Diet/Lifestyle Basics

Milk Creates Large People
This is Part 3 of my series on milk.  You can read the first two parts by clicking on the links below.Milk!  It Does A Body Good?Milk Is One Of The Most Dangerous ProteinsNow on to Part 3:Milk creates large people Each mammal was designed to produce the milk best suited for its kind. When a cow has a baby, it has a calf, not a horse or a rooster. God created all life to reproduce after its own kind. Milk, a part of the reproductive process, is for its own... Read more...
Milk Is One Of The Most DANGEROUS Proteins!
In Part1 of Dr. Dehaan's series on milk he shared a client testimonial. If you missed it be sure to read, "Milk! It Does A Body Good?".  When you're ready let's jump into Part2 below:Milk has become a product you can hardly escape. Besides the milk you drink, it is in ice cream, cheese, and widely used in the candy and baking industries as well as in the sauces of canned and frozen vegetables. We hear that milk is the perfect food, and so it might be! Research has proven... Read more...
Milk! It Does a Body Good?
If you listen to the mainstream you probably think milk is an essential element to your health.  In Dr. Dehaan's book, "The Foundation", he challenges this and points out reasons why milk is bad for the human body and may even be dangerous.We thought a good way to start out the series was to share an experience from one of our clients."I started seeing Dr. Dehaan around 2005. When I went to my first appointment I picked up a copy of his book, The Foundation. At the time I wasn't... Read more...
You Are What You Eat! - The Doctrine of Signatures Continued
In my last blog I introduced you to The Doctrine of Signatures.  If you missed that blog I suggest you go back and read it first and then come back to this one!  You can find it by clicking here!You are what you eatAnd so we can begin to describe what you are by looking at the things that you eat, because you absorb and become one with everything that you eat. While science does not give much attention or credit to the possible connection of diet and psychology, there... Read more...
The Doctrine of Signatures
Most of us remember the stories told of the honor that American Indians placed on the food they ate. They believed that when they killed and ate a deer, they would take on the essence or some of the qualities of the animal. So they hunted and ate with an attitude of thankfulness and reverence for that which they killed. Even herbs and vegetation were ingested with that attitude because they were familiar with some version of what we now call the Doctrine of Signatures. They somehow understood that there... Read more...
Summary of Digestion
SUMMARY OF DIGESTION Carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth with the secretion of amylase by salivary glands but is completed in the small intestine where pancreatic amylase and amylase secreted from mucous cells finish the job. None of this is possible if food is not chewed into small enough pieces and mixed with sufficient saliva. Protein digestion begins in the stomach as a result of pepsin activity and is completed in the small intestine by enzymes from the pancreas and mucous cells in the small intestine. This process takes large... Read more...
The Gallbladder
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped sac located in a depression on the inferior surface of the liver. It is connected to the cystic duct, which, in turn, joins the hepatic duct. The gallbladder has a capacity of 30-50 milliliters and has a strong muscular layer in its walls for storing bile between meals.The gallbladder should be considered primarily as a holding sac for bile made by the hepatic cells of the liver. As bile is made in the liver, it flows through the hepatic ducts, into the common bile duct... Read more...
The Liver
The liver, the largest internal organ, is located in the upper right and central portion of the abdominal cavity, just below the diaphragm. It is partially surrounded by the ribs, and extends from the level of the fifth intercostal space to the lower margin of the ribs. This means it is on the right side of the rib cage in the front, under the last couple of ribs. The liver releases its bile secretion into hepatic ducts, which eventually form the common bile duct and empty into the duodenum of... Read more...
The Pancreas
The pancreas is an elongated, somewhat flattened organ that is posterior to the stomach and behind the parietal peritoneum. It is attached to the first section of the small intestine (duodenum) by a duct, which transports its digestive juice into the intestine.Pancreatic juice for digestion – the digestive part of the pancreas.  Pancreatic juice contains enzymes that digest carbohydrates, fats, proteins and nucleic acids. When the small intestine detects proteins and fats in the chyme, the mucous cells of the small intestine release cholecystokinin into the blood. This is a... Read more...
Digestion in the Small Intestine
 The small intestine is a tubular organ that extends from the pyloric sphincter, at the end of the stomach, to the beginning of the large intestine (ileocecal valve). With its many loops and coils, it fills much of the abdominal cavity. It may be 18-20 feet long depending on the size of a person.The small intestine receives secretions from the pancreas and liver (gallbladder), and it completes digestion of the nutrients in the chyme, received from the stomach. It is responsible for absorbing or assimilating the products of digestion and... Read more...
Lookout Stomach Here it Comes
Over the teeth and through the gums, look out stomach here it comes!  In last week's blog we talked about digestion in the mouth.  Now it's on to the stomach! STOMACH When swallowed food reaches the stomach, it is acted upon by gastric juices. Gastric juices are secreted by gastric glands in the stomach wall. These glands contain three main types of secretory cells: mucous cells, chief cells and parietal cells. The product of these three cells combine to create gastric juices. Pepsin is the most important digestive enzyme in... Read more...
Digestion in the Mouth
Last time we talked about the role of the hands in digestion.  Today we are going to discuss several aspects of digestion that occur in the mouth. The first aspect of digestion is mastication, or chewing.ChewingOnce food actually enters the mouth, by whatever means, chewing begins. I should say that chewing should begin because many people do not chew their food. Somehow people have acquired the notion that as long as food is chewed into pieces small enough to swallow without choking, that is sufficient. In reality, chewing is a process... Read more...