391: The GAPS Diet: A Powerful Healing Protocol
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Our physical and mental health are inextricably tied to our gut health. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, author of "Gut and Psychology Syndrome" and "Gut and Physiology Syndrome" (GAPS) explains today the importance of healing and sealing the gut for vibrant health. She describes how the GAPS diet can do just that, resolving a compromised digestive system (commonly referred to as "leaky gut").
The porous gut wall unfortunately allows toxins to flow from the gut to the bloodstream and then throughout the body, leading to physical diseases or mental health concerns. Whether the symptoms are related to mental health (like schizophrenia, depression, and ADHD) or physical health (like allergies, brain fog, and autoimmune conditions), they can be resolved by addressing the root problem: poor gut health. The GAPS nutritional protocol is the powerful tool Natasha recommends. She discusses how it works and reminds us that epigenetics (lifestyle changes) play a part in turning things around. She also invites us to keep in mind that a diagnosis of any kind is not our destiny.
Visit Natasha Campbell-McBride's recommended websites: gaps.me, Doctor-Natasha.com, GAPStraining.com, gapssciencefoundation.org
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| 0:00.0 | The most powerful influence on any microbial community is food. |
| 0:04.0 | There is no more powerful medicine in the world than food. |
| 0:09.0 | Nothing will come close to the effect of food on your body. |
| 0:20.0 | From the Western A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast |
| 0:24.0 | for Wise Traditions in food, farming and the healing arts. |
| 0:28.0 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 0:37.0 | And now here is our host and producer, Hilda Labrata Gore. |
| 0:41.0 | Hey, Hilda here. Every chronic disease is born in the gut. |
| 0:46.0 | So said Hippocrates over 2,000 years ago and so says today's guest. |
| 0:52.0 | She also suggests that it is possible to heal and seal the gut |
| 0:56.0 | and in this way to cultivate robust physical and mental health. |
| 1:01.0 | This is episode 391 and our guest today is Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride, |
| 1:06.0 | creator of the gaps nutritional protocol. |
| 1:09.0 | Dr. Natasha is a researcher, speaker and author who has helped transform the health of countless people through the gaps protocol. |
| 1:17.0 | Gap stands for gut and psychology and gut and physiology syndrome. |
| 1:23.0 | Natasha is convinced that restoring gut health, understanding this gut brain connection, |
| 1:30.0 | can help heal numerous physical conditions including thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, insomnia, allergies, |
| 1:38.0 | and psychological conditions like depression, anxiety, ADHD and more. |
| 1:43.0 | Even brain fog and skin rashes can be reversed and all sorts of conditions |
| 1:48.0 | that we might not even normally associate with gut health. |
| 1:52.0 | Natasha reviews gaps today but she also speaks to the dangers of pseudo foods in the diet that are essentially like antibiotics in the body. |
| 2:01.0 | She talks about toxins like glyphosate and how they compromise our gut health. |
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