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[...]... how your body works and how to meet its needs for foods, exercise, fieshair, clean water, rest, and recreation To learn how to get healthy and how to stay healthy, you’ll have to learn how food chemistry relates to body chemistry Chemistry is simply the knowledge of how atoms and molecules make up the structure of matter and how matter of one kind becomeschanged into matter of another kind Body chemistry. .. accidental Youhave to violate nature’s laws to lose your health and develop a disease.You have to eat, drink, and think yourselfinto a disease.You have to work hard to break down some parts of your body If you want out of disease, you a have to work your way out of it just as you worked your way into it.You start to reverse this disease way of life by learning a right way of 1iving.You have to learn a few... elements, such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfbr, when joinedtogether into large molecules, leave behind their identities as individualelements to merge into the identity of their new molecular form Before weunderas proteins stand what these elements accomplish together 13 14 DR JENSEN S GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY & NUTRITION (amino acids), carbohydrates, and we should first understand fits,... the air.) Most of the nitrates and nitrites in ourbody come from food preservatives added to some foods They are capable of being changed into nitrosamines,which are carcinogenic Sulfbr Sulfur is not foundby itself in the body but combined with is other chemical elements in soft tissue protein or body fluids I 16 DR JENSEN' S GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY & NUTRITION For esample, sulfur is in three amino acids:... release of insulin, and spermatogenesis; and is a precursor to the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) 18 DR JENSENS GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY 8 NUTRITION Aspartate (N) Aspartate can be converted to asparagine, enhances immunoglobulin production, protects the liver, assists in DNA and RNA metabolism, and increases stamina Asparagine (N) Asparagine detosifies harmful chemicals, increases... food to excess,tissuesreactbyswelling with water (edema) Edema may result from deficiencies of protein, thiamine, and/or vitamin B, It also can be caused by kidney problems, congestive heart failure, pregnancy, standing too long, muscle injury, oral 8 DR JENSEN' S GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY h NUTRITION contraceptives, allergies, premenstrual tension, among other or causes .To diagnose the cause, your doctor... calcium, sodium, and magnesium to cleanse the bowel and help neutralize bowel acids.Colon irrigations without nutritional support may weaken the bowel in the course of time and may even cause injury It is good to begin with high-sodium, high-fiber foods, which are found mostly in our fi-uits and vegetables, to feed the bowel wall 6 DR JENSEN S GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY a NUTRITION Besides drinking plenty... to catch 1 2 DR JENSENS GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY S: NUTRITION up on long-term deficiencies in certain organs or tissues Each tissue type is made up of millions of tiny cells that act like nlicroscopicfactories,taking in rawmaterialsthatareused partly for food, partly for energy production, and partly to manufacture substances needed by other cells If we had a powerful enough microscope to see a single... unwanted symptoms For example, when there is excessive water in the system, we may require a low-salt diet to correct it But we must carehlly limit the length o f time such diets are used or the body willshift into a different but equallyundesirable and imbalanced condition It is best to work with a nutritionist or doctor who knowsfoods in order to takecare of chemical deficiency symptoms WHEN LOW-SALT,... from the body, and many chemical processes will be disrupted But an excess of water in the body causes pressure on and enlargement of all organs IMBALANCED DIETS HAVE UNDESIRABLE SIDE EFFECTS Inlbalanced diets, lackingin certain nutrients, often have consequences that are evident through symptoms and diseases that develop in the body We may temporarily need to resort to a special diet to restore balance . Data Jensen, Bernard, 1908- [Guide to body chemistry eC nutrition] Dr. Jensen& apos;s guide to body chemistry & nutrition / Bernard Jensen. . alt="" This Page Intentionally Left Blank DK Jensen 'S GUIDE TO BODY CHEMISTRY &L NUTRITION Bernard Jensen, D. C., Ph. D. Clirlical Nzdtritiolzist