Are you wrecked? Feeling absolutely whacked out and could sleep standing up? Are you SICK OF FEELING TIRED and TIRED OF FEELING SICK? Well here' s your sister. Or should I say here was your sister!
I am a Nutritional Therapist and have worked in Only Natural health food store for over 16 years. For years I was constantly feeling tired and would go home from work and have to take a nap before I could even think about cooking diner, never mind the pile of ironing bursting from the hot press or the un made beds up stairs. I was wrecked, flat out wrecked, and I have to say I lacked motivation and was probably depressed.
Being a Nutritional Therapist and working in the shop I had everything I could possibly need to make myself feel better. I had B Complex, Multi Vitamins, Ginseng, all sorts of herbs and energy elixirs coming out of my ears. I know all about diet, good fats, bad fats, low carbs, high protein, low GI... I know all the tricks to help stabilise blood sugar. But I was wrecked. Nothing I did would get me over the tiredness. In desperation I went to the doctor, had blood tests all of which came back normal. I thought how could they be normal. Is this normal to feel this tired? So the Doc thought I should exercise, you know maybe I'm not feeling tired enough already, get out and about, go for a run, join the gym, do some aerobics... So I did I went running like a fool and still felt like sh..t. SO no Doc exercise wasn't the answer. But I did shape up! If your reading this and you know what I'm talking about, read on.. It could change your life... It did mine...
I was going through paper work one day, doing a bit of a clear out as you do from time to time. I came across a Hair Mineral Analysis Test I had done a number of years previously. Now you might be thinking this sounds a bit whacky but read on it gets better.
During my Nutritional Therapy training we touched on the subject, so I guess I was curious to see what my hair analysis would look like. With the hair test you are given a graph showing what your mineral levels are and if there are any toxic metals, such as lead, mercury, or aluminium etc. You are also given a computer generated report and are told what supplements to take and what foods you should and shouldn't eat. But hey at that time I was just curious! I didn't feel like sh....t .. So I filed it away and forgot all about it. Until the clear out. ( thank god for spring cleaning)
I tried to figure out what all the minerals and there ratios were all about and although I had the computer generated report, I wanted to completely understand what it was all about, that's me, they say curiosity killed the cat, but not this cat. I had to learn how to analysis it myself so I searched the net. I was looking for someone to teach me about Hair Mineral Analysis. And I found Dr Larry Wilson. This guy changed my life.. Read on guys, you can feel better and have more energy, have motivation and look younger.. Yes you read that right, look younger and feel younger too!
Dr Wilson has spent over 30 years researching hair analysis and 40 000 hair analysis later he is an expert on
Hair Mineral Analysis. So I decided to get in touch with Dr Wilson and ask if he could teach me about Hair Mineral Analysis. I was delighted to learn that he was willing to train and teach me this unique tool in defining what exactly is going on in the body and more importantly, what to do to make it right. So my studies begin and I was my own first client. I had my hair analysed in the lab he recommends ( as they don't wash the hair samples with harsh chemicals, this is very important ) And so I began my training and my nutritional balancing programme and yippee I was on the road to recovery...
My hair analysis showed I had high Calcium, this was contributing to my tiredness and was indicative that I was either eating too many carbohydrates or my body wasn't able to process them very well.. This would lead to imbalances in blood sugar and you know what happens when blood sugar is imbalanced? Tiredness, sugar and carbohydrate cravings and weight gain. And the yo yo of eating to restore the balance only to have it flunk again because you ate the wrong food. I forgot to mention that I also had a lot of aches and pains which I put down to work and after I thought the running. But guess what high calcium means that the calcium is not depositing in the bones where it should, no my calcium was depositing in my joints and causing pain. Scary or what? Because if calcium is not been deposited efficiently in my bones,where else is it going? It will end up not only in my tissues but in my arteries as well and this can lead to arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. Now please keep reading...
Ok now for some reasons why this might cause problems.
Calcium is a tough, stable, protective and defensive mineral, like a bomb shelter or bunker. High calcium levels are sometimes caused by the person themselves as a shell of protection.
Magnesium is a very strong, light weight alkaline forming mineral. It is a close partner to calcium, it helps to keep the calcium active and soft.
So my calcium was much higher than my magnesium and so the calcium was forming a shell and hardening me as such... Best way I can describe it.
Also the ratio between calcium and magnesium is important and mine was high, and especially as high as mine, indicates whats called a calcium shell or spiritual defensiveness pattern. Yes, a calcium shell This can be caused by a slow oxidation rate, adrenal fatigue or perhaps psychological reasons. This is the bodies way of protecting against stress. Like the body is building a wall, bunker or shell made from calcium. It also can mean that the person is defending a lifestyle factor or attitude that is not good for them. Lifestyle factors can be defending a relationship or a job that you know is not good for you but you still do it. The attitude can be anything, lack of confidence, fear, rigidity, negativity or anger. Now I could relate to a lifestyle and attitude that I knew I had to let go of in order to heal. If I'm honest it was probably these factors that I most needed to work on. But hey at least I had a starting point, my calcium and magnesium were high, and I had a spiritual defensiveness pattern that meant there was a need for change. And change it would.
So now I knew all because of just 2 out of the 21 minerals that are tested for in the lab, I was tiered in part because of my Calcium and Magnesium levels. My body had an inability to metabolise carbohydrates and I probably had a lifestyle factor or attitude that was affecting my energy.
So long story guys and the pile of ironing is still there... :( I will come back and tell you how it all worked out and what my sodium and potassium levels are like.
Guys if you need any info on Hair Mineral Analysis email me at tiredoffeelingsick@gmail.com
Have a good night, sleep well... :)
