Creating "Energy Pods" to Nourish Your Body

WHAT IS AN ENERGY POD?

An energy pod is a small, a very small, packet of energy and activity that is created in your colon by good colon bacteria. These are good and you want to get as many of these as possible. They simply make lots of good things happen. The technical name for these Energy Pods is short chain fatty acids. This phrase has meaning to scientists but for the rest of us, an Energy Pod describes it beautifully.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

An Energy Pod can not be bought at the store. You can not get them in a bottle nor make them easily in a laboratory. Rather, they come from certain normal, healthy bacteria that reside in the large bowel or colon.

AREN'T ALL BACTERIA BAD?

No,no, a thousand times no! Most bacteria are our friends and this is particularly the case in the colon, where there are teaming trillions of good bacteria just waiting to help us. There are some bad bacteria within the colon, but when the good ones predominate, they force the unwanted ones out.

SO, HOW ARE ENERGY PODS MADE?

It is really pretty simple. The healthy bacteria in the gut rely on food fibers for their own nourishment and fuel. Fiber from plant food such as inulin and oligofructose is not used by the human body, so it arrives in the colon unchanged. There the fibers enter one end of the bacteria. It is then metabolized and an Energy Pod comes out the other end!

OK, SO WHAT DO ENERGY PODS DO?

1. They create a healthier mix of bacteria in the colon. More good ones, fewer bad ones.
2. They acidify the colon which is a good thing. One small consequence of this is that noxious flatus smell disappears.
3. They are the nutrients that the colon's own cells need to stay healthy. Yes, the bacteria within the colon actually nourish the colon cells themselves. Is this not neat?
4. They tighten up the junctions between the colon cells and help prevent a "leaky gut"
5. They help to eliminate certain carcinogens or cancer causing substances in the colon
6. They get into the blood stream and are actually used as energy by the body itself.
7. There are some others, but you get the picture. It is a pretty impressive list and there is science behind them.

CAN YOU FEEL THEM WORKING?

Well, yes and no. Like most chemical processes within the body, you can't feel an individual energy pod occuring, but when million upon millions of Energy Pods are flooding through your colon and body, it can have a positive impact on how you feel.

HOW DO I GET MY BODY TO MAKE LOTS OF ENERGY PODS?

The soluble fibers that drive this energy factory in the colon reside in the fruits and, especially, the vegetables that most of us just do not get enough of. They are particularly high in:

• dandelion greens
• chicory
• jicama
• agave
• asparagus
• yams
• jerusalem artichokes

In fact, these fibers are found in small amounts throughout the plant world in 36,000 species of plants. We just have to eat enough of them. But since many of these truly prebiotic-rich plants are not part of our typical western diet (even a relatively 'healthy' diet), we created Prebiotin. Prebiotin is a mixture of oligofructose and inulin, the very fibers that are in these above plants.

So, protect your colon by eating well. This, in turn, will create mountains of Energy Pods to keep your colon and your general health at their peak.