The Four Pillars

PIllar 1 - Absorption

Absorption is the ability to bring into the body the essential nutrients necessary to promote and maintain life, health and wellbeing. It is critical for all the other pillars because it provides the building block and the fuel without which the body cannot function. 

The body is very unique because it is constantly breaking down and regenerating.  This requires an ongoing supply of raw material.  It is also in constant motion which requires a constant supply of fuel. The source for all of this is what we eat, drink and breath : air, water and food . It includes proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins, probiotic ( friendly bacteria), carotenoids and bioflavanoids. Any major deficiency of this basic raw material of life will interfere with the ability of the body to maintain health at every level physical and psychological.

Pillar II - Processing

Nutrients are not used directly but are converted 100’s of times to address specific needs of the body. They have to be broken down, recombined in many different forms, and distributed exactly where needed in the body. These processes include many other substances including amino acids, enzymes, hydrochloric acid, bile, blood, lymph, hormones, neurotransmitters and multiple secretions, substances and tissues needed all throughout the body. 

This amazing work would take the equivalent of several chemical plants to produce and the complete energy and functional grid of a metropolis to distribute  Every part of the body is involved in that amazing process but it is more directly guided and managed by the following organs and glands :

• The liver, sometimes called the brain of the body, does much chemical processing
• The stomach predigests the food
• The small intestine  breaks down food further and absorbs it
• The large intestine reabsorbs fluids and produces key vitamins
• The pancreas is involved in production of enzymes essential to digestion of food and production of Insulin, essential for production of cellular energy
• The blood circulation brings nutrients to tissues and cells
• The lungs absorb oxygen necessary to sustain life
• The endocrine system provides many regulatory functions of the body and supports key and vital functions
• The neurological system provides communication throughout the body

Pillar III - Elimination

In the process of metabolizing what we eat, drink and breathe, the body releases toxins that need to be processed and moved out of the body.  The main organs involved in this process are the liver, digestive tract, large intestine, kidneys, lymphatic systems, cells, lungs and skin.  Any serious dysfunction in detoxification and drainage will turn the body into a toxic waste station unable to effectively absorb, transform and transport nutrients.  It will result in inflammation, progressive degeneration and potentially serious dysfunctions and diseases.

Pillar IV - Protection

The body is constantly being challenged from within sometime called oxidative stress and from without called microbes. The main organs of protection are the digestive tract, the lung and the skin designed to prevent penetration and the liver, the lymphatic and immune system designed to fight off invaders or to eliminate abnormal cell formation.  We usually breakdown this pillar in 3 functions: filtration evaluating the effectiveness of the outer defenses, penetration indicating a breach has occurred and immune function identifying the effectiveness of the inner defenses.

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