Your body is just a shell, a 10%, providing a habitat for this mass of micro-creatures - Dr Natasha - GAPS

Dr Natasha - GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome)



Science has discovered, that about 90%
of all cells and all genetic material of the human body belongs to the gut
flora - a mixture of various microbes, which live inside our digestive tract.
So, in reality your body is just a shell, a 10%, providing a habitat for this
mass of micro-creatures living inside you; and their role in your health and
physiology is monumental. Our modern world poses many dangers for human gut
flora, and once it is damaged, the health of the whole body enters a downward
slide towards disease. 

Dr Natasha Discusses the Real Cause of Heart Disease

Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride-The importance of healthy gut flora.

Autism Light: Natasha Campbell-McBride

Autism Light: Natasha Campbell-McBride

Autism Light #101 is Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride.

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is a physician from Cambridge, England in
the United Kingdom. She was born in Russia and has a son with autism.
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is an Autism Light because of her devotion
to treating patients with autism and her development of the
groundbreaking GAPS protocol.

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride began her career as a medical doctor in
Russia and initially served as a neurosurgeon. She then moved to the
United Kingdom to practice medicine. She has the Master of Medical
Sciences in Neurology and the Master of Medical Sciences in Human
Nutrition. This is a applicable combination for the help she brings to
autism treatment.

Origin of GAPS: Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride was led to research
alternative medicine for possible causes of autism when her firstborn
son developed autism and she did not find any answers in the medical
community. As a result of her research findings, Dr. Natasha
Campbell-McBride developed GAPS which stands for Gut and Psychology
Syndrome. She believes her son was helped tremendously through treating
his GAPS and she explains that he is able to live a typical and healthy
life today. The following is a video where Dr. Nathasha Campbell-McBride
explains the importance of GAPS in an interview for the Mind Foundation.

GAPS Protocol: According to Dr. Campbell-McBride's website,
"Thousands of people around the world follow the highly successful GAPS
Nutritional Protocol to help themselves and their families." The Full GAPS Diet is available online. Food Supplements and Detoxification is also part of the program.

Author:  Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is the author of two books related to her work.

1. In 2004 she wrote the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome. An Second edition of the book was published in 2010. Gut and Psychology Syndrome is available on Amazon.com at this link.  
2. In 2007 she wrote the book Put Your Heart in Your Mouth which is available at this website. 

Dr. Joseph Mercola Interview: Here is Dr. Natasha
Campbell-McBride being interviewed by Dr. Joseph Mercola about her
interesting background, the GAPS protocol, and her theory on the
"epidemic" of autism cases. This is part one of the interview and the
entire interview is available online at the Mercola.com Archives.

Websites: There are some very helpful Websites that explain the GAPS Diet and the work of Dr. Campbell-McBride.

• www.doctor-natasha.com (Official Website of Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride)
• www.gaps.me
• http://gapsdiet.com
• www.gutandpsychologysyndrome.com

Social Media: You can follow Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride at the following social media areas.

• Facebook

Special thanks to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride for bringing light to the
concept that gut problems may be related to autism. You are making a
difference.

Autism Light honors diverse heroes to the world of autism.

Frequently Asked Questions on Gut And Psychology Syndrome, the condition behind many mental and physical problems, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention deficit, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, epilepsy and more « GAPS

Frequently Asked Questions on Gut And Psychology Syndrome, the condition behind many mental and physical problems, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention deficit, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, epilepsy and more « GAPS



Please, read the GAPS book and the main text of this
website carefully, they will answer most of your questions. Here I will
answer only question, which are not covered in the book and the main
text of this website.

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Systemic Autoimmune Disorders in Celiac Disease

Systemic Autoimmune Disorders in Celiac Disease



Purpose of Review: Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder
clinically characterized by a multitude of symptoms and complications.
The comorbidity between celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders
has been clearly established.



