Synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers have been increasingly in use since, just after the first world war, the Allied countries were economically pressured into finding “peacetime uses” for weapon factories, and for toxic chemical factories. Hence began a war on insects, a war on germs, and a war on smells — wars that are now costing us in immune, fertility, neurological, learning, and other exponentially rising societal and environmental challenges. Genetic modifications to plants are causing known harm to soil health, crop health, livestock (and other foragers, like deer) health, and human health. More recently, the genetics of some wild foods and medicines have been shifting as their close GMO relatives interbreed — with further disturbing health implications. Soil microbial health is the source and basis for plant health, and for gut microbial health. Microbial health is what keeps us humans alive, healthy, fertile, and sharp. Get cutting edge research on how to avoid harming yourself, your friends, and your children.

1. Soil Health, Gut Health:
Preventing, Halting, and
Reversing Inflammatory
Disease
© Jackie McMillan, BES, Asperger’s, 2018
http://ThriveWithAutism.ca
Photos courtesy of Angie Koch’s Fertile Ground Farm, and
of the many photographers of Morguefile.com

2. Overview
 Inflammatory Diseases (85%+ of all disease)
 Healthy Soil, Healthy Soil Microbes
 Health in Agricultural Plants & Livestock re. Microbes
 Healthy Soil Microbes, Healthy Gut Microbes, Healthy
People

3. What Is Inflammation?
Acute Surface Inflammation: PRISH
 Pain
 Redness
 Immobility
 Swelling
 (or Stiffness)
 Heat
Only some of these signs may be noticeable
inside the body (lungs, gut, bones, etc.) .
Chronic Internal
Inflammation:
 Abdominal pain
 Chest pain
 Distention
 Fatigue
 Fever
 Joint pain
 Mouth sores
 Rash

4. What Causes Inflammation?
 Chronic Stress
 Immune Challenges
 Leaky Gut (Intestinal
Permeability)
 Malnourishment
(backlog of tasks from
missing materials for
repair and
maintenance)
 Physical Injury
 Toxins
The immune system recognizes irritants,
invaders, and damaged cells; it launches
a biological process to break these down
so they can be removed from the body.
This biological process causes irritation,
inflammation, fluid (pus) build-up, and
finally granulation, the first stage of
building new and healthy tissues.
Inflammation is the body’s natural
protection, and a first step to healing
wounds, infections, and damaged tissues.
If inflammation persists, it causes ongoing
harm to the body, which leads to…
chronic health conditions and
diseases.

5. Inflammatory Disease
Examples:
Mental:
 ADHD
 Alzheimer’s
 Attention & focus issues
 Asperger’s and Autism
 Bipolar disorder
 Brain fog/ lack of clarity
 Delayed reaction time
 Dementia
 Learning Disabilities
 Memory problems
 OCD
 Parkinson’s
 Sensory Integration Issues
(Dyslexia, Dysgraphia,
etc.)
 Word-finding Issues
Emotional:
 Depression
 Anxiety/ Panic
 Anger & Violence
Physical:
 Addison’s Disease
 Allergies and
Sensitivities
 ALS (Lou Gehrig’s
Disease)
 Angina (& other heart
disease)
 Arthritis
 Asthma
 Cancer
 Celiac Disease
 Crohn’s Disease
 Diabetes
 Graves’ Disease
 Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
 Hepatitis
Physical:
 Inflammatory Bowel
Disease
 Lupus
 Multiple Sclerosis
 Myasthenia Gravis
 Obesity
 Periodontitis
 Pernicious Anemia
 Sarcoidosis
 Sjögren’s syndrome
 Skin Problems (Eczema,
Psoriasis, Acne, Rashes)
 Tuberculosis
 Ulcers, Ulcerative Colitis
 Vasculitis & Arteritis
Beyond other inflammatory disease, there are
over 80 autoimmune diseases, all of which are
caused by chronic inflammation.

