The digestive system is key to the functioning of your body and mind. To have proper functioning of our organism, it is essential to have knowledge of this system, which, as we have mentioned in other articles, works as a second brain.
- The capacity of the stomach is 1.5 liters, but when we eat, it stretches to double its size.
- The stomach can hold between half a liter and two liters of food.
- If we were to fully extend the small intestine of an adult human, it would measure about 6 meters in length. The total surface area (filled with folds and villi) is 300 m², equivalent to the size of a tennis court..
- We produce between one to one and a half liters of saliva daily, which helps coat the food and make it softer, preventing tears in the stomach.
- The taste buds only function when the saliva dissolves the substances in the food and passes over the papillae.
- We can survive 7 days without food, but only 48 hours without water.
- Our digestive juices contain the same agents as powdered detergents: enzymes and solvents.
- After eating, certain chemicals are released that cause fatigue so that the body's energy focuses on digestion and not on other activities.
- The stomach makes noise due to hunger, during digestion, or during cleaning processes (such as diarrhea). About an hour after the small intestine has finished digesting, a wavelike muscular contraction sweeps the leftovers from the stomach into the intestine to leave the stomach empty and clean. Eating between meals interrupts this process.
- The main player in the digestive system is not the stomach, it is the small intestine, as it is responsible for the process in which food is broken down into molecules to release nutrients.
- The stomach produces around two liters of hydrochloric acid to kill bacteria and aid digestion. To protect itself, it has a mucus layer that is renewed every two weeks.
- The gut microbiota can be modified within a few days by diet, weighs between 1 and 2 kilos, its microorganisms are 10 to 50 times smaller than human cells, and if placed in a line, they could circle the Earth two and a half times.
- Between 35% and 50% of the large intestine or colon is made up of intestinal flora or microbiota.
- When there is stress, the intestine reduces its functions (less blood flow and protective mucus covering its walls). When the stress situation persists and becomes habitual, the protective barrier becomes thinner, bacteria move closer to the wall of the intestine, and the chemicals they produce inflame it.
MEISI is a method that, with a series of ordered steps, identifies and eliminates the "unknown" causes of many ailments that are considered "normal" in the everyday life of the 21st century. Its goal is to balance the flora intestinal para de esta manera lograr un bienestar integral.
In the MEISI book, you will find the theory that will help you define the most appropriate nutritional strategy to balance your gut flora, and in the Transformative Cooking Cookbook, you will find a practical guide to carry it out.