Recent Findings: Two main theories
have been postulated to explain this comorbidity: (1) linkage
disequilibrium between the genes responsible for celiac disease and
those responsible for the coexpressed autoimmune diseases or (2)
untreated celiac disease leading to the onset of other autoimmune
diseases. This article reviews the current literature supporting either
theory and places the current knowledge in the field within the context
of the most recent data on the pathogenesis of celiac disease.



Summary: The current literature did
not clearly establish which of the two theories explain the comorbidity
between celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders. There is,
however, growing evidence that the loss of the intestinal barrier
function typical of celiac disease could be responsible of the onset of
other autoimmune disease. This concept implies that the autoimmune
response can be theoretically stopped and perhaps reversed if the
interplay between autoimmune predisposing genes and trigger(s) is
prevented or eliminated by a prompt diagnosis and treatment.

Urinary problems seem to increase during the early stages of GAPS - Gut And Psychology Syndrome, the condition behind many mental and physical problems, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention deficit, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, epilepsy and more « GAPS

Frequently Asked Questions on Gut And Psychology Syndrome, the condition behind many mental and physical problems, such as autism, hyperactivity and attention deficit, dyslexia, dyspraxia, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, epilepsy and more « GAPS

Urinary problems

1. Enuresis (bed-wetting) and polyuria (excessive urination) are common
concerns of parents before GAPS and seem to increase during the early
stages of GAPS. Please comment.

Please, read my article on Food Allergy
which explains this issue in detail. Urine is one of the venues for
toxins to leave the body. Abnormal gut flora produces a lot of toxins,
which are excreted in urine. This toxic urine irritates the lining of
the bladder and causes a low grade inflammation there, so the person
gets symptoms of chronic cystitis. The bladder does not want to hold
toxic urine, so the person has to empty it frequently. If a child (or an
adult) with this condition is fast asleep, then the bladder may empty
without waking up the person, hence bed-wetting. Die-off increases
levels of toxins in the body, so the urine will become more toxic,
exacerbating the problem. It is always important to control die-off by
slow introduction of probiotics and various foods.

GAPS Programme will eliminate this problem long term, as it will
remove its cause. In the meantime do what works to help the situation:
drink plenty of water, supplements of cranberry help to reduce
inflammation in the bladder, use various mechanical alarms and devises
developed for enuresis, wake your child up a few times during the night
and take him/her to the bathroom. Foods high in salicylates and oxalates
can make the problem worse, so try to avoid these foods for a while
until things get better.

When the natural defences of the mucous membranes of the bladder are
damaged by toxins in the urine, then any infection can join in easily.
So people with this problem get urinary infections frequently which have
to be treated with antibiotics. Populating that area with beneficial
flora will prevent urinary infections. So, I recommend applying homemade
kefir or yoghurt all over the groin after showers and baths. Probiotic
microbes will slowly travel up the urethra into the bladder, protect it
and help it heal.

Neuropsychiatric illness connected to auto-immune and step conditions: Adult PANDAS: Bare Facts

Beverly Hills Shrink: Adult PANDAS: Bare Facts

Autoimmune phenomena are responsible for a staggering number of NeuroPsychiatric and Medical problems.  With this knowledge the diagnoses, prognoses and lives of hundreds of thousands of patients can be altered and improved in a very short time. 

Over the past 15 years the phenomenon of Pediatric Autoimmune Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep, (PANDAS), has been identified around the world1,2. Despite naysayers and nonbelievers the evidence-based clinical data in conjunction with laboratory evidence establishes the existence of this disorder beyond any reasonable doubt.2,3 There remains great confusion as to precisely what neuropsychiatric and/or physical symptoms may be associated with PANDAS4,10; whether or not agents other than Streptococcus cause PANDAS5,6, and what potential laboratory findings may make or support this diagnosis7,8. This leads to further confusion and consternation with respect to diagnostic evaluation, and of greater importance, when, how and what to do to treat the protean manifestations of this disorder.

The question of PANDAS in adults largely has been ignored with uninformed, erroneous comments and statements that adults cannot acquire PANDAS. Hence, they cannot have it.. This paper will present evidence-based clinical research data to prove that adults can have or acquire PANDAS. A broad range of neuropsychiatric and physical symptoms will be described [see table I]. Many of these have been diagnosed as primary problems and treated ineffectively as such. Others have been misdiagnosed and mistreated.  Some simply have been missed [see table II].

A brief discussion of clinical and laboratory diagnostic tools will occur7,9. Comments on the viable treatment options available will be made, again from the perspective of the author's evidence-based clinical research.11,12

Certainly adults can acquire PANDAS. However this would require exposure to a novel infectious agent for that adult. Adult acquisition would, for all intents and purposes, be similar to native Americans and Polynesians falling victim to diseases brought by European explorers. Most commonly adults have had PANDAS for many years but either it has not been considered or it has been misdiagnosed and typically poorly treated as some other neuropsychiatric or physical complaint.

Diagnosis in adults is a logical extension of the diagnosis in children. Thus far the majority of the diagnoses in children are made after the phenomenon has been present for some time. In adults the phenomena have been present for years or decades. Indeed there are an increasing number of reports of acute onset PANDAS in children: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Tourette's and Tics are the most frequent. One familiar with PANDAS immediately considers this diagnosis with acute onset and needs to look for it in patients with other symptomatology [see table III]. In the author's practice innumerable children and adolescents previously diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), various anxiety disorders, OCD, Tics and Tourette's, body dysmorphic disorder and quite commonly bipolar disorder (BPD) have been diagnosed with PANDAS, undergone effective treatment and their prior diagnoses disappear. This is of particular importance in BPD, OCD and AN.

The tantrums, outbursts, lability, aggressiveness, ready anger and other symptomatology that leads to the diagnosis of BPD and the treatment thereof in children and adolescents repeatedly has turned out to be PANDAS induced Tourette's, with or without generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and/or panic disorder (PD). In most of these cases removal of tonsils and adenoids has “cured” the bipolar disorder.11. Patient's have been removed from potent mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics as well as [Table II] SSRIs.13  In most cases the patients have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), usually undiagnosed, which has contributed materially to the overall problems.14 This is an important point which will be elaborated upon further below.

Similarly in adolescent girls with AN,7,15 most of whom have been through months and years of eating disorder treatment, in facilities and hospitals, careful clinical and laboratory examination reveals their true diagnoses to be PANDAS. Most patients with AN have significant symptoms of anxiety and OCD. The OCD symptoms are ego dystonic (OCD is misdiagnosed frequently in patients with ADHD who use obsessive-compulsive mechanisms to bind anxiety–of course this leads to ineffective treatment for the “OCD”). There is an obvious element of body dysmorphic disorder in their preoccupations with weight and image. Again the diagnosis and treatment of the underlying PANDAS which has been driving this constellation of symptoms leads to dramatic resolution of the “eating disorder”, much to the consternation of the devoted eating disorder therapists. And yes, most of these patients have  concurrent ADHD.

This experience with dozens of children and adolescents led the author to examine adults with the same group of diagnoses. It is important to remark at this time that most of the children, adolescents and adults had never done particularly well with any therapeutic intervention for their purported diagnoses [Table II]. Nonetheless examination of adult patients with: OCD; BPD; AN; body dysmorphic disorder; fibromyalgia; and all of the other diagnoses noted in Table I led to the diagnosis of PANDAS. And again, as with the children and adolescents, the putative diagnoses dissolved with proper treatment. Treatment of underlying or concurrent diagnoses of depression, anxiety, ADHD, sleep disorders and so forth then became simple and effective. Elevated anti-DNAase B antibodies plummeted. A 64-year-old woman with a long history of depression, anxiety, poor sleep, fibromyalgia and Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who also had obvious ADHD and periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) experienced a complete disappearance of her fibromyalgia symptoms after tonsillectomy. Aches and pains went away. Energy improved. Sleep became restorative and attention and mood improved with proper treatment. Anti-DNAase B antibody levels dropped. Her ANA, elevated for many years dropped to a normal level.

PANDAS Fact Sheet - pandas fact sheet.pdf

(PANDAS) Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus Fact Sheet - pandas fact sheet.pdf