Find Your Triggers, Stop Your Suffering with Chelsie Moore, Integrative & Functional Medicine Nutritionist

Looking to learn more about how your diet can influence your brain injury recovery? Post-concussion and all other brain injury survivors, go no further!  This episode has it all!!  Chelsie Moore functional medicine nutritionist, action sport aficionado, and all-around super-smart, bad-ass teaches us about all things brain and gut.  We dive deep on neuroinflammation, the brain-gut connection, and hormonal imbalances along with what YOU can do to take control and get better.  Grab your pencil and take notes; you’re going to feel inspired to take action after hearing this!Topics covered in this episode:Functional MedicineGetting down to the root cause of what is going on with your healthDiffers from Western medicine as it looks to treat what causes the problem instead of just treating the symptoms of the problemPractitioners in functional medicine spend a lot more time with their clients to uncover root causes and provide individualized careChelsie’s Story--Motocross rider with multiple concussionsShe lost 5 years of her 20s because she didn’t have the right help that she needed.  As bad as it was, it led her to turn it on its head and became a functional medicine nutritionist to be able to help others heal their brainsSuicide prevention Untreated brain injuries can lead to chronic inflammation causing mental health struggles which include suicidal thoughtsPeople may feel embarrassed to seek help if they’re having depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts.  There can be a stigma in the action sports community to not seek help and suffer aloneDon’t be ashamed to ask for help: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ NeuroinflammationThere is a lot we can do for neuroinflammationBrain injuries cause a breach to the blood brain barrier which allows toxins into the brain.  That creates a cascade of reactions that cause inflammation (inflammation is an immune response)Anti-inflammatory dietClean dietThe first most basic thing to do is to do lower inflammation in the brain is to eliminate gluten, dairy (casein), and sugargluten and casein fuel trigger an autoimmune reaction called molecular mimicry that fuels the vicious cycle of neuroinflammation What has gluten in it? Learn how to read your food labels.  Most food labels have to say if it has wheat (gluten) in itWheat, barley, soy sauce, some condimentsAnything that is “enriched”, “self risen” Graham or durum flour, food starchEmulsifiersMost of the fake meats have glutenHydrolyzed vegetable proteinMaltCammettRyeOats, unless certified gluten freeStabilizersThickenersWheat starch, wheat bran, wheat germ, semolinaWhat has dairy in it?MilkWheyCaseinAnything lacto-based (although some lactobacillus is dairy free)Brown sugar and caramelBinding agentsMore...