6. What Causes Chronic
Inflammation?
1. Leaky Gut
2. Chronic Infections
3. Heightened Toxic Body
Burden
Human digestive, immune, and detox
systems overlap by 60 to 85%, depending
on the expert.
Sommai
FreeDigitalPhotos.net

7. Why Do So Many More of Us
Have Leaky Gut, Chronic
Infection, and Un-removed
Toxins?
Africa FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Phaitoon FreeDigitalPhotos.net ImageryMajestic
FreeDigitalPhotos.net

8. Soil Health = Microbiome Health
“There is growing evidence that CIDs (chronic
inflammatory diseases) are characterized by a
change in microbiome composition.”
- Dr. Alessio Fasano, Harvard Medical School
https://www.ancestralhealth.nl/2018/early-nutrition-can-shape-gut-
microbiota-implications-autoimmunity-epidemics-lesson-learned-
celiac-disease/
https://www.drperlmutter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Celiac-
non-celiac-gluten-sensitivity-review-JAMA-2017.pdf
DC Dominici FreeDigitalPhotos.net

9. Not a Machine, an Ecosystem
 Dr. Alessio Fasano and team’s elegant research on Celiac
disease demonstrated the mechanism which causes chronic
inflammatory disease.
 An unhealthy gut microbiome (microbial ecosystem) allows
infection, toxin accumulation, and harm to the digestive
system, leaving the gut lining vulnerable to perforation and
loose junctions.
 When the gut lining leaks GI contents into the bloodstream,
the immune system is faced with undigested food, digestive
microbes, and toxic microbial wastes in the bloodstream.
 The immune system launches inflammation to deal with the
invaders… which don’t stop entering the bloodstream, so the
inflammation doesn’t stop.
 The 3 top causes of leaky gut are stress, gluten, and
glyphosate.
Would you describe your life as stressful?
Cbenjasuwan FreeDigitalPhotos.net

10. Evidence Trumps Old Model:
Old: Body As Machine
 Parts/ systems can be
studied and understood in
isolation
 If a part or system doesn’t
work, fix or replace it without
worrying about impacts on
the rest of the system
 Give the part or system the
right “fix”, and it will keep
going
New: Body As Ecosystem
 Each part and system is
intimately, functionally entwined in
a whole body
 Assessment of health is
impossible without addressing
each part or system’s impact on
all the others
 Health of system or part isn’t
possible without whole body
health.

11. When
Models
Change…
Who Fights
Back?

12. When a Powerful Authority Is
Challenged…
Solar System Model
 Copernicus and Galileo
challenged Church
 Information suppression
 Defamation of character
 Loss of Livelihood and/or Life
Medical Model
 Medical researchers and cutting
edge health professionals
challenge international
corporations (banks,
telecommunication, chemicals,
foods, etc.)
 Hmmmm… E.g. Dr. Andy
Wakefield

13. WW1 Ends:
Peacetime
Uses of
Weapon and
Chemical
Factories

14. 3 New Wars:
Bugs Germs Smells

15. Oops – Unintended
Consequences

16. In Your Own Life, How Many
People…
 Have issues with depression, anxiety, or out-of-control anger?
 Have allergies, arthritis, or repetitive strain injuries?
 Have diabetes, heart disease, or digestive issues?
 Have Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, or some other dementia?
 Have learning disabilities, including dyslexia, ADHD, and autism?
 Have cancer or autoimmune disease?
All these diseases - and more - are caused by inflammation.
Current rates are not survivable, but we know how to turn it around, right
now.

17. Where Does Health Begin?
Soil microbes:
- keep plants &
trees resilient
and healthy,
- keep
livestock
resilient and
healthy, and
- keep humans
resilient and
healthy

18. Soil Health Q’s
1. What does optimal soil
health look like?
2. What are the reasons for a
downhill slide in soil health?
3. What are the best
protections against
unhealthy soil, and the best
restorative options?

