Did you know that Americans spend nearly a billion dollars each year on laxative products? In this webinar, Steven Horne shares tips on how to obtain optimal digestion and the resulting health benefits. You’ll also learn how NSP’s top-selling digestion products can support you on your journey to wellness.

2. From Start to Finish‒
Digest, Refresh, Remove
Steven Horne

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Recordings available 6/13

4. Transformational Habit of Health
A natural, holistic pathway to lasting health and
wellness.

5. Steven Horne
President and CEO of
Tree of Light Publishing
Past President of
American Herbalist Guild
Current Professional
Member of the Guild

6. We Know Nutrition Is Important, But…
To get the benefit of the
food we eat we also need to:
Be able to digest it properly
Absorb and utilize the
nutrients
Eliminate waste products
efficiently

7. Digestive System Functions
Manufacture
Enzymes, HCl, intrinsic factor, mucus
Vitamin K and some B-complex in
large intestine
Absorption of nutrients
Small intestine into blood via
capillaries

8. Digestive System Functions
Reabsorption and Elimination
Reabsorbs water for reuse
Eliminates bile
Forms feces
Produces defecation

9. The Process of Digestion Simplified
Chewing physically breaks apart food and starts
the digestion of starches and fats.
Adequate hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach
is required for pepsin to break down proteins.

10. The Process of Digestion Simplified
After food leaves the stomach, bile salts
emulsify fats and increase pH (alkalize), while
pancreatic and intestinal enzymes complete
digestion in the small intestines.
Disaccharides are broken down into simple
sugars by enzymes from the small intestines.

11. Digestive Process
Nutrient Fats Proteins Carbohydrates Minerals
Digestive
Secretions
Bile salts,
pancreatic and
intestinal lipases
Hydrochloric acid,
pepsin,
pancreatic and
intestinal
proteases
Saliva, pancreatic
and intestinal
amylases
Hydrochloric acid
Organs Involved Pancreas, gall-
bladder, small
intestines
Stomach,
pancreas, small
intestines
Mouth, pancreas,
small intestines
Stomach, gall
bladder, small
intestines
End Products Fatty acids,
glycerol
Amino acids Simple sugars Must be chelated
to fatty acids or
amino acids for
absorption

12. Digestive Enzyme Facts
Human and animal research has demonstrated
that digestive enzyme levels produced by the
pancreas reduce with age.
Likewise, studies have shown that the ability to
secrete hydrochloric acid decreases with age.
More than half of people over 60 have low
stomach acid.

13. Digestive Enzyme Facts
Bile production may similarly decline.
Lack of pancreatic enzymes and hydrochloric
acid may be also be associated with many health
problems.
Dr. Weston Price discovered that the more
cooked foods a people consumed, the more
cultured foods they ate.

14. Acid Indigestion
Overacid
(hyperchlorhydria)
Underacid
(hypochlorhydria)
Tends to occur only in people
under 35
More common in people over 45
Tends to involve acute burning,
sharp pain with a red tongue
Duller pain about an hour after
eating, tongue pink or pale
Usually brought on by stress or
irritating substances
Caused by fermentation due to
poor digestion
Use cooling herbs or nervines Use bitter and pungent herbs
and/or supplement acid

15. Stomach Comfort
Calcium carbonate
Alginic acid
Papaya fruit
Guar gum
Slippery elm bark
Ginger rhizome
Licorice root concentrate

16. Stomach Comfort
Lowers stomach pH
Stimulates digestive enzyme secretion
Absorbs irritating substances
Soothes mucus membranes
Helps neutralize acid
Sooths occasional acid
indigestion, heartburn or gas

17. The Importance of Bacterial Balance
The colon is home to a large number of friendly
bacteria (probiotics).
The small intestines, however, should have low
concentrations.

18. The Importance of Bacterial Balance
Too many bacteria can interfere with sugar-
digesting enzymes and ferment the sugars for
food causing excessive gas, bloating and
belching.
A healthy balance is the key.

