Are my Supplements Working? Building Better Digestion

Posted by Angela on June 5th, 2007 filed in Nutritional Supplements

If you’re paying good money for supplements - you want to know they’re doing good for you. If you’re taking products and not getting the results or energy you want, your digestive tract may have challenges getting the nutrients from your food and supplements.

Do you experience gas from your food or supplements up to a few hours after ingesting them? You’re probably not getting much out of them. Gas means what you have eaten is still sitting in your stomach and not getting broken down. Your fitness and health is compromised by the decrease in your digestion to transport nutrients into the blood stream. As digestion slows down, more toxins build up and create disease and chaos for your body chemistry.

Absorption of your supplements is the most important reason for taking them. Not only are you what you eat- but you can create significant change in your body chemistry from what you put in your body. Whereas the hormone system builds the master plan for the body, the digestive system is where YOU have the most input in building the body chemistry.

THREE things YOU can do to get the best out of your supplements:

1) Find out if your metabolism has a kink in it.
Test hormone function and levels, either through a regular Doctor and blood tests. Are you’re adrenals shot from the yo yo of caffeine and other stressors on the body? Is your thyroid making enough hormone to keep your metabolism going? Are your blood sugar levels out of control? Make sure you recognize hormonal imbalances that will cause your “need” for nutrients to swing out of control. These imbalances will cause you to desperately crave sugar or caffeine just to keep the body going since you’re not metabolizing the nutrients from your food.

2) Clean out your intestines!
There are a bunch of ways to get your tubes cleaned! The simplest supplement for this is a greens product that encourages bowel movements. Supplements with green powders are also great for gentle cleansing if you have been eating a lot of animal meats and fried foods. There are also a number of cleansing diets ranging from Dr Sandra Cabot’s liver cleanse and the Master Cleanse. And if you really want to get clean, try a good colon cleanse product that also allows you to get through the day without being tied to the toilet. Remember easy does it! The body does not appreciate radical change! If you have a high fat or meat diet start with gentle cleansing first.

3) Use a liquid Aloe Supplement.
Just as Aloe is soothing to the skin, so it also wonderful for stimulating the natural healing mechanisms of the gut. Aloe restores water balance in the colon, restores pH balance in the digestive tract and keeps out toxins and bacteria.

You want supplements that enable the body to remember what its like to eat REAL food – things that grow from the earth. Your stomach recognizes natural products because they are made from the same material. Natural products such as Aloe and Greens Products create the optimum body chemistry to transports nutrients to your cells. The Aloe is also the gentlest way to soothe a digestive tract compromised by a heavy diet.

Remember – the Hormonal System runs the show and the Digestive System stews the brew.
You want to extract the best fuel from your food and supplements into your bloodstream. Strengthen and soothe your digestion with better food choices, cleansing supplements and natural organic supplements that rebuild the digestive tract with a healthy body chemistry.