Test Your Digestive System...
Is Poor Digestive Function contributing to your problem?
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Poor digestive function is an obvious sign that your body is NOT absorbing the nutrients in your food or from the nutrients in your supplements.
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It’s NOT “you are what you eat” rather it’s “you are what your body absorbs…”
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Just because you ate it…doesn’t mean your body absorbed it.
check all that apply
___ Bad breath, Halitosis
___ Bloating or gas after eating
___ Loss of taste for meat
___ Burping or belching shortly after meals
___ Burning or gnawing stomach pain
___ Heartburn, indigestion, acid reflux
___ Stomach pain from stress/ spicy food
___ Ulcers, Gastritis or antacid/ aspirin use
___ Relief of pain by milk or carbonated drinks
___ Remnants of food or food fibers in stool
___ Iliocecal valve syndrome, nausea, diarrhea and/or vomiting
___ Chronic diarrhea or mucous in stool
___ Crohn’s, Celiac, Irritable Bowel, Leaky Gut Syndrome
___ Use of prescription or over-the-counter medications for relief
Total score: __________
Results:
1 – 2 Digestion is probably NOT a major problem.
3 – 6 Many of your health issues may be related to poor digestion and absorption. Add digestive enzymes, look at possible food allergies, food combining and adding a good probiotic.
7 + Your digestive system is in need of help and is contributing (is at the root) to many other health problems aside from the obvious one’s, such as fatigue, hormonal imbalances, headaches, joint pain, arthritis, allergies, sinusitis, etc. and could be contributing to that vicious cycle.
