Ask, yet expect.
Surrender, yet prepare.
And miracles will abound, Natalie Craig.
You slay me,
The Universe
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A good reminder Tut’s from the Universe
27 AprSometimes, understanding their fears, Natalie, helps you to understand their actions and their pain.
Plus, understanding their fears sometimes helps you to understand your own.
Te amo,
The Universe
The Universe
Resonates: Tut from the Universe
5 Oct“It isn’t easy at first, Natalie, but one of the greatest gifts you could ever give someone who makes your heart soar is the freedom to learn their own lessons, at their own pace.
Even trickier is discovering that one of the greatest gifts you could ever give someone who gets on your nerves is the freedom to learn their own lessons, at their own pace.
And perhaps most challenging of all is understanding that one of the greatest gifts you could ever give yourself is the realization that your heart soaring and your nerves fraying have never been dependent upon other people and their lessons.
Tallyho,
The Universe”
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Polarities that I’m Trippin on
20 AprHow can we feel so alone, even though we are one?
How can we be grown ups when we are are still just kids?
What does it mean to be a “good friend”?
16 AprPerhaps the hardest part about truly being a good friend is not remembering the birthdays or finding the perfect gift. Perhaps it is not finding the perfect way to express your version of friendship, but finding the perfect way to accept theirs.
It is truly accepting the other person; accepting them for who they are and where they are at. And when they don’t meet your “expectations” it’s forgiving them and loving them anyways.
We all need a lot of forgiveness, don’t we?
In search of truth, myself and freedom from illusions,
~ N
Gut and Child Development
28 JanNotes from Gut and Psychology Syndrome
by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
All babies are born with an immature immune system. If the establishment of a balanced gut does not take place around the first 20 days of life, then the baby is left immune-compromised.
Many children with ADD, ADHD, Autism, etc. have signs of an imbalanced gut, like gluteomorphons and casomorphins in urine, candida and other opportunistic bacteria in stools.
Many studies have been found that link ADD/ADHD, etc to the MMR vaccine (measles). Many children are exposed to antibiotics through the breast milk of the mother which can cause repeated ear infections, chest infections, impetigo and mastis in the breastfeeding mother.
The main reason for infantile colic is a dairy allergy fed to the infant through the mother’s consumption of dairy.
Top 10 Immunity Boosters & Inhibitors
27 JanNotes from Gut and Psychology Syndrome
by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
TOP 10 INFLUENCES WHICH BOOST IMMUNITY
- Fresh animal fats (from meats and dairy) and cholesterol-rich foods (particularly raw egg yolk)
- Cold-pressed oils: olive oil, fish oil, nut and seed oils
- Onion and garlic
- Freshly pressed vegetable and fruit juices
- Regular consumption of greens: parsely, dill, coriander, spring onion, garlic, etc.
- Probiotic supplementation and fermented foods.
- Contact with animals: horses, dogs, etc.
- Swimming in unpolluted, natural waters
- Physical activity in the fresh air
- Exposure to sunlight and sensible sunbathing
TOP 10 INFLUENCES WHICH DAMAGES IMMUNITY
- Sugar and everything containing it
- Processed carbohydrates
- Chemically altered and artificial fats
- Lack of high quality protein in the diet from meats and fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts and seeds
- Exposure to man-made chemicals
- Exposure to man-made radiation (computers, phones, etc)
- Drugs (antibiotics, etc.)
- Lack of fresh air and activity
- Lack of exposure to sunlight
- Lack of exposure to common microbes in the environment
Recommended Diet for People with an Imbalanced Gut
26 JanNotes from Gut and Psychology Syndrome
by Natasha Campbell-Mcbride
DAILY DIET
The book recommends 3 stages of diet for people with an imbalanced gut:
- The Introduction Diet
- The Full GAPS Diet
- Coming off the GAPS Diet
I will focus mainly on the Full GAPS diet because it is of most interest to me. There is much more in the book about the Introduction Diet, coming off the Full GAPS diet, etc. Dr. Natasha Campbell-Mcbride recommends staying on the Full GAPS diet for 2 years for GAPS patients. Throughout the diet, the book recommends that you take a sensitivity test to test foods that you think may be problematic (or that you are re-introducing into your diet). To perform the sensitivity test, take a drop of the substance and place on the inside of the wrist at bedtime. Let dry, and check in the morning for any irritation.
Start the day
Start the day with 1 cup of room temp/warm mineral or filtered water with a slice of lemon or apple cider vinegar or fresh pressed juice. Then have a probiotic.
