From Gut-Brain Secrets. How the microbiome gets established Medical science used to think babies were born with a sterile digestive tract. But we now know that baby’s GI tract gets lightly populated with limited microbiota species in-utero as a primer. The real colonists arrive shortly thereafter through the birthing process and the feeding of colostrum and breastmilk. As baby travels through the...
From Gut-Brain Secrets. GAPS: Coined by gut-brain health pioneer Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, Gut and Psychology Syndrome conditions are gut imbalances, such as leaky gut and gut dysbiosis, that cause impaired brain function, such as ADD, autism, anxiety and depression. Facial bones can display signs of nutrient deficiencies in ADD/GAPS One of the first places in the body to show visible signs...
From Gut-Brain Secrets. Important: This section written between 2014 and 2018. History of modern vaccination Before the modern era of vaccination, ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Arabs and Danish were believed to have used various methods of inoculating people to give them immunity against disease. More recently, Polish, Scottish and English healers are said to have done the same. One such technique...
From Gut-Brain Secrets. Four factors of toxin injury rate of intake/exposure rate of excretion total volume of accumulated toxins (aka “total body burden”) your body’s reaction to toxins. Think of exposure (1) as filling your “toxin bucket.” Total body burden (3) is how full that bucket is currently. And detoxification capacity (2) is the rate at which you’re draining it. If your detox system is...
From Gut-Brain Secrets (chapter about parasites and autism). Chlorine dioxide has been used for over 100 years disinfecting water outside the body. So why not in you? Chlorine dioxide (ClO₂) has been approved by public health agencies around the world as a commercial disinfectant in water treatment facilities, food processing, and mold treatment. And it has much lower toxicity and side effect...
From Gut-Brain Secrets. The adrenals are designed to help you get through two types of situations that make the body and mind work harder: routine daily tasks require a higher systemic stress level. And your adrenals summon extra energy and alertness from your backup supply in order to cope with emergency situations. Normal, daily stresses: Your adrenals help regulate normal, everyday activities...