MAXIMUM Health
Essential steps to heal digestive disorders
rebuild the intestinal wall while keeping inflamBy Rosie Main mation down. Duration: 10-14 days Digestive disorders can be extremely embar3. ReInnoculation Phase: We begin the rassing and debilitating. Conditions such as process of using fermented foods and fermentirritable bowel syndrome, yeast overgrowth, able carbohydrates to repopulate the gut with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and colitis healthy microbial species. Goal: help support are extremely common and can be hard to get the development of healthy microbial species in under control. What most people don’t underthe gut. Duration: 10-14 days. stand is that the gut plays an enormous role in This is the basic 30-Day Program to heal brain and emotional health, joint support, skin the gut. After these 30 days, the goal is for you health, immune function and so much more! to be able to move into the probiotic lifestyle. Many individuals never deal with digestive The Probiotic Lifestyle: This is a lifelong symptoms, in spite of many health problems process where you focus on eating real foods that originated with intestinal breakdown. that support the development of a healthy Reducing Gut Inflammation: It is vital to microbiome. You want to find the foods that are remember that when one has this sort of most agreeable to you and eliminate the foods health condition, the intestines are inflamed. Rosie Main that are not agreeable. Think about this like a sprained ankle. If you • Avoid all grain. are trying to walk on your sprained ankle, it will swell up even • Avoid sulfur containing foods such as beans and broccoli. more and will never heal as it was designed too. The same • Stop all hormone therapies, and especially do not take birth pattern works with your gut. If we are constantly challenging control pills, which interfere with gut flora. our gut with foods that are tougher on the digestive processes, • Avoid all products with soy. than we are only irritating the injured intestines even more • Avoid canola oil. and we can forget about truly healing. The only way to heal a • Colloidal silver would be extremely beneficial in speeding sprained ankle is to stay off of the ankle. You need to rest it, up the process, especially in the beginning. ice it (reduce inflammation), maintain compression and keep it • Garlic is an anti-microbial and will help fight and kill bacelevated. The best way to heal a damaged and inflamed gut is to reduce food stuffs that are going through it and use nutrients teria, fungus and infections in the gastrointestinal system. Use copious amounts. that help to soothe and de-inflame the gut lining. • Use grapefruit seed extract. • Use only gray-colored sea salt from a health food store, and The 3 Phase System to Help Heal the Gut avoid toxic table salt. Do not trust the white “sea salt” found at most retailers, because real sea salt is never white in nature. 1. ReSet Phase: This is a liquid fast that focuses on herbal In fact, only buy supplements from regular retailers (instead of teas, bone broth, essential oils, apple cider vinegar and coconut health food stores) when you are really desperate. The sodium oil. Goal: starve out bad microbes and reduce intestinal inflam- will make the body more alkaline, as well as help it to move flumation. Duration: 3-5 days ids, which is necessary for the removal of toxins. 2. ReBuilding Phase: This uses easily digestible foods • Cayenne pepper can be found in capsule form. that provide key nutrients to rebuild the intestinal lining. Goal: • Use chamomile. • Use wormwood. • Consume a tiny amount of extra virgin, cold-pressed coconut oil daily, if it can be tolerated. If it cannot be tolerated, then try again when celiac disease becomes less severe.
Required Dietary Changes
• The ideal diet for intestinal inflammation has no sugar, limited alcohol (particularly beer), no mushrooms, limited yeast and reduced caffeine. Meat, vegetables, whole wheat carbohydrates, and non-homogenized milk products are fine, but flour products must be whole wheat. Foods should be organic whenever possible. All processed foods should be avoided, and artificial sweeteners should never be used as sugar substitutes. Natural sweetener substitutes such as honey and stevia are fine. Honey is especially beneficial. • Yogurt will stimulate the existing beneficial intestinal flora and add good bacterial reinforcements. Use only plain yogurt without flavorings or sugars. Organic yogurt is best. Yogurt will also suppress the bad bacteria at the same time. Yogurt is absolutely critical. Use two tablespoons five times a day if possible. • Avoid all potato-based foods.
30 March / April 2021 | Christian Living
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