Mineral deficiencies have become rampant in the modern world. Over the last 3000 years or so, many of the minerals have washed down into the sea. Lots of people are deficient in both iodine and zinc. Iodine is needed to make thyroid hormone and zinc is needed in order to taste properly, make stomach acid, smell, have a properly functioning hormonal system and hundreds of physiological functions.
When thinking about digestion, most people think about the balance between good bacteria in the gut and bad bacteria. This is important. It is true, if there is too much of a certain bacteria and too little of certain other bacteria then this is called Dysbiosis. Dysbiosis is an unhealthy environment (chemistry) of the gut. One of the main things that causes dysbiosis is an over burdened and over taxed liver and gallbladder. Poisons and toxins accumulate in the liver and gallbladder and when they do they lead to poor digestion. It is very difficult to digest protein if you are deficient in zinc because you are under a great deal of stress and unable to metabolize stomach acid because you are missing the zinc necessary to do so.
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