Comments on: Nutrition and the brain http://www.prayfornathan.org/blog/nutrition-and-the-brain.html Life with holoprosencephaly Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcela http://www.prayfornathan.org/blog/nutrition-and-the-brain.html/comment-page-1#comment-11680 Marcela Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:37:36 +0000 http://www.prayfornathan.org/blog/?p=1499#comment-11680 Hi Carla, I am so excited that you're working on LM's diet!! I promise you, you will be very happy and you will hardly miss your McD's :-) Tara, that's great that nutrition is on the forefront! On one of the groups I read, they were talking about a nutritionist called Kelly Dorfman, she seems to be very very good, you may want to give her a call. I've never worked with her, but will give her a call soon. But other moms rant and rave about her, and she works with families remotely. Charles - thanks for the clarification and the great info! I hope you will do a guest post with more info for us!!! (I sent you an email). Hi Carla, I am so excited that you’re working on LM’s diet!! I promise you, you will be very happy and you will hardly miss your McD’s :-)

Tara, that’s great that nutrition is on the forefront! On one of the groups I read, they were talking about a nutritionist called Kelly Dorfman, she seems to be very very good, you may want to give her a call. I’ve never worked with her, but will give her a call soon. But other moms rant and rave about her, and she works with families remotely.

Charles – thanks for the clarification and the great info! I hope you will do a guest post with more info for us!!! (I sent you an email).

]]> By: Charles http://www.prayfornathan.org/blog/nutrition-and-the-brain.html/comment-page-1#comment-11671 Charles Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:43:45 +0000 http://www.prayfornathan.org/blog/?p=1499#comment-11671 Actually, you have it a little backwards. The problem isn't that things are leaking OUT of the intestines. The problem is that things are leaking IN to the bloodstream. What happens is that foods like wheat and milk damage the intestinal wall, allowing partially digested proteins to enter the bloodstream. When that happens, the body creates antibodies to those proteins, and often times those proteins are similar to structural proteins in the body. The immune system should defend against foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses, but LGS leads the immune system to begin to attack proteins in the body's own tissues. That's the definition of auto-immune disease. The body has an immune reaction against itself. So you are basically correct about eliminating the cause of leaky gut syndrome, and milk and wheat are common culprits in this. And then the task is to begin to repair the intestinal walls, and there are some supplements that will assist in that process. Actually, you have it a little backwards. The problem isn’t that things are leaking OUT of the intestines. The problem is that things are leaking IN to the bloodstream.

What happens is that foods like wheat and milk damage the intestinal wall, allowing partially digested proteins to enter the bloodstream.

When that happens, the body creates antibodies to those proteins, and often times those proteins are similar to structural proteins in the body.

The immune system should defend against foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses, but LGS leads the immune system to begin to attack proteins in the body’s own tissues. That’s the definition of auto-immune disease. The body has an immune reaction against itself.

So you are basically correct about eliminating the cause of leaky gut syndrome, and milk and wheat are common culprits in this.

And then the task is to begin to repair the intestinal walls, and there are some supplements that will assist in that process.

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