http://www.tuberose.com/Adrenal_Glands.html
Wow! This article seems to explain it all. It's hard for me to read it without feeling sorry for myself. But it's also such a relief to see so much of what I've been experiencing validated in print. I will come back to it again later. It explains so much. Answers so many questions.
Without my adrenal glands working, it seems that my life has become a delicate balancing act of sorts. Blessed is the person with healthy adrenal glands.
Why do I feel so guilty for requiring so much extra care than other people? Why do I feel so guilty for contributing so much less to my church and community than others? I just am who I am and can only do however much God enables me. I want to cuss at all the people who keep telling me I just need to profess myself well, claiming Christ's stripes and then walk in my healing. I have pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed as hard a a person can push. I'm done pushing. I'm exhausted. I'm so sick of being made to feel guilty for being ill. All that extra pushing has contributed to where I am now. I am FAR from lazy. I am far from IRRESPONSIBLE. When God chooses to heal me, I will know it and I will gladly walk in it. Until then, I need to do the responsible thing and take care of myself.
I'm going to print out this article to take to my counselor. I don't know that it will do any good. We'll see. I think one of the most difficult aspects of this disorder is being misunderstood and judged so harshly. I've lost my friends, my job, my ability to cope, I've even lost the respect of my children. Through the grace of God though, I still have the love of my husband, and the comfort and truth of His word.
The other hard part is the mental stuff. My mind just doesn't follow the rules of rational thought and rational emotions that I think it should. I'm not sure what God is going to hold me accountable for. I just know that so much is out of my control. I feel vulnerable to every source of stress.
I long so much to hear Him, to be intimate with Him, to obey Him, to know all is well between us. When my mind went scrambled yesterday, I told Mike I want so much for this all to be over and for me to stand before God and hear His judgement of me one way or another so it can just be over with. I hate not knowing and being in fear of disappointing God.
People can't understand, even when they want to. I'm in this alone...just me and God. I pray for mercy. I pray He will reach down to me. I pray that someday all will be well...someday. The church's mom's group will go on just fine without me. I sense they think I'm crazy, inappropriate, incompetent, a clingy lost puppy sort. I had wanted to be included, to be accepted, to be loved, to have opportunity to contribute. It's just beyond me why God would not want me to have those things. But life rolls on...each day one day closer to the end that I so desperately crave.
My daughter told me I'm a joke. I've always wondered how she sees me, and the effect that my unpredictable moods and abilities have on her. When the kids were little, they were oblivious. They didn't judge me harshly. They just accepted that I loved them dearly, fed them, held them, played with them, and taught them. As they got older and saw the talents and gifts of other moms, along with the difficult time I have with consistency, fulfilling expectations, and keeping friends, they think I'm a joke. I do the best I can. It's just that my best is only as good as someone else's worst. I know it's God's judgement of me that matters, not people's judgement. But I fear that too. Will he be harsh towards me like the master who returned to find that his servant buried his talents? I'm so tired of being confused and scared. I read scripture and it just feeds into my fears, but I keep doing it because I know that is one thing God would want me to do. I don't have to guess about that.
Mike says my biggest fault is that I don't listen. I'm in tears. It's not that I don't want to listen. There is something wrong with my ability to comprehend and apply what he is saying. He tells me things he's told me before, and it's as if I'm hearing it for the first time. And then a few minutes later, it's gone again. That is why I write so much. If I don't write it down, it's gone. I write things I want to be able to look at again later. Perhaps I'll ask him to tell me when I need to take notes on what he says to me...lol. I sure remember things a lot differently than he does. He says I'm sick this time around because I didn't quit my job when he told me to. I just stuck with it, giving it everything I had until my body forced me to quit. I remember Mike specifically telling me that he wasn't going to tell me what to do. Now he is saying that if I had quit when he told me to, I wouldn't still be sick two months after the fact. I can't win for losing. No matter what I do, it's wrong and I'm being punished always. I can never guess the right thing. It's so frustrating. I envy people who can hear God's voice. I even fear that perhaps I'm not one of his sheep at all because his word says that his sheep know his voice.
