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    Chris Kresser - How Beliefs Affect Biology

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    The document discusses how beliefs can affect biology based on the case of a man with multiple personality disorder who had different reactions to drinking orange juice depending on his personality. Recent research on neuroplasticity has found that experiences like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can change brain structure and function, affecting gene expression in the body. The limbic system, which regulates the nervous system and gut, is influenced by beliefs about sensory input like foods. Some programs have helped people overcome food sensitivities by retraining brain patterns rather than using medications.

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    The document discusses how beliefs can affect biology based on the case of a man with multiple personality disorder who had different reactions to drinking orange juice depending on his personality. Recent research on neuroplasticity has found that experiences like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can change brain structure and function, affecting gene expression in the body. The limbic system, which regulates the nervous system and gut, is influenced by beliefs about sensory input like foods. Some programs have helped people overcome food sensitivities by retraining brain patterns rather than using medications.

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    The document discusses how beliefs can affect biology based on the case of a man with multiple personality disorder who had different reactions to drinking orange juice depending on his personality. Recent research on neuroplasticity has found that experiences like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can change brain structure and function, affecting gene expression in the body. The limbic system, which regulates the nervous system and gut, is influenced by beliefs about sensory input like foods. Some programs have helped people overcome food sensitivities by retraining brain patterns rather than using medications.

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    The document discusses how beliefs can affect biology based on the case of a man with multiple personality disorder who had different reactions to drinking orange juice depending on his personality. Recent research on neuroplasticity has found that experiences like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can change brain structure and function, affecting gene expression in the body. The limbic system, which regulates the nervous system and gut, is influenced by beliefs about sensory input like foods. Some programs have helped people overcome food sensitivities by retraining brain patterns rather than using medications.

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    4/12/2019 Yahoo Mail - How beliefs affect biology

    How beliefs affect biology

    From: Chris Kresser (info@chriskresser.com)

    To: majtic@yahoo.com
    Date: Thursday, April 11, 2019, 2:14 PM GMT+2

    Hi, Everyone,

    I recently came across a fascinating story, originally covered in the New York Times
    way back in 1988.

    It concerns the case of a man with multiple personality disorder.

    In most of his personalities, he gets hives when he drinks orange juice.

    Yet in one personality, “Timmy,” he can drink OJ without getting hives or having
    any other reaction.

    Fascinating, right?

    At the time that story was published, we didn’t have a solid grasp of the
    mechanisms that could drive such different responses to the same food in a single
    person (albeit one with multiple personalities).

    But recent developments in our understanding of neuroplasticity have given us


    more insight in this area.

    For example, we know that our experiences—our thoughts, emotions, and yes, our
    beliefs—can change the structure and function of our brain, which in turn affects
    the expression of genes throughout our body.

    This might sound a bit woo-woo, but in fact, it is cutting-edge neuroscience.


    Dr. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2000 for this
    important discovery.

    We also know that the limbic system—the part of the brain that is responsible for
    interpreting, categorizing, and sorting sensory input—regulates the function of the
    nervous system, which includes the gut.

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    This means that our beliefs about stimuli and sensory input, including foods we eat,
    can affect how we digest and respond to them.

    Perhaps the ancient Chinese medical sages knew this when they said: “It’s better to
    eat the wrong food with the right attitude than the right food with the wrong
    attitude.”

    To be clear, I’m not saying that all food allergies and sensitivities are just “in our
    head” and that we can simply imagine them away.

    That said, I have seen many examples of people following neuroplasticity-based


    programs like the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) who’ve been able to
    overcome food sensitivities simply by retraining their brains.

    In other words, they didn’t take medications or supplements to heal their leaky gut,
    SIBO, or dysbiosis.

    Instead, they shifted patterns in their brain and nervous system that restored a
    healthier gut environment, which in turn allowed them to eat foods they hadn’t
    been able to eat before.

    This is an exciting and hopeful area of science that I believe will forever change the
    way we approach the treatment of chronic pain and illness.

    I’m following it closely and exploring it thoroughly … and I’ll continue to share my
    findings with you.

    It’s an amazing time to be alive!

    In health,
    Chris

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