Gut/Brain Connection – No Denying It

Dr. Joe Mercola has written an excellent article on the gut/brain connection: Even if You Eat "Perfectly", Not Knowing This Could Leave You Depressed.

What I like about my health journey is that no matter how many times I hear things, I often make a new connection. Today’s knew connection is the acceptance that different people need to eat in different ways. Dr. Mercola has been saying this for years, but I have been rejecting it in favor of Sally Fallon’s broad brush approach that eating healthy, nutrient dense food is good enough for most people.

I agree that Sally’s nutrient dense food approach would cure so much of American’s illnesses, but it isn’t the final step. Eating according to your nutritional type is the empowering next step. In addition to his own opinions, Dr. Mercola discusses Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez’s nutritional protocols used to treat cancer patients. I heard Dr. Gonzalez speak at the Weston Price conference in 2010, and the stories he told of cancer and how it reacted to different nutritional emphases were amazing. You can read more about his talk here: WAP Conference – Nick Gonzalez, MD and Cancer. My notes from another WAP talk may also be helpful: WAP Conference – Nutrition and Mental Health.

My bottom line – listen to my body. I wasn’t able to hear my body speak for most of my life because it was so toxic; it couldn’t respond loudly enough through all of the chaos it experienced thanks to my poor food choices. I can hear it loud and clear now. I can’t imagine what those on the autism spectrum experience, with their messed up guts and bodies.

Remember, if you are alive there is always hope for improvement, and if you or someone you know can prepare food, you have all of the tools at hand. Are you ready to start an amazing journey of physical, mental and emotional recovery?

P.S. As an aside I feel a bit sad writing this article and reflecting on the last 2.5 years I have spent writing about food. There are people who are unable to prepare food, as they simply have none. If you have a moment to donate and are able to do so, please contribute to a charity such as Heifer International.