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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World By
Understanding Acid-Base By Benjamin Abelow
Symptoms of Visceral Disease, a Study of the A Nervous System in Tis Relationship to Clinical Medicine By Francis Marion Pottenger AM
How Everything Works By Louis Bloomfield
Sleep and Rehabilitation by Julie Hereford
The Brain’s Sense of Movement by Alain Berthoz
Primal Body, Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas
Orofacial Myology: International Perspectives By Marvin L. Hanson and Robert M. Mason
Epigenetics, Second Edition By
Lens Power in Action by Robert Kraskin
Craniosacral Therapy by John Upledger
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The Power of Habit By Charles Duhigg
The Brain that Changes Itself By Norman Doidge
The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease By Marc Lewis
Microbial Endocrinology: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology / Microbial Endocrinology) by Mark Lyte and John F. Cryan
Diet-Microbe Interactions in the Gut: Effects on Human Health and Disease by Kieran Tuohy and Daniel Del Rio
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Stop the Thyroid Madness by Janie Bowthorpe
Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms by Datis Kharrazian.
Body By Science by Doug McGuff and John Little
The Science and Philosophy of BodyTalk – Healthcare Designed By Your Body (BodyTalk) by James Oschman
Knowing and Living your Purpose by Leroy Malouf
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The Dopaminergic Mind in Human Evolution and History By Fred H. Previc
Dr. Abravanel’s Body Type Diet and Lifetime Nutrition Plan By Elliot D. Abravanel
Put Your Heart in Your Mouth By Natasha Campbell-Mcbride
7-Day Detox Miracle By Peter Bennett, Stephen Barrie, with Sara Faye
The Metabolic Typing Diet By William L. Wolcott and Trish Fahey
The Nutrition Solution: A Guide to Your Metabolic Type By Harold J. Kristal and James M. Haig
Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation by Jay Schulkin
All Postural Restoration Institute Manuals by Ron Hruska
Pottenger’s Prophecy By Gray Graham, Deborah Kesten, and Larry Scherwitz
Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective By Dicken Weatherby
Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol By Mary G. Enig
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration By Weston A. Price
Staying Healthy with Nutrition By Elson M. Haas
Advanced Buteyko Breathing Exercises By Artour Rakhimov
Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life By Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb
Rethinking Fatigue: What Your Adrenals Are Really Telling You And What You Can Do About It By Nora Gedgaudas
Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James Wilson and Jonathon Wright
Why Zebras Get Ulcers by Robert Saplosky
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
Pottenger’s Cats By Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD
Power, Sex, Suicide, Mitochondria, and the Meaning of Life By Nick Lane
Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do By Wallace J. Nichols
Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs By Joshua Wolf Shenk
The Etiology of Vision Disorders by Joseph Trachtman
Right Hand Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms, and Cultures by Chris McManus
The Art of Empathy by Karla McLaren
The Epigenetic Revolution by Nessa Carey
Mindwise by Nicholas Epley
It’s a Jungle in There by David Rosenbaum
Autoimmune: the Cause and the Cure by Uridales and Brockley
Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride
The Art of Seeing by Aldous Huxley
Sight and Sensibility by Laura Sewall
The Sensitive Nervous System by David Butler
Graded Motor Imagery-Moseley, Butler, Bearnes and Giles
The Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges
The Open Focus Brain by Les Fehmi
Clean Gut by Alejandro Junger
Why Stomach Acid is Good for You by Jonathan Wright and Lane Lenard
You’re Not Sick you’re Thirsty F. Batmanghelidj
The Candida Cure by Ann Boroch
The Complete Candida Guidebook by Jeanne Marie Martin and Zoltan P. Rona, MD
Acid/Alkaline Diet by Jon Graham
The Ultimate Ph Solution by Michelle Schoffro Cook
The Inside Tract by Gerald Mullin
The Green Smoothie Revolution by Victoria Butenko
Eat Right for Your Blood Type by Peter D’Adamo
The Power of Vulnerability By Brene Brown
The Sports Gene by David Epstein
Freakonomics By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The 4 Hour Body By Tim Ferris
Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw: And other Adventures, David and Goliath By Malcolm Gladwell
Journal Articles
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April, B. L., & Project, G. L. (2014). How epigenetics , our gut microbiome and the environment interact to change our lives. Retrieved from http://geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/09/15/how-epigenetics-our-gut-microbiome-and-the-environment-interact-to-change-our-lives/
Arun, C. P. (2004). The importance of being asymmetric: The physiology of digesta propulsion and earth and in space. Annals New York Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1097/JAC.0b013e3181e62bf3
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Boeckxstaens, G. E. (2013). The Clinical Importance of the Anti-Inflammatory VagoVagal Reflex.pdf. In R. M. Buijis and D.F. Swaab (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Elsevier B.V.
Campbell-McBride, N. (n.d.). Gut and Psychology Syndrome.
Clarke, G., Grenham, S., Scully, P., Fitzgerald, P., Moloney, R. D., Shanahan, F., … Cryan, J. F. (2012). The microbiome-gut-brain axis during early life regulates the hippocampal serotonergic system in a sex-dependent manner. Molecular Psychiatry, (May 2012), 666–673. doi:10.1038/mp.2012.77
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De Palma, G., Collins, S. M., Bercik, P., & Verdu, E. F. (2014). The Microbiota-Gut-Brain axis in gastrointestinal disorders: Stressed bugs, stressed brain or both? The Journal of Physiology, 00, 1–9. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2014.273995
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Goebel-Stengel, M., Stengel, A., Schmidtmann, M., van der Voort, I., Kobelt, P., & Mönnikes, H. (2014). Unclear abdominal discomfort: Pivotal role of carbohydrate malabsorption. Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 20(2), 228–235. doi:10.5056/jnm.2014.20.2.228
Grandjean, P., & Landrigan, P. J. (2014). Neurobehavioural eff ects of developmental toxicity. Lancet Neurol, 13(March), 330–338. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70278-3
Halmos, E. P., Power, V. a, Shepherd, S. J., Gibson, P. R., & Muir, J. G. (2014). A Diet Low in FODMAPs Reduces Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Ygast, 146, 67–75.e5. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2013.09.046
Hannibal, K. E., & Bishop, M. D. (2014). Chronic Stress, Cortisol Dysfunction, and Pain: A Psychoneuroendocrine Rationale for Stress Management in Pain Rehabilitation. Physical Therapy, 1816–1825. doi:10.2522/ptj.20130597
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Web Based Articles
Article on the Human Microbiome: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/say-hello-to-the-100-trillion-bacteria-that-make-up-your-microbiome.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&
Article on the importance of sproutedgrains: http://www.naturalnews.com/024508_grains_gluten_WHO.html
Article on the effects of pesticides (roundup/glycophates) http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/02/19/roundup-linked-global-boom-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance/#.UwzQpIUhtcp
Article on Stress and the Eye: http://nb.net/~sparrow/
Article on concussion effects on the eye: http://simplybrainy.com/pdf/