It's a statement neurologist Natasha Campbell-McBride applies specifically to brain health, a concept dubbed GAPS (gut and psychology syndrome).
Campbell-McBride has detailed protocol for GAPS in her new book, Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Depression and Schizophrenia, and gives lectures on the connection between gut and brain heath worldwide.
"I have lost count of loving parents who call their child a zombie because of anti-epileptic medication," she announced at the 21st International New Scientific Outlook World Congress in Cambridge, England in April 2016.The neurologist then issued a grave warning:
"My dream is that one day our doctors will be putting them on the GAPS diet, instead of on medication," she continued. "These children, first and foremost, and in a large percentage of them, the seizures will never happen again."
These depressed children, as teens, will likely turn to substance abuse in a downward spiral of drug addiction.The GAPS nutritional protocol
"I believe that we human beings are born to be happy," she said. "How do we reach the state of complete happiness? By our brain receiving a fountain of serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, endorphins and other neurotransmitters. The brain uses these chemicals for various functions. The more we study them, the more we realize they are actually produced in the digestive system."
"restricts all grains, commercial dairy, starchy vegetables and all processed/refined carbohydrates while focusing on easily digestible and nutrient dense foods," according to the website.Campbell-McBride also touts the GAPS diet as the cure for colitis, Crohn's disease, and celiac disease, based on patients she says "fully recovered" after applying the regimen.
"Almost 100 percent of serotonin is produced in the gut," Campbell-McBride told the World Congress audience. "About 75 percent of dopamine is produced in the gut. And then these substances are transported to the brain to be used."
"Our mainstream medicine is in the business of controlling symptoms," she concluded. "Not in the business of curing anything."
deal with life by managing your chemistry only.
Too many vegans using microwaves to heat their stuff, or maybe not many enough?
tired of dieters and food blah blah,
got to heal the soil, the plants will follow