Healthy Digestion Is the Key to Health and Well-Being

Although more and more people are eating consciously, very few think about the extent to which diet and personal lifestyle are related to digestion. Or about what digestion has to do with our long-term health and well-being.

Here you can learn how the gut, as the largest internal organ in the human body, functions and how the digestive process works. And what you can do to relieve gastrointestinal complaints or digestive disorders and strengthen your gut health.

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If your gut is in balance, so is your immune system

Did you know that an intact gut microbiome with its countless bacterial cultures is not only crucial for healthy digestion, but for your entire immune system? The majority of human immune cells are located in the digestive tract. In this sense, gut health is even more important than is commonly assumed.

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What constitutes healthy digestion?

A balanced and regular food intake, preferably with plant-based fiber as well as foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, is an essential step toward good digestion. In addition, it is equally essential to drink at least 2 liters of fluid daily, preferably water. However, even supposedly healthy diets can lead to deficiency symptoms and painful gastrointestinal complaints such as bloating and abdominal cramps if they are too one-sided.

Beyond one’s own dietary habits, it is also personal lifestyle that contributes significantly to good digestion. You have surely heard or felt for yourself how quickly stress or eating in a hurry can affect the stomach and lead to imbalances in the digestive system.

But it is not just the interaction between the digestive tract and emotions that is often reflected as bowel complaints. A lack of exercise is also a common reason for digestive issues, such as constipation and sluggish bowels.

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How does our digestive system work?

An adequate supply of nutrients and fluids to the organism is the basis for healthy digestion. A complex process that begins as soon as food is taken into the mouth.

The Mouth

1. The Mouth – “Well chewed is half digested.”

Careful chewing of the meal creates a food bolus which, enriched with saliva, passes through the esophagus into the stomach. The digestive enzymes contained in the saliva already begin to break down the carbohydrates contained in the food while eating.

The Stomach

2. The Stomach – the expandable and elastic food reservoir

The stomach is a central part of the digestive tract. Connected to the esophagus and the intestine, the food mass is pre-digested here. Gastric juices and enzymes break down the proteins contained in the food and prepare everything for further digestion in the intestine. Easily digestible foods remain in the stomach for about 1 to 2 hours. For fatty foods or large portions of meat, it can take up to 9 hours for the stomach to prepare hard-to-digest food for the intestine. During this process, more stomach acid is produced, which in turn can lead to heartburn or other gastrointestinal complaints.

The Small Intestine

3. The Small Intestine – the 5-meter-long main player in digestion

The pre-digested food finally enters the small intestine via the pylorus. First into the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine. This is also where the ducts from the digestive substance producers—the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas—end. In the duodenum, the pre-digested food is again broken down by special enzymes. As it continues through the small intestine, the food mass is broken down further and further until the nutrients are finally absorbed by the blood via the mucous membrane of the small intestine. The small intestine is primarily supported by the pancreas, which produces essential digestive juices in addition to insulin. Finally, the absorbed nutrients enter the liver via the bloodstream, where they are further processed and distributed throughout the body.

The Large Intestine

4. The Large Intestine – a healthy gut flora as the key to health

After the digestive process in the small intestine, everything that could not be digested enters the approximately 1–1.5 meter long large intestine as a thickened mass. Here, the remaining liquid and minerals are extracted from the mass, 80–90% of which are then absorbed by the blood. The well-known “gut flora,” which is of great importance for the entire body with its over 100 trillion gut bacteria and microorganisms, is located in the large intestine. The bacteria in the gut flora support the large intestine, among other things, in the final utilization of the food mass. All non-utilizable food residues remain in the rectum as stool until final excretion.

How healthy is your gastrointestinal tract?

Digestion is a complex process that provides the body with all vital nutrients. Depending on what you have eaten, the digestive process from food intake to complete digestion takes an average of between 48 and 60 hours.

In addition to the right diet, you should also allow yourself enough time to enjoy your meals with all your senses. Because a positive perception of your culinary break and a stress-free atmosphere are also fundamental requirements for healthy digestion.

Disturbed digestion can manifest itself in different ways and affect overall well-being and can also be psychologically stressful.

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Last but not least: Old wisdom on digestion…

…which has lost none of its significance today:

“You are what you eat.”

With this quote from 1850, the German philosopher and anthropologist Ludwig Feuerbach expressed that nutrition is much more than just supplying the body with nutrients.

“Your food is the foundation of your health.”

As an old Asian proverb says.

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”

Even much earlier (460 – 370 BC), Hippocrates, the Greek and most famous physician of antiquity, recognized how important the right diet is.

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Healthy Digestion Is the Key to Health and Well-Being

If your gut is in balance, so is your immune system

What constitutes healthy digestion?

How does our digestive system work?

1. The Mouth – “Well chewed is half digested.”

2. The Stomach – the expandable and elastic food reservoir

3. The Small Intestine – the 5-meter-long main player in digestion

4. The Large Intestine – a healthy gut flora as the key to health

How healthy is your gastrointestinal tract?

Last but not least: Old wisdom on digestion…

Learn more about the following topics

Bloating and Fullness

The Gut Microbiome

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