🧠 Gut & Nervous System Reset Guide

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This protocol targets the therapeutic approaches for IBS and gut issues which I used to totally cure myself of any gut issues.

(I can’t guarantee anything will be successful for you and I don’t claim to be a medical professional, but I know that these approaches have helped my clients and are recommended by leading thinkers in the field of gut health.)

🌀 Nervous System Dysregulation — The Root of Chronic IBS

Without balancing the nervous system, even the best diet won’t stick.

Unconscious loops — emotional “knots” — form during trauma or prolonged stress. These loops:

are the reason you wake up wired in the middle of the night
the reason your thoughts loop over and over again about the same negative issues
the reason safety always feels just out of reach

🎯 My Hypnotherapy Method:

Targets and releases these unconscious loops
Clears belief networks that silently run your life
Restores true calm so healing can finally begin

These loops don’t fade with time — they loop forever unless released.

This is the real reason you can’t “just relax” or “think positive and could be why your dietary protocols don’t work (of course there are many variables at play, but this is an essential one).

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🧠 Once your nervous system is balanced…

A Targeted Meal Plan for GAPS or Low-FODMAP + Probiotic Titration + Nervous System Healing

🔄 Choose Your Healing Path: GAPS or Low-FODMAP

Important: reintroduction and gradual experimentation is as important as cutting food. There is no value in cutting out healthy foods completely because you react to them once. Try eating a smaller quantity at a different time of day and easing foods back into your diet. If that still doesn’t work, leave it a few months and try again. Don’t create psychological issues around food by avoiding everything for good!

(I and many others have made this mistake – it makes your life far worse for no reason.)

🥣 Avoiding sad food

By definition, when you follow these diets you are avoiding ultra-processed foods. Even as you ease off these diets, SAD/ultra-processed foods should be avoided. This even means so-called healthy processed foods like store-bought humous, which generally contain preservative chemicals and sugar.

The rule: if any ingredient isn’t recognisable and found in your cupboard, it should form less than 5% of your diet. Ideally 0%, but hey, we’re all human and sometimes the stress of avoidance can create intolerance just through negative association. So don’t fear bad food, just relish the power of making healthy choices!

🥣 GAPS Diet – Deep Gut Repair

The GAPS diet focuses on sealing and healing the gut lining, reducing inflammation, and repopulating the microbiome using nutrient-dense, easily digestible foods.

Core Foods:

Bone broth (multiple times a day)
Slow-cooked meats, organ meats
Cooked, peeled vegetables (carrot, squash, zucchini)
Homemade fermented foods (sauerkraut brine, kefir, fermented carrot sticks)
Raw egg yolks, ghee, tallow, cod liver oil

Avoid:

All grains
Starches (including potatoes)
Refined sugar
Processed foods
High-histamine fermented foods (at first, if sensitive)

🥦 Low-FODMAP Diet – Bloating + IBS Relief

The Low-FODMAP diet reduces fermentable carbs that feed gut bacteria and trigger bloating, urgency, and pain — especially in IBS, SIBO, and post-infectious cases.

Low FODMAP has more research confirming its effectiveness, but both diets have many successful testimonials.

Core Foods:

Lean proteins (chicken, eggs, fish)
Low-FODMAP vegetables (zucchini, carrots, spinach, cucumber)
White rice, firm bananas, oats
Lactose-free dairy or A2 yogurt (if tolerated)
Small amounts of safe fruits (kiwi, strawberries)

Avoid:

Garlic, onion, cauliflower, beans
Dairy (unless lactose-free)
Wheat, rye, most sweeteners

Low-FODMAP is ideal for symptom relief. Once stable, many move toward GAPS-style rebuilding.

🧪 Core supplements

(I took many, but these were the most effective for me)

Digestive enzymes with HCL for low stomach acid (worth trying from a low dose to see if low stomach acid is an issue for you – even if you have acid reflux).
Slippery elm to soothe intestinal lining.
Mastic gum after eating to improve digestion and reduce reflux.
Standard vitamins such as C, D, magnesium and a Methyl B Complex (better absorbed and healthier forms of B vitamins). Vitamins such as A can be better absorbed by eating liver or organ meats, which are nutrient dense. Again, go low and slow one at a time with vitamins.

🧪 Probiotic Titration Guide

Start low. Go slow. Observe everything. (Low means the tip of a teaspoon with water, titrating upwards every few days. If you start reacting and it’s tolerable, stay at that dose.)

🥛 Store-Bought Kefir

Lower diversity, more consistent
Start with 1 tbsp/day, increase slowly
Watch for fatigue, bloating, or skin reactions

🧑‍🔬 Homemade Cultured Kefir

Potent, wild-strain diversity (buy grains and culture in milk or organic soy)
Begin with 1 tsp/day
May cause “die-off” or histamine flares early on
Best on GAPS, use caution on FODMAP

🌶️ Kimchi & Fermented Veggies

Start with 1 tsp brine only
Avoid garlic/onion versions on Low-FODMAP
May trigger histamine symptoms if sensitive

💊 Custom Probiotics (Capsules)

5-strain (lacto/bifido): gentler, calming
10-strain: broader, but riskier early on
Start with 1/4 capsule every other day
Pause if symptoms worsen, and resume lower

(I currently do not get any affiliate commission for this product, I just think they are amazing. Even though they are expensive, they’re totally worth it.

💥 Mast Cell Activation & IBS

Many with long-term IBS, especially post-infectious, are dealing with an underlying mast cell or histamine imbalance — not just gut bacteria.

🧬 What Helped Me:

Ketotifen: a prescription mast cell stabilizer
- Dramatically improved bloating, urgency, brain fog
- Helped me tolerate probiotics and fermented foods again
Antihistamines (like loratadine or rupatadine) may help too

⚠️ Always consult with a medical professional when using antihistamines long-term.

🔁 Your Healing Blueprint

Area	First Step	Outcome
GAPS or FODMAP	Choose your path	Gut relief or repair
Probiotics	Titrate gently	Rebuild the microbiome
Histamine/MCAS	Trial Ketotifen (with guidance)	Calm immune system
Nervous System	Hypnotherapy sessions	End chronic overdrive

📥 Ready to Go Deeper?

I offer 1-on-1 hypnotherapy and gut healing consults tailored to your journey. You don’t need to stay stuck in survival mode.

Real healing begins when your system feels safe.