Trying to figure out what is wrong with me and what to do about it by myself has been so hard. But over the years, I've made a lot of progress and have learned a lot. I'm not sure how to communicate it to others because they just think I'm making excuses for myself. But this article explains so much, from the lead, mercury, and cadmium poisoning (which has been medically documented) to the effects on the adrenal glands (which my medical tests have also proved), to how that affects everything else including my mind, energy, immune system, blood sugar, blood pressure, and even the pain in my legs, and heart palpitations (even through I don't have heart problems). It's all related and it all makes sense to me and the doctor who wrote the article. Some things cannot be disputed, they are not subjective...like a body temperature of 96.8 degrees, a blood pressure of 60/30, a blood sugar of 30. My symptoms are not that severe right now, but the only explanation doctors have given me in the past is that nothing is wrong with me...I'm just a hypochondriac with psychosomatic symptoms. Whatever, I gave up on doctors helping me a long time ago. They just take your money whether they help you or not and that's not right. I don't have any more money to give them to insult me. I'm grateful to all doctors who care and use what they know to help people and seek to know more to help people who aren't being helped by what's currently being taught in medical schools. I'm grateful to Dr. Mac for being willing to run unconventional tests and give unconventional treatments.
But how does this all apply to me as a Christian? It shouldn't apply at all I'm told. According to Christians, at least to the moms group, I just need to quit saying I'm sick and I'll be well. According to Roslyn, I just need to speak and claim my healing and move forward. Well, since that hasn't worked, I can only assume that God is involved in the process and has a good reason for my limitations...one that is part of his plan, and one that will bring him glory. A Christian psychologist once told me that illness must be working for me or I would get better. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Same song, same dance, another day. God help me.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Aldosterone
Re: Sodium question
Posted by: "Holly" aryiella1975@yahoo.com aryiella1975
Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:23 pm (PST)
I found this article, maybe will be useful, seems that there is a difference between blood levels of sodium/potassium and what is in your cells.http://www.tuberose .com/Adrenal_ Glands.html============ ========= ========= ========= =Regulation and Actions of AldosteroneAdrenal Fatigue and Craving for SaltAs mentioned in the "Anatomy" section, aldosterone is manufactured in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. Like coritsol, aldosterone follows a diurnal pattern of secretion with its major peak at around 8:00 AM and major low between midnight and 4:00 AM. Also like coritsol, its production and secretion increases and decreases in response to stimulation of the adrenal cortex by ACTH. This means that aldosterone levels generally rise in stressful situations. However, aldosterone is not part of the negative feedback loop controlling its release. Instead, it depends on the negative feedback loop in which coritsol levels trigger ACTH activity. This means that coritsol determines the amount of ACTH which controls production of both coritsol and aldosterone with aldosterone having no say in the matter.The only thing the cells that produce aldosterone can do to regulate production is to alter their sensitivity to ACTH. Therefore, after about 24 hours, the adrenal cells of the zona glomerulosa become less sensitive to the demands of ACTH and stop manufacturing more aldosterone. The amount of circulating aldosterone then begins to decrease, even though the ACTH levels are high and the need for increased amounts of aldosterone may continue. This decreased production continues until the cells of the zona glomerulosa recover their sensitivity to ACTH, but in the meantime the decreased aldosterone leads to many of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.Aldosterone is the most important mineralocorticoid, but corticosterone and desoxycorticosteron e are also included in this category. The effects of aldosterone depletion can be observed in a large number of hypoadrenic persons. Aldosterone depletion may create one or more different symptoms which are specifically related to the diminished mineralocorticoid levels.In the chronically stressed person, the levels of sodium and chlorides in the urine should be measured as well as the specific gravity in the urine. Chlorides in the urine are measured by Koenisburg's test. This test also provides information of the sodium levels being excreted in the urine. Excessive sodium in the urine is one of the first clues that a person has a hypoadrenic problem.Aldosterone is responsible for the maintenance of fluid (water) and the concentration of certain minerals (sodium, potassium, magnesium and chloride) in the blood, the interstitial fluid (area between the cells) and inside the cells. Working with other hormones such as anti-diuretic hormone from the pituitary and rennin and angiotensin I and II from the kidneys, aldosterone keeps the fluid balance and salt concentration intact, in roughly the same concentration as sea water. In the blood and interstitial fluid, sodium is the most dominant of the four minerals. Inside the cells, potassium has the highest concentration. These four minerals are called electrolytes because they carry minute electrical charges. These electrolytes are very important for proper cell function and fluid properties and they must remain in a relatively constant ratio to each other and to the body fluids. Small deviations in their ratios to each other, or to their concentration in the body fluids, means alterations in the properties of the fluid, the cell membrane and the biochemical reactions within the cell. In fact, most of the physiological reactions in the body depend in some way on the flow or concentration of electrolytes.Aldosterone, in times of stress is the major director of these relationships by its influence on sodium and water concentrations. Although this interaction is somewhat complex, the overall process is easy to understand if you just keep an eye on the sodium in relation to aldosterone. As the concentration of aldosterone rises, the concentration of sodium rises in the blood and interstitial fluid. Wherever sodium goes, so follows water.In adrenal fatigue, the craving for salt is a direct result of the lack of adequate aldosterone. As mentioned above, aldosterone controls sