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oliday meals. The best of times
when we’re feasting, the worst of
times post-dining when our
digestion is a little less than perfect. Turkey,
ham, cranberry dressing, stuffing, yams,
broccoli, hearty breads smothered with
butter, a little wine. The food is wonderful.
The gas afterward isn’t. There’s a gas
problem in America, and we’re not talking
about prices at the pump. Well, we have a
solution that we think you’re going to like.
We’re not exactly sure why they keep
track of these things but, according to
information from the federal National
Institutes of Health, the average person
passes gas 14 to 23 times a day.
A clear understanding of the causes of
excess intestinal gas paves the way for a
rational approach such as removal of an
offending food item from your diet or, as
with our nutritional formula, NZ
Gestion, an enzyme supplement.
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Keys for Avoiding
Holiday Gas
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any high-fiber foods generate gas.
So go easy on the vegetables,
especially crucifers such as
broccoli. A high roughage diet, especially,
will do this. Water soluble fibers such as
psyllium, on the other hand, pass
essentially unchanged through the intestines
and produce little gas.
Sugars are particularly culpable when it
comes to causing gas. There are four major
types of sugars to be aware of:
Raffinose: a complex sugar found
in beans,
cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
asparagus, other vegetables and whole
grains.
Lactose: the natural sugar found
in milk
and milk products such as cheese and ice
cream, as well as processed foods including
bread, cereal, and salad dressing.
Fructose: naturally present in onions,
artichokes, fruits, and wheat, and used as a
sweetener in soft drinks and fruit drinks.
Sorbitol: found in fruits including
apples,
pears, peaches, and prune, and used as an
artificial sweetener in many dietetic foods
and sugarfree candies and gums.
Most starches, including potatoes, corn,
noodles, and wheat produce gas as they are
broken down in the large intestine. (Rice is
the only starch that does not produce gas, so
eat plenty of rice.)
Common sense says eliminating food
items that often cause gas (or eating them in
small quantities) can go a long way toward
reducing excess flatulence.
Prevent Enzyme Deficiencies
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raditionally, our food has been a
significant source of enzymes, which
are a primary tool for the body’s
digestion of proteins, fats, sugars, complex
carbohydrates, and other major nutrients.
But since the heat of cooking can destroy
these vital substances, as can food radiation,
storage, processing, freezing, drying and the
use of additives, the actual enzymatic level
of foods can be greatly reduced. What’s
more, as we age our body’s enzyme activity
may decrease substantially.
New Formula
Eliminates Gas
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Z Gestionis a new, unique formula
from Whitewing Labs that
addresses most of the issues related
to intestinal gas. The basic idea for the
formula is to create a complex combination
of herbs and an enzyme core with diverse
actions that help the body to deal with
flatulence and belching. Let’s look a little
more closely at this formula's primary
ingredients.
Peppermintis indicated, especially for
irritable colon/bowel syndrome when
intestinal gas is related to smooth muscle
dysfunction, since peppermint has
antispasmodic benefits.
Gingeris an excellent soothing herb for
gastrointestinal symptoms. It beneficially
influences gastric motility while also
exerting antispasmodic effects. It, like
peppermint, is a carminative and often given
in cases of dyspepsia and flatulent colic.
The core of the NZ Gestiontablet
contains a mixture of enzymes specifically
beneficial to the digestion of the complex
carbohydrates found in vegetables.
Cellulase, amylase,
lipaseand lactase, a
few of the enzymes found in NZGestion,
help to breakdown cellulose (indigestable
fibers in fruits and vegetables), complex
carbohydrates, fats, and sugars, respectively.
This is one of the best all-around digestion
formulas now available.
The impressive quality about NZ
Gestionis that it addresses many possible
causes of intestinal gas and odor, including
consumption of gas-forming and sulfur-
rich food, irritable colon, smooth muscle
spasm and dysfunction, poor digestion,
inability to properly digest complex sugars,
and excess gas build-up.
Take two NZ Gestiontablets with
a
meal, as needed. Be sure you have NZ
Gestion for your holiday season and it
will
always be the best of times.
Journal of Natural Health, October 2000
Page 8
Curb Intestinal Gas
At the Holiday Dinner Table
© 2000 Photodisc
