Tag: enzymes

Going Against the Grain: Our Baby’s First Foods

Followers of the Cheap Medicine Blog know that one of the cornerstones of vibrant health is access to and consumption of whole nutrient-dense foods.  It should come as no surprise then that choosing the first foods for our baby daughter would be going against the grain – literally and figuratively. Most Moms and Dads of […]

Home Remedy: Gut Remodeling

“All disease begins in the gut.”  These famous words spoken by Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, are more important than ever for us to observe.  Gut integrity and the health of the microbiome determine how our internal world is influenced by the external world.  The gut processes food and drink into the building blocks […]

Breaking Down Digestion

Breaking Down Digestion

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Digestion is a magnificently complex process requiring extensive interactions among several organ systems, yet one need not be a physiologist to garner an appreciation of the basics of the human digestive system. Knowledge of the inner workings of one’s gut […]