19. What’s In Healthy Soil?
 Blend of sand, silt, and clay (clay adsorbs
plant nutrients)
 Major plant nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and
S)
 Minor plant nutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cur, B,
Mo, Ni, Cl, Si, Co, and Na)
 Organic matter (also adsorbs plant nutrients)
 Wildlife (bacteria, funghi, microarthropods,
nematodes, earthworms, insects), very few
of whom are pests
http://www.soils4teachers.org/fertility

20. Sand, Silt, Clay, and Humus
Soil Texture = the proportions of silt, clay and sand in the soil, not
easily changed, which affects:
 Water movement through the soil (waterlogging, water repellence,
lack of retention)
 Root penetration
Soil Structure = Aggregation & Pores (depends on soil texture)
 Changed easily through agricultural practices
 When aggregation (clumping) is stable, numerous pores allow
root penetration, and easy movement of nutrients, water, air,
and microorganisms
http://www.soilhealth.com/soil-health/fertility/physical.htm

21. One
Man’s
Food is
Anothe
r
Man’s
Poison
http://www.soil
health.com/soi
l-
health/fertility/
chemical.htm

22. Range of Tolerance
Just like Goldilocks (Too hot, too cold?  Just Right)
 Thousands of factors
 Optimal, suboptimal, or deadly amounts?
 U-shaped curve (impacts from both high and low
amounts)

23. Organic Matter
Plant or animal matter decomposing in the soil provides the nutrient
exchanges essential to soil fertility, affecting the physical and chemical
properties of soil, and overall soil health
Organic matter composition and breakdown rate affect:
 Soil structure and porosity
 Water infiltration rate
 Moisture holding capacity
 Diversity & activity of soil microorganisms
 Plant nutrient availability
Accelerated decomposition (e.g. from tilling, burning) leaves soil
vulnerable to erosion

24. Soil Wildlife Supports Soil
Fertility
Soil Creatures:
 Help form soil from original “parent” rock
 Help aggregation of soil particles
 Enhance nutrient cycling
 Shift nutrients to other forms
 Help plants absorb soil nutrients
 Break down toxins
 Minimize plant disease (and cause a few, too)
 Contribute to pest control & other vital ecological processes
 Assist or hinder water penetration into soil
http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0100e/a0100e02.htm

25. Swiss DOK Comparison
 Long term trial started in 1978. 7-year crop
rotation comparing biodynamic (D), organic
(O) agriculture, and conventional (K)
 O and D plots contain 25% more soil micro-
organisms and exhibit higher long-term soil
fertility
 Plants in O and D plots are more strongly
colonized by mycorrhiza, and a greater
number of funghal species are involved
 Kenya, India, Bolivia started similar trials in
2007
https://biodynamics.on.ca/blog/2015/08/15/dok-
trial-worlds-significant-long-term-field-trial-
comparing-organic-conventional-cropping-
systems/
http://www.systems-comparison.fibl.org/en/scp-
home.html

26. Frick Trial of Biodynamic
Preparations
 Reduced tillage resulted in 7% higher yields of biodynamic crops than in the ploughed
control plots, averaged over 11 years
 Reduced tillage biodynamic soils had 17% more humus, 37% more microbial biomass,
better soil structure, and greater water retention capacity than the ploughed control plots
 Biodynamic preparations yielded statistically significant differences in the microbial C/N
ratio, indicating changes in the soil ratio of funghi to bacteria
http://www.fibl.org/en/switzerland/research/soil-sciences/bw-projekte/frick-trial-on-preparations.html

27. Manure: No Extra Microbial
Risk
In a study of enteric (colon)
bacterial transfer risk when growing
head lettuce with manure, even in
worst-case scenarios there was no
evidence of additional safety risk
from use of organic soil fertilizers.
http://www.qlif.org/Library/leaflets/f
older_3_small.pdf

28. Farming Is Not
Benign
 500 years to build 1” of topsoil (crops demand ~
6”)  farming disturbs natural soil processes,
including the release and uptake of nutrients
 Topsoil loss from erosion, lack of plant cover;
fertility loss from chemical damage
 Pesticides and herbicides either block the
function of soil microbes, or outright kill the
bacteria & funghi which support plants in
accessing soil nutrients
 Plants can grow with NPK alone, but are more
susceptible to disease, and missing other
nutrients

