Know Your Physiology for Excellent Health

By Tarit Baran Dutta

 "Know Your Physiology for Excellent Health" is a comprehensive guidebook tailored for those seeking to optimize their well-being. Through meticulous explorations of the h

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
• Release date: May 17, 2024
• ISBN: 9789362613455

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BILE

Bile is a fluid that is made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

Bile contains: Mostly cholesterol.

Bile is a physiological aqueous solution produced and secreted by the liver. It consists mainly of bile salts, phospholipids, cholesterol, conjugated bilirubin, electrolytes, and water.

Bile, also called gall, greenish yellow secretion that is produced in the liver and passed to the gallbladder for concentration, storage, or transport into the first region of the small intestine, the duodenum.

Its function is to aid in the digestion of fats in the duodenum

Bile travels through the liver in a series of ducts, eventually exiting through the common hepatic duct.

Bile flows through this duct into the gallbladder, where it is concentrated and stored.

About 800 to 1,000 ml of bile (before concentration) are produced daily by the liver.

Bile is a substance your liver makes while filtering your blood. Your liver sorts waste products, such as toxins, dead blood cells and excess cholesterol into bile.

Bile acids come from synthesizing these products together.

The different acids in bile help to stabilize the lipids in the mix and keep them in a liquid form.

Your liver sends bile through your bile ducts to your small intestine to help with digestion.

Bile acids in your small intestine help break down fats for absorption.

Functions of Bile –

1. Bile juice emulsifies fats and breaks them down into small particles.

2. This is a detergent-like action of bile that helps the body to absorb the broken-down fat products in the gut.

3. In connection with this, bile salts bind with lipids to form micelles.

4. This is then absorbed through the intestinal mucosa.

5. Bile juice helps in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

6. Bile also serves as the route of excretion for bilirubin, a by-product formed during the destruction of red blood cells.

Its main function is to convert fats in food into fatty acids, which are absorbed in the gut. Below are the important functions of bile.

Bile acts as a good solvent. Due to this property, it serves as a good medium for the interaction of fats and fat-splitting enzymes.

Bile is essential for the absorption of fat, iron, calcium and vitamins. Bile salts help in the absorption of lipid-soluble Vitamins A, D, E and K and the provitamin (substance that may be converted within the body to a vitamin) and beta carotene.

Diseases of Improper function of Bile –

•Gallstones

•Cholecystitis

•Biliary dyskinesia

•Gangrene

•Gallbladder Cancer

Symptoms of bile duct disease –

•Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes)

•Abdominal pain, especially in the upper right side of the abdomen under the rib cage

•Nausea or vomiting

•Loss of appetite, which may result in weight loss

•Fatigue

•Fever or chills

•Itching

•Light brown urine

•Greasy or clay-coloured stools

How to increase Bile production –

The best-known means of naturally increasing your body's bile production is to eat more foods with lots of healthy fats. Some of the best fatty foods to eat include avocados, fatty fish like salmon, and various nuts. Some good nuts to eat for better bile production may include cashews and almonds in particular.

Following items are good to increase bile production –

•Bitter foods are great at stimulating bile production. You can choose from all dark green leafy vegetables, as well as beetroot, artichokes and pickles.

•Regular meal times and meals that contain fats will also ensure your bile production is stimulated.

•Herbs: Triphala (Amla, Bibhitaki & Haritaki), Shilajit, Guduchi (Giloy), Hibiscus

•Spices: Fenugreek seeds, Cinnamon stick, Turmeric, Ginger etc.

Some simple tips to naturally increase your liver’s bile production: -

•Drink a glass of water with lemon upon awakening

•Avoid eating sugars and processed foods

•Consume bitter foods

•Eat garlic, onions, and carrots

•Drink tea made from dandelion, peppermint, green tea, or ginger

•Drink buttermilk and eat yogurt

Tips to keep your liver healthy to produce Bile –

•Don’t drink too much alcohol

•Don’t overindulge in fatty foods

•Be mindful of medications

•Don’t touch or breathe in toxins

•Don’t smoke and avoid second-hand smoke

•Consume high sulphur foods, such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts for further detoxifying effects.

•Foods with vitamin B5, including whole grains, chicken, wheat bran, and nuts.

•Foods high in vitamin B1 that can reduce toxic effects, such as wheat germ, peas, and soybeans.

What Is Bile Acid Malabsorption (BAM)?

Bile acid malabsorption (BAM) is a gastrointestinal disease. It's a common cause of chronic diarrhoea. When bile acids aren't properly absorbed in your intestines, they build up, upsetting the chemical balance inside.

Bile acid malabsorption (BAM) is a condition that occurs when your intestines can’t absorb bile acids properly. This results in extra bile acids in your intestines, which can cause watery diarrhoea.

Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. During bile reflux, digestive fluid backs up into the stomach and, in some cases, the oesophagus also.

Effects of removing Gall Bladder –

•Your liver will still make enough bile to digest your food, but instead of being stored in the gallbladder, it drips continuously into your digestive system.

