Neurologic Disorders
"There are hundreds of recognized neurological disorders, which affect approximately one billion people across the world. A neurological disorder is considered to be any condition that affects the nervous system, which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and all the peripheral nerves that transmit impulses around the body. The symptoms will vary considerably depending on the regions of the nervous system that are affected."
From neurologicdisorders.org
This is one of the most informative videos that I have ever seen for the improvement of health through diet.
Some of the most common neurologic disorders are Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's, MS, ALS, autism, ADD and ADHD. Some of these disorders have been healed with diet and alternative therapies.
Dr. Terri Wahls from the Wahls foundation is a medical Dr. who was diagnosed with progressive MS and did research to determine what would repair her mitochondria and found that most of the answer was proper diet- specifically a primitive diet.
I believe that a primitive diet is an important component to the healing of a lot of diseases including neurologic disease. For more information on the Wahls Way please see the link to the right.Diets free of gluten (wheat) and dairy may help with neurologic disorders.
Gluten is in many foods from breads to sauces and it can take a while to remove such an ingredient from ones diet, but it is possible and we can help in this process.
Brain Foods
A variety of fruits and vegetables are excellent to maintian a healthy brain and lists of foods can become repetitive and overwhelming so for this one I narrowed it down to the top 5.
Broccoli
Kale
Cauliflower
Tomatos
Avacado
Black Olives
Walnuts
Brain Herbs
Ginko Biloba
Ginseng
Green Tea
Supplements (best to get these nutrients from your food- but these are the nutrients most important to the brain)
Creatine
Fish Oil
Coenzyme Q10
BVit Combo
Omega 3
Iodine
WAHL'S DIET:
- 3 cups of green leaves- Vit A C K Minerals Vit B e.g. kale, collards, etc- every day
- 3 cups of sulfur rich vegetables- Cabbage, Broccolli, cauliflower, Onions, garlic, mushrooms, asparagus, etc- every day
- 3 cups of bright color foods- 3 diff colors/day polyflavanoids- remove toxins- beets, carrots, berries etc.- every day
- grass fed meat- high qulaity protiens- and -Omega 3 fatty acids- wild fish- salmon, herring
- organ meat- liver, gizzards, sweet bread- at least once a week
- seaweed- iodine (removes toxins)- at least once a week
For more information on putting together a dietary plan specific to you based on the Wahls Diet please schedule a consultation.