Guidelines For High Frequency GI Health Protocol
When our life circumstances feel overwhelming or challenging, our bodies feel this stress. The GI system is one of the first bodily operations affected by heavy stress. Nowadays, the scientific community recognizes, GI stress, a disturbed microbiome, and endotoxin as the root of many diseases of the human body.
The gut is now called the second brain because of the neurons in the GI system. Before it was thought that the brain sends a signal to the gut to initiate an action like a hormone release, etc. In recent years, a switch occurred and it is now understood that the gut sends a message to the brain to initiate an action. The implications are enormous and exactly why it is important to maintain a healthy GI system. For this reason, I want to focus on developing a healthy GI system
Please note that I am oversimplifying when I say GI system. There are multiple parts like stomach, small intestine, large intestine, ascending colon, descending colon, etc. For simplicity, I am considering the GI system as a whole. The protocol that I include below considers the whole system.
I have personally used each suggestion and found the results helpful. In addition to the protocol below, please refer back to my earlier blogs about health, raising frequency, physical health, etc. as they will give even more ideas.
Remember that this is not medical advice. If you have medical questions always contact your health care provider. For any questions, please feel free to reach me using our contact form.
I broke the list into categories for ease of use:
Supplementation
đź“Ś Digestive enzymes – Enzymedica Digest Basic
📌 George’s Aloe Vera Juice (tastes like water)
đź“Ś Lysine – heals gut lining
đź“Ś Gelatin/collagen/glycine
đź“Ś Ginger either fresh or a tea
đź“Ś Manuka honey
đź“Ś D-Limonene – Heartburn Free – Nature’s Way
đź“Ś Coffee – also in the food category, heals liver
Food
đź“Ś Lemon juice 30 minutes before a meal to increase acidity and stimulate bile
đź“Ś Homemade bone broth/chicken broth
đź“Ś Eat slowly; chew food thoroughly
đź“Ś Adequate protein: eggs, milk, keifer, cheese, beef, lamb, bison, chicken, turkey, white fish, seafood-shrimp, oysters, etc.
đź“Ś Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables
đź“Ś Adequate starch/sucrose: white jasmine rice, small red potatoes, Einkorn sourdough bread, honey, cane sugar, maple syrup
đź“Ś Coffee, milk, fresh squeezed orange juice, fresh homemade lemonade, clean water
đź“Ś Healthy fats: olive oil, coconut oil, butter, ghee, tallow
Movement – 3 to 5 times weekly
đź“Ś Walking, swimming, dancing, rebounding, yoga, bicycling, hiking, lifting weights, chi gung, tai chi
đź“ŚYoga – a) inverted postures: headstand, shoulder-stand, viparita karani, legs up the wall pose, Utanasana -touch toes pose;
b) twisting postures: seated and standing;
c) supported, passive back-bends: supta baddha konosana, setu bandha sarvangasana (bridge pose), supta virasana
đź“Ś Gentle breathing exercises – also in mindfulness category
Mindfulness – 3 to 5 times weekly
📌 Gentle breathing exercises while in the legs up the wall pose and hands on the belly. With each breath repeat this affirmation: on the inhale say: “belly”, on the exhale say: “we are healthy”.
đź“Ś Mindfulness practice
đź“Ś Meditation
đź“Ś Brain entrainment – my personal favorite is Sacred Acoustics
đź“Ś Contemplation
đź“Ś Playing a musical instrument
đź“Ś Writing, journaling
đź“Ś Gratitude exercises
đź“Ś Positivity
đź“Ś Chanting
As the gut is foundational for healthy functioning in most of our body’s physiological systems, maintaining a healthy GI tract will bring you maximum longevity and benefits. Please take the ideas that resonate with you and begin to switch your habits to support high frequency GI health!