The stomach enlarges the alimentary tract located inferior to the diaphragm. It is a J-shaped organ, and we divide it into four regions:
The stomach serves as a food reservoir, a site for mechanical and chemical digestion, and an absorption site for alcohol, water, and some salts. Each day, the stomach secretes two to three litres of gastric juices (water, salts, mucins, HC1, pepsin, rennin, and perhaps gastric lipase). Secretions arise from gastric glands located in the stomach’s mucosal layer. Their chief cells secrete pepsin and rennin. Meanwhile, parietal cells produce HC1. And mucous cells secrete mucin.
Parkland Natural Health offers colon hydrotherapy with an anti-parasitic implant and bicarbonate of soda as an anti-candida agent. It includes comprehensive consultation.
Pepsin is the major stomach enzyme. It is responsible for reducing proteins to proteoses and peptones. It is secreted in an inactive form, pepsinogen, activated in the presence of HC1. Rennin acts on the milk protein casein and has a curdling effect on the milk. Infants’ stomachs have a much higher concentration of this enzyme than adults’ stomachs. Rennin is present in adults but not in vast amounts.
Gastric lipase, as the name suggests, is found in the stomach, but no evidence is present, which indicates that it is produced there. Concentrations of it are deficient. So, it may arrive via the pyloric sphincter from the small intestine. In any event, it can only break down fats into triglycerides. Mucins are secretions from the pyloric mucosa that combine with water to form mucus. It creates a protective barrier against enzymes on the stomach’s inner lining.
The Anti-candida mini detox involves a concentrated series of three colonics infused with bicarbonate of soda, ideally scheduled once weekly. This regimen serves as a potent initiation into a detoxifying cleansing routine, setting the pace for rejuvenation.
Enzymatic secretions are under nervous and hormonal control. Food’s sight, smell, and taste also initiate gastric secretions via vagal nerve stimulation (= Cephalic Phase). Undigested food in the stomach triggers gastric secretions and muscular contractions (= Gastric Phase).
When food enters the stomach, the pyloric mucosa releases gastrin, a hormone, into the blood. This hormone initiates the muscular contractions and secretions mentioned above. As the final mass of partially digested food (i.e., usually undigested fats) passes from the stomach to the intestine, the intestine produces a hormone, enterogastrone, which inhibits gastric movements and secretions (= Intestinal Phase).
The stomach acidity (pH = 1.0) is due to a high concentration of HC1. Hydrochloric acid activates pepsinogen, curds milk, plays a minor role in protein digestion (i.e., swells and softens protein), and kills almost all bacteria in the food bolus obtained from the oesophagus.
We offer colon hydrotherapy with gas removal, stimulation of the liver and gallbladder, and soothing and relaxing herbal implants. The appointment also includes a comprehensive consultation.