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Persistent gut trouble and food reactions are downstream effects of problems that start higher up in the nasal passages and mouth, says Jason Prall.

Chronic infections and imbalances in the nose and mouth keep feeding dysfunction into the gut, so the gut stays reactive whatever diet is followed.

Clearing the actual source of gut dysfunction is like finding the kink at the tap instead of buying a better nozzle.

Chronic low-grade inflammation and dysregulation across body systems are described as the common thread behind metabolic disease, cardiovascular problems, cognitive decline, autoimmunity and cancer.

Mental and emotional stress, infections and pathogens, toxic burden, acute traumas and injuries, and unhealthy habits are the five triggers of all chronic disease, according to Jason Prall.

Stress, toxic load, parasites or injury often change behaviour, so unhealthy habits can be a result of the other four triggers.

The body copes with the five triggers until the gut and nervous system are compromised, then the stress bucket overflows and symptoms appear.

A dysregulated gut compromises detox, so waste and infections build up, dysregulate the nervous system and spiral in any order.

Clean eating, a gut test and a detox protocol take many people only part of the way, says Jason Prall.

Once enough dysfunction has taken hold, diet and exercise are almost never enough for full recovery, though both remain very important.

A gut test only reveals downstream effects and cannot answer why infections, dysbiosis or parasites are present, says Jason Prall.

Even the best detox protocol is only part of the puzzle, and certain pieces must be in place before any detox is attempted.

Nasal infections are non-viral, mainly bacteria and mould, and can build biofilms that protect them from the immune system.

Because the nose is essentially connected to the digestive tract, nasal infections can seed the gut, shut down detox pathways and inflame the whole body.

Treating infections only in the gut misses a common source of inflammation, so nasal infections have to be addressed at their source, says Jason Prall.

Immune dysregulation involving galactin-3, mast cells, histamine and regulatory T cells can make inflammation, food sensitivities and autoimmunity normal for a person.

Over-reactive mast cells at barrier sites release inflammatory mediators too easily, which Jason Prall links to the histamine problems many people experience.

Regulatory T cells brake inflammation, and when they and mast cells lose control, food sensitivities, skin problems and autoimmunity can follow.

Removing trigger foods stops the gasoline but does not put the fire out, and rebuilding before the fire is out burns the repairs down again.

Vagus nerve stimulation is a helpful technique but is not nearly enough for most people, says Jason Prall.

A threat-conditioned nervous system keeps the body in distress even when the person feels relaxed, and brainwave charts can show it during sleep.

Nervous system conditioning can persist after the trigger is gone, as with a client whose symptoms continued after he left a mouldy house.

A threat-conditioned nervous system is like a chihuahua on high alert, and the goal is to recondition it toward a golden retriever.

Cells without enough resources choose short-term survival over healthy long-term function, says Jason Prall.

Gut dysfunction is worked on from the top down, confirming vagal tone, chewing, stomach acid, gallbladder and pancreatic enzymes before repairing a leaky gut.

Digestion begins in the brain, then the mouth, then the stomach, so protocols that start at the colon often fail, says Jason Prall.

The skin is the largest detoxification organ, and opening drainage through it takes burden off the internal organs, according to Jason Prall.

When drainage pathways are overloaded, waste, pathogens, metals and undigested food proteins can leak from the gut into the blood.

Stagnant bile and soft stones can sit in the liver and gallbladder pathways whether or not a person still has a gallbladder, says Jason Prall.

A liver flush should not be done before the drainage pathways are open.