29. Soil Erosion
1. Destruction of soil structure from:
 Intense tillage
 Soil compression, esp. vehicular
 Excess plant removal
 Soil nutrient depletion
2. Exposed soil vulnerable to wind & water
3. Exposed biota vulnerable to sun, extreme
temperatures

30. Pesticides Block N-Fixing
 Pesticides block the chemical signals that allow N-
fixing bacteria to function (Tulane University, Jennifer
Fox & colleagues), so increasing amounts of N are
needed to produce the same harvest
 Plant roots send phytochemical signals into the soil,
which bind to NodD receptors inside bacteria, which in
turn prompts the bacteria to travel back along the
signal’s path to the root
 NodD receptors are bound by pesticides so plant
signals aren’t received
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/some-pesticides-
can-reduce-soil-fertility/3003718.article Annankkml, freedigitalphotos.net

31. Even if Unsprayed…
Fields left fallow or not sprayed can still receive pesticides
through surface run-off, groundwater, and irrigation systems,
and can still receive other synthetic toxins through rain and
snow fall.
No place on earth is toxin-free…

32. Biodynamic Farming BEST
Restores Soil Health
 Farmer-derived, internationally
accepted standard
 On-farm sources for re-nourishing
soils, rebuilding microbial diversity
 Deliberate planning and action, with
expectation of ongoing improvement
for continued Demeter certification

33. Paul Hawken – “Drawdown”
2 things address climate change:
1. Reduce emissions
2. Sequester excess carbon
from the air into the soil
through photosynthesis
NB: Carbon drawdown is
impossible where rewards from
soil microbes are unavailable…

34. (Organic) Farming Can Stop Climate
Change
Initiative from France:
Increase carbon
(organic matter) in
global agricultural soil
by 0.4%, and global
warming will stop.
(Easy and relatively
rapid IF we stop tilling,
stop using synthetic
chemicals)

35. Special Note: Biochar
Biochar is waste plant materials burned without the presence of oxygen. Incorporated into
soils, it:
 Provides a porous and protective home for soil microbes
 Reduces decomposition or burning emissions of CO2, N2O, and CH4 (climate change
gases) from agricultural and forestry waste
 Stimulates plant growth and reduces need for fertilizer inputs
 Displaces other fuels for heating
Assuming no land clearance or conversion from food crops to biomass, biochar production
could offset a maximum of 12% of greenhouse gas emissions annually.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544210005104, http://www.biochar-
international.org/biochar/carbon

36. Summary: Soil
Optimization
Low-to-no-tillage, synthetic-chemical-free
agriculture can increase soil microbial diversity,
which:
 Better nourishes plants (which better nourish
livestock and humans)
 Withstands climate change better because of
microbial support
 Reverses climate change through carbon
draw-down

37. Plant Health Q’s
1. What are the reasons for the downhill slide of plant
health?
2. What are the special concerns about GMOs for
plants? And for livestock and humans?
3. What are the best protections against plant health
degradation, and the best restorative options?

38. Plant Health Is Degrading
Because…
 Global air pollution (heavy metals, pesticides, etc.) is
contaminating soils and compromising or killing soil
microbes
 Climate variability is increasing stress on both plants and
soil microbes, leaving both more vulnerable, or locally
extirpated
 Topsoil quantity is being lost (conventional tillage, lack of
cover crops and green manures)
 Topsoil nutrition is being lost (conventional tillage &
synthetic chemical applications)
 Topsoil microbiome is getting damaged (plant uptake of
nutrients is compromised or blocked)

39. GMOs: Genetic Migration
 Wind pollination contaminating crops elsewhere
 Wild relatives (e.g. canola, in the mustard family) hybridizing &
passing genes along
 GM grass for golf courses is spreading its genes to a 9 mile
radius in a single growing season. This has implications for
grazers:
 Pervasive digestive problems with increased allergic & toxic
reactions
 Multiple massive tumours (up to 25% body weight)
 Die earlier in much larger numbers
 Multiple organs & glands damaged, e.g. liver, kidney, pituitary
 Sex hormone reversal (females have more male hormones,
and vice versa) and infertility
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/challenging-evolution-
how-gmos-can-influence-genetic-diversity/

