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THE GUT BRAIN CONNECTIONJoanne M. Conaway Bsn, Rn, Nd
Modern Medicine – System Separation
• Separation of systems – teaching / learning
• Diagnosis within systems – labs, diagnostics, scans, x-rays
• Drug specific - system symptoms – antacids, laxatives, antidepressants
• Compartmentalized model of physiology
• Outdated – fails to link body, mind & spirit
• Decreased brain function + digestive issues = impaired gut-brain axis
The Gastrointestinal System – “Gut”
• Most metabolically active organ in the human body
• A long tube of muscle
• Peristaltic waves – digestion motility
• Migrating motor complex – cleaning out the trash
• A long tube of nerves
• Enteric nervous system (ENS) – second brain
• Communication between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract
• Bi-directional gut-brain axis – biochemical signaling – gut/CNS
Vagus Nerve
• 10th Cranial Nerve
• Longest Nerve in the body
• Most complicated cranial nerve
• Historically known as the pneumogastric nerve
• Interfaces with / controls heart, lungs, and digestive tract
Vagus Nerve – Bi-Directional Gut Communication
Vagus Nerve – Bi-Directional Gut Communication
Gut Microbiota
• The microbe population living in our intestine
• Gut - dominated by a diverse array of bacteria
• Bacteria outnumber human cells by 10:1
• Healthy bacteria control hundreds of thousands of disease causing pathogenic bacteria
• Uncontrolled unhealthy bacteria become pathogenic bacteria
Healthy Gut Bacteria• Start colonizing at birth
• Acquired during vaginal birth and breast feeding
• Vitamin production - specifically the B vitamins (large intestines)
• Decrease lactose intolerance - enzyme lactase
• Stabilize cholesterol levels
• Defense against food-borne illnesses
• Inhibit Candida yeast - fungal forms of bacteria
Healthy Gut Bacteria• Increase in peristalsis normalizing bowel movements
• Maintain good hormonal balance
• Detoxify hazardous chemicals in foods – nitrates
• Control acidity-alkaline levels in the intestines
• Help eliminate bad breath, gas, belching, bloating
Unhealthy Gut Bacteria• Inadequately controlled “unhealthy bacteria” process foods differently
• Convert foods to poisons
• Poisons pass through the gut lining traveling throughout the body, causing disease
• Joints – arthritis
• Brain – mental disorders
• Skin – eczema, rosacea
• Thyroid – Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Migrating Motor Complex - Mcc• Cleansing wave – moves matter / bacteria from small intestine to colon
• Present only while fasting – occurs every 90 – 120 minutes
• Starts in stomach works to ileum – takes 2 hours – time lapse longer during day than at night
• Peristaltic cycle continues until food is eaten – food in upper digestive tract stops this motion
• MMC & digestive motility mediated by enteric nervous system (ENS)
• Decreased MMC thought to be major factor in IBS / SIBO
Candida Overgrowth• Candida / yeast - well controlled by healthy, beneficial flora
• Not affected by antibiotics – allowed to grow uncontrolled
• Flourish on sugar and processed carbs
• Yeast requires glucose – provided by digestion of carbohydrates
• Glucose & healthy gut ▶ lactic acid, water, energy through glycolysis
• Glucose & unhealthy gut (yeast overgrowth, candida) ▶ alcohol (ethanol) & acetaldehyde – appear drunk without drinking alcohol
• Pass through gut wall into lymph and bloodstream
Primal Connection Between Gut & Brain• “Gut feeling”
• “Gut Instinct”
• “Gut check”
• Brain – gut axis
• Extensive network of neurons – second brain
• Highway of chemicals and hormones – vagus nerve
• Decreased brain function + digestive issues = impaired gut-brain axis
Vagus Nerve – Bi-Directional Communication
• Vagus Nerve enables
• “Bi-directional”
• Communication between the brain and peripheral organs
• Sensory Information from organs to brain (red arrows)
• Brain control of motor function of each organ (black arrows)
Symptoms Of Impaired Gut-Brain AxisALL
• Neurological Issues – GAPS - Gut and Psychology Syndrome
CHILDREN
• Autism – often late diagnosis
• Dyspraxia – appear clumsy, “out of sync” with their environment
• Dyslexia – “words” are tough
• ADD/ADHD – often diagnosed due to difficulty in language expression
Symptoms Of Impaired Gut-Brain AxisALL
• Neurological Issues – GAPS - Gut and Psychology Syndrome
ADULTS
• Depression – often missed as diagnosis
• Brain fog
• Lack of focus / inability to concentrate
• Manic depression
• Schizophrenia / bi-polar / OCD
• Substance abuse
Supporting A Healthy Gut – Brain Connection Making The “Choice” To Be Healthy
• Key Choices
• Adjust the diet – clean up the diet
• Good Foods/Bad Foods – Avoid all “BAD” foods
• Youngevity 90 Essential Nutrients
• Healthy Start Pak (HSP) – Healthy Brain & Heart Pak™ (HBHP)
• Cleansing – Suero Cleanse - Bronze / Silver / Gold
• Improve digestive system health
• Probiotics / Digestive Enzymes / i26 / Antioxidant Response
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