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The occurrence of microorganisms such as bacteria in our gastrointestinal tract is sparse in our mouth and stomach, and almost non-existent in our small intestine. However bacteria is luxuriant in the lower bowel (colon) where they live in huge populations and most assist the health of the body....

Inside the colon live hundreds of species of commensal bacteria which create for our bodies K2 vitamin and some of the B-vitamins (biotin, vitamin B12, folic acid, and thiamine), that we cannot get from cooked foods—and indeed we cook most of our foods. These friendly bacteria also recycle...

In the early 90s I wrote a book which I named "Death begins in the Colon", because this part of the body is the first place most people experience degeneration and excessive aging. The gastrointestinal tract is our Achilles' heel, and it is the food we love to eat that leeds people to their...

Lectins are a very diverse class of sugar-binding protein chemicals that are found in all forms of life—animals, plants, and microorganisms, including humans. Both plants and animals evolved to use these chemicals. Plants evolved them for defense while animals evolved them for cell-to-cell ...

The gastrointestinal barrier wall is approximately 400 m2 in surface area. It is a highly selective semi-permeable barrier between the inside of your body and the tube of the gut connected to the outside world. The purpose of this gut wall is to filter nutrients through the wall while keeping...

Nutrient uptake through the enterocyte cells, along with that through the gap junctions is regulated by chemicals called proteases. More than 20 proteases are known to affect permeability for nutrition uptake. Proteases can be secreted by the body cells (e.g., pancreatic proteases) to assist...

We often here about the latest and greatest diet that is sweeping the world. These then get over taken by another diet and another and we get a repetition of the “Fad Diet”. Grain Free is not a fad diet....

The appropriate answer is that, all Deeks products are guaranteed free of the group of agglutinins that occur in grass seeds and don’t occur in vegetable seeds such as quinoa. A point to understand is that ALL plants possess lectins....

In plants, the main function of lectins is to protect the plant cells against invading fungi, virus and bacteria (microorganisms). Plants also use lectins to protect themselves against the insects and animals that attempt to eat them. Plant lectins can cause animal cells such as red-blood cells...

Plant lectins, found across the grains, are considered as anti-nutrients, because they block nutrient absorption and cause gut inflammation. Every person who eats grains experiences low to high grade immune system inflammation and subsequent disruption to the function of gut cells....