40. GMOs: Livestock & Human
Health
A recent Canadian study found that 92% of pregnant women had
Bt toxin in their blood. 80% of their unborn fetuses had Bt toxin in
their blood. The perforation of cell walls by Bt might explain why
there has been a 40% increase in gastrointestinal problems since
GMOs were introduced. Bt pokes holes in the cells lining the gut
(direct cause of intestinal permeability)
 Decreased fertility in men and women (men’s fertility is down
50%).
 Increased spontaneous abortions.
 Live offspring are smaller and less healthy with bizarre
mutations.
 3rd generation babies non-fertile, with much shorter lives
 Conventional baby formula contains GMO corn and soy; corn
is wind-pollinated and may be contaminated with GMO corn
even in organic formulas
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/15/genet
ic-roulette-gmo-documentary.aspx

41. Glyphosate from Roundup
 Originally patented as a descaler for industrial boilers and pipes (chelates all
metals and minerals out of the soil, and out of humans, too). This lack of
minerals can shut down or alter metabolic pathways, which is how our bodies
accomplish maintenance and repair. E.g. Disruption of the Shikimate
Pathway in gut microbes stops production of dopamine, serotonin, and
melatonin (90% of serotonin produced by gut microbes)
 Low Serotonin: anxiety, suicides, blood sugar dysregulation including diabetes,
obesity…
 Low Dopamine: Parkinson’s
 Low Melatonin: Insomnia
 Confirmed carcinogen in animals, confirmed mutagen in humans. Biological
mechanism may be the replacement of Glycine in DNA with glyphosate, so
proteins codes are incorrect, proteins are not built properly  leads to
multiple diseases.
 It’s in our water, air, bodies, urine, blood, fetal blood inside pregnant women.
It’s in groundwater, surface water, air, and rain.
 It increases the toxicity of other chemicals, and the Roundup formulation can
be 100x more toxic than glyphosate alone. If the P450 Cytochrome pathway
(in every cell of the body) becomes dismantled, disabled, or distorted by
consumption of Round-Up, then we’re not detoxifying the liver properly, and
all the other poisons that we’re exposed to amplify impacts as they
bioaccumulate
http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff

42. Soil Health = Plant Health
Of 1,230 Comparative Studies of Organic and Biodynamic Crops vs. Conventional
Ones:
 Organic crops have higher nutrient levels or lower toxin levels in 56% of
studies (conventional crops rank better than organic only 37% of the time)
 Biodynamic crops have higher nutrient levels or lower toxin levels in 59% of
studies (conventional crops rank better than biodynamic only 27% of the time)
http://www.aracaria.com.au/html/biodynamic_nutrition.htm

43. Average Differences in Nutrient Levels
http://www.aracaria.com.au/html/biodynamic_nutrition.htm

44. Why Small Nutrient Differences Matter
Nutrients don’t work solo; they interact with each other!
 E.g. Higher vitamin C absorption increases the effects of vitamin
E, folic acid, and iron
 E.g. Higher vitamin E absorption increases the effects of selenium
and vitamin A
 E.g. Higher vitamin A absorption increases the effects of iron

45. Phytonutrients
 A 6 year onion study found that
flavonoids, anthocyanins, quercetin,
and antioxidant capacity in onions
were higher in ones grown organically
versus conventionally (different soil
management practices identified as
key)
 Organic produce contains more total
phenols than conventionally-grown
crops - phenols include flavonoids,
antioxidants that fight genetic damage,
cancer, and some neurological
disorders (such as Parkinson’s)

46. Summary: Plant
Health
 Plant health absolutely relies on soil
microbial life. The more diverse the soil
microbes, the more resilient, tolerant,
nourished, and nourishing those plants
are.
 Organic growing allows soil microbial life
to rebuild; Biodynamic growing actively
replaces suppressed or missing soil
microbes.

47. Human Health Q’s
1. What does optimal human health look like?
2. What are the reasons for downhill slides in health?
3. What are the best protections against health problems,
and the best restorative options?

