Hey, I'm Doctor Christopher Hood from Hood Chiropractic and one of the things I want to talk about today is digestion in St. Petersburg FL.

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So, I get a lot of patients that are really focused on nutrition because their stomach hurts, they get a lot of gas, they have a lot of bloating, they notice that what they eat makes them sick. They get a lot of constipation and diarrhea, I know its gross but it's true. And what I'll find in those patients, is that their digestion is just so far gone because their eating the Standard American Diet, S-A-D, that's what it is, SAD.

And it's affecting their body's ability to function. So, we want to change that diet. We always talk about how the diet should be 60-80% green leafy vegetables, no processed foods, plenty of omega fats, lots of water, good protein sources, but you have to understand, years of eating the Standard American Diet end up causing a problem with your liver, it's production of bile, and eventually your gallbladder.

That's why most people get their gallbladder removed, it's not just a normal sign of aging, the digestion and indigestion after their eating, packing down the tums trying to get down the acid and indigestion. It's all a sign that your liver and gallbladder aren't functioning properly.

One of the things you want to do to reverse that, if you still have your gallbladder, every morning when you get up, you want to drink a cup of warm water with a wedge of lemon squeezed in there. The lemon juice and the warm water gets you digestion flowing, gets your bile flowing, gets your liver functioning before you eat.

If you already have your gallbladder removed, your gallbladder is actually necessary, it stores bile, and bile is used to break down fat. So, when you eat a fatty meal, excess bile is stored there, it squeezes into the liver to break down flat. If you had your gallbladder removed, you can't process fat properly. That's why you see a lot of people who have their gallbladder removed that after removal, they will start gaining weight around the mid-section, even though they haven't changed their diet. Their hormonal system becomes affected and they become fatigued because their body can't break down fat properly.

So aside from the lemon juice and warm water, I also recommended the following three supplements. If you've had your gallbladder removed, unfortunately you have to take these for life. The thing is, you don't have enough bile salts to break down fats, so you need to take that artificially to stimulate it. Those supplements are AF Beta Food, Cholacol and Betacal. Those are natural bile salts. You have to have a doctor to get them. You would take those before every meal, your body will be prime to break down and digest fat, your metabolism will be better and your digestion will feel better and therefore you'll be healthier. Healthy digestion is really key to your body, because your digestion systems is one of the major organ systems in your body that's constantly working , it never stops cause you're always eating food.

If you guys like this, it is a pleasure to talk to you again. I'm Doctor Christopher Hood, it's all good in the hood, God bless.