Diet And Depression - GAPS - Gut and Psychology Syndrome Explained

GAPS - Gut and Psychology Syndrome

Overview of GAPS - (c) 2006 Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride

Autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), schizophrenia, depression, dyslexia, dyspraxia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder – what do these conditions and many other psychological and psychiatric problems have in common?

Attention Deficit Disorder
Dyspraxia
Dyslexia
Epilepsy
Autism
Ceiliac Disease

Clinical practice shows that the majority of patients with these conditions suffer from digestive problems: abdominal pain, indigestion, flatulence, infantile colic, abnormal stools, feeding problems and many have been diagnosed to have Irritable Bowel Syndrome or an inflammatory bowel disease. Has the state of the digestive system in these patients got anything to do with their psychiatric / psychological state? In other words has the gut got anything to do with the functioning of the brain?

An accumulation of decades of research and clinical experience answers this question with a resounding - Yes! Not only that - recent research shows that the cause of the patients psychiatric/ psychological symptoms is hidden in the patient’s digestive system.

How does it happen? Due to a number of modern influences the patient’s digestive system instead of being a source of nourishment becomes a major source of toxicity in the body. Hundreds of various toxins get produced in the gut and absorbed into the bloodstream. The blood carries these toxins to the brain where they interfere with the millions of functions the brain cells have to perform every second. If it happens to a small child then the child’s brain is unable to process the information from the environment.

As a result the child cannot learn to communicate or behave appropriately and develops autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other behavioural and learning problems.

If it happens to an adult - depression, obsessions, delusions, hallucinations, panic attacks, compulsions and a mixture of other symptoms manifest the brain’s inability to function because it is clogged with toxicity.

Gut and Psychology Syndrome or GAP Syndrome...

...is the name for this phenomenon. It establishes the connection between the gut and the brain.

It explains how and why the state of the patient’s digestive system creates a plethora of so-called psychiatric or psychological symptoms which may be diagnosed as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), schizophrenia, depression, dyslexia, dyspraxia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and many other psychological and psychiatric conditions.

Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride will be speaking on GAPS at "National Diet and Depression – A National Conference on Nutritional Interventions for Tackling Depression" in London on June15th 2006.

If you would like to learn more about GAPS, you should visit Dr Natasha Campbell McBride's website: http://www.behealthy.org.uk

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