cannot function efficiently without adequate water. When they do not work to capacity, some of load is dumped onto liver. When liver has to do some of kidney’s work it cannot do it’s own energizing function. Lack of water can also result in constipation. When body gets water it needs to function optimally, its fluids are perfectly balanced.
| | Sinus Headache:Written by Carla Ballatan
I never remember a year in my life wherein I’m free of colds and asthma attacks – whenever these occur, I get very short-tempered, I gasp for breath, even eating and lying down is terribly tiresome, my nose is full of mucus…ugh! Luckily, though I’m always having colds and allergic of certain allergens, I never suffered worse sinus infections.My mom is different. She is a terrible allergic – very sensitive to almost all types of allergens. Whenever she has cold, it lasts too long and she frequently complains of tender cheekbones that are painful to touch and sinus headaches, too. This infection or inflammation of sinuses affects about 31 million Americans each year. Sinuses are hollow spaces within bones around our nose. They are connected to nasal cavities by small openings. Our sinuses drain mucus into our noses. Did you know that a person’s nose and sinuses are supposed to produce up to a quart of mucus and secretions every day? Amazing, huh? This travels through nose clearing out bacteria and pollutants, then it goes backward and down throat. Our bodies does do wonders without us realizing some things going on… However, problem starts when an excessive amount of mucus is produced. Common colds and allergies are usual causes of sinus infections. The infection can be bacterial, viral or fungal. Now I know that when my mother has a cold or allergy, nasal membranes swell and can actually close off opening of her sinuses. This blockage prevents mucus from draining and creates perfect environment within sinuses for any trapped bacteria or virus to grow.
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