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The Anxiety Summit – Grainflammation – How Grain Consumption Contributes to Anxiety and other Mood Disorders

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Dr. Peter Osborne DC, author of Glutenology, was interviewed on the Anxiety Summit by host of the Anxiety Summit, Trudy Scott, Food Mood Expert and Nutritionist, author of The Antianxiety Food Solution.

Grainflammation – How Grain Consumption Contributes to Anxiety and other Mood Disorders

  • Gluten and autoimmunity
  • Schizophrenia and “bread madness”
  • How gluten and all grain consumption can lead to chemical changes in the brain
  • How the gluten in corn can impact the mind and mood
  • Concerns with seeds and grains
  • DNA testing for celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity

Here are some snippets from our interview:

Gluten is notorious for damaging the gastrointestinal tract.  I know iron, in the literature,  has always been reported as the most common most deficiency in gluten sensitivity. In my 15 years of practice, measuring both ferritin as well as iron panels and vitamin B12 levels, I see B12 being much, much more common as a deficiency in those with gluten sensitivity. The most common side effect of B12 deficiency, beyond fatigue, is actually anxiety.

We discussed the work of Dr Alessio Fasano, world-renowned pediatric gastroenterologist, research scientist and entreprenuer,  chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC).

The second barrier is called the right junction, which we know gluten can cause a disruption in tight junctions. This was discovered by Alessio Fasano at Harvard. He actually discovered it while he was at University of Maryland Celiac Research Facility. He discovered these tight junctions were disrupted and dismantled as a result of gluten exposure.

We also know bacterial infections can disrupt these barriers. We also have some evidence that show that glyphosate in Roundup and other chemical artificial pesticides and herbicides can disrupt this gastrointestinal barrier.

We discussed lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and how they

can create a lot of inflammatory reaction, and they can contribute to a breakdown in the blood brain barrier

Here is a recent paper on LPS and anxiety and depression: Early prenatal exposure to LPS results in anxiety- and depression-related behaviors in adulthood

We found that mice exposed to LPS show anxiety- and depression-related behaviors

In addition, LPS mice had reduced serotonin and noradrenaline levels in the hippocampus

Here is the blood brain barrier paper discussed – The blood-brain barrier in neuroimmunology: Tales of separation and assimilation

The corn zein discussion was fascinating and concerning because so many people are eating gluten-free products that contain corn (another reason to pass on the processed gluten-free products and just eat real whole food!)

Here are two papers that discuss this (corn is called maize in South Africa)

Here is Dr. Osborne’s gift: 7 Habits of the Highly Effective Gluten-Free Warrior (3 videos)

Here is the information about Genetic Testing For Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease

If you are not already registered for the Anxiety Summit you can get live access to the speakers of the day here: www.theAnxietySummit.com

Missed this interview or can’t listen live? Or want this and the other great interviews for your learning library? Purchase the MP3s or MP3s + transcripts and listen when it suits you.

You can find your purchasing options here: Anxiety Summit Season 1, Anxiety Summit Season 2, and Anxiety Summit Season 3.

Label GMOs for the safety of food for our families and children

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There is an initiative in CA to label products that contain GMO (Generically Modified Organisms) ingredients. Label GMOs is a great site for everything you need to know and the Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/labelgmos

“Help ensure the safety of food for California families and children. Let’s get labeling of genetically modified foods on the Ballot for 2012.”

“Because this is a California Ballot Initiative, we need in-person, physical signatures. We cannot gather online and have until April 22nd to gather 800,000 signatures to get this on the 2012 California Ballot.”

I think these statements say it all:

“We Currently Eat Genetically Engineered Food, But Don’t Know It”

“GMO Corn is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency as an Insecticide” – wow! I did not know this!

“Today, as much as 86% of corn in the U.S. is GMO” so if you’re eating processed foods you are eating GMO ingredients.

“also potatoes altered with bacteria genes, “super” pigs altered with human growth genes, tomatoes altered with fish genes, and fish altered with cattle growth genes”

You can read more from Label GMOs here and I know you’ll want your food to be labeled.

The Millions Against Monsanto Facebook group is growing by the day and has some great resources for learning about GMOs   Millions Against Monsanto. It’s an open group so feel free to join and learn and comment.

This was a pretty sad and poorly researched GMO article in the Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/19/4272670/label-this-one-do-not-touch.html

But good to see how many people are not putting up with poor reporting like this! One good thing is understanding how the uninformed think.

You can read some of my earlier posts on GMOs, where I talk about why GMOs are unhealthy and also labeling of GMO salmon in California last year.  At this stage we just don’t know enough about the possible long term consequences to our physical and mental health.