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Gut The Inside story of our Body's most underrated Organ

Quotes From the Book

Knowledge is Power

Gut Feeling

  • We underestimate out gut. Not just that, we are ashamed of it -- more "guilt feeling" than "gut feeling".
The Gateway to the GUT?
  • Our Saliva contains one painkiller that is stronger than morphine, called opiorphin.
    • Even chewing gum provides us with a dosage of our oral anodyne
  • Removing tonsils of a child younger than seven can lead to an increased risk of obesity.
    • Our tonsils are an important training camp for our immune cells. microbes, bacteria and viruses get stuck on the tonsils which is the first point of contact with body's immunity system.
  • The mouth is simply the gateway to a world where the external becomes internalized.
Structure of the Gut
  • The Lanky Esophagus
    • Ever wondered why our esophagus doesn't go straight to the stomach, why it takes a detour, circles around and takes a long way to stomach?
    • The answer is pretty ingenious,
      • when we walk we tense our abdominal muscles, doubling the pressure in the abdomen.
      • when we cough, laugh or sneeze, the pressure increases several times over.
    • If we didn't have the esophagus taking the detour and going round, we would end up vomiting every time we laughed
    • If you need to burp while lying down, you can make the process easier by lying on your left side.
  • The Lopsided Stomach Pouch
    • stomach sits higher in our abdomen than we think. It begins just below the left nipple and ends below the bottom of the rib-cage on the right.
    • Alcohol can multiply the number of gas-producing bacteria by a factor of up to a thousand.
  • The Meandering Small Intestine