I got a new toy in my collection: Well I got a couple of new toys aka supplements, but this is one I am excited about. And hopeful. I read many very good reviews about the Advanced TRS although I must admit I am skeptical as it is an affiliate program so people tell you anything of course. And I actually read a few ridiculous posts about it. Nevertheless, it is my first zeolite product I am trying and I have actually high hopes. It is supposed to chelate the heavy metals super gentle, and actually all kinds of toxins for that matter. I must admit, it sounds too good to be true. So I will keep you up to date here. Yesterday I took my first spray(s). Wasn't quite sure if the first spray was fully on, so took a second one. You are supposed to start with one spray and then slowly work your way up. If you are bedridden, start with even lower doses. As I feel quite stable, I took another spray this morning. Could be a coincidence but I was in a foul mood all morning. Anger and rage about incompetent colleagues, and childhood issues coming up about feeling unworthy blah blah. Quite interesting as I had felt quite stable and mentally happy over the past days and weeks really. So far no other reaction. I went for a run/walk after work in the sun to move my system and felt better. Though tired. Oh, that's another thing: I didn't really sleep that well last night but I had nights like that before. All in all, too early to conclude. One thing I have though at the moment, but that had started already a couple of days before the TRS: Some itchy hives around my neck like a necklace. It looked worse in real. It started on the left side of my neck, then went down to the middle line, and today it is on the right side. At first I thought it was a reaction to my necklace but I haven't been wearing it since then and the hive is still there. Plus, I had this kind of hive before (I think that was when I was taking Lugol's). I could only imagine it's toxins moving in my lymphatic system since that is where the lymphs are. Maybe from the Spirulina that I have taken daily now.
I was also planning on doing a parasite bombing tomorrow with turpentine but not sure, since I now only started with TRS and I really should not do too many things at once as I always do. It can make things worse and in the end I won't know what helped and what made things worse. Some of my other new toys are Taurine and Whole Foods Vitamin C for my Ceruloplasmin production. And copper and chlorophyll. I am careful about those though. I will get my blood and hair results soon so see how I am with copper and zinc. Currently only taking small doses of zinc. Since taking the Spirulina (high in copper) also my cravings for chocolate are completely gone so maybe I have already enough copper now in my system.
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So I have been taking the Mitosynergy for a couple of days now. I started with half a capsule of the Extra Strength, which is actually not that much, since one capsule only contains 0,5 mg of copper but I guess since it is extra bioavailable, more gets absorbed, and low and slow is always best with introducing new supplements (not that I ever followed that route).
The next day I took a whole capsule. At the same time (because I am not always the smartest and most patient) I also started taking Spirulina (also high in copper). I do feel quite good. Which to be honest, intuitively I would rather give the Spirulina the credit for. To me it still makes more sense to get nutrients from food (even if it is a strange kinda food like a blue green algae) instead of supplements. Although I dig the Mitosynergy approach because their copper is super bio-available (but also soo much more expensive than Spirulina, and it it doesn't contain all the other good nutrients that Spirulina provides). I am still taking my zinc (apart from the copper, since they are antagonists). I am currently looking into TRS which is a nano-zeolite spray, said to be VERY effective for heavy metal detox. The internet is full of positive reviews (although some also claim it's a scam). But being me I will give it a try of course! From the same company I also ordered a new hair mineral analysis test (strangely hard to get one here in Spain), so I am curious. I still need to get my zinc, copper and ceruloplasmin levels tested though. Tried to get zinc sulfate at the pharmacy here but you can't get it without a doctor's prescription. Geez, c'mon Spain! My mind is pretty calm though at the moment (not much overthinking, or racing mind), meditations are pretty good. I have some dream recall. Learned today about taurine and that it helps the body absorbing Magnesium (as well as B6). Maybe a reason why for the past years I always had to take my daily magnesium, and I seem to waste it a lot. So when you are deficient in taurine, the kidneys just dump the magnesium. You get taurine mainly from fish and meat (hello, vegan years!) but the body can also produce it (if all goes well, which as we know is usually not the case if you are heavy metal toxic). Not sure if I get me some taurine, it is also important for the production of ceruloplasmin, so might be good. I also read that babies who aren't breastfed don't get enough taurine, that's why they add it to baby formula (I wonder if they did that already in the 80's when I got baby formula). Nutrient deficiency -> lower detox. One thing I noticed is that my heart palpitations are back a little. Didn't have those in a loooong time (the last time in my fruitarian days so I thought it is related to low sodium maybe?). I crave sodium still A LOT, and I wonder if my kidneys are also still salt wasting. I noticed whenever I get a hot flush of the face (usually around mid-day when I feel worst) it sometimes helps to drink a glass of water with a tsp of salt. Adrenal cocktail style I guess. But yeah, I noticed that I usually feel worst between 1 and 4 pm, and then after my mood gets better. The organ clock says it is the time of the small intestines from 1-3 pm so that makes sense (SIBO). I wonder if the SIBO will sort itself out once all the metals are detoxed. Then the stomach acid production should be better too. Maybe a fast will help once I am more detoxed. The only time my face was zero red was after a 5 days water fast. That's the latest news. More and more I come to the conclusion that it might be copper that is the missing link. So many pages and people speak of copper toxicity that we do a lot to avoid this mineral. But it is crucial for many many things in the body, and actually our soils are depleted and most people don't get enough copper in their diets. Best bioavailable copper sources after all are organ meats and shellfish. Now tell me how much of those do you regularly eat? (Maybe that is the reason why my dad at 72 years still has full brown hair and looks super young - he basically lives off shellfish, no kidding).
I came across this wonderful article . Copper is needed for so many things. The copper levels rise during pregnancy or infections for example. Which might mean it is needed during those times, and get depleted if we don't consume enough copper. This is why women on the birth control pill (which basically fakes a constant pregnancy) deplete copper like crazy. Environmental stress etc all depletes your copper. I find it interesting that ancient cultures like the Egypts and in Ayurveda drinking out of copper vessels was highly practised. Copper is linked to higher spirituality. Wearing copper bracelets apparently is a way to treat arthritis. So why then is there such high levels of copper toxicity which produces mental disturbances? On an urine provocation test with DMSA 10 years ago I excreted a LOT of copper. When we are deficient in copper we cannot produce enough ceruloplasmin (and lots of other things) that help us using copper. So the inorganic copper we ingest (from amalgam fillings which contain copper, or copper pipes) cannot be used and gets stored in the tissues creating havoc. Then we have the paradox of copper deficiency and toxicity at the same time. We need proper levels of zinc and copper. For example to have enough metallothionein which is important to protect the body of heavy metal toxicity. A metallothionein deficiency is suspected to be a big cause of autism. But still the treatment is mostly zinc supplementation. Sure, metallothionein consists of more zinc than copper atoms, but still, one needs to keep a good balance. Shellfish and organ meats like liver contain both zinc and copper. Our ancestors knew that those were the best pieces of the animal to eat. These days hardly anybody eats them anymore as our taste buds changed. So after reading lots and lots, I ordered me a Mitosynergy sample as well as a "normal" copper supplement. I wonder if the Mitosynergy really is so much better than a regular copper supplement or if it is just clever marketing. It is super expensive. For the past days I had been taking my Spirulina powder which had been sitting on my shelves for a couple of months. I dreaded the awful taste and then I read it contains a lot of copper and I should avoid copper blah blah. Well with my new knowledge about the importance of copper I finally took it, starting out with half a teaspoon in water. It tasted like water, and actually not bad. And I don't know if it was the Spirulina but soon after I had a rush of energy and my mood lifted. To be honest, I am pretty sure it is the Spirulina. I have been taken it since then and find that my energy levels and mood improved. Is it the copper? Who knows, Spirulina contains many many good things. And actually I would prefer taking this rather than buying overpriced synthetic pills. My blood test results came in too btw. My doctor says all is well, and it doesn't look too bad indeed. My TSH for example got down from over 5 last year to 2.47. Unfortunately the regular doctors don't know and test for ft3 and ft4 so I don't know those levels (yet). Vitamin B 12 and Folic Acid were perfectly in range. Iron was on the lower range but still in range (but we know that the range is usually made wider than it should be). Sodium and potassium were both in range. In the past my sodium had always been low with potassium high. Interesting (regarding the copper) is that my neutrophil percentage is low. The neutrophils are in range but the percentage is low. I need to find out more about this. Low neutrophils are a sign for low copper. I am looking for a private lab here at the moment to test more things, mainly zinc, copper, ceruloplasmin, free copper, homocysteine, iodine, selenium, ft3 and ft4. This morning I took my first Mitosynergy (half of an Extra Strength capsule. They are actually quite low dose, the Extra Strength contains only 0,5 mg of copper but I guess it has higher bioavailability). I will report but I have a feeling I will stay on the Spirulina for a while :) |
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