This Is Your Body on Trauma: How to Nourish Safety, Resilience, and Connection with Polyvagal-Informed Nutrition

This Is Your Body on Trauma is the first book to teach readers how to use nutrition to heal underlying trauma that presents in physical symptoms.It features a unique do-it-yourself approach, allowing people to completely customize their care plan. Trauma is pervasive, and recovery usually involves extensive talk therapy.What is often overlooked is using nutrition as a way to restore a sense of safety and self-trust.Research shows between 75 and 90 percent of physician visits are due to the wear and tear on the body from stress hormones.The gut is often our first indicator that something is awry; it is the watchtower raising the alarm, and the existence of trauma can create a negative feedback loop with the brain that leads to several quite common gut-brain axis complaints, such as anxiety, depression, IBS, and pain. More than “just” a nutrition book, This Is Your Body on Trauma helps people make connections between what is going on in their mind and body with a unique 360-degree integr