The diverse community of microbes that ought be he hosted in the human digestive system is being damaged and diminished. This is harming mental and emotional health, and causing inflammatory diseases such as cancers, auto-immune diseases, learning disabilities, and dementias. Restoring soil health through organic -- and especially biodynamic -- agricultural practices not only resolves climate change, but also restores gut microbial health, which clears up the major cause of inflammatory disease.

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, unless stated otherwise

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

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

4. 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

5. 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 problems and
inflammatory diseases.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Why Do So Many More of Us
Have Leaky Gut, Chronic
Infection, and Un-removed
Toxins?
Africa FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. When
Models
Change…
Who
Fights
Back?

13. 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 large multinational
corporations (banks,
telecommunication, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, foods, etc.)
 Hmmmm… E.g. Dr. Andy
Wakefield
WIlliam Long’s investigatory journalism regarding Dr. Andrew Wakefield and the autistic gut
dysbiosis research he and his team undertook:
http://www.autismone.org/content/second-looking-case-dr-andrew-j-wakefield-william-long-mdiv-
phd-jd
Wakefield’s Results Repeated by Other Researchers:
http://www.la-press.com/clinical-presentation-and-histologic-findings-at-ileocolonoscopy-in-ch-
article-a1816

14. How Did We Get Here?WW1 Ends:
Allied Countries
Left Destitute…
War Moguls
Use
Strongarm
Tactics
Peacetime
Uses
of Weapon
and Chemical
Factories

15. 3 New Wars:
Bugs Germs Smells

16. Anyone Else Noticed
Changes?
Oops… Unintended consequences.

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

18. Soil Health
Questions:
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,
S)
 Minor plant nutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cur,
B, Mo, Ni, Cl, Si, Co, and Na)
 Organic matter (also adsorbs plant
nutrients)
 pH between 6 and 7 (affects nutrient
availability)
 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; smaller or fewer pores restrict
water, air, & nutrient flows (waterlogging, water repellence, lack of
retention)
 Root penetration
Soil Structure = Aggregation & Pores (depends on soil texture)
 Changed easily through agricultural practices; e.g. surface crust
can prevent seedlings, block water penetration, increase erosion
 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
Soil Structure is optimized by maintaining plant cover, using minimal
tillage, and providing soil amendments.

21. Just Like Goldilocks…
http://www.soilhealth.com/soil-
health/fertility/chemical.htm
Same
for
toxins
and
salts…

22. Range of Tolerance
Just like Goldilocks:
 Thousands of factors (air, water, EMFs, toxins….)
 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/d
ok-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/leaflet
s/folder_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…
Burning fuels releases carbon
into the air - commercial agriculture
is doing a huge part of the damage.
Ideal soil organic content of 7 to
8% (dark and deep).

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/S036054421000510
4, 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/challengin
g-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/genetic-roulette-gmo-documentary.aspx

41. Glyphosate from Roundup
Originally patented as a descaler for industrial boilers
(chelates all metals and minerals out of soil and
humans).
Lack of minerals can shut down or alter metabolic
pathways (how bodies accomplish maintenance &
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 for damage may be the
replacement of Glycine in DNA with glyphosate, so
proteins codes are incorrect, proteins are not built
properly  leads to multiple diseases.
http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff

42. More On Glyphosate
 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

43. 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

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

45. Why Small Nutrient Differences
Matter
The nutrient differences are because of soil microbes.
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

46. 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)

47. 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.

48. 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?

49. 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
Estateshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/features/5-blue-zones-where-the-worlds-healthiest-people-live/

50. 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

51. 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.
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

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

53. The Bloom

54. 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
 Clothing and bedding toxins
 Medicine and vaccination toxins
 Ionizing, microwave (WiFi, cell phones), and
other radiation, (etc., etc. etc.)
Who lives downstream?
John Kasawa, FreeDigitalPhotos.net

55. How Environment Makes 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).

56. How Environment Makes 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).

57. How Environment Makes 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).

58. How Environment Makes 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.

59. Gut Dysbiosis Causes
Inflammation
 Inflammation causes most diseases, and
dramatically contributes to the remainder.
 Dr. Mark Hyman: 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.

60. 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)…
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/11/18/244526773/gut-bacteria-might-guide-the-workings-of-our-minds
Anxiety, Sensory Over-Responsivity, and GI Problems linked: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2285093

61. 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/

62. 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 research 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.
Asthma reduced in those most exposed to healthy
microorganisms.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1007302

63. 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 probable
carcinogen (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)Biodynamic Trends (2012 Thesis): https://theses.cz/id/126eks/00171088-569954501.pdf
Overview from India (2013): http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-javs/papers/vol4-issue6/I0465357.pdf?id=7054

64. 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/

65. 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.

66. 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/p
eds.2012-2579.full.pdf+html?sid=3afe7099-c0e1-49d6-a607-
75f3a322d0da

67. 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/

68. 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

69. 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.

70. 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!!

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