Quiz 1

Question 1

Nature Cure

Answer 1

Founded by Priessnitz in Germany, between 1800-1850

Question 2

Hygienic Movement

Answer 2

Dr. Thacker Trall founded in the U.S. when sanatoriums were popular

Question 3

Eclectic Medicine

Answer 3

Founded in the U.S. in the 1840s by Thompson

Question 4

Dr. Kellog

Answer 4

Nature Cure- Europe- Founded Battle Creak Sanatorium which focused on bowel/colon health

Question 5

Osteopathy

Answer 5

Dr. Still

Question 6

Chiropractic

Answer 6

Dr. Palmer

Question 7

Dr. Lust

Answer 7

Was cured by Kneipp and brought Nature Cure to the US

Question 8

Flexnor Report

Answer 8

Written in 1910, it redefined “acceptable medical education” and closed a lot of naturpathic schools

Question 9

Digestion v. Absorption

Answer 9

Digestion breaks food into smaller pieces (mechanical is chewing food, chemical is saliva has enzymes that break down starches). Absorption is getting the smallest molecules of food across the intestinal wall and into the blood stream. This allows nutrients to get to different parts of the body.

Question 10

Parts of the digestive system

Answer 10

Mouth - with teeth, tongue, saliva
Esophagus - connects to stomach
Stomach - with hydrochloric acid
Small intestine - doudenum, jejeunum, ileum
Gall bladder, liver, pancreas
Large intestine - colon
Rectum
Anus

Question 11

Mouth

Answer 11

Healthy teeth and gums helps us chew well

Tongue helps us swallow food down

We make 3 pints of saliva daily, contains amalyase that breaks apart carbs.

Question 12

Esophagus

Answer 12

Heartburn or reflux happens when the bottom of the tube gets irritated, where it connects to the stomach.
Treatment for reflux is a little apple cider vinegar before each meal, increase HCl acid in stomach which closes sphincter at top of stomach.
Also can be helped by gently tugging stomach down, if person has hiatal hernia where top of stomach is pushed up and gets stuck above the diaphragm.

Question 13

Stomach

Answer 13

Muscular hollow bag filled with HCl acid that squishes your food into smaller peices using a contraction from top to bottom.

Lined with mucilagenous coating to protect the wall from the very caustic Hydrochloric acid.
Stress causes decreased coating → ulcers!

Secretes pepsin, an enzyme that breaks apart proteins.

Question 14

Small intestine

Answer 14

Neutralizes stomach acid with bicarb
Mixes in bile from gall bladder
Mixes in pancreatic enzymes to digest food
Starts absorbing small particles of foo

Question 15

3 parts of small intestine

Answer 15

Doudenum - top 12 inches, just under where it connects to stomach, absorbs minerals

Jejunum - 8 feet long, absorbs water soluble vitamins, carbs, proteins

Ileum - 12 feet long, absorbs fat soluble vitamins, cholesterol, bile salts

Question 16

Why do we poop?

Answer 16

The only thing we can’t digest is fiber (cellulose) = a type of starch in plants.

Undigestable, it draws water from blood stream into intestine, stretching the walls of intestine.
Muscular walls when stretched→ automatically contract and push food along tube→ pooping

Peristalsis = contraction of circular wall of intestine, natural cause of pooping.

Question 17

Ways to stimulate pooping

Answer 17

1. Eat plenty of fiber containing foods such as fruits, veggies, beans and whole grains = BEST WAY
2. Take Magnesium citrate - 250-500mg - this nutrient which helps muscle cramps, will cause osmotic diarrhea if taken above “bowel tolerance” (2nd best way)
3. Irritate the lining of the intestine so much that it forcibly evacuates everything in there, just to stop the irritation. Commonly with Senna or other irritating herbs in laxative products. (worst)

Question 18

Liver

Answer 18

Makes bile which emulsifies/breaks down fats so we can absorb them through intestinal wall

Bile is stored in gallbladder. When we taste fat, the gallbladder contracts and squirts bile into intestine.

Liver detoxes EVERYTHING we eat, drink, breath, take as medicine, food etc.

Question 19

pancreatic insufficiency

Answer 19

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition that occurs when the pancreas fails to provide the necessary amount of digestive enzymes. Due to a lack of these enzymes, people with EPI cannot properly digest the nutrients in food such as fats, proteins, and carbohydrates (maldigestion).

Question 20

Maldigestion

Answer 20

A condition that prevents absorption of nutrients through the small intestine.