The Silly Season

THE SILLY SEASON

Its that time of year again.... Christmas.... For some of us its hell on earth and for some its a time of great joy and happiness....

However way it is for you, if your eating and drinking the mountains of food and alcohol that surround most of us... Then its hell on earth for your poor body....

Every year I spend the day with my family and the amount of food consumed is a sin.... All that food for one day... Why do we do it.... Why do we force ourselves to eat enormous amounts of food, chocolate, mulled wine, hot toddy's , and the rest... We end up at the end of the day like fattened pigs waiting for the slaughter. And I bet most of you wouldn't be able to resit the slaughter, it might even come as a welcome release from all that gas, wind, belching, farting, acid heartburn, unbearable fatigue that forces you to use match sticks to hold your eyes open.... and the torturous children shouting and screaming "its my turn", "I want more" blah blah, blah.... At least Santa came to them.... :) :)

But what toll does all this stress have on your poor body, your digestive system is under so much pressure it shuts you down in order to digest all the turkey and ham, parsnips  Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, stuffing, cranberry sauce, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, oh and don't forget the cabbage and the yorkshire puddings... I kid you not, my mother serves all of this up on a plate every Christmas... And its a sin not to eat it all.... oh yeah and the gravy.... a glass of wine, a Christmas cracker and party hat... and then the kids still screaming and shouting at each other... Just imagine the stress of it all has on your poor digestive system.. I think it takes a week for me to recover... :) But hey I'm one of the people that love Christmas, and all the joy, stress, family arguments and screaming kids it brings.


So this year I will do the same as every other year enjoy the day that it is and eat all around me until I cant move and I welcome the slaughterer... :)

But this year I will have a new companion, my Labrador dog.. He is adorable and nuts, and totally unpredictable and loving and loyal.... I decided to get him when I had my first hair test and realized how high my calcium shell was... I was totally wrapped up in a Calcium shell, my senses buffered and dulled, my heart chakra blocked, defensive and angry. I needed therapy, unconditional love, a friend, an exercise buddy and someone who I could count on 100%.... Harvey arrived and he is all of that...He  is helping me break down that calcium shell.....If any of you have seen the film Marley and Me.... well that's Harvey... mad as a hater and eating me out of house and home, literally...:) :)  He takes me for a walk every day and barks every time we pass the vets, they took his balls and he wont forget that,... He gives them a big glaring look and a big man bark.... :) :0 Poor Harvey...

So any of you out there with a calcium shell, I can recommend a dog.... :) Great friends and great shell breakers....



Have a happy Christmas

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What kind of plane are you flying?

What kind of plane are you flying?

 

 

A metaphor to help read a hair analysis is that of flying an airplane.

Fast oxidation is similar to flying high and fast, problems with this are that the plane is not designed to fly that high or fast. A very fast oxidation rate is extremely hard on the plane. The airplane will not be the same due to the extreme stress this puts on it.

Slow oxidation is flying much slower and lower.

Unlike a real airplane, in the body a very fast oxidation rate actually uses up or burns up many vital minerals or parts of the body. When the correct materials are not present to repair the plane, repairs are made instead with inferior toxic material such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and aluminium. These replace the better materials such as magnesium, zinc, selenium, and others that make the aircraft move.

Mineral deficiencies and toxicity develop. This forces the plane to begin to slow down. Either it just can’t fly as fast, or the damage to it makes it very unstable.

Fast oxidation with a low sodium/potassium ratio, the plane begins to stall.

Slow oxidation. This is when the plane is flying too low and slower than the way it was designed to fly. It makes a person feel sluggish and often somewhat depressed. The plane is much less maneuverable; meaning that coping with stress is more difficult.

Hair calcium levels rises. A crude analogy is smearing cement on cracks and damaged areas of the aircraft. This protects the aircraft, but weighs it down. Causing it to fly lower.

Some develop a calcium shell. This is like smearing cement all over the plane, either to protect it from damage or to try to blend it together, or disappear and withdraw from society. These people are often seeking to “fly under the radar” or become somewhat invisible.

Sympathetic dominance. This is like revving the engines in a futile attempt to get back to flying high. However, the plane is too damaged physically or psychologically, so it does not work, no matter how hard one revs the engine.

Four highs is akin to speeding up the plane to some degree. However, it is purely temporary and often very unstable and unsafe for health. The plane in this situation is really in bad shape. Fortunately people in four highs usually slow down easily on a nutritional balancing program.

Four lows. This occurs when the rudder or a stabilizer is broken. The plane goes nowhere fast and becomes more and more damaged.

A hill pattern occasionally occurs. It is a feeling that one is soaring on top of the world.

The three amigos, along with copper, cadmium and a few other toxic metals. These are special because they appear to support the plane, like little rocket thruster to help keep a damaged plane flying. However, they are not part of the original design, so they do further damage the plane in the process of keeping it flying.

Double low ratio and double high ratio patterns. These are like having a biplane with two wings that are either in stall position (double low) or dive position (double high). In other words, these patterns reinforce the sodium/potassium imbalances.

A step down pattern or, high sodium/potassium ratios are “dive” positions. They can be successful attempts to pick up some speed.  These people have often dug their heels in and can continue in this way for some time.

