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Chapter 4. Step One, Part One
In the first step, you will:
• Focus on a healthy diet
• Eliminate or limit common ingredients that contribute to neurological
inflammation
• Make dietary changes that help to balance the neurotransmitters GABA
and glutamate to lower neurological inflammation
• Use supplements that strengthen the digestive organs to help prepare
the body for detox, which will be undertaken in subsequent steps of the
program
You can also think of Step One as what you do while you await your test results,
which will allow you to then target support for your own or your child’s specific
SNPs throughout the later steps of this program.
Step Two Overview
While continuing to follow many of the recommendations of Step One, you will
move on to Step Two, in which you begin the process of detoxification. Detox
consists of two parts:
1. Supplementing to bypass mutations that have been identified by the SNP
analysis
2. Using the “metals program,” which furthers the detoxification process
I like to start by supplementing to bypass mutations, as this will often trigger
a lower level of natural detoxification. Once this detoxification runs its course,
then you can implement the metals program.
I will discuss supplementing based on the SNP analysis in great detail in the next
chapter, but let me just briefly indicate that there are several mutations that need
to be addressed first if test results reveal them.
1. I first recommend addressing the SHMT and ACAT mutations if they are
present.
2. Next, you can supplement to bypass any CBS upregulations.
3. Finally, we support the remainder of the methylation cycle weaknesses revealed
by the test results as these will include customized recommendations
to address the SNPs identified.
At the outset of Step Two, when you receive your Nutrigenomic test results, you
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