#GAPS DIET NATASHA CAMPBELL-McBRIDE DISCUSSES GAPS/IMMUNITY - GUT/BRAIN/BODY CONNECTION *EXCELLENT AUDIO*

I'm a HUGE fan of this woman, Natasha Campbell-McBride, the creator of the GAPS Diet - Gut and Psychology Syndrome/ Gut and Physiology Syndrome.  She is so smart and has helped so many people get their health back.  Essentially, Dr. Campbell-McBride and GAPS focuses on the health of our gut/digestive system.  The majority of our immune system is in our gut and is THE MOST important when looking at many diseases. Getting our gut flora balanced is necessary for healing an array of conditions.. Some conditions - Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Crohn's, ADHD, Schizophrenia, Depression  

In this audio, Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Natasha on immunity and GAPS.  She explains why our digestive system, and the health of it, will have a direct effect on our overall health.  It's very easy to understand and the diet itself is not complicated either.  Listen to how logical her theory behind the connection between our gut and brain/body is.  It's almost common sense!  She also talks about fermentation and why our body needs fermented foods (not commercially fermented foods btw) to stay balanced to achieve healing of the body and to maintain health.  

I love her... Listen to her last words of wisdom!        THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN INCURABLE ILLNESS.            THERE IS NO DISEASE THAT THE BODY CANNOT HEAL.  SHE'S RIGHT ON THE MONEY! $$$$$$$MONEY$$$$$$$$

Is Your Gut Leaking? Sounds Gross, Yes. But, Can It Happen? Yes

From WEBMD posted this AM
My next blog will have more info about Leaky Gut.  I also would like to post a very indepth, well explained video on Leaky Gut Syndrome.

Come back & read/watch

Leaky Gut Syndrome: What Is It?

What you should know if you think you have leaky gut syndrome.

By Matt McMillen 
WebMD Feature

Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

"Leaky gut syndrome" is said to have symptoms including bloating, gas, cramps, food sensitivities, and aches and pains. But it's something of a medical mystery.

“From an MD’s standpoint, it’s a very gray area,” says gastroenterologist Donald Kirby, MD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. “Physicians don’t know enough about the gut, which is our biggest immune system organ.”

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"Leaky gut syndrome" isn't a diagnosis taught in medical school. Instead, "leaky gut really means you’ve got a diagnosis that still needs to be made,” Kirby says. “You hope that your doctor is a good-enough Sherlock Holmes, but sometimes it is very hard to make a diagnosis.”

“We don’t know a lot but we know that it exists,” says Linda A. Lee, MD, a gastroenterologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine and Digestive Center. “In the absence of evidence, we don’t know what it means or what therapies can directly address it.”

Intestinal Permeability

A possible cause of leaky gut is increased intestinal permeability or intestinal hyperpermeability.

That could happen when tight junctions in the gut, which control what passes through the lining of the small intestine, don't work properly. That could let substances leak into the bloodstream.

People with celiac disease and Crohn’s disease experience this. “Molecules can get across in some cases, such as Crohn’s, but we don’t know all the causes,” Lee says. Whether hyperpermeability is more of a contributing factor or a consequence is unclear.

But why or how this would happen in someone without those conditions is not clear.

Little is known about other causes of leaky gut that aren't linked to certain types of drugs, radiation therapy, or food allergies.

Leaky gut symptoms aren't unique. They're shared by other problems, too. And tests often fail to uncover a definite cause of the problem. That can leave people without a diagnosis and, therefore, untreated.

Unsolved Mystery

It’s crucial, Kirby says, to find a doctor who will take time with you and take your concerns seriously.

“You may have leaky gut and we may be able to treat what causes it,” Kirby says. “If you have something going on, it is incumbent upon the medical community to listen to you.”

Unfortunately, Lee says, not all doctors make the effort to get at the root of the problem, and that’s what frequently sends patients to alternative practitioners.

“Often, the reason they have resorted to alternative medicine is because of what they have been told and how they have been treated by other practitioners,” Lee says.  “We need to listen.”