Kitty Martone - Gut Health Diet for Beginners

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Photography Nadine Greeff Author Photo Tuohyphotography.com ISBN: Print 978-1-64152-235-9 | eBook 978-1-64152-236-6 I would like to dedicate this book to those people struggling with an unidentifiable illness or imbalance. The fatigue, the pain, the helplessness, the misinformation and conflicting expert opinions and advice, the effort, and the cost may seem like a mountain impossible to traverse. Stay focused on your goals and keep your journey simple. You were designed to thrive. Contents I struggled with my health from birth, diagnosed with both spinal meningitis and pneumonia before three months of age. The super antibiotics that I went on saved my life but also nearly destroyed my immunity and later decalcified my teeth, along with the corn syruprich baby formula given at the time, which left me with mercury fillings and silver crowns on most of my baby teeth.

All through my early years, I battled illness and had issues with my weight. I fell victim to every cold, flu, and virus, and I suffered ear, nose, and throat issues as well as allergies. I was always nauseous, and was constantly hurting myself because I was weak. I couldnt keep my eyes open in school, and my grades suffered. By the time I reached puberty, all my symptoms compounded and others revealed themselves. As a young adult, I could barely hold down a job because of the chronic illness.

When I finally reached a dead end with conventional medicine, I sought alternative help and education. Around this time I met my husband, the best chiropractor in the world. He was the first messenger who came to me with the message of whole-body healingthe idea that you cannot treat your symptoms and expect to thrive, but rather you must address the root cause. This was new to me. His chiropractic method and his holistic view on food and supplements started my healing journey. Our meeting also led me to my education, which continues to this day.

I became a holistic nutritionist, a master herbalist, a holistic health practitioner, and a chef, and I even spent two years working as a childbirth educator. I also met my next two mentors, my practitioner, Dr. Robert Marshall, and Donna Gates, founder of Body Ecology and author of The Body Ecology Diet. This is where my specialized education began. They both spent a tremendous amount of time and attention studying what you eat and how you are digesting it. Dr. Dr.

Marshall started me on a healing program, and I began the Body Ecology Diet. Through the wisdom of these nutritional giants, I grew both personally and professionally and began to see how I, too, could contribute to this field and help educate others on the importance and value of gut health. But meanwhile, I struggled with my own health. My exposure to so many diets and health programs as well as my work with so many clients helped me to see a common thread with diets meant to help people with chronic health concerns and gut problems. Most of these diets were too rigorous, too challenging, and often, the extreme nature of these diets would catapult people into detoxification, or what are referred to as Herxheimer reactions. This phase of adapting to a new diet can make some people worse before they get better.

Most diets do not do anything to help mitigate this natural transition, which is primarily caused by the drastic shift that occurs when you cut out the sugar and toxic ingredients and flood the body with healthy minerals and probiotics from clean foods. I liken it to doing a full spring cleaning without buying any garbage bags to throw out the trash. This happened to me. And as much as we all want our houses to be thoroughly cleaned in one day, setting aside a few days to take on the whole process is far more productive than a quick fix, and the results will last a lot longer. I personally felt much worse for almost two years before starting to feel real improvement. I remember during that time, I wished for the very type of guidance that this book offers: a more gentle and handheld transition.

That phase I endured was enough to make anyone quit. And that is what inspired this book. I wanted to help mitigate the microorganism die-off reactions in people, as those reactions can be enough to make the toughest person quit. In looking for a kindler, gentler way to adjust the body, I found that the power of cooking at home and cleaning up your ingredients is enough to make big shifts in your energy and how you feel in as little as seven days. I also found that increasing the daily intake of vegetables through whole food vegetables and greens smoothies, as well as how you combine your food when you eat it, has a tremendous and immediate impact on the gut. For many people, a radical, extreme diet is not necessary; even if your gut concerns seem extreme, many issues can be helped with some foundational basics that I address in this book.