As bad as it sounds, most people know next to nothing about the pancreas or pancreatic enzymes. Gastrointestinal organs like the stomach, liver, gallbladder, and colon get a lot of attention, but somehow people have forgotten about the pancreas. The recent death of Steve Jobs from pancreatic cancer served as a terrifying reminder to people of how vital this organ is.
Unfortunately, pancreatic diseases are quite common. Some research estimates that almost 13% of the human population has pancreas problems. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are involved in this horrible chain of pancreatic events: acute pancreatitis => chronic pancreatitis => pancreatic cancer.
Many people know about the role of the pancreas in diabetes, but don’t know much about its other functions. Without proper digestion, optimal health is impossible. The role of the pancreas and pancreatic enzymes is crucial in breaking down food products into tiny particles for our bodies to use. Even the healthiest foods will be of little value if the pancreatic gland cannot provide sufficient amounts of high-quality digestive enzymes to digest the food to the best possible utilization.
If the pancreas reduces the production of digestive enzymes, the body cannot properly absorb the food we eat. How should people know if they had pancreatic enzyme deficiency? Bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, allergies, fatigue, slow recovery from injury, chronic inflammation, weight problems, and most digestive disorders, such as dyspepsia or IBS , may be a sign of pancreatic enzyme deficiency.
Pancreatic enzymes have some other crucial functions. For example, they are primarily responsible for keeping the small intestine free of parasites and yeast. There are some things that reduce the production of digestive enzymes, such as:
1. Deficiency of essential minerals, trace elements and bicarbonates
2. Processed, refined, and unnatural foods that contain chemicals, preservatives, pesticides, artificial ingredients, and “dead” foods that lack essential enzymes
3. Saturated fats, trans fats, sugars and animal proteins accelerate the aging of the pancreas
4. Overstress
5.Age
6. Some medicines, drugs and alcohol
7. Fatty pancreas
8. Chronic diseases of the liver and gallbladder
9. Chronic pancreatitis, trauma, surgery and cancer
10. Metabolic acidosis: acidity of the whole body, etc.
Many of these conditions overlap with each other and can lead to anything from hidden pancreatic deficiency to complete disruption of organ function. In addition to the aforementioned problems, one is more prevalent and virtually unknown. It’s called chronic metabolic acidosis, or whole-body heartburn.
The pancreas is an alkaline gland. It produces 1.2-1.5 liters of alkaline pancreatic juice per day, which passes into the duodenum through the pancreatic duct. Pancreatic juice is the most alkaline solution in the body with a pH of 7.8 to 8.5. Pancreatic juice contains water, protein, mineral salts, bicarbonate, and enzymes that aid in the digestion of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Digestive pancreatic enzymes work only in alkaline medium.
I have written in many of my articles and books about how acidity damages the pancreas. If you’ve read them before, you may already know that a simple measurement of the pH levels in our saliva and urine with litmus paper at home can help us open a window into our body’s acid-alkaline balance. If the pH of saliva and urine during the week is less than 6.6, it indicates that the body is acidic.
What makes our system acidic? Unfortunately, many foods we eat form acid and as a result upset the acid-alkaline balance of the body towards acidity and that process is called metabolic acidosis.
Excess acidity is prevalent in our society, due to a standard American diet. This diet is exceptionally high in acid-producing foods like meat and cheese, dairy products, white flour and white rice, sugar, alcohol, coffee and soft drinks, processed and refined oils. But it is extremely low in alkaline-producing foods such as fresh vegetables, non-sweet fruits, and homemade fermented products. Chronic inflammation, infections, free radicals, smoking, stress, some medications and a sedentary lifestyle make our body even more acidic.
Our bodies only have one way to recover, and that is through getting more minerals and bicarbonates to neutralize the acidity. And they can only come from a “good” diet, healing mineral water and mineral supplements such as cellular magnesium-potassium.
The small town of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic earned its hundreds of years of popularity as a legendary healing mineral spa, thanks to its thermal waters. Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water has extensive scientific contributions, many books, dissertations and articles proved the positive actions of this healing mineral water for liver, pancreatic and metabolic disorders.
Europeans have known about the healing power of mineral waters for 500 years. They often spend their healthy holidays in mineral spas, where they drink healing mineral water, follow a healthy diet, exercise, acupuncture, colon hydrotherapy, etc.
Even 250 years ago, the demand for this water was very high, which led Czech doctors in Karlovy Vary to develop a vaporization method to obtain genuine Karlovy Vary thermal salt. The salt consists of 40 essential minerals, trace elements and bicarbonates in the amount equivalent to human plasma. Dissolving the vaporized salt in the water allows us to use the mineral water to heal ourselves at home.
This healing mineral water is a safe and effective way to alkalize our bodies. By neutralizing acidic substances and removing them from the body, Karlovy Vary Healing Mineral Water helps our body to restore normal pH levels. We can use litmus paper to see the positive pH change in our saliva and urine when we drink water prepared with genuine Karlovy Vary thermal salt.
Clinical studies have shown that this mineral water decreases indigestion, bloating, gas, stomach pain, and spasms, primarily by improving bile and pancreatic enzyme production. Mineral water also helps by opening up the pancreatic bile ducts and the sphincter of Oddi, thereby decreasing internal toxicity etc.
When our body system is acidic, it is impossible for us to have a strong pancreas.
The information in this article is presented for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for the diagnosis, treatment and advice of a qualified licensed professional.