•Without your gall bladder, your liver will release bile directly into the small intestine, and this allows your body to digest most foods normally.

•Difficulties in digesting food.

•Wound infection

•Pain that gets worse

•Bloods clot

•Bile leakage

•Hernia

•Diarrhoea and fever

•Heart Problem

•Damage to the bowel or blood vessel.

Gall bladder removal does not shorten your life expectancy.

In fact, it may even increase it as your post-surgery habits make it necessary for you to make healthier dietary choices.

Life after gall bladder removal –

•Limit your Fat intake.

•Take frequent but smaller food

•Reduce intake of Fibre

•Reduce intake of caffeine

Related Chakra and Element –

The bile comes under the digestive system of our body that means it is under Solar Plexus (Manipura) Chakra. The solar plexus comes under element Fire (Agni)

To improve the Biles function we have to take care of our Solar Plexus and element Fire.

Food to improve solar plexus –

Bananas, pineapple, corn, lemons, and yellow curry are all good choices. carbohydrates and whole grains such as oats, brown rice, spelt (wheat grown in Europe), beans, vegetables, and sprouted grains

Avoid –

Processed foods, sugar, and white flour. Instead, include whole grains and complex carbohydrate which burn slowly and keeps you energized for a longer period.

To improve Fir Element –

Red cabbage, turnip, radish, celery, spinach, red potato, red bell pepper, cauliflower, carrot, mustard greens, tomato, mushroom, beet root (and greens), celery, asparagus, lemon, sunflower seed, pear, pomegranate, red apple, wheat bran, raspberry, strawberry, cranberry, brown rice, amaranth, kidney bean, soybean, tofu, date, coconut, safflower, chili pepper, chicken, shrimp, fish, goat dairy, egg, olive oil, flaxseed oil, canola oil.

Avoid –

Rich and greasy foods, dairy product, deep fried and fatty foods, red meat, refined sugar, sweets, alcohol, caffeine, wheat, yeast, overly spicy foods, artificial sweetener.

Effects of three doshas –

Bile comes under the pitta dosha of three doshas. Pitta dosha means excess of fire element.

Bile nature is working wherever there is change. Bile works in all these places in Alimentary canal, liver (liver), skin, eyes or brain.

Common Symptoms of imbalance of Bile (Pitta) –

•More hunger and thirst

•Chest irritation, irritability in working acidity

•Irritation in eyes, hands and soles Anger, irritability, aggression, controversy

•Too hot feeling impatience and hurry

•Skin rash, pimples, pimples

•Vomiting bile

•Light sensitivity

•Pungent door

•Headache, nausea

•Diarrhea

•Bitter taste in mouth

•Wishing more heat and cold environment

•Effects of Bile Imbalance Effects of Pitta Imbalance

•Excessive acidity

•Swelling in the body

•Bleeding

•High blood pressure

•Jealousy

•Excessive bowel movements

•Skin rashes, pimples, pimples

Common problems of Bile nature –

This does not mean that you will have to face these problems, but when the pitta dosha increases or becomes angry, it can cause the following problems or diseases: -

•Hypersensitivity to the sun

•Swivel head

•Light headedness

•Headache with burning sensation

•Limited libido

•Inability to bear light

•Stomatitis, Ulcers in the mouth

•Wrinkles

•Warts

•Quick hair

•Hair fall

•Hair loss

•Baldness

•Sweating profusely

•Sweat Odor

•Excessive menstrual flow or excess menstruation

•Premature menstruation

•Smelly bleeding with menstruation

•Diarrhea

•Quick temper

•Excessive food intake

•Heartburn

•Extreme acidity

•Oily skin

•Acne

•Bleeding gums

•Bleeding disorders

•Excessive thirst

BLOOD

Blood is essential to life. Blood circulates through our body and delivers essential substances like oxygen and nutrients to the body’s cells.

It also transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. There is no substitute for blood.

It cannot be made or manufactured.

Generous blood donors are the only source of blood for patients in need of a blood transfusion.

Blood brings oxygen and nutrients to all the parts of the body so they can keep working.

Blood carries carbon dioxide and other waste materials to the lungs, kidneys, and digestive system to be removed from the body.

Blood also fights infections, and carries hormones around the body.

Blood is a vitally important fluid for the body. It is thicker than water, and feels a bit sticky. The temperature of blood in the body is 38°C (100.4°F), which is about one degree higher than body temperature. How much blood you have depends mostly on your size and weight. A man who weighs about 70 kg (about 154 pounds) has about 5 to 6 liters of blood in his body. Blood has three important functions-

•Transportation

•Regulation

•Protection

Transportation –

The blood transports oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body, where it is needed for metabolism.

The carbon dioxide produced during metabolism is carried back to the lungs by the blood, where it is then exhaled (breathed out).

Blood also provides the cells with nutrients, transports hormones and removes waste products, from organs such as the liver, the kidneys and the intestine.

Regulation –

The blood helps to keep certain things in the body in balance

For instance, it makes sure that the right body temperature is maintained.

This is done both