Effortless Healing by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Author:Dr. Joseph Mercola [Mercola, Dr. Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-553-41798-2
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2015-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

The chewing process predigests your food into small pieces and partially liquefies it, making it easier to digest. Digestion is actually a very demanding task for your body, requiring a great deal of energy, especially if it is forced to digest improperly chewed food. Chewing properly makes it easier for your gut bacteria to break down your food.

But tending to the bacteria in your gut is an ongoing process, much like tending to a flower garden. One reason is that lifestyle factors (such as stress, a course of antibiotics, or a binge of processed foods) as well as the environmental factors I discussed earlier (including chlorinated tap water, which kills gut microbes) can wipe out portions of your bacterial population.

Also, the bacteria you consume through fermented foods and probiotic supplements tend to only be visitors to your system—they live only about two weeks. When it comes to gut flora, you can’t “set it and forget it.” But if you provide your gut flora with the proper nourishment—fermented foods, a high-quality probiotic supplement (if you don’t regularly eat fermented foods)—and avoid antibiotics and other environmental assaults, your gut bacteria will flourish and reward you exponentially in the form of good health.

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