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Disorders of the digestive system

The alimentary tract of the digestive system maintains the following four main activities: ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination.

The alimentary canal begins in the mouth, leads through the thorax, abdomen and pelvic region and ends in the anus. When you eat a meal, a series of digestive processes begin to take place. These can be divided into the mechanical breakdown of food through mastication and the chemical breakdown of food through enzymes.

Enzymes are minute chemical substances composed of proteins that cause or speed up chemical changes in other substances, without themselves being changed. Digestive enzymes are contained in the saliva of the salivary glands of the mouth, the gastric juice in the stomach, the intestinal juice in the pancreas and the bile in the liver.

Absorption is the process by which tiny nutrient particle of digested food pass through the intestinal walls into the blood and lymph vessels, which help distribute them to the cell of the body.

The bowels eliminate as feces whatever food substances they cannot digest or absorb, such as the plant fib4er cellulose. Fecal matter also contains bile, which carries the waste products resulting from the breakdown of red blood cells. Nearly one third of the excreted fecal matter is made up of dead intestinal bacteria. The body can function smoothly and efficiently only if the bowel removes these dily generated waste products every day.

Good health results when each of these major activities in the digestive system is balanced and well coordinated with the rest of the body. By contrast, abnormalities begin to arise in the digestive system as well as in other parts of the body when one or more of the functions becomes impaired. The presence of gallstones in the liver and gallbladder has a disruptive influence of the digestion and absorption of food, as well as on the body’s waste disposal system.

Diseases of the mouth

Gallstones in the liver and gallbladder are also responsible for most disease of the mouth. The stones interfere with the digestion and absorption of food which, in turn forces waste products meant for elimination to remain in the inte3rstinal tract. The storage of waste in the intestines creates a toxic, anaerobic environment that supports breeding of destructive germs and parasites and undermines preservation of healthy, resilient tissues.

Bacterial infection (thrush) and vial infection (herpes) in the mouth occur only when the intestines have accumulated considerable amounts of undigested waste matter. Destructive bacteria attempt to decompose some of the waste, but not without producing powerful toxins. Some of these toxins are absorbed into the blood and lymph fluids, which carry them to the liver. The rest of the toxins remain trapped in the intestines, where they are a constant source of irritation to the intestinal lining (which begins in the mouth and ends in the anus). Eventually, the intestinal wall becomes inflaned and develops ulcerous lesions.

The damaged intestinal tissue begins to “invite” more and more microbes to the scene of injury to help destroy and dispose of any weak and damaged cells.

We call this “infection”.

Infection is a normal phenomenon seen everywhere in nature whenever there is something that needs to be decomposed. Bacteria never attack-that is, infect something that is as clean, vital and healthy as a well nourished fruit hanging on a tree. Only when the fruit becomes overripe, lacks nourishment or falls to the ground can bacteria begin their clean up job. While decomposing food or flesh, bacteria produce toxins. You can recognize these toxins by their unpleasant odor and acidic nature. The same occurs when bacteria act on improperly digested food in the intestines. If this situation takes place day after day and month after month, the resulting toxins will lead to symptoms.

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