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Unwrapping The Mind-Body Connection

Can you do me a favor?


Imagine for a second you get a call from a close relative… You answer the phone and they seem to be having a hard time speaking. Something is obviously wrong, they are upset and you don’t know why. You ask “what’s wrong?” but no response is given. Then you ask again, and again…they can’t seem to get it out.

 

Your anticipation for this dramatic moment is growing stronger and stronger until you now must know! Then they say it… a direct family member passed away…You are crushed. Your eyes swell up, you go into a panic of extreme desperation and loss. You lose control over your body and emotions entirely. In your mind, your universe has been completely turned upside down in a paralyzing way…

Now, we all know something like this would have devastating consequences in any of our lives; consequences of extreme physical, spiritual, and emotional reactions that could possibly leave us unable to go on on living. However in this example, nothing physically happened to you. You didn’t witness anything, you didn’t feel any direct pain, you really aren’t absolutely certain this idea is true. You were only told a terrible idea, which was convincing enough for you to believe. However, the outcome it has on you is more or less the same, devastating.

 

What we believe has an enormous effect on our lives in every way imaginable. This belief has the power to build or destroy anything we think of or feel. My question to you is…if such a negative belief can have such a negative effect on our universe, can a positive belief do the same?

 

The mind is a powerful part of the body, what we choose to believe more than often tends to become our realities. As Confucius said “Those who say they can and those who say they can’t; are both usually right” Whether it’s true or not isn’t always as black or white as the example above but it leads us to a point that we don’t always consciously know; the trauma of what happens in our lives directly effects the entirety of our being.

With that fact in mind I ask, is it possible for the opposite effect to be realized? If we plant seeds of positivity like love, passion, and self-acceptance into our lives in a habitual way, we can start to witness the positive dividends in not only our physical being but our spirit, emotions, and loved ones lives. Sounds like a win-win to me! Ying-n-Yang baby!

 

The key to a thriving mind body connection is first the realization of its power and how we may utilize this universal truth to our benefit. Only then can we make a conscious decision to build positive momentum or negative momentum in hopes to truly understand this incomprehensible truth.

It may not always be so easy to grasp, but it is always there for the taking. So lets start the day with positive power, lets start the day with a smile for goodness sakes =)

 

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Three Steps to A Healing Diet

Many of us who suffer from Crohn’s & UC have tried a variety of diets to heal our system from IBD but rarely with much success.

 

Why?

 

Is it about being Gluten Free? Dairy Free? Vegan? Paleo? Alkalizing? Raw?

 

With so many options available, we need a guideline to not only what we eat; but also a guideline on how to eat it. Our goals should be to eliminate not just unhealthy foods but also foods that don’t work for our personal systems.

 

Our bodies are all unique and react to foods differently but there are common “rules of thumb” we can implement to start healing the gut, reducing daily bowel movements, bleeding, bloating, pain, indigestion, etc…

 

3 steps you can take to increase healing are:

  • Elimination Diet
  • Food Preparation
  • Semi -Elemental Diet


These steps are not meant to complicate our lives but simplify them and help free us from the symptoms of Crohn’s & Colitis.

 

  • We start with an elimination diet to get an idea of what foods are causing damage and start removing them from our diet.
  • We prepare our foods in a manner that increases absorbability, lowers risk of reaction, taste good, and nourishes our systems.
  • We then can use a semi-elemental diet to satisfy the elimination diet and food preparation. These meals tend to be extremely healing and a “go to” for optimal results.

Elimination Diet


Definition:

 

“A diet regimen aimed at identifying foods or additives that may be causing an allergy or symptom usually involving the removal of suspected foodstuffs from the diet then adding them back one at a time to see which ones make the symptoms recur.” 

 

It’s not just about what you eat but what you DON’T eat. What you don’t eat could be considered even more important than what you do eat, especially when you’re health is in critical condition. Our goal is to create an environment in your G.I. that stops damage and allows your body the chance to start healing.

 

Imagine a scratch on your arm….the more anything comes in contact with it the more irritated, infected, and inflamed,it will become. The digestive tissues in the G.I. work much the same. All body needs a consistent amount of uninterrupted time to heal. In some cases, foods which are considered “healthy” can hurt our stomachs even more than the “unhealthy” foods. Does this mean you should eat Mcdonalds Burgers & Saltine Crackers because you don’t seem to get a belly ache?

 

No…

 

But it does give us an idea of how we can create a win/win/win scenario with our diet.

 

Wins…

  • Doesn’t cause further damage
  • Is nutritious to our personal systems
  • Taste good!


Implementing an elimination diet can be the very thing our bodies need to restore health. In many cases, people suffering from Crohn’s/Colitis see a dramatic difference from consistently practicing an elimination diet.

Example Meal 1:

 

  • Organic Skinless Chicken Breast no seasoning (base) or Avocado (vegan base)
  • Steamed Zucchini, Carrots, and Squash
  • Boiled White Potato


Example Meal 2:

 

  • Organic Skinless Chicken Breast w/ marination (base)
  • Steamed Broccoli, Beets, Diced Onion
  • Boiled Sweet Potato


Example Meal 3:

 

  • Organic Skinless Chicken Breast w/ Salt, Garlic, Lemon Pepper (base)
  • Stir-fried Asparagus, Cucumber, butternut squash
  • Sprouted Brown Rice


And so forth…

 

This will give you an idea of how you handle a variety of items and give you some staple meals and foods you can get when you’re traveling, at work or at restaurants. It’s not just about the healing effect but also the knowledge to handle stressful moments outside of your house.

