“All disease begins in the gut.” That quote has been referenced as far back as
the times of ancient Greece, and it is supported by more and more modern
research every day. The surface area of
the digestive system is enormous. It is
estimated to be between 30-40 square meters which is about the size of a tennis
court. Inflammation along the course of
these organs may not even be noticeable as far as frank symptoms go, but that
does not mean that it is not impacting your entire body. Inflammation in the gut will always cross
into the blood and impact all other systems in your physiology. There is a strong gut/brain interaction for
example. An inflamed gut = and inflamed
brain. But the correlations do not stop
there. All major health concerns can
have inflammation at their root. Cancer,
Autoimmune disease, Neurological decline, Diabetes, Arthritis, Obesity, Heart
disease, etc. all have their roots with inflammation. So lower inflammation in the gut and lower
inflammation in the body at the same time.
The focus of this program is not actually to “cleanse” the
body per se. The term “cleanse” in my
opinion is a very loaded word. For some
people it means being married to your toilet for several days. For others is means detoxing the liver. This program does not directly do either
really. It does involve a ton of fresh
veggies, dark greens, berries, fruits, clean meats and healthy fats. It is designed to dramatically reduce the
amount of inflammatory foods that commonly irritate a person’s gut. Eating
this way will indeed be “detoxing” however.
This program involves foods which are very dense with nutrition.
So what are inflammatory foods? Well interestingly inflammatory foods are
often times the foods we eat most often!
Grains for example have a tendency to be inflammatory for most people. Now I know that goes against all of our
training. Whole grains are healthy
right? Well in some cases and in some
people yes… But it just so happens that
of all the food sensitivities out there grains are at the top of the list! And this is aside from the fact that all
grains tend to elevate Insulin levels which is inflammatory all by itself. Dairy is another high sensitivity food. So the thrust of this program is to eliminate
as many of the most commonly inflammatory foods as possible as step one of the
process. (The second step is supplements
which I will discuss below.)
The second dietary concept that people need to be aware of
is that this is a program that involves quite a bit of animal protein. (Sorry to any vegetarians reading this.) The diet plan is basically a modified “Paleo
Diet” which involves plenty of animal protein, lots and lots of veggies, most
fruits, higher than normal intake of fermented foods, and a lot of healthy
fats. All grains, dairy, soy, eggs, nightshade
plants (potato, tomato, eggplant, and peppers), nuts/seeds, & beans/legumes
are all on the NO-NO list for the full 30 days. (Among a few other things.) I know that it sounds like a lot is missing,
but people can live this way forever.
You would not be missing out on any nutrients and you will not starve! The emotional loss of the comfort foods we
all enjoy is the worst of it and that passes.
The second part of the program and one that is not to be
forgotten is the supplement part. It is
one thing to avoid all of the potentially irritating foods, but it is another
thing to provide compounds shown to reduce inflammation and which work to
rebuild the lining of the digestive tract.
Used together we have a very powerful gut repair and systemic
anti-inflammatory program. For the
supplement part I choose to use two formulas.
The first formula is the backbone of the program which is the Repairvite
Powder itself. This powder is high in
L-Glutamine which is widely known for healing the gut. But it also contains Licorice Root Extract, Aloe
Vera, Slippery Elm, Marshmallow, and other botanicals and compounds which all
show benefit to the digestive tract. The
second formula is just a good high dose probiotic called Strengtia. On this program you will consume 120 billion
probiotic bugs per day. That is a good
healthy therapeutic dose which can help the digestive system in many ways. As a third formula, for those who are
interested, we can add in a formula for what I call a “killing spree.” This is a formula called GI-Synergy which
combines herbs and compounds to help eliminate Parasite, Yeast and Bacterial
overgrowth. I can discuss this on an
individual basis. These are strong herbs
so I did not want to include that in the program for everyone. If you have questions about this let’s talk
in person. The cost of the Supplements
comes to $199.37 for the month. ($80 extra for the GI-Synergy)
Think of this program as a vacation from many of the things
in your diet that might be working against you!
It can be a struggle and there will be difficult parts, but that is
where the group comes in. We are all
here to support each other… Me
included! I will be doing this program
along with the rest of you. And we can
all leave comments and questions for the group on a group forum. It is important that we all interact with
each other. I will also be holding a
pre- and post-meeting for those who are interested and/or in the area. I think that it would be great to have a
little potluck gathering in the last week of the program together for our
closing meeting. We can all bring in our
favorite Repairvite-friendly foods to share!
I am asking for $225 even to take part which covers the supplements as
well as the time and support that I will provide throughout the program. I look forward to sharing this experience with
you and being there for you all. See you
soon!