The Gut Brain connection

Lets talk  about why your emotions send messages to your gut that could actually be making you sick.

Science Fact. When you were conceived, the bunch of cells that were created by that union, split exactly in half. Half developed to be the brain and the nervous system, half developed to be the gut. The split cells in embryo that go in both direction are still neurologically connected, so they still TALK to each other. So gut feeling is real!

When you are frazzled, STRESSED, mad, angry, guilty or ANY negative emotions, it creates havoc in your central nervous system which stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. This is Fight, Flight or Freeze part of your autonomic nervous system. That causes your adrenals to pump adrenaline, which in turn shuts off the digestive AND immune systems. Our bodies were created so that when we are highly emotionally charged in the Fight or Flight mode, the body functions go completely to dealing with that and nothing else. Wait WHAT??  Let’s review that again.  When the sympathetic nervous system is activated the Digestive AND Immune systems SHUT DOWN.

(I am not talking emotional patterns or triggers and how to resolve them in this blog, I am simply stating that some of these emotions cause your central nervous system to freak out and cause this chain reaction.)

That means that when those systems shut down, you aren’t digesting anything. Acid builds, food sits and it just Putrefies. Imagine how that sits over time. Its like a toxic waste dump. Enzymes aren’t secreted to help you digest it and the acid and toxic sludge just build growing yeast, bacteria, parasites, viruses and other pathogens.

In all of this, your bodies #1 MO is to stabilize blood pH. So, if it’s under threat from acid, it’s going to combat that. How? By pulling calcium from the bones to neutralize the pH.

So now we have a body that is not digesting food, has a toxic and acidic build up, not absorbing nutrients and the immune system is off. What do you think happens? Yep, you guessed it, we get sick.

If the situation isn’t resolved it can get worse. The cells in our bodies are like Pacman and open for the nutrients they need. When those nutrients don’t come, that cell opens wider thinking some will come. Now, that toxic sludge and acid I was talking about ends up IN the cells. Cells are now infected with yeast, bacteria, parasites and viruses.

As cells die and replicate, their job description is passed on. The cell that is open wide and full of pathogens passes on that same job description.

The bottom line??