Since the time of the Yellow Emperor’s Medicinal Classics dating back over 5,000 years, healers have understood the connection between digestion and serious illness. This connection is more evident with cancer than any other type of illness, and cancer patients especially at later stages are without fail diagnosed with digestive problems. In fact, digestive problems often precede the diagnosis of cancer many years. It is simple common sense that a patient whose digestive system is not appropriately functioning will have more difficult in recovering than one who is able to improve digestive function.
Out of the three essential changes – stable digestive function, proper breathing and right exercise – digestive function is the most closely connected with the conscious choices we make throughout our day every day. It is also often the one where patients find it easiest to change their behavior enough to see some improvement and then find motivation for more challenging behavior changes.
Three States of Digestion
Constipation reduces elimination of toxins and increases acidity
Diarrhea reduces body’s ability to absorb fluids and nutrients
Functioning digestive system effectively eliminates toxins and acidity, while absorbing water and nutrients
When the root causes of cancerous cell development are investigated, we find that both acidity and toxins play potentially a vital role in development and spreading of cancerous growth.
It is both scientifically proven and common sense that recovery from serious illness is closely connected with the body’s ability to absorb fluids, and nutrients from food. Even completely healthy people know how much better it feels to have a balanced diet and get enough fluids.
OBJECTIVE #1
Improve digestive function.