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Diet: Experimenting with fruit and overall more carbs again. Yes, even grains (gasp!). Starting with buckwheat for now. Boom, I am having more energy. I know, what a surprise (not). I got this sneaky little theory that low carb works best for men anyway, while women need more carbs (and fruit), or at least they do better on it. So many theories in my head, hehe. Do I go back high carb vegan now? NO. I try and go back to a diverse healthy diet (seems like the disordered eating is still having a hold on me, but looking on the internet, I don't seem to be the only one :D). Anyway, yesterday I went for a long hike in the sunshine and even did a bit of running in between. My last attempts of running were awful. I wasn't even eating super low carb but kinda low carbish with mainly some sweet potato as my source. (Maybe a real low carb aka ketogenic diet would be different energy-wise). So back on the bananas and I feel like a light switch has turned on again. Maybe that was the reason for my low libido as well. D'oh! I keep on making the same mistakes it seems. I wonder though if I should rather focus on starches than fruit sugar to keep blood sugar balanced. Experiment continues. The massive bloating slowly went down! So this could be due to: lauricidin suppositories, peppermint oil orally (suppositories in the making), cbd oil or diet changes (less vegetables, more fruit - you would expect the opposite though). Maybe it's a bit of all. Which leads me to the cbd oil. Not quite sure yet about the effects but it usually takes some time anyway (which is a bummer because I am always doing so many things at the same time so I never quite know what works and what not - keep on making the same mistakes). Was feeling more cheerful though lately. I am mainly the guinea pig because I want my grandmother to get on it for her severe arthritis pain. I am trying to learn more about the endocannabinoid system. I am one of those rare cases who never got high smoking weed. So there might be a genetic receptor thing going on. It could also be that it's shut down due to disease (toxins?). So with the cbd I am hoping to wake up my endocannabinoid system. Maybe it is similar to other psychedelic drugs like ayahuasca. My first ceremonies were pretty low key. It seems as if my body was so toxic that it takes a while to wake up those receptors. My last ceremonies anyway were beautiful with lots of visions so maybe I should try smoking weed sometime again ;) I am almost through my sample of the Mitosynergy copper. I am taking two extra strength in the morning with no notable side effects so I wonder if that is a good sign? Maybe I am not deficient in copper after all? But of course it has been just a couple of days. I would love to give it more time but it's quite a costly supplement, so I will have to reconsider that. So far it has changed nothing to the better though as far as I can see. Some people said it helped with cold hands for example. Nah, still ice cold. Well my thyroid is still sub optimal (no white moons on fingernails and I can see it's still a big enlarged. I continue my iodine intake). I found a private lab nearby that will test anything you want for pretty cheap so that will be my next step to test my zinc and copper levels, besides lots of other stuff. I know I am still zinc deficient as I am still showing signs (white spots on the nails, dandruff). For detox I make a yummy cilantro pesto the other day, now that we are having lots of organic cilantro. Been eating a bit daily. In my very toxic past this would have made me very sick but now I can handle it so that's a good sign. I mean, how much more do I need to detox? I am very very hopeful though for the Advanced TRS that should arrive soon. Again, expensive, but I read so many positive comments now about it. I will let you know! I am starting back on my morning ritual practise of affirmation, visualizing and gratitude. SO important. My meditations were a bit meh lately but I also didn't put that much effort into it. Maybe time to switch it up. I think that's it. :)
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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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