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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• Outdated – fails to link body, mind & spirit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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