I just realized how easy it is to forget symptoms that you had when they disappear. For example I woke up this morning realizing that my hands don't get numb anymore at night! Which apparently is a sign of an underactive thyroid. (Or maybe I just sleep through it now, who knows).
I thought of old symptoms because an old symptom had actually come back: heart palpitations. Urgh. Not very pleasant. It started on the day when I took a vitamin D supplement but it could have other causes as well. I am currently on my 4 day break from the Turpentine, and I feel a bit more bloated again. So I think my ultimate goal will be to take turpentine daily. I will need to change my diet for that though because I don't have 3 bowl movements a day. Which might be fine if one does water enemas and/or add castor oil into the game. I will experiment. Still on 5 sprays of TRS, no big developments in that area I think. I still get tired a lot and don't feel like exercising at all. Not good. I want to get back into a good exercisement routine. I want the energy to do yoga, weightlifting and running here and there. My left knee hurts though so I am not sure about the running... Talking of left knee pain...spiritually this can mean inflexibility in regards to the future as well as insecurity. Besides that, I stopped my daily cacao intake. Due to the high cadmium levels in my recent hair test and also because any caffeine is not helpful when your adrenals are worn out. Every time in the past when I stopped taking cacao for some time my cheeks were less red and I was less bloated. And then I kinda forget all of it and start all over again. It is just another coffee. It's a stimulant. So yesterday was my first day without cacao and geez I got the caffeine withdrawal headache. Which to me is just a confirmation. It's a drug. You don't get withdrawal symptoms if you don't eat an apple every day. Silly me. Maybe that was a major missing link for healing my adrenals. But I somehow always thought, 1 tsp of cacao is not too bad. Well for normal healthy people probably not, but for somebody with adrenal issues etc it probably is. Plus, it is a very probable source for the heavy metal cadmium. Funny how we get so addicted that we don't want to see the truth.
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Here the results from my hair mineral analysis! In short: still adrenal exhaustion, cadmium toxicity (! Chocolate anyone?), no big copper toxicity (yay), increased thyroid functioning (which is probably stressing the adrenals). Here the one from 2 years ago. (Unfortunately I don't have the one from many years back anymore where I also had extremely high calcium levels). Not much has changed in my adrenal area (super high potassium and sodium levels). Molybdenum has risen a bit out of deficiency, I had supplemented a bit here and there. Back in 2017 I had higher arsenic and aluminium levels which are down now. Now I have super high cadmium levels! Now those levels in hair tests usually don't say that much about the actual levels in the body. It could mean I got exposed to cadmium and now have high levels. Or it could mean the body is getting rid of the toxic metals. Additional elements: And 2 years ago: I don't really care too much about those levels though. Now to the interesting part, the ratios: Compared to 2 years ago: Ok so here are the conclusions:
the extremely high potassium and sodium levels are sign of adrenal stress/exhaustion which could be due to heavy metals. My life is pretty darn stress free otherwise so I know it is the toxins. I quote the lab for the ratio results: A high calcium/phosphorus ratio. The calcium/phosphorus ratio is the autonomic state indicator. The autonomic balance of the body can either be sympathetic dominant, parasympathetic dominant or balanced. A high calcium/phosphorus ratio indicates parasympathetic dominance, the higher the ratio, the more dominant the parasympathetic system is. A high calcium/phosphorus ratio is usually due to the sympathetic system being utilised too much from stress and has been depleted as a result. If the sympathetic system has been exhausted through stress, then the body will switch to a parasympathetic state. A parasympathetic state means reduced energy levels and lowered adrenal/thyroid activity and the higher the ratio, the more advanced the stage of stress on the body – alarm, resistance, exhaustion. The calcium/potassium ratio is low. The calcium/potassium ratio is known as the thyroid ratio because both calcium and potassium play a vital role in regulating thyroid activity. A low calcium/potassium ratio frequently indicates a trend towards hyperactive and fast thyroid activity. The lower the ratio, the more overactive the thyroid activity is in the body. This ratio works differently to thyroid function blood tests in that it is not reflective of the thyroid’s ability to make T4 and T3, but instead it reflects the cellular response and effect of these hormones upon cells. Now this is interesting. Hyperactive/fast thyroid activity? Not really. I guess my glands are just all over-stimulated by the toxins. My Zinc/copper ratio is in the range interestingly!! Which means no copper toxicity! Mhm.... I still have plenty of white spots on my nails though indicating zinc deficiency and my blood test numbers of zinc/copper indicated a little copper toxicity. My sodium/magnesium ratio is high. The sodium/magnesium ratio is the secondary stress and function marker for the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands play an essential role in regulating sodium retention and excretion; magnesium levels also affect adrenal cortical activity and response. A high sodium/magnesium ratio reflects excessive and overactive adrenal activity/function. A high sodium/magnesium ratio represents that the body is in the alarm phase of stress because the adrenals are being stimulated and having to work harder to cope with stress. My hair mineral test result is representing an extreme fast oxidation rate at this time. To quote from Dr. Wilson's website: Dr. Eck also figured out that fast oxidation is identical to an alarm stage of stress, and is characterized by a lot of activity of the sympathetic nervous system. [...] connection with a more yang body chemistry. Those with a fast oxidation rate tend to be anxious, irritable, in a hurry, and aggressive if their oxidation rate is very fast. They are usually somewhat emotional, short-tempered and high-strung. They easily become anxious and wound up. They may gain weight in the area of the abdomen due to high levels of cortisol and cortisone. They are in a fight-or-flight mode too much of the time. Adrenal insufficiency markers (the more extreme the values the more it is suggestive of reduced adrenal function): Sodium level less than 4 mg% (adrenal insufficiency) or above 36 mg% (excessive adrenal activity – adrenal stress). Result = 118 Potassium level less than 2 mg% (adrenal insufficiency) or above 25 mg% (excessive adrenal activity – adrenal stress). Result = 73 Sodium/potassium ratio (NA/K) less than 2.5:1. Result = 1.62:1 So all in all the main result from this hair mineral test is that my adrenals are still in bad shape. Didn't really need a test to know this haha. I continue my journey on detoxing the heavy metals and toxins and adaptogens and adrenal support. Concerning the high cadmium levels I will skip the chocolate for a while I think. I had pure cacao daily for months. Not only is it a stimulator for the adrenals but also cacao can contain real high levels of cadmium. I don't really see other cadmium contributors as I live in the countryside with not too much traffic and I don't smoke and am not surrounded by smokers.. |
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