48. Optimal Human Health: Blue
Zones
Long lives (regularly reach 100 to 120) of life-long:
 Full energy levels, vision, hearing, bladder control,
strength…
 Lack of disease, allergies, or chronic health
challenges
 Mental acuity at all ages; next-to-no learning
disabilities
 Social integration with resulting lack of behaviour
problems, compulsions or addictions
 Emotional balance (happy children, adults, and
seniors)
 Learning with no memory problems, no word-finding
issues, no looking at the fridge trying to figure out
what you wanted…
Ricardo, 112, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
Photo by: Adam Sax, Costa Rica Estates

49. What Choices Support Optimal
Health?
In Dr. Joe Pizzorno’s observation, prior to 1970, lifestyle
choices were the main determinant of why people stayed
healthy, or got sick.
1. Naturally-colourful, high-nutrient-density diet of
diverse foods
2. 8 hours sleep nightly
3. Reasonable amounts of frequent, regular exercise
4. Stress management (sense of purpose, hobbies,
etc.)
5. Positive quality and quantity of connections with
others
Photostock, FreeDigitalPhotos.net

50. Our Little Friends…
Most of the 2500+ microbes in our gut are symbiotic, and keep us healthy
by:
 Producing something we need (vitamin C, vitamin D, EFAs, amino
acids…)
 Absorbing and breaking down toxic products (that our gut microbes
can eat, but which harm us)
 Maintaining the health of the gut lining and digestive biofilm
 Detoxing environmental toxins
 Facilitating communication between consumed foods and immune
defenses, resolving food intolerances, and facilitating absorption of
foods
 Resetting the balance in the immune system, identifying friendly and
unfriendly arrivals, and keeping inflammation reined in
Their cells outnumber our body’s cells by 10:1, and their DNA outnumbers
ours by 100:1. Since WW1, more and more of what we breathe, drink, eat,
and touch is killing them… and damaging or killing us as a result.
DreamDesigns,
FreeDigitalPhotos.net

51. Global Gut Microbe Diversity
Different soils
Different plants
Different soil
microbes
Different gut
microbes

52. The Bloom

53. Why Lifestyle Is No Longer
Enough:
Starting around 1970, passive determinants became the
main reason people stayed healthy, or got sick, from
exposures to the environment around them.
 Toxic agri-chemicals
 Metals and synthetic chemicals in manufacturing
 Water supply contaminants (living downstream)
 Air pollution, sick buildings, and mould
 Construction and furnishing pollutants
 Personal care and cleaning product toxins
 Medicine and vaccination toxins
 Ionizing, microwave (WiFi, cell phones), and other
radiation
 Etc.
John Kasawa, FreeDigitalPhotos.net

54. How Does Environment Make Us Sick
(A)?
We are under daily assault from multiple inflammatory environmental factors
which are causing most plant, animal, and human disease.
E.g. the additives and agrichemicals that come with foods and beverages disable,
destabilize, and cause extinctions of necessary gut microbes, while turning the
biofilm sticky and toxic to all but generalist microbes (similar to rats and pigeons in
cities).

55. How Does Environment Make Us Sick
(B)?
Dr. Marco Ruggiero found that microbes are far more sensitive to
microwaves than the cells of our immune system, whose cell walls
function something like a Faraday cage, which most of our resident
microbes lack.
Microbes communicate with each other, with the biofilm, with foods, and
with the digestive and immune systems at the speed of light, using light
waves (electromagnetic signals, not chemical ones).

56. How Does Environment Make Us Sick
(C)?
Dr. Deitrich Klinghardt finds that there’s no such thing as a microbial pathogen. Every
food eaten is either nurturing the symbiotic bugs, nurturing the pathogens, or turning
symbiotic microbes into pathogens (now behaving in ways that damage us). Conversely,
the right foods can turn pathogens into symbiotic bugs.
Microbes only become pathogens when we feed them the wrong way, and/or threaten them
with unhealthy electromagnetic fields. Funghi that naturally live in the gut and contribute to
our health turn highly pathogenic under the influence of microwaves. A Swiss researcher
found that under certain dietary conditions, Clostridia species shift from potentially deadly to
very important for health (e.g. C. difficile manufactures EFAs and essential amino acids when
fed sweet potatoes).

