DIY Digestive Rituals
Learn how to support your own digestion with these do it yourself rituals.
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August 22, 2024
The Gastric Network – Stomach and Brain Work Together
The existence of the gastric network suggests a link between the automatic regulation of processes such as digestion, and spontaneous brain activity.
May 31, 2018
Microbiome – Diversity, Community and Health
With understanding and conscious interaction we can work with our microbes and enhance diversity both inside and outside our bodies. Diversity and community is the basis for health
March 5, 2018
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Superior to Antipsychotic Medications
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Article source: Psychology Today
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Superior to Anti-psychotic Medications
Two remarkable personal stories, as told by their Harvard psychiatrist.
This summer, I was fortunate to participate in the groundbreaking International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR) conference held in Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting was truly inspiring and exciting to those of us who believe that nutritional approaches are the way forward in the treatment of mental health disorders. While the majority of the presentations at this conference were focused on omega-3 fatty acids, microbiome research, micronutrients, and the Mediterranean diet, there were a few small breakout sessions exploring the potential benefits of ketogenic diets. Ketogenic diets are special low-carbohydrate diets that have been used to treat epilepsy for almost 100 years and show great promise in the management of a wide variety of other brain disorders.
November 28, 2017
The Role of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Visceral Pain
Changes to the microbial environment in the gut as a consequence of illness, stress or injury can lead to a broad spectrum of physiological and behavioral effects. Both CNS and the peripheral nervous system associated with pain manifestation and perception are altered as a consequence of microbial-gut-brain axis imbalance.
January 7, 2017
The Psychobiology of Chewing
We often forget how important chewing our food is! It makes a huge difference in your digestion if you take the time to slow down and enjoy chewing your food.
April 20, 2016
The Abdominal Brain – Enteric Nervous System
After a long hiatus the abdominal brain is back! Scientist in the last 30 years have begun to pick up on where Byron Robinson, Johannis Langley, and Edgar Cayce left off. Our Enteric Nervous System influences our brains and vise versa.
March 31, 2016
Leaky Gut, Leaky Brain – Tight Junction Dysfunction
Dr Zach Bush gives us a comprehensive understanding of how our tight junctions are breaking down and creating inflammation in part due to Monsanto's glyphosate.
March 29, 2016
Gut Microbiota Influences Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability
I’ve experienced the changes in my own blood brain barrier with the changes in my own microbiome first-hand but it is fun to see some studies backing me up.
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Gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability
A new study in mice, conducted by researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet together with colleagues in Singapore and the United States, shows that our natural gut-residing microbes can influence the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood. According to the authors, the findings provide experimental evidence that our indigenous microbes contribute to the mechanism that closes the blood-brain barrier before birth. The results also support previous observations that gut microbiota can impact brain development and function.
March 26, 2016
Scientists Bust Myths that our Bodies have More Bacteria than Human Cells
Scientists from Canada and Israel find that the supposed 10:1 ratio of microbes to human cells in our body is more like 1.3:1
March 25, 2016
