Thursday, October 8, 2015

Can your gut help prevent and manage “Incurable” Neurological Disorders?

The quality, quantity and composition of your brain is dictated quite a bit by the bacteria in our gut. According to celebrated brain specialist Dr. David David Perlmutter, he further explains the connection in his new book “Brain Maker.”

Dr. Perlutter is a board certified neurologist and fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He also has a clinic in Naples, Florida, and he’s been very active in the publishing and findings in peer-reviewed medical journals.

His previous book, “Grain Brain,” topped the New York Times bestseller list for 54 weeks. He is arguably the best natural medicine neurologist in the US.

Most neurologist fail to consider how lifestyle impacts the neurological disorders they diagnose and treat every day. Prevention needs to be the focus of such diseases.

Microbiome research Shreds Notion of Reductionism
It turns out that this notion of reductionism- where your body is reducd to its individual parts- is completely nonsensical and grossly flawed. As explained by Dr. Perlmutter, every system in your body interrelates in a what that ultimately causes the manifestation of either health or disease.

Research Shows Swapping Gut Bacteria Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Other Diseases
A researcher in Amsterdam, Dr. Max Nieuwdorp, has published a number of studies looking at changes in the microbiome that are characteristic of Type 2 Diabetes.

In one trial, he was able to reverse Type 2 Diabetes in ALL of the 250 study participants by doing fecal transplantations on them. Remarkable as it may sound, by changing the makeup of the gut bacteria, the diabetes resolved.

All in all, if you nourish your Microbiome, and it will flourish.

Two key strategies to nourish your Microbiome are”

1. Avoid antibiotics unless they are absolutely necessary.

2. Avoid confined animal feeding operation meats.

For more information on how to avoid such devastating diseases and nourishing your gut call our office at (210) 468-1891.


In Health, 

Dr. Jacob Torres

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