57. How Does Environment Make Us Sick
(D)?
 Diminished gut microbial diversity decreases digestive ability, nutrient absorption,
detoxification, immune regulation, and other functions critical to health.
 Many foods are less nutrient dense because, even if there are still nutrients available in
the soils, agrichemicals have rendered them inaccessible through chelation, and through
suppressing or killing the soil microbes that would assist uptake.
 Bodies are decreasingly able to capture necessary nutrients, and spend excess
supplies and energy detoxifying both internally-created wastes from inflammation, and
externally-sourced poisons absorbed through the airways, the skin, and the gut.

58. Gut Dysbiosis Causes
Inflammation
 Inflammation causes most diseases, and
dramatically contributes to the remainder.
 Dr. Mark Hyman states that the inflammation
resulting from imbalanced and missing gut microbes
is at the root of 85% or more of disease…
 Dr. Alessio Fasano: Stressors open the gaps
between the cells in the gut lining, and let poop,
microbes, and undigested food into the blood. The
immune system then attacks the “invaders”... which
never stop invading.

59. Which Chronic Health Issues Do
Healthy Gut Microbes Prevent (or
Reverse)?
 Addiction
 ADHD
 Allergies &
Sensitivities
 ALS (Lou Gehrig’s)
 Alzheimer’s
 Anger & Violence
 Anxiety
 Arthritis
 Autism, Asperger’s
 Bipolar Disorder
 Brain Fog
 Neurodegenerative
Disorders
 OCD
 Parkinson’s
 PCOS
 Personality Disorder
 Poor Concentration
 Psychosis
 Schizophrenia
 Skin Problems
 Sleep Problems
 Suicide
 Ulcerative Colitis
 Cancer
 Chronic Stress
 Crohn’s
 Dementia
 Depression
 Diabetes
 Dyslexia
 Emotionally Numb
 Exhausted/Tired,
Chronic Fatigue
 Fibromyalgia
 Hashimoto’s
 Heart Disease
 IBS
 Inattention
 Lack of Focus
 Learning Disorders
 Liver Disease
 Lupus
 Memory Issues
 Mentally Absent
 Migraines
 Mood Swings
 MS
And MANY more (remember, 85%+ of all diseases)…

60. Linking Plant and Human
Health
 Cross-talk between plant and animal cells: exosomes may be
a mode of communication between plants and animals
(including humans). Exosomes are membrane-enclosed buds
that separated from cells and are absorbed by other cells.
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/plant-derived-exosomes-
cross-species-messengers-and-beacons-epigenetics
 Dietary RNA affects gene expression: Food can impact and
even control whether your genes express themselves as Dr.
Jekyll, or Mr. Hyde http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/dark-
and-light-side-food-information-dietary-rnas-directly-impact-
gene-expression
 The healthiest plants produce the best essential oils, which
communicate directly with the neuro-endocrine system, .e.g.
Rosemary can increase memory by 75%
http://roberttisserand.com/2013/04/new-rosemary-memory-
research/

61. Linking Soil & Mammalian
Health
 Organic milk and meat average about 50% more omega-3 fatty acids - and
less saturated fat - than conventional milk and meat (2016 study in British
Journal of Nutrition), a benefit derived both from being grass-fed (soil
microbes cover the surface of grass leaves) and spending more time
outdoors
 A strain of soil bacteria, Mycobacterium vaccae, triggers the release of
serotonin, which elevates mood, decreases anxiety, improves cognitive
function, and possibly treats cancer and other diseases.
http://www.healinglandscapes.org/blog/2011/01/its-in-the-dirt-bacteria-in-
soil-makes-us-happier-smarter/
 Stanford researcher claim that missing microbes are at the root of many
Western diseases. Low levels of gut bacterial richness corresponds with
higher body weight and fat, insulin resistance, high cholesterol and
triglycerides, and more pronounced inflammatory markers when compared
to those with higher bacterial richness. Eat Dirt – Dr. Josh Axe
 Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt reports that bacterial spores which can live in the
soil for thousands of years can reseal a leaky gut. They are sourced from
other mammals’ wastes.