A step up pattern is a dive upward, an extremely dangerous maneuver that always fails and must be turned around fast. It includes a low sodium/potassium ratio, which is the stalled wing pattern.

Spiritual defensiveness pattern. This is a very high calcium/magnesium ratio. The imbalance seriously weighs down the plane, keeping it from soaring. In this pattern, the person defends a situation, behavior or attitude when it is time to move on.

The phosphorus level, along with the sodium/potassium ratio, are a little like fuel indicators. When low, the plane is losing altitude due to lowered energy or vitality.

Elevated toxic metals. This is like an airplane that is overloaded with heavy weights. It is never a helpful situation and every effort should be made to “lighten up”. This can help the plane gain more altitude. Those flying high (fast oxidizers) who are loaded with toxic metals are often just throwing them off, which is like the pilot jettisoning extra weight to fly faster.

Any change can be traumatic. In time, each of us becomes used to his own speed of flight. Anything that changes the rate of climb or fall, or speed or altitude may feel odd and can cause some anxiety or fear. This often slows ones progress on this healing journey.

The goal is a safe and happy flight. A safe flight means to fly at an altitude that is comfortable and safe for the condition of your aircraft, neither too high and fast, or too low and slow. Ideally, your craft should be able to speed up when needed to avoid thunderstorms and other obstacles, or slow down, at times, to relax the crew. This condition of health and vitality is termed balanced and flexible oxidation.

Taken from Dr L Wilsons book: Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis

For more information on hair mineral analysis see www.drlwilson.com

On the road to healing......

And so I moved on along the road I had been looking for, for many years.

You know all I can say is thank god for Hair Analysis, seriously if I hadn't found that old analysis report I would of never found the right road. I'm not sure if I believe in angels or God or even who God is. But I have in the past prayed to God and the angles. Who knows maybe my prayers were answered.

I knew from my hair analysis that my adrenal glands were working at 1/4 of their efficiency. Adrenal fatigue or burnout its called. Now sometimes with adrenal fatigue all is needed is a long overdue holiday and lots of rest you come home and feel like you have been reborn. But if your burnt out then any amount of rest has little impact on how you feel. With burnout it takes a little more than a week in the sun. You just don't have all the other tools needed to get you up and out of that bed feeling like a million dollars.

Stress plays a major role in adrenal fatigue. Now the stress can be good stress or bad stress. You know good stress would be maybe, getting married, deciding to have a baby and waiting for the little blue line to show up on the test or moving house. Or bad stress like an abusive relationship, a demanding job or working extremely long hours. But whatever the type of stress its all bad for you. And people with adrenal burnout will find a way to stimulate their adrenals and wake them up, otherwise they will want to sleep all day. Stimulants used, can be coffee, sugar, drugs, alcohol,  worry, stress, watching scary films or even sex.  

Now me I have moved house 13 times bought and sold 4 houses, moved to Spain and then back home again with myself and my 2 sons. I did all this without a partner and I loved every minute of it. But you know what I was a stress junkie. I had to find something to stimulate my burnt out adrenal glands and boy were they on the floor and no way were they getting up without a major stimulant to help. So stress itself kept me going. I also used alcohol and would have a glass of beer or wine most nights. This I guess is the lifestyle factor ( remember in my first blog the calcium shell and lifestyle factors or attitudes) I had been defending for many years. I was not admitting that the alcohol was a crutch for me. I used it as a stimulant to keep me going. I was in a viscous circle and was creating stressful situations to stimulate my adrenals, and then my body was creating a calcium shell to hold me up and protect me. Mad or what. Can you believe it the body is a complex machine and will do anything to keep itself alive and operating.



Also showing up on my hair analysis test was an under active thyroid. My calcium/potassium ratio was way off ( i can tell you it wasn't the only thing that was way off at the time) and this indicated an under active thyroid at a cellular level. Most doctors assess the thyroid using a blood test, testing for hormone levels, but testing hormone levels doesn't take into account how well your hormones pass from the blood into the cells, now this is important right! You can have all the hormones you like floating around in your blood but if they cant get into the cells then what the hell good are they to you? Slow oxidisers like me have reduced cell permeability. Another reason for reduced activity is how powerfully the hormones act on the cells, once they actually can get  into the cells that is. One part of the cell is called the mitochondria this is the power house of the cell,  the part of the cell that is responsible for producing energy. They require many nutrients. If even one of these is deficient or if toxic metals are excessive,then thyroid hormones may not be able to do their job of increasing the metabolic rate at the cellular level.

So causes for thyroid imbalances, low available magnesium, iodine, and selenium. high levels of toxic metals especially copper, mercury, ( and me with loads of mercury fillings in my teeth ) stress, and impaired cell permeability. Another interesting factor is inhibited expression, interesting for me because maybe by holding onto that lifestyle attitude and not expressing it was not only affecting my calcium but my thyroid as well.

So guys I hope this is making as much sense to you as it did to me! A simple hair mineral analysis was able to fully explain what was going on in my body and why ( the why is the most important thing for me ) I was feeling as I was. So through diet and the right supplements I was able to start on the road to recovery.

So bloggers till next time sleep well and I hope some of what I say here is of some help to someone out there... :) :)