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Eggs for breakfast should have uncooked yolks and cooked whites, and should be served with cooked and fresh veggies, meats and perhaps an avocado. Include plenty of cold-pressed olive oil and pre-soaked seeds. Avocado with meat/fish, lemon, cold pressed olive oil. Soups with homemade meat stocks and some sour cream. Drinking homemade meat stock is also an option as well as nut pancakes. With lunch, include some probiotic foods.
Right Before, Right After or Between Meals
Meat stocks are great to drink with and between meals, and so can ginger, mint or camomile tea. Sauerkraut, or is juice is great 10-15m before a meal, and some kefir, yoghurt or sour cream is great before dinner or right before bed. Fruit should only be be eaten between meals. Before bed, homemade yoghurt, kefir or sour cream is good.
Getting better and symptoms
When you introduce a probiotic to the system, it kills pathogens, which releases toxins. This may make symptoms get worse, including becoming more tired and developing a skin rash. Take them after food, to protect them from stomach acids.
To stimulate the body to produce its own stomach acids, one should have a few spoonfuls of cabbage juice or salad or sauerkraut.
An Imbalanced Gut: What, Why, How & How to Cure
25 JanNotes from Gut and Psychology Syndrome
by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
BACTERIA & YOUR GUT
There is a natural balance amongst the 3 types of bacteria in the gut:
- Essential bacteria
- Opportunistic bacteria
- Transitional flora.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GUT IS IMBALANCED?
When the gut becomes imbalanced, opportunistic flora take over, and:
- produce toxic byproducts of their metabolism
- damage gut wall, making it leaky
- cause an overproduction if histamines
If beneficial bacterial are damaged and depleting, the walls of the gut are malnourished and compromised and become subject to candida and other opportunistic bacteria.
The absence of good bacteria always coincides with bad bacteria getting out of control and the inability for the digestive system to function properly. Wheat (gluten) & milk (casein) are good examples. First, in the stomach, they get hit with digestive juices and get split into peptides. Then, peptides move to the small intestine and are hit with pancreatic juices and are broken down by enzymes (called peptidases) by the microvilli of enterocytes. This last stage is missing in people with abnormal gut flora because their enterocytes are distressed. A poor state of enterocytes means the system won’t work. Casomorphines & gluteomorphines slip through the enterocytes and get absorbed into the bloodstream and cause issues with brain function and immune system function. The poor state of enterocytes also means good minerals, vitamins, waters and gases do not get absorbed.
Most people with abnormal gut flora have various stages of anemia and become predisposed to atopic or allergic reactions, chronic inflammation autoimmunity, chronic viral infection, chronic fatigue, candidiasis, asthma, eczema, ADD, autism, etc.
Abnormal Villi
WHAT CAUSES AN IMBALANCED GUT?
- Antibiotics: They eliminate good bacteria (hence being crucial times for probiotics). Most antibiotics require 2-4 weeks for the beneficial gut flora to recover.
- Antifungal Antibiotics
- The pill
- Painkillers
- Steroids
- Diet (fiber, sugar and carbohydrates)
- Fasting
- Stress
HOW IS AN IMBALANCED GUT RELATED TO THE BRAIN
- Candida highjacks dietary sugars and beaks them down through a process of alcoholic fermentation producing the byproducts of alcohol (ethanol) and acetaldehyde. An overgrowth of yeast causes symptoms of alcohol consumption, and in the case of pregnancy, can effect the child’s development. Alcohol and acetaldehyde also bind to proteins and block absorption of essential nutrients like Vitamin B6 an thyroid hormones.
- Gluten & Milk produce gluteomorphins and casomorphins which are similar in their structure to opiates, such as morphine and heroin. When not processed correctly by the digestive system, they can leak into the bloodstream.
TREATING AN IMBALANCED GUT WITH DIET
WHAT TO EAT AND HOW
People with an imbalanced gut should avoid:
- All processed foods
- All grains and anything made out of them (including quinoa and millet)
- All strachy vegetables and anything made out of them (including yams)
- Sugar and anything that contains it
- Starchy beans and peas
- Lactose and anything that contains it (real allergy to milk is one of the most common allergies in existence, because dairy products have a wide variety of anitgens and is a main reason for infantile colic).
- For gut-imbalanced patients, home-fermented dairy products are recommended (yoghurt, sour cream & kefir).
- Introduce dairy slowly and start with Ghee (homemade), then butter, then fermented dairy. (Ghee has no lactose and most imbalanced gut patients can handle it).
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