Gut and Psychology Syndrome

When the gut/digestive system is affecting your mental abilities and your immunity.

 

From the book " The Complete Cooking Techniques for the GAPS Diet.

by Monica Corrado, MA,CNC, CGP

Louis Pasteur is credited with developing"the germ theory of disease".

Yet many other researchers and scientists of the time, including Claude Bernard, focused their research on internal regulation and the importance of nutrition, among other things. These scientists expanded their focus beyond germs to consider the state of human bodies that contracted illness and disease.

 

Upon this deathbed, Louis Pasteur is said to have spoken these words:" The terrain is everything.  The microbe is nothing."

It seems that he discounted his own germ theory. Now, I personally would not say that "microbe is nothing". Yet I have always believed that the of the environment counts.  As many of you have heard me say, germs don't jump into bodies.

 

" The terrain is everything" means that healthy, well -nourished bodies are able to deal with pathogens.  But if you are malnourished from eating the standard American diet, which is full of processed foods and sugar, your immune system is at risk.  Because it is not as robust, it is unable to mount a strong defense against pathogens.  In fact, pathogens are probably ruling your internal roost right now.

 

Is your gut healthy and able to do its job? Do you have a robust community of beneficial and essential microbes in your gut that can keep pathogens in check?  What you eat and do not eat now is more important than ever before. But if you are reading this article, you have probably been eating nourishing, traditional, real foods for some time.  (And if you haven't, it is never too late to start.) Consider this article about how to keep your immune alliance 

 well supplied with nutrients, esp. those wthat nourish your organs of immunity and keep pathogens in check.  

 

What can you do?  First, stay calm.  Next, be sure to wash your hands. Work up a lather for a good 20-30 seconds.

 

But do not stop there.  The next step is to check your diet.  As Hippocrates said thousands of years ago, " Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food."

 

Here are a few tips:

 

Cut sugar out of your diet.  Sugar of all kinds suppresses the immune system, and we certainly do not want to suppress our systems right now.

 

Acidify your gut.

Eat pastured eggs, esp. the yolks. 

Make chicken soup.

 

Roast marrow bones from pastured cows.

 

Immune- Boosting Vitamins

 

Vit. C

Vit. A

( See more info from Dr. Royal Lee and Dr. Weston A. Price )

You can find articles and lectures at the Selene River Press Historical Archives, which are free.

 

The Immune Triad

Calcium Lactate

Essential Fatty Acids

Vit. C