62. Decrease Agrichemical
Exposures, Decrease Disease
 Eating organic food considerably reduces heart
attacks, strokes, cancer, bowel disease, and
many other diseases. (IOSR-JAVS vol. 4 issue 6,
2013)
 Round-up classed by WHO as probably
carcinogenic (causes cancer in animals, breaks
DNA in human cell culture, and is associated with
much higher cancer risk in those most exposed)
 Chlorpyrifos associated with developmental
delays in infants
 Pesticide residues at levels commonly found in
North American children’s urine may contribute to
ADHD prevalence, and have been linked to
reduced sperm quality in men
 Organic products are 48% less likely to test
positive for cadmium (a toxic heavy metal that
accumulates in the liver and kidneys)

63. Synthetic Antibiotics &
Hormones in Conventional
Foods
Laws are beginning to restrict usage of synthetic antibiotics and
hormones on conventional livestock and poultry, but there are
lots of loopholes and exemptions still.
Antibiotic resistance
Increased risk of cancer from synthetic hormones
http://time.com/4871915/health-benefits-organic-food/

64. Most at Risk
Rolf Halden, director of the Biodesign
Center for Environmental Security at
Arizona State University says that
vulnerable groups (pregnant women,
children, elderly, people with allergies &
other chronic illness) may benefit the most
from organic foods

65. Nutrient Density
Organic, and especially biodynamic food is becoming the new standard for high nutrient-
density food.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/10/15/peds.2012-
2579.full.pdf+html?sid=3afe7099-c0e1-49d6-a607-75f3a322d0da

66. Overall Health & Microbiome
The gut microbiome affects all kinds of
things with no apparent connection to
the gut (skin, brain, joints, memory,
word-finding, immune strength).
Gut dysbiosis (unbalanced microbial
community) doesn’t necessarily entail
obvious digestive issues; often the first
sign of leaky gut is chronic or periodic
pain and inflammation somewhere else
in the body!
http://drhyman.com/

67. Post-1970 Optimal Health Actions:
 Turn internet devices to airplane mode, turn off WiFi at night while you sleep, keep radios
as far from your bed as possible, get rid of your microwave oven…
 Get plastics and aluminum out of your kitchen, starting with anything that gets heated up
or cooked with.
 Switch to toxin-free personal care, household, and outdoor products
 Eat diverse, living, wild microbes and microbial spores (from wild, biodynamic, and
organic foods, in that order) to keep replacing microbes inevitably thwarted by current
environmental hazards!
https://youtu.be/AS1gQgnUf5A Dr. Mercola interviews Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt

68. What Are the Farming
Complications?
 Organic standards under pressure from large business interests (Demeter standards not)
 Conventional farmers under increasing economic strain (Organic farms experiencing
downward pressure on prices from large business, Demeter farms becoming higher-end
sources for wineries & haute cuisine)
 Increasingly, functional medicine MDs and NDs are prescribing organic diets for patients
(shortfalls in availability of organic and biodynamic foods)
 Ongoing challenge to link farms to health-conscious consumers ready for fair-to-farmer
organic prices.

69. Ideas to Link Health-Conscious Consumers
to Organic & Biodynamic Farmers
Off Season:
 Joint local naturopathic & organic
events? Workshops?
 Health food store “farmers meet
naturopaths” wine & cheese
gatherings?
 Give local service groups this
presentation, and ask them to
brainstorm & create opportunities
for farm-consumer collaboration?
Growing Season:
 On-farm “health” days with terroire
menu and sample treatment
tents?
 On-farm “health” days for illness
associations or groups (e.g. local
branch of Heart & Stroke)?
  Which illnesses are most
obviously rising in your local
villages/ townships/ regions?
Brainstorm!!

70. Thank you for supporting
foods that allow me a brain!
© 2018 Jackie McMillan, BES, Autistic
http://ThriveWithAutism.ca