Mysterious pancreas so hard to study because of location[7]? (pokes head out of bunny hole and shakes head in disbelief)
Patrick Wayne Swayze would probably still be alive if he had not been drinking those sports drinks laced with sucrose and fructose[8]?
“…The English friar and philosopher William of Ockham (1287-1347) is credited with developing the fundamental problem solving principle known as lex parsimoniae or Occam’s Razor. This principle holds that the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions is most often right. The simplest explanation is usually the most correct. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” …” …More
Footnotes:
[1] The case for routine supplementation (animals): “…When heat destroys (“denatures”) the natural shape of enzymes, they become nonfunctional. In dogs and cats that eat heat-processed pet food, those enzymes are absent; the pancreas must provide all the enzymes needed to digest the food. In addition, commercial dry kibble is also much higher in carbohydrates than the carnivore’s natural prey diet. While cats’ and dogs’ pancreatic and intestinal tissues can and do produce amylases that are fully capable of digesting carbohydrates, the lack of salivary amylase reminds us that nature did not intend carbs to be their primary source of nutrition. …” …More
[2] Effects of Protein Intake on Renal Function and on the Development of Renal Disease
[3] Why am I still experiencing malabsorption or losing weight after I started on my enzymes? A few things could cause your enzymes to not work effectively. Your small intestine needs to have a certain pH level, meaning the environment cannot be too acidic. If your pancreas doesn’t make enough bicarbonate (a substance that lowers the acid level in your small intestine), your pH level may be too acidic, which prevents the enzymes from working properly. Another possibility is the dose you are taking may not be effective to digest the amount of fat you are consuming. It is best to take the right amount of enzymes rather than to be overly restrictive in limiting your dietary fat. Sometimes a patient may benefit from trying a different brand, as each enzyme has slightly different ratios of all three digestive enzymes (lipase, protease, and amylase). …” …More
[4] Pancreatitis Symptoms: 11 Natural Ways to Prevent & Manage
[5] 7 Strategies to Heal Pancreatitis Naturally
[6] “…Type 2 diabetes is caused by fat accumulating in the pancreas, researchers show. They add that losing less than one gram of that fat through weight loss reverses the diabetes. …”
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[7] “…Mouret suggested that the activation of trypsin might be actively involved in the development of acute pancreatitis. This hypothesis was in accordance with the work of Hans Chiari who in 1896 proposed that autodigestion as the consequence of premature zymogen activation was the pathological mechanism underlying acute pancreatitis …” …More
[8] Pancreatic cancers use fructose, common in Western diet, to fuel growth, study finds:** “…Heaney found that the pancreatic cancer cells could easily distinguish between glucose and fructose, which are very similar structurally, and contrary to conventional wisdom, the cancer cells metabolized the sugars in very different ways. In the case of fructose, the pancreatic cancer cells used the sugar in the transketolase-driven non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to generate nucleic acids, the building blocks of RNA and DNA, which the cancer cells need to divide and proliferate. …” …More
