Sentences with phrase «processing food in the stomach»

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Manufacturers need hard - won expertise to select strains that can be harvested in commercial quantities yet survive food processing, stomach acids and bile — and be stable enough to have a reasonable shelf life.

I also don't want him to have an iron clad stomach that if he introduces gluten or processed foods later on in life (because it will most likely happen at some point), it will make him feel super sick.

Rob McCaleb, an ethnobotanist and president of the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colorado, observes that various kinds of chile actually helps digestion and reduces flatulence by increasing the circulation in the stomach and intestines so that food is processed and absorbed more efficiently.

Though the council indicated that home - prepared foods could be used, and «if properly prepared, are not inferior in nutritive value to the commercial product,» it noted that the machinery at the processing plants enabled a more finely sieved product that allowed optimal digestion and minimal stomach upset, though «methods of preparing commercial canned sieved foods vary somewhat in different factories.

4 Much of our basic understanding of gastric physiology comes from the work of army surgeon William Beaumont, who in 1825 observed the digestive process by inserting food into an unhealed gunshot wound in a French - Canadian trapper's stomach.

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past A. Roger Ekirch; W. W. Norton, $ 25.95 The impetus for sleep, according to the medical opinion of the Middle Ages, arose from a process called concoction: Fumes from digested food arose from the stomach and traveled to the brain, where they congealed, and so «doe stop the conduites and waies of the senses.»

After being processed in the stomach, the food is passed into the first part of the small intestine, known as the duodenum, which is where most of the digestive process takes place.

In the stomach, it helps with processing foods and attacking foreign invaders and toxins.

The stomach requires a highly acidic environment in order to process the food we eat (about 1.5 — 2.5 pH), but the optimal pH for all other fluids in our body should be about 7.4 in order to be in good health.

But changes in food processing and preparation (think fried) not to mention lifestyle (think sedentary) mean our stomachs don't always react well to everything we eat.

Both are similar in that they are probiotic rich beverages, however, water kefir is dairy free, making it a great choice for vegans and those with dairy sensitivities.The Gastrointestinal Tract: The Hub of HealthThe complex process of digestion begins as soon as food enters the mouth and then the stomach, whereby beneficial, harmful and neutral microbes coexist in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) to complete the digestive process.

Get the extra minerals in your system that you're losing and try to make the food easier to process and absorb if there's some kind of a stomach virus that's causing the loose stools.

The complex process of digestion begins as soon as food enters the mouth and then the stomach, whereby beneficial, harmful and neutral microbes coexist in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) to complete the digestive process.

Leaving out processed foods that just take up space in your stomach while offering little sustenance and leaving out chemicals that might be overburdening your detoxification system, are other benefits of the GAPS Diet.

It's good to bear in mind that eating foods with a high GI are easily digestible and will help you avoid an upset stomach, as well as help you to maintain optimal energy levels during the workout for a longer period of time without disrupting the ketosis process for too long.

Digestion involves the breakdown of food in the stomach and intestines by biological processes into substances that can be used by your body.

He says the solution is to restore normal stomach function through eating a diet high in vegetables while avoiding sugar and processed food.

Sulfur burps caused by food rich in proteins can be distinguished from those with other causes because the stomach takes a comparatively longer time for processing and releasing the high protein meal.

Processed food and junk food tend to be high in fat and sugar and therefore cause an increase in bad bacteria in the stomach and the gut.

For instance, if a person «dumps» food from the stomach to the intestine (a rapid process)-- this can lead to low blood sugar, severe bloating, diarrhea — and in this case having some healthy fat and a bit of fiber at the meal will slow the process of digestion a bit to prevent or lessen the effect of «dumping».

Parabens used as preservatives in processed foods (examples include sauces, beer and processed fish) are actually safer as they are broken down and deactivated by enzymes in saliva and then the stomach.

The many factors in our modern lifestyle that block the complicated uptake pathways of this important nutrient — from nutrient deficiencies to exposure to toxins to factors in processed foods that cause reduced stomach acid, autoimmune disease and enzyme disruption — make it difficult to obtain sufficient quantities from our normal diet; and since vitamin B12 in supplements is produced in exactly the same way as B12 in nature, that is, by bacterial fermentation, the danger of high doses in most cases is negligible.

Stomach acid plays an essential role in the digestion process by killing harmful bacteria and parasites ingested with food.

After grinding kernels (both popped and unpopped) into a fine powder, they separated out the polyphenols by adding a pair of solvents — a process that roughly mimics what happens in the stomach as food is digested, Vinson says.

When you combine foods that are hard to digest (say steak and potatoes or chicken parmesan), the digestion process stalls and the food stays in the stomach and digestive track longer than normal.

For example, when eaten in large amounts, food with disproportional amounts of fat can slow down our digestive process excessively, including the rate of that foods pass out of our stomach (known as the rate of emptying).

This means that his stomach is unable to efficiently break down food, which is dangerous as this process is the first and a very important step in digestion.

Treats that are low in fiber and high in sugar, like bananas, potatoes, nuts, and processed foods such as pasta, do not contain enough fiber to stimulate the stomach and the cecum.

A lot of human food is processed in some way or has ingredients (such as corn) that can easily upset your dog's stomach.

Because a switch in food can sometimes cause stomach upset or even allergies, you should always make sure that the transition is a slow and gradual process.

An upset stomach is often a sign that indicates an issue in the way your tummy processes food.

It's a process called enteric fermentation in which cows break down their food in a four - part stomach.

... because it's a crappy industrial product produced through weird enzymic processes, because it gets digested by the liver instead of the stomach, because it is part of our national corn - addiction, because it is so cheap that it is responsible for Big Gulps and the ever - sweetening of things like soup and ketchup, because it is the end product in our increasingly industrialized unsustainable food system and because it is at least in part responsible for the obesity epidemic...