Minutus

A few more notes, class, on assimilation.

(1) Ya' know all of those pills that you take. Many of those pills might be necessary because our ability to assimilate is impaired, because we are old. And, the quantity of pills may be higher because our assimilation is impaired. If our assimilation is improved, we can save money. For me, I doubt if I can get rid of all of them. But I am pretty sure that I can stop buying the CoQ10, since I can't tell any difference between when I take it and when I don't take it, since I have improved my assimilation. That is money in the bank for me.

(2) Remember that your mother told you to chew your food well. I guess she was right. There was some monk who told people to chew their food 100 times. That is a little too much for me, but, hey, why not? This is why I like to put fresh celery in my soups, salads, and scrambled eggs. It forces me to chew my food well, and I enjoy crunching on celery.

(3) Any comments from the class are welcome, because we can all learn something. If I missed anything, please speak up; don't bother raising your hand. (:->) Assimilation is probably as important as all of the other subjects in the nutrition category.

Sincerely,

Roger Bird

The chewing part is particularly important for carbohydrates. There is an enzyme in your saliva and it's responsible for a lot of the breakdown of carbohydrates. If they aren't completely broken down the end of this toxins in your gut. More toxins just increase the constipation problem and the absorption problem.

Ellen

I don't eat many carbs, but there are some actually carbohydrates in most all foods.

Roger
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To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
From: ellen.madono@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:34:30 +0900
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Assimilation 102
The chewing part is particularly important for carbohydrates. There is an enzyme in your saliva and it's responsible for a lot of the breakdown of carbohydrates. If they aren't completely broken down the end of this toxins in your gut. More toxins just increase the constipation problem and the absorption problem.

Ellen

Amylase is the emzyme. It starts the digeston of starch, it also triggers the taste of sweetness - and that taste (whether from artificial sweeteners or real sweetness) sends a message to the pancreas that carbs have been eaten and that insulin will be needed.
If you ate artificial sweeteners, the insulin will be exceessive and if you do that often you will get insulin resistance issues (type 2 diabetes for exanple).

The rest of the starch digestion happens later, mostly in the small intestine.

Not a lot no. A little. It mostly triggers the production of insulin so it is ready by the time the food gets to the small intestine. Carnivores have no amylase in their saliva by the way - they are not supposed to be eating carbs.
All those cat and dog foods full of plants, cause kidney damage.....still the leading cause of death of our carnivore pets - all from this stupid carb feeding idea.
There is no toxic effect from carbs, unless you swallow a toxic plant. DIgestion has nothing to do making toxins. Just the opposite. Antioxidants like garlic componenerts are toxic UNTIL they are broken down by enzymes of digestion.
Cats and dogs cannot eat garlic (it poisons them) for the simple reason that they LACK the enzymes to b reak it down ito beneficial components, and so it damages their red blood cells instead of being beneficial.
Carb digestion in people, only starts in the mouth in humans, its main digestion occurs in the small intestine - that in fact is why omnivores have SUCH a long small-intestine. It's to handle plant digestion which is VERY complex.
The stomach handles the easy stuff - the meat, fish, eggs, and other animal protein, which just need a bit of acid to digest. Plant digestion is VERY complicated. (which is why cows for example have multiple stomachs to do the job. Turning grass into milk takes a multi-level factory!
What toxins?
Toxins are only there if you eat toxins.

Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
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"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Carbs only occur in plants.

There are no carbs in meats, seafoods, eggs or fats.

Fruit, veg and herbs all have carbs to a smaller or greater extent.
Carb storage vegetables like root vegetables and grains, have the most carbs as starch.
Fruit has the most carbs as sugar.
Things like onion and tomato have a moderate amount of carbs.
Leaf veg has the least carbs.

Namaste,
Irene

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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

Thanks Irene,

What happens in your large intenstines when you have a lot of carbs (the complex plant s that have not been digested in your stomach or mouth? Can't these rot and become toxins? Can the large intestines take care of them?

Ellen Madono

You left out the relevant structure - the small intestines.
That is where cartbs get digested. The mouth just gets it started, but does no significant amount of digestion iof carbs. The stomach does not touch carbs at all. In the small intestines - and unlike carnivores - humans have a VERY long one - tat is where carbs get digested.
There will be some aspects that do not get digested absorbed, such as fiber. Those will be used by the bactgeria in the gut if te fiber is the kind they can use. Not all fibers are. If beneficial bacteria are in the gut, they will turn the fiver in to short chain fatty acids (buytrate, propionate and acetate) which assist the immuen system and the major oirgabs and especially the gut itslef, plus B vitamins. If the bacteria in the gut are NOT beneficial, then you can get some toxin production as side products of bacterial digestion.
"Rot" is not a good word to use. Either the bactgeria ferment fiber into beneficial componenets, or the wrong bacteria are there which can not perform that function. Gas is a by-producr of bacterial action in the large intestine.
Large intestine's job is to reduce water left over after digestion, resorbing it, and to form the leftovers into stool and to ferment fibrous leftovers.
"Rot" implies some kind of digestion - there's no digestion, no enzymes etc in the large intestine. Bacteria which eat SOME fibers are there, and the process is called "fermentation" not rot. Some fibers are not fermentable by human bacterial flora in the gut (each species has different fibers its good gut bacteria can ferment) -and they are passed out in the stool with no beneficial butyrate, propionate, acetate or B vitamins being produced.

Namaste,
Irene
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P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."