In the summer before sixth grade, Beth Alison Maloney's middle son suddenly began to exhibit severe obsessive-compulsive behaviors. She documents his ensuing multi-year battle with mental illness in her book, “Saving Sammy: Curing the boy who caught OCD.”
by Sarabeth Matilsky
If you're anything like me, you get really skeptical when someone presents a new miracle cure. This is the sort of necessary skepticism that prevents one from being snake oiled. Especially when you're trying to sort through medical advice, you need a fully-functioning baloney detector.
Dear Family,
The Wise Traditions Conference was a bit more than simple propaganda, inspiration, and meeting great people--it was also validation for this massive, challenging, unpaid job that Jeff and I have been doing. It was a chance to meet “colleagues” also in the “business” of healing their families, and who were willing to share honestly, reserve judgment, and laugh in a friendly sort of way when I--former-life-long-vegetarian that I am—approached the buffet tables at mealtimes with a mixture of disgust and delight and intellectual curiosity.
Lecture at Wise Traditions Conference, King of Prussia, PA, November 12, 2010.
This is a transcription and adaptation by me (Sarabeth Matilsky). Any mistakes are undoubtedly mine, although I made an effort to leave out any details or insert a (?) when I felt unsure about NCM's intended meaning.
The Heart is not a Pump: lecture by Tom Cowan, MD (Wise Traditions Conference, King of Prussia, PA, 11/14/10)
The following is a transcription and adaptation by me (Sarabeth Matilsky). Any mistakes are undoubtedly mine, although I made an effort to leave out any details or insert a (?) when I felt unsure about Dr. Cowan's intended meaning.
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Rudolf Steiner said that three things stand in the way of the proper development of humankind:
Carnivorous Consumption Keys Planetary Health, keynote speech by Joel Salatin, Saturday 11/13/10 at "The Politics of Food" Wise Traditions Convention, King of Prussia, PA
Natasha Campbell-McBride MD: Gut and Psychology Syndrome (Lecture 11/12/10, Friday 10-5)
FROM THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
Natasha Campbell-McBride MD: Gut and Psychology Syndrome (Lecture 11/12/10, Friday 10-5)
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GAPS DIET ITSELF
GAPS was born from the SCD. Since perhaps my patients were different, I adapted the diet so that we introduce beneficial bacteria using a commercial probiotic supplement, and then lots of fermented foods. It involves detoxification measures as well. GAPS is a lifestyle change.
The basics:
Natasha Campbell-McBride MD: Gut and Psychology Syndrome (Lecture 11/12/10, Friday 10-5)
WHAT ABOUT HEART DISEASE, AND ALL THESE SATURATED FATS ON GAPS?
What about heart disease?? Having spent many hours explaining to hundreds of people, I wrote a book about it, called “Put Your Heart In Your Mouth.” This will give you more details, and is fully referenced. http://www.putyourheartinyourmouth.com/
Natasha Campbell-McBride MD: Gut and Psychology Syndrome (Lecture 11/12/10, Friday 10-5)
THE AUTOIMMUNE CONNECTION
A damaged gut lets toxins and microbes through into the blood stream, which creates general toxicity in the body, and then the immune system reacts, adding autoimmunity to the equation.