Body Ecology

Welcome to the Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) which originated in the USA with founder Donna Gates. Firstly let’s get this straight – it’s not so much a diet but rather a system of health and healing that will lead to increased vitality and improved well-being.

Maria uses B.E.D. and focuses on your digestive health by restoring beneficial bacteria thereby increasing nutrient absorption and eliminating toxins. Fermented foods provide you with the best source of beneficial bacteria that are vital in restoring and maintaining your inner ecology. These foods were prevalent throughout history but have disappeared from the highly processed diets of modern western society. Our steady decline in overall health and wellbeing reflects this dietary change. So it’s time to go back to basics and revitalise your body with vital foods.

Fundamentally, Maria can design a B.E.D. program to help you cultivate, nourish, cleanse and restore your inner ecosystem - naturally.

As long as the harmful bacteria exist in your body the immune system cannot functional optimally. Until we’re able to combat those harmful bacteria with the addition of vital foods, your immune system may continue to be compromised.

Maria can give you the B.E.D. tools to help you restore and maintain your body's digestive system, ensuring you'll have a healthier immune, endocrine, circulatory, and central nervous system. She implements B.E.D.'s sugar-free, mineral and nutrient rich approach that can be easily adapted to be vegetarian, gluten free or casein free. This approach is antifungal and can be adapted to become antiviral.

She combines age-old holistic wisdom, including fermented foods, with modern knowledge of diet. While weight loss is not the primary goal of the B.E.D., many people have found the healthier eating contributes to weight reduction.