Science Of Life

Author(s): U S Dugar
Publisher: U S Dugar

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should produce energy that makes it fresh. The highest efficiency in digestion deamnds that we eat in such a way to offer the least hindrance to the work of digestion. The food can't be energy because the absorption of nutrients is disrupted.Fermentation and poisoning of the body occurs along with much discomfort.
In one time too many different types of food stuff should not be taken. Mixing actually reduces the natural values of the food. Some food gets digested quickly and hit the blood stream faster. Different food types require different digestive secretions. Digestive enzymes are secreted in very specific amounts and at very specific times. Mixing appetitive with aversive send conflicting message to the brain and digestive system and body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused. An acid process (gastric digestion) and an alkaline process (salivary digestion) cannot be carried on at the same time in an ideal way in the stomach. Food such as fresh fruits, vegetables and foods rich in certain fatty acids may foster a healthy immune system, while carbohydrates and fats provide energy and take longer time in digestion. Fruit acids not only prevent carbohydrate digestion, but they also produce fermentation. Before long, they cannot proceed at all, as the rising acidity of the stomach soon completely stops carbohydrate digestion. This is because the enzyme, ptyalin, acts only in an alkaline medium; it is destroyed even by a mild acid.
Digestion of carbohydrates (starches and sugars) and of protein is so different. Carbohydrate foods require carbohydrate-splitting enzymes, whereas protein foods require protein splitting enzymes, etc. When they are mixed in the stomach they interfere with
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