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RE: Be careful of how you combine food. The most unhealthy food combinations

in #health7 years ago (edited)

Hi there!
I love food, but unfortunately I have digestion issues, which is why I was drawn to read your post.

However, some of the things you discuss confuse me; they contradict what I was taught about digestion in my premed courses. So, I clicked on your sources to try to understand further, but they are in another language.

I decided perhaps the best way to understand what you meant was by explaining what I know and having you respond. We could have an open dialogue to learn and teach each other. :)

I may be incorrect, but it is my understanding that the body is made to digest different food particles, at different places along the GI tract, thereby preventing the digestive problems you mentioned. To do so, we have different enzymes produced at different places along the digestive tract.

For example, amylase is found in your saliva and pancreatic juices, and breaks down starch.
Peptidases, sucrose, lactase, and maltase are intestinal and break down peptides, sucrose, lactose, and maltose.
Bile, produced by the liver, and stored in the gallbladder, is secreted to digest fat globules.
Gastric juices contain Protease/pepsin and hydrochloric acid beak down proteins.

I have included references below that further explain what I have discussed above.

Discuss the path of digestion in detail:
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/digestive-system-how-it-works

Discuss the enzymes:
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1840-digestive-enzymes

Regarding carbohydrates, you wrote

carbohydrates....prevent the production of energy in the body.

This is the complete opposite of my understanding of how the body creates energy. Carbohydrates are converted into glucose which is the main form of energy in the body., correct?
The citric acid cycle/Krebs cycle “ is a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to release stored energy through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into carbon dioxide and chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).“
This process is described in these two articles:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/8116550/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle

I’d love to have you reply and discuss your understanding in more detail.
Thank you for your knowledge!

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