 

These meals are not forever, they are more about giving the G.I. tract time to heal and learning the avenues you can take to live life on your terms.

 

This can also be done with the elemental shake (seen later in this blog)

Food Preparation


Have you ever noticed that sometimes you can eat a certain food but then other time you can’t?

 

Was it the way you cooked it? The spices? The stress you were under when you ate it? Hormones? How intense of a flare you were in?

 

The answer is all the above

 

During a flare we need to take many aspects into consideration. Our bodies are in a weak state that cannot handle the stress of most foods so we need to prepare our meals and our system to give us the best chance of healing.We can do this by making sure are nervous systems are in a parasympathetic state and our foods are cooked for optimal absorption.

 

Here are some methods that could help:

 

  • Chew your foods at least 30 times
  • Make sure your salivating before you eat (parasympathetic state)
  • Drink no more that 4oz of liquid while eating – preferably drink nothing until 30 minutes after eating
  • Use a steamer to cook your foods when possible – highly steamed is better
  • Use an oven to bake your foods
  • Don’t eat raw vegetables unless you know you handle them
  • Eat Organic Use an oil with a high smoke point when cooking (Ex: Coconut Oil)
  • Play peaceful music throughout the day
  • Enjoy the meal with loved ones
  • Eat outside


Give some of these ideas a try and see if you notice a difference.

 

In the beginning, you may only feel a small difference but a strong house is built one brick at a time! If we combine these daily actions into our eating regimen we can see a dramatic difference without actually changing the type of food we’re eating.

 

Make sense?

 

It’s not just what we’re eating it but how we are eating it. Which foods and how we consume them are both very important for healing. To start try adding 4 of the top examples to your daily regimen. After 1-2 weeks add 1 more, then 1 more 1-2 weeks later, and so forth…

Feels Good to Feel Good!


If we can practice the majority of the above options we start changing our lifestyle in a way that promotes gut health. Soon it won’t be work at all, just lifestyle choices that make you feel good.

 

It’s not necessarily “work” to stop things that make us feel bad, we just know better over time. This is a principle many of us take up as get older anyways…

 

For example, chewing your food 30 times, drinking less that 4oz of water with your meal, salivating when eating, and eating outside are easy daily actions with minimal effort. It’s important to note we rarely find one method that dramatically heals our system. It’s the daily cumulative actions we take that create an overall difference in our health

 

Semi – Elemental Diet

 

Define –

 

“Contains nutrients as small molecular weight compounds, i.e. proteins as amino acids or peptides, carbohydrates as oligosaccharides or monosaccharides, and fats as medium-chain triglycerides. Used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disease. Called also monomeric diet.” (ListenToYourGut.com)

 

In short, an elemental meal is when the nutrients is broken down into more absorbable matter.

 

Think of a smoothie, shake, or pureed food…

 

Depending on your personal situation, an elemental or semi-elemental diet may be a fantastic healing meal in your regimen.

 

A semi-elemental diet is when a certain amount of meals are in liquid form. Meaning not all of our meals are elemental only some of them. This protects us from the possible issues of having a fully liquid diet while maintaining our lifestyle and stressors.

 

We can add nutritious foods and supplements into an elemental shake that can help:

 

  • Lower inflammation
  • Make a vegan meal
  • Heal ulcers
  • Regulate the immune system
  • Massage the gut lining, counteract anemia
  • Add bulk to BM’s
  • Proper absorption
  • Revitalize the human body.


A full elemental diet is very healing and can be done for 1-2 days (or much longer) when you have downtime, but a semi-elemental diet is easier to sustain in the long run.I suggest you work with a physician before trying a full on elemental diet for a long period of time. These meals allow our bodies to soak up an abundance of nutrients while using a quarter of the energy to do so.

 

Elemental meals are easily made free of dairy, gluten, refined sugars, and lectins. This makes it much easier is to follow the rules of the elimination diet and food preparation. In under 5 minutes we can make a raw, vegan, nutritious, organic, great-tasting, and easily absorbable meal that is healing on our system.

 

A win/win/win under 10 bucks!

Elemental Shake 


If you experience any adverse effects, chances are you added something your body cannot take, you drank it too fast, you were in a stressed state, or you needed to add healing ingredients like Grounded Psyllium Husk or Grounded Slippery Elm.

Digestive Healing Shake (organic) 

  • Vegan Protein (optional – Nano Vegan Pro – Link) Coupon Code: “Dane20″ for 20% off
  • Handful of spinach (baby spinach preferred)
  • 1 Medium Avocado
  • 1-2 Frozen & very Ripe Banana
  • 1-2 cups Frozen Strawberry/Blueberry
  • 1 oz. lemon Juice
  • 1-2 tablespoons each of finely grounded Psyllium Husk & Slippery Elm
  • 16-24 oz. water (alkaline water preferred)

Let us acknowledge that none of this is easy, self discipline is heavily weighted on faith and persistence.

 

There is great opportunity in our adversities. Self empowerment is priceless and where we overcome, we also become stronger. Focus on where you want to be and simple solutions that bring peace & freedom to your life – these methods are not chains but wings!

 

Please email us at Info@CrohnsColitisLifestyle with further questions or to set up a consultation. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to helping you achieve your remission!

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