Our Key to Health posted on June 25, 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer

                               The Key to Health                                                                           By Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

The Key to Health is a healthy functioning Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract. How well it performs determines our overall health. The GI tract is a hollow tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the end of the colon.

It is in the GI "hollow tube" tract where food is digested and broken down into appropriate sized molecules. The molecules are then transported across the digestive tract membrane into the blood where they are delivered to the rest of the body. From the blood these molecules go into the cells and are used for body growth, tissue repair, and energy production.

A healthy functioning GI tract also has a very important role in prevention. The GI tract acts as a protective tissue barrier keeping toxic unhealthy materials, microbes, and debris from entering into the circulation. A healthy GI tract can effectively and routinely attack these unhealthy materials, compact them, and eliminate them from the body.

Signs of a malfunctioning GI tract could include bloating, acid reflux, belching/gas, and indigestion after eating fats, oils, and/or protein. Other symptoms include light colored stools, pain on the upper right side of the abdomen, gall stone formation, constipation, dry skin, skin rashes, and pain in the neck and upper back or between the shoulder blades.

Digestive difficulties develop when there are insufficient digestive enzymes in the GI tract to cause the proper breakdown of foods eaten. When food is not properly digested it can ferment, putrefy, become rancid, and injure the lining of the GI tract. When the cell lining of the GI tract becomes injured, the protective barrier becomes more permeable to unwanted materials.

New research has linked the popular pesticide Round-up, which is found in all genetically modified food (GMO's) as one of the main reasons for increasing numbers of people with digestive difficulties. It seems that repeated ingestion of this pesticide injures the gut lining creating food allergies and sensitivities, digestive disturbances, inflammation and disease. 

The injured lining results in increased permeability that can then set the stage for a variety of chronic illnesses and food allergies. Various digestive difficulties develop including acid indigestion, acid reflux, leaky gut syndrome, dysbiosis, stomach burning, food allergies and sensitivities, irritable bowel, and mal-absorption syndrome creating additional nutritional deficiencies.

Get checked today to see if your GI tract is working effectively by contacting Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI at (734) 664 - 0339. Dr. Solomon has over 30 years experience helping improve digestive disorders that patients initially suffered from. Mention this Blog and receive a Free No Charge Digestive Evaluation.