Page 12 - Autoimmune diseases

additives to food, any bacteria that may have

survived, or parts of food like lectins that disrupt

the functioning of the body), you can create health

problems in the body. What helps your body to

absorb that which you do want from food from that

which you do not want is the structure of the walls

of the small intestine.

The area of the small intestine where you

absorb nutrients has a sort of filter that is only one

cell thick. On one side of this filter is the space

where all of your food is passing through the small

intestine. On the other side of this filter is where

you have blood and lymph vessels where the

incoming food particles will be transported to other

parts of the body.

The filter has a very intelligent design. It only

allows very small nutrients through such as fats,

small proteins, amino acids, and sugars. Large

proteins, any bacteria that may have survived, etc

are too big to fit through this filter. This protects

the body from absorbing things that may damage it.

The filter, however, can become damaged. As

previously stated, the filter in the wall of the small

intestine is only one cell thick. There are many