Although we tend to associate it with head colds and worse, mucus is, in fact, a normal secretion. It is a clear, slippery substance the body makes to protect the surfaces of membranes. One way it does that is by coating anything you ingest, even water. So it also engulfs any toxins you happen to take in, and in doing so it becomes thick, sticky, and cloudy (as we see when we suffer from colds) to "trap" the toxins and escort them out of the body.
Most foods Americans eat most often cause that thickened mucus. They either contain toxins or break down in a toxic way in the digestive tract (or both).
The worst offenders are dairy products, followed by animal protein, white flour, processed foods, chocolate, coffee, and alcoholic beverages. (Vegetables do not cause the formation of this sticky mucus, which is just one more reason to feature them prominently in your diet.) Over time, these foods can encrust the intestines with thick mucus and the fecal material and other debris it traps. This slime is bad enough on its own before you consider that it creates an environment that also promotes the growth of negative microforms.
Factors Which Increase Mucus
Large Meals
Our body's need for food is often much less than what we eat. Any foods eaten beyond our body's need is a burden. Some of this excess food will be converted into fat. Yet the body can create only so much fat per day. If you eat above digestive capacity, the excess must be eliminated. During elimination, the lymph glands are overloaded and mucoid forms in response to putrefaction.
Eating Without Hunger
When food is eaten before complete digestion of the previous meal, partially-digested food will be released into the colon thus causing mucus.
Gulping Food
Improper chewing overworks the digestive system. If the food particles are too big to be assimilated, they must be eliminated through the colon. On the way, these particles putrefy, thus causing mucus.
Improper Combinations
A typical meal contains starch, protein, sugars and fats, each requiring a completely different digestive secretion. Complex food mixtures create mucus because the food molecules cannot be dissolved efficiently.
Genstat™ may temporarily relieve symptoms associated with general toxicity, weakness and fatigue, increased mucus leading to cough or hoarseness, abdominal bloating, constipation alternating with diarrhea muscle stiffness, soreness and pain.
Note from Four Winds Nutrition
Did you know? The average American child will eat 1,500 peanut butter sandwiches by the time he or she graduates from high school!
Peanuts, even in their purest form (think: just cracked from its shell), are inherently one of the most mucus forming foods out there.