Interview With The Pure Living Family Failing Forward With Nikou Lohse Podcast

In this episode, Nikou talks to power couple Angela and Shawn Blymiller who create content sharing their health journey as well as the challenges of raising an autistic child.
To view Gut-Brain axis video go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRZxd1WJ_A 
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS
We were always on the go and fell into the routine of eating convenience foods, but when our son was diagnosed with autism Angela did a lot of research and said we need to go gluten free and dairy free. I fought it for a while, but only having one person commit to that diet is really hard. I thought it was hippy logic, but I said fine, I'll give you two weeks so I can prove you wrong and I never want to hear about it again.There was a lot of pain and suffering that we had to go through before we got to the diet change. Feeding a toddler, there are so many meltdowns where he wants what he wants, and I needed my husband to be on board and not just feed him anything.I feel that we're all born with a toxic load that we can take according to your genetic makeup and the different mutations your body might have in enabling your body to detox.A lot of chronic illness, that's rampant in this country, is due to toxic overload.Adverse events are real and the slogan is that they're rare, and the CDC posts that on their advertisements all the time which is so infuriating for us as a family, because it's not rare if it happens to you.When you see the pain and the trauma that it causes, not just to the individual that suffers the adverse event, but the family that supports that individual.The pain caused by  brain inflammation from Theo's “injury” became so server that when he was almost four he was diagnosed with PANDAS (Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infections), which is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in his brain.When he had aflare it would be hours and hours of him screaming in pain and us not knowing how to help him because his brain feels like it's on fire.We had to do cyclical antibiotics for a while, but that destroyed his gut and his microbiome. So, we ended up doing faecal microbiota transfer. 70% of our immune system is housed in our gut.The gut brain access is so real, and we've seen that with Theo. But through doing the diet together we've got less brain fog as well. If you focus on your gut health your brain health will improve. 
BEST MOMENTS
‘One week into the diet change, Theo regained eye contact and started responding to his name again, both of which he had lost after the “injury”.'
‘The blood brain barrier doesn't always fully develop until a child is two or three, it's a physical barrier that prevents toxins in your blood from going into your brain.'
‘The thing that makes us upset is that people can be so rude and dismissive.'
‘It's always the dads out there that hold everyone up, so dads, listen to this story please!'
 
ABOUT THE GUESTS
The Pure Family's mission and purpose is to help you take better care of yourself while providing hope and direction for your future. They want to create a community to empower parents to do more for themselves and for their kids.
Website: https://purelivingfamily.com/ 
Pure Living Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pure-living-family-podcast/id1565836396 
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ABOUT THE HOST
Nikou Lohse is a mom of three, wife to former MLB pitcher Kyle Lohse, Master Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, and lover of all things MOVEment, MINDFULness, and commUNITY. 
Nikou is a serial entrepre