19. Causes of Imbalance
Insufficient HCl
Lack of peristalsis
(migrating motor complexes)

20. Insufficient HCl
HCl is part of our immune
system.
It helps to disinfect the food we
eat and inhibits the growth of
microbes in the small intestines.

21. Food Enzymes
Mycozyme (alpha-amylase)
Bentain HCl
Bile salt
Bromelain
Lipase
Pancreatin
Papain
Pepsin

22. Food Enzymes
Aids with digestion of
proteins, carbohydrates and fats
Very helpful for most people
over 45 with digestive issues
Younger people may do better
with Proactazyme.

23. Proactazyme®
Protease
Amylase
Glucoamylase
Lipase
Cellulase
Hemicellulase
Invertase
Malt Diastase
Alpha-galactosidase
Peptidase

24. Proactazyme
Plant-based enzymes for
digesting fats, proteins and
carbohydrates
Also helps to digest fibers that
feed intestinal bacteria that
produce gas

25. Lack of Peristalsis
In between meals, after food has been
digested, peristaltic waves known as migrating
motor complexes, sweep microbes out of the small
intestines.
We experience this as “stomach” rumblings or
hunger pains.
Motilin is a hormone that causes these movements.

26. Anthraquinone Glycosides
Yellow-brown dyes found in herbs
Acted on by intestinal bacteria, they increase
peristalsis and inhibit water and electrolyte
absorption in the intestines.
They do not directly irritate mucus membranes.

27. Major Herbs with Anthraquinones
Cascara sagrada
Buckthorn
Turkey rhubarb
Aloes (green part, not the gel)
Senna
Yellow Dock (small amount)
Illustration of Cascara from Wikipedia

28. LBS II®
Cascara sagrada
Buckthorn
Licorice
Capsicum
Ginger
Oregon grape
Turkey rhubarb
Couch grass
Red clover

29. LBS II
Stan Malstrom’s lower
bowel formula
Contains carminatives
(capsicum and ginger) and
alteratives (Oregon grape
and red clover)

30. Ileocecal Valve Problems
The ileocecal valve is the valve
between the small and large
intestines.
It prevents “back wash” of
bacteria and waste material into
the small intestines.

31. Ileocecal Valve Problems
If this valve doesn’t close
properly, material from the colon
will migrate into the small
intestines.

32. Gastro Health
Deglycyrrhizinated licorice
root extract
Pau d’arco bark extract
Clove flower extract
Indian elecampane root
extract
Capsicum fruit

33. Gastro Health
Helps regulate intestinal
microflora
Soothes digestive
membranes

34. The Green “Blood” of Plants
The green color we associate
with plants is due to the
presence of chlorophyll.

35. The Green “Blood” of Plants
Chlorophyll allows plants to
capture light energy from the
sun and produce
carbohydrates, the basic
energy source for both plants
and people.

36. Natural Chlorophyll
Natural chlorophyll is built around a molecule of
magnesium, surrounded by three nitrogen
atoms.

37. Natural Chlorophyll
Natural chlorophyll (in green plants) is a good
source of magnesium and has a mild laxative
action.
It captures photons (light) and uses this energy
to combine carbon dioxide and water to make
carbohydrates.

38. Chlorophyll and Hemoglobin
Chlorophyll Heme

39. Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin
Water soluble
chlorophyll-based
compound
Magnesium has been
replaced with copper and
sodium has been added
to the molecule.

40. Research on Chlorophyllin
Little research has been done on chlorophyllin
as a supplement.
Research that has been done suggests that it:
Can bind to certain toxins in the intestines
inhibiting absorption (specifically polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons found in tobacco
smoke, heterocyclic amines found in cooked
meat, aflatoxin-B1)

41. Research on Chlorophyllin (cont.)
Research that has been done suggests that it:
Has a deodorizing effect to reduce stool and
body odor.
Source: Linus Pauling
Institute, http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/chlorophylls

42. Experiences with Liquid Chlorophyll ES
Oxygenation
Energy pick-me-up
Pet deodorizer
Mild carminative
Copper supplement