Is your gut health holding you back from radiant, glowing skin? Listen in as Donna discusses this with a special guest in our latest podcast episode.

Is your gut health holding you back from radiant, glowing skin? Listen in as Donna discusses this with a special guest in our latest podcast episode.

Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.

Body Ecology Living

Donna Gates & Dasha Saian talk naturally radiant skin

Donna is joined by Dr. Susan Brown who, in a highly informative previous episode, shared her specialist knowledge of preventing and treating osteoporosis. This time, they discuss a topic that not a lot of people know about – maintaining the right acid-alkaline in your body. 

They discuss why this is so important and how to measure your PH. Dr. Brown and Donna explain how to use the foods you eat to help yourself to maintain the right balance, in particular, the importance of magnesium and potassium. As well as covering the role stress plays in producing too much acid.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Maintaining the correct balance between acid and alkaline (PH) in our bodies is important for health.
Some areas of the body are meant to be more acidic than others e.g. the stomach is very acidic. But to be able to maintain the right balance in the right areas your body needs the right food, rest and lifestyle.
The first urine of the morning is a very good indicator of overall PH balance.
Try to stay very mineral rich during the day. You can do this using food.
Because of the hormones that are released when we are stressed we can easily become too acidic, which is why managing stress well is important.
Honey is a very powerful healing medicine.

BEST MOMENTS
‘I got interested in people who knew about how to regain that natural human potential for health. ´

‘Different compartments of the body have a different PH. ´

‘The best way to handle stress is to be absolutely grateful for everything. ´

Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website www.bodyecology.com. You can also get a transcript of this show there.

ABOUT THE GUEST
SUSAN BROWN-https://www.betterbones.com/about/

Previous Body Ecology Living episode with Dr. Susan Brown - https://omny.fm/shows/all-body-ecology-podcasts/09-bel

The Acid Alkaline Food Guide - https://www.amazon.com/Acid-Alkaline-Food-Guide-Reference-Efffect/dp/0757003931

VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology
https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/
https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel

BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP
All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8

ABOUT THE HOST
Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.

CONTACT METHOD
https://bodyecology.com/contacts
You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.

Podcast Description
These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well & taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

Donna is joined by Dr. Susan Brown who, in a highly informative previous episode, shared her specialist knowledge of preventing and treating osteoporosis. This time, they discuss a topic that not a lot of people know about – maintaining the right acid-alkaline in your body. 
They discuss why this is so important and how to measure your PH. Dr. Brown and Donna explain how to use the foods you eat to help yourself to maintain the right balance, in particular, the importance of magnesium and potassium. As well as covering the role stress plays in producing too much acid.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Maintaining the correct balance between acid and alkaline (PH) in our bodies is important for health.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Some areas of the body are meant to be more acidic than others e.g. the stomach is very acidic. But to be able to maintain the right balance in the right areas your body needs the right food, rest and lifestyle.</li>
<li aria-level="1">The first urine of the morning is a very good indicator of overall PH balance.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Try to stay very mineral rich during the day. You can do this using food.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Because of the hormones that are released when we are stressed we can easily become too acidic, which is why managing stress well is important.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Honey is a very powerful healing medicine.</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS ‘I got interested in people who knew about how to regain that natural human potential for health. ´
‘Different compartments of the body have a different PH. ´
‘The best way to handle stress is to be absolutely grateful for everything. ´
Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website <a href="http://www.bodyecology.com">www.bodyecology.com</a>. You can also get a transcript of this show there.
ABOUT THE GUEST
<ul>
<li>SUSAN BROWN-<a href="https://www.betterbones.com/about/">https://www.betterbones.com/about/</a></li>
</ul>
Previous Body Ecology Living episode with Dr. Susan Brown - <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/all-body-ecology-podcasts/09-bel">https://omny.fm/shows/all-body-ecology-podcasts/09-bel</a>
The Acid Alkaline Food Guide - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Acid-Alkaline-Food-Guide-Reference-Efffect/dp/0757003931">https://www.amazon.com/Acid-Alkaline-Food-Guide-Reference-Efffect/dp/0757003931</a> 
VALUABLE RESOURCES <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology">https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology</a>  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/">https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/</a>  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel">https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel</a>
BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8">https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8</a>
ABOUT THE HOST Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.
CONTACT METHOD <a href="https://bodyecology.com/contacts">https://bodyecology.com/contacts</a>  You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.
Podcast Description These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well &amp; taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

Acid – Alkaline Balance For Optimum Health with Dr. Susan Brown

For this episode, Donna is joined by Holly Larsen a proud mom who along with her husband used food, including coconut kefir, to help their daughter Tula to recover from autism. This is an amazing episode that contains important information that everyone can benefit from learning.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
An unhealthy gut cannot extract enough nutrients from food. Without access to these nutrients, the body, including the brain, malfunctions.
The earlier you start rebuilding the gut biome the better. After age 6 it becomes harder to recover.
You need to crowd out the bad bacteria. Kefir, in particular coconut kefir, is incredibly good at doing this.

BEST MOMENTS
‘Supplements are not the answer. ´

‘I feel like the story has a divine arrangement. ´

‘The whole family can drink it (kefir coconut). ´

Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website www.bodyecology.com. You can also get a transcript of this show there.

EPISODE RESOURCES
https://shop.bodyecology.com/collections/biotics/products/ecophage
https://shop.bodyecology.com/products/kefir-starter

ABOUT THE GUEST
Holly Larsen is the proud mom of twin girls. One of them, Tula, was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and their family began a difficult but rewarding journey of healing after finding the Body Ecology Diet. Not only did it help their daughter recover from autism, but it helped the entire family. Holly was diagnosed with kidney disease at a very young age having her first kidney transplant at age 13, then a cancer diagnosis in 2011, then a second kidney transplant in 2020. Through Tula's experience she understands the importance of a healthy microbiome and wants to share her story of hope with others. 

She has a new blog A Journey Off The Spectrum where she details her family's journey, as well as a forum where she hopes to empower a community of people to share their insights and stories around the gut brain connection. 

https://www.ajourneyoffthespectrum.com/

VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology
https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/
https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel

BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP
All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8

ABOUT THE HOST
Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.

CONTACT METHOD
https://bodyecology.com/contacts

You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.

Podcast Description
These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well & taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

For this episode, Donna is joined by Holly Larsen a proud mom who along with her husband used food, including coconut kefir, to help their daughter Tula to recover from autism. This is an amazing episode that contains important information that everyone can benefit from learning.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">An unhealthy gut cannot extract enough nutrients from food. Without access to these nutrients, the body, including the brain, malfunctions.</li>
<li aria-level="1">The earlier you start rebuilding the gut biome the better. After age 6 it becomes harder to recover.</li>
<li aria-level="1">You need to crowd out the bad bacteria. Kefir, in particular coconut kefir, is incredibly good at doing this.</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS ‘Supplements are not the answer. ´
‘I feel like the story has a divine arrangement. ´
‘The whole family can drink it (kefir coconut). ´
Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website <a href="http://www.bodyecology.com">www.bodyecology.com</a>. You can also get a transcript of this show there.
EPISODE RESOURCES <a href="https://shop.bodyecology.com/collections/biotics/products/ecophage">https://shop.bodyecology.com/collections/biotics/products/ecophage</a>  <a href="https://shop.bodyecology.com/products/kefir-starter">https://shop.bodyecology.com/products/kefir-starter</a> 
ABOUT THE GUEST Holly Larsen is the proud mom of twin girls. One of them, Tula, was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and their family began a difficult but rewarding journey of healing after finding the Body Ecology Diet. Not only did it help their daughter recover from autism, but it helped the entire family. Holly was diagnosed with kidney disease at a very young age having her first kidney transplant at age 13, then a cancer diagnosis in 2011, then a second kidney transplant in 2020. Through Tula's experience she understands the importance of a healthy microbiome and wants to share her story of hope with others. 
She has a new blog A Journey Off The Spectrum where she details her family's journey, as well as a forum where she hopes to empower a community of people to share their insights and stories around the gut brain connection. 
<a href="https://www.ajourneyoffthespectrum.com/">https://www.ajourneyoffthespectrum.com/</a>
VALUABLE RESOURCES <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology">https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology</a>  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/">https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/</a>  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel">https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel</a>
BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8">https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8</a>
ABOUT THE HOST Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.
CONTACT METHOD https://bodyecology.com/contacts
You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.
Podcast Description These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well &amp; taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

A Journey Off The Spectrum with Holly Larsen

Donna is joined by Carol Garner-Houston, founder of Brain Harmony, an award-winning, drug-free, therapist-supported at-home program that improves cognition, nervous system function, brain health, and healing.  They discuss strengthening your brain to better handle stress and regulating the Vagus nerve, which improves organ function, rest, and digestion. All of which contribute to healing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Stress is everywhere, we can´t control it, but we can build neurological resilience to cope with it better.
In many cases it is possible to reset a dysfunctional nervous system and improve brain function.
The Vagus nerve connects our important organs – when it functions well our overall health improves. 
The right music, sound waves and stimulus can rebalance the Vagus nerve and damp down our stress response.
Give the brain the right inputs.
Brain Harmony can be used by all family members. Some nervous pets respond positively.



BEST MOMENTS

‘We can strengthen the brain and the nervous system. ´

‘We are seeing the value of regulating the brain and nervous system in the healing of GI issues. ´

‘Generalized inflammation, we're able to decrease that by tapping into the Vagus nerve. ´

Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website www.bodyecology.com. You can also get a transcript of this show there.

ABOUT THE GUEST

Carol Garner-Houston, OTR/L is the Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Brain Harmony, an award-winning, evidence-based, drug-free, telehealth program that creates personalized at-home programs for children and adults to improve cognition, nervous system function, brain health, and healing from chronic illness.   

With over 3 decades of clinical experience working with 4000+ families, Carol’s patent-pending therapeutic process to achieve neurological calm was awarded the 2020 Innovation Award by the National Board of Occupation Therapy.  

Carol can be found at www.brainharmony.com

Vagus Nerve Study

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology

https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel

BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP

All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8



ABOUT THE HOST

Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.





CONTACT METHOD

https://bodyecology.com/contacts

You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.



Podcast Description

These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well & taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

Donna is joined by Carol Garner-Houston, founder of Brain Harmony, an award-winning, drug-free, therapist-supported at-home program that improves cognition, nervous system function, brain health, and healing.  They discuss strengthening your brain to better handle stress and regulating the Vagus nerve, which improves organ function, rest, and digestion. All of which contribute to healing.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Stress is everywhere, we can´t control it, but we can build neurological resilience to cope with it better.</li>
<li aria-level="1">In many cases it is possible to reset a dysfunctional nervous system and improve brain function.</li>
<li aria-level="1">The Vagus nerve connects our important organs – when it functions well our overall health improves. </li>
<li aria-level="1">The right music, sound waves and stimulus can rebalance the Vagus nerve and damp down our stress response.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Give the brain the right inputs.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Brain Harmony can be used by all family members. Some nervous pets respond positively.</li>
</ul>
 
BEST MOMENTS
‘We can strengthen the brain and the nervous system. ´
‘We are seeing the value of regulating the brain and nervous system in the healing of GI issues. ´
‘Generalized inflammation, we're able to decrease that by tapping into the Vagus nerve. ´
Body ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws, and our amazing effective products go to our website <a href="http://www.bodyecology.com">www.bodyecology.com</a>. You can also get a transcript of this show there.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Carol Garner-Houston, OTR/L is the Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Brain Harmony, an award-winning, evidence-based, drug-free, telehealth program that creates personalized at-home programs for children and adults to improve cognition, nervous system function, brain health, and healing from chronic illness.   
With over 3 decades of clinical experience working with 4000+ families, Carol’s patent-pending therapeutic process to achieve neurological calm was awarded the 2020 Innovation Award by the National Board of Occupation Therapy.  
Carol can be found at <a href="http://www.brainharmony.com/">www.brainharmony.com</a>
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082307/">Vagus Nerve Study</a>
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology
https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel">https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel</a>
BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP
All of Donna Gates's books are available on Amazon - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8">https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005CQLSK8</a>
 
ABOUT THE HOST
Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.
 
CONTACT METHOD
https://bodyecology.com/contacts
You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.
 
Podcast Description
These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well &amp; taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

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