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Digestive disorders, encompassing everything from, indigestion to IBS,
acid reflux to colon cancer, result in more time lost at work, school, and play, than any other health problem.  

If you are occasionally slowed down by an upset stomach, indigestion, heartburn,  constipation or even an ulcer, you certainly are not alone!

Over 95 million Americans experience some kind of digestive problem.

Over 10 million people are hospitalized each year for care of gastrointestinal problems

Approximately 200,000 deaths annually are caused by digestive diseases,.

	Tums, Rolaids, Nexium (the purple pill) are not the answer! Treat the cause not just the symptoms.
	At Natural Health Technologies we can provide you with a complete Function Health Evaluation of your entire digestive system. This clinical evaluations helps to identify which organs of your digestive system are the most stressed and or weakened. Also our evaluation helps to identify the cause of your digestive disorder. “We identify and treat the cause not just the symptoms.”

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Every day people visit the drugstore searching for a remedy that will eliminate their heartburn once and for all, alleviate their constipation or diarrhea, or relieve their bloating and gas. What they do not realize is that drugs will not ultimately solve their problems. A much more effective strategy is to treat the source the cause of the digestive distress…

Digestive disorders lies at the root of most health problems. The human suffering and the social, medical, and economic costs of gastro-intestinal diseases and disorders, that have become so common here and in the United States, are nothing short of enormous – representing a huge share of our annual health care expenditure, as well as a large loss in productivity.

• Digestive diseases can be life-threatening; colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States.

• More Americans can be hospitalized for digestive diseases than for any other type of illness.

• Diarrhea is the third leading cause of death by disease worldwide, claiming the lives of the most vulnerable: children and the elderly.

Health statistics also show that more Americans are hospitalized due to diseases of the digestive tract than for any other group of disorders. The direct medical costs of these diseases is estimate to be $20 Billion or more per year.

Digestive diseases rank second among all causes of disability due to illness in the United States. They result in an estimated 200,000 absences from work each day!

The annual sales of prescription and over-the-counter drug products used for digestive diseases is approximately $2 - 2.5 billion per year, and has been growing at a steady 10% rate over the last decade. The following breakdown, a "barometer" of sorts, adequately demonstrates the fact that these problems are a significant public health problem, contributing substantially to overall health care costs.

•  Laxatives - $850 - 900 million

•  Antihermorrhoidals - $250 million

•  Antidiarrheals - $100 million

•  Antacids - $1 billion

While many digestive problems are more common as people get older, they can occur at any age, even in children. All Americans are susceptible to digestive problems, regardless of gender, ethnic or socioeconomic backgrounds.

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The numerous disorders known collectively as digestive diseases include serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses, such as cirrhosis of the liver, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis, cancer, ulcers, and gallstones and well as more frequent, but less serious illnesses such as acute gastroenteritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

These acute and chronic disorders have the common element of affecting the digestive tract, which includes the, stomach, esophagus, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, small and large intestines.

Chronic digestive problems, including incomplete digestion of food, poor absorption of nutrients, or a sluggish bowel resulting in the poor elimination of waste matter, will lead to the deterioration of health.

Excess gas and bloating can be caused by foods trapped inside the gut and can cause irritable bowel syndrome or other inflammatory bowel conditions.

Low levels of hydrochloric acid or other digestive enzymes result in partially digested food particles ending up in the bloodstream consequently triggering food allergies. These and other conditions precipitated by improper digestion will lead to a toxic colon and chronic illness. 

One of the most neglected aspects of digestion is the elimination of waste matter. Proper intestinal elimination is critical to our health. A sluggish bowel (constipation) causes retention of toxic byproducts of normal digestion and harmful bacteria present in the bowel, as well as toxic chemicals from the air, water, and food.

Toxins lingering in the intestines eventually end up back in the bloodstream and can trigger illness. Research scientists have linked several conditions to a toxic bowel such as acne, chronic fatigue, inflammatory bowel disorders, psoriasis and behavioral disorders.

A sluggish, toxic bowel is a common problem overlooked by most physicians.  However, recently research scientists have begun to uncover the mechanisms by which “death begins in the colon.”

 Mounting evidence supported by the efforts of these leading-edge scientists point to a toxic bowel as one of the causes of a wide variety of illnesses. Their conclusion is that a toxic bowel and the illness that follows is a result of the standard American diet (S.A.D.).

The AMA Approves

Not too long ago the American Medical Association (AMA) approved the use of nutritional supplementation. 

In 1997 the following appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “The era of nutrient supplements to promote health and reduce illness is here to stay…There is overwhelming evidence of immunological enhancement following such an intervention.”

For those persons who have been supplementing for the last 40 years while ignoring their doctor’s negative appraisal of supplements, it’s not news. 

We've all had occurrences of digestive disorders at one time or another. However, chronic digestive disturbances can create deficiencies and more serious problems down the line. In order to maintain health at all levels, our ability to digest and absorb our nutrients is essential.

The liver, gall bladder, stomach, spleen, large and small intestines, kidney and bladder are all organs of the body that plays a role in our digestive processes. If any of these organs are not functioning properly, digestive disturbances can occur. In order to maintain these organs in a healthy state, a complete functional health evaluation of the entire digestive systems is needed.  

Digestive diseases and their associated long-term complications have catastrophic social and economic consequences.

 “Digestive diseases take a terrible toll on the health and well-being of Americans,” said Dr. Zerhouni MD Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)  “With more than 70 million people affected and 1.4 million disabled, now is the time to examine the state of digestive diseases research and to develop a plan to most effectively take advantage of advances in the field.”

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