Gut & Nutrition

The microbiome and gut health

A healthy gut ecosystem is the basic prerequisite for a functioning nervous system. Disturbances often arise from mercury exposure, medication (particularly antibiotics), or a misdirected immune system. This favours the pathological spread of Candida albicans (yeast) and bacteria, which release toxic metabolic by-products and make the gut wall permeable (leaky gut). The effects are not only physical: alongside food intolerances and nutrient deficits, hyperactivity, anxiety, massive restlessness, and low mood through to depression can be direct consequences of this toxic burden from the gut.

Nutrition, often the first step

Nutrition is often the first step towards freeing the brain from biological stress. Certain food proteins, when incompletely digested, can act like "false messengers" (exorphins) and literally numb the nervous system. Typical signs of such a burden are difficulty concentrating, a state "as if under drugs", melancholy, or noticeably large pupils. External features such as conspicuously long eyelashes, red ears, dark circles under the eyes, digestive disorders, abdominal pain, and being underweight or overweight despite normal calorie intake are also common indicators of food intolerances.

With concepts such as the GFCF diet (gluten- and casein-free), theSCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet), the low-oxalate diet, or anoligoantigenic diet, we relieve the metabolism and create the basis for clear perception.