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NextAdventure
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 Posted - 05/28/2013 : 08:08:57
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As much as the human mind would like the singular magic bullet to answer challenging health and medical issues it is usually a puzzle with lots of pieces – no individual one being the total cause but without the whole picture addressed cures may not be found.
The mind body connection is the core of TMS and is is certainly real. You can not bypass that the body is complex and as much as the mind creates body issues the body has just as much power over the mind. An example is the gastrointestinal system...it has more nerve pathways going to the brain than the brain to it...and it is made of the same tissue as the brain since they were once the same tissue in fetal development. I have a good friend who is a neurosurgeon (brains), he says that without a healthy gut you will not have a healthy brain.
The gut has more of some critical neurotransmitters than the brain and healthy gut flora is the only way they are produced.
I abhor fad medical conditions: candida, over diagnosis of Lyme and more recently gluten. Well I am reconsidering gluten.....I was reading a medical research journal this weekend and discovered that the neurotransmitter GABA that is the primary pain and anxiety controller in the body is made by the chemical called GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) and if GAD is not working properly instead of GABA the brain makes glutamate that is rocket fuel for pain.
Simply the body and brain wont relax without GABA and when it can not relax pain and a myriad of health conditions ensues. So enter gluten – it can reduce the activity of GAD and it has been long known that gluten free diets treat serious conditions caused by GABA aberrations. I am not talking about celiac disease but the conditions caused by sensitivity to gluten and especially the fact the 99.9% of all gluten products are genetically modified.
You can be profoundly gluten sensitive and have zero gastrointestinal symptoms.
Prior to 1980 and especially 1960 our grain products contained about 6% gluten. Food factories wanted more gluten so the production time is lessened so now some grains are upwards of 38% gluten and it is now “franken-gluten” not what our parents ate.
This is too complex to go into here in great detail but just consider if you grew up in a stressful, dysfunctional or over protective family it has been proven your GABA system is impaired for life. It can also be genetically impaired. Gluten could be your GABA tipping point.
Day to day stress also reduces GABA and increases pain causing glutamate. So when you look at TMS/body pain it is important to look at all the variables. Sure some people will be “cured” with simple techniques but unless you put the majority of the pieces into the puzzle lasting relief may be elusive. |
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NextAdventure
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NextAdventure
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Posted - 05/28/2013 : 08:14:19
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Here is a post by Alicia Postman MD who is at Stanford Medical school
For one thing, you do not have to have "celiac disease" to experience problems with gluten. I didn't, and that is why the gastroenterologists missed it. They were looking for signs of celiac.
Gluten sensitivity causes inflammation in your body. And, the inflammation does not just manifest in your gut. It can manifest in pain all over your body. In my case, it caused excruciating leg pain, swelling, bloating, back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Gluten is also linked to neurological disorders. This is one reason why "brain fog" goes away when you eliminate gluten from your diet.
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pspa123
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Posted - 05/29/2013 : 08:00:14
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balto
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 05:48:00
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We only anxious, stressed out, or unhappy people have celiac disease or problem with gluten. Contented, happy and at peace people never have them.
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pspa123
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 06:35:01
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| According to the mainstream anyhow, celiac disease is genetic. Balto, what is your basis for saying contented people don't have it? |
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balto
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 07:12:51
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Originally posted by pspa123
According to the mainstream anyhow, celiac disease is genetic. Balto, what is your basis for saying contented people don't have it?
Hi pspa, My basis just came from observing friends and family and people I know and learn from people I thought know much more than I do. It is just my belief. No science. I don't know anyone from Harvard or Yale. :)
The main stream also blame "slipped disc" for back pain. They blame computer use for carpel tunnel syndrome... (million of typist who used manual typerwritters for decades never have cts) They now blame lots of "thing" on genetic, it seem like "genetic causes" is in style at the moment. There are fat gene, cheating gene, lazy gene, alcoholic gene...
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pspa123
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 08:27:56
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| It could be one of those things where there is a genetic component that makes it more likely someone will get it, but ultimately it's triggered by stress. |
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Ace1
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 08:56:16
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| I agree 100% that celiac dz (which is autoimmune) is TMS. Yes maybe genes play a role in making this a persons tms equivalent. I do think it can be reversed. |
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tennis tom
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Posted - 05/30/2013 : 09:22:56
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Good answer Balto, "main stream" has little to do with this web-site. The "main-stream" med/industrial complex way of thinking, leaving out the human equation, is what got us into this mess.
Cheers,
tt'lsmft
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