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Electrolytes     Why is electrolytes important? First of all what are electrolytes? They are minerals our body needs to function at a cellular level, and specially we absorb our mineral in our colon. We hold our water for our entire body in our colon.. interesting facts.. So do you drink a lot of water and feel or are still dehydrated.. The truth is you can drink a lot of water and still be dehydrated.. why is this, because you are out of balance of lack of better words or you may need some electrolytes (ionic). another interesting fact you can drink to much water and through your electrolytes off with out proper mineral absorption. Electrolytes control the fluid balance of the body and are important in muscle contraction, energy generation, and almost every major biochemical reaction in the body. How does this effect your digestion specifically, hydration is what is need to have healthy happy colon. Meaning good transit time and allow the peristalsis( the mus...

Enzymes and Digestion Enzymes, well the truth is we stop reproducing them after we are 30 years old.... What are they.. and how does it effect my digestion?? Well the food we eat is exposed to a cocktail of digestive enzymes. Each enzyme speeds up the reactions that break the food into useable molecules, the Role of digestion is to acquire energy by digesting food into small molecules. And then absorbing these molecules. This starts in our mouth  with our saliva and chewing...and the bulk of our food is broken down in  in our stomach and small intestine. Absorption is when molecules pass into our bloodstream. Assimilation is when those molecules enter our cells. Elimination of waste is the job of the colon lymph and lungs, kidneys, and skin. That is in in a nut shell without enzymes we do not break down our food properly, we have enzymes that are release throughout each step in our digestive process. From the time we take our first enzymes  are release and...