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to mix this unnecessary, heavy breakfast with the
digestive juices for the slow process of digestion and
assimilation. Then the separation process takes place as
the proteins are broken down by special juices in the
stomach and the fats, starches and sugars are pushed
into the small intestine for later digestion.
All foods need a large amount of special juices and
enzymes to break them down so that they can be sent
into the bloodstream. This all takes many hours and
some people have even slower digestions, often due to
a lack of sufficient body enzymes. This is all the more
reason it’s wise to take a multi-enzyme with each meal.
Health stores have a wide variety to choose from. After
the food has been broken down into a fine liquid by the
digestive tract, it still hasn’t been absorbed by the body.
The liquefied food then must move past little tissues
known as “villi” that line the intestines. The suckers of
the tiny villi then draw nourishment into the blood.You Need Go-Power in the Morning!
Again, we must emphasize that this entire process takes
hours – so if anyone says that you get immediate strength
from eating a heavy breakfast, you know they are totally
ignorant of the facts of digestion! You may say, “Yes, that’s
very well but I’m hungry in the morning. I get up
hungry!” We will have to answer that you are all wrong- your stomach has been conditioned to load up with
food in the morning. What you mistake for hunger is
simply a reflex action enforced by a long-term habit of eating
a big, heavy breakfast! Once you discard breakfast and begin
to live on the “no heavy breakfast” plan, you will never
again put a heavy amount of food into your stomach in
the morning. A heavy breakfast makes you sluggish and
sleepy just when you need go-power to start your day!
Morning is the time to drink fresh fruit juices or the
Bragg Pep Drink (page 114 ) or eat fresh fruit. Remember
that organically grown is healthier! This is the ideal
nourishment for early morning because fruit requires
the smallest amount of digestion. The natural sugars of
fresh fruit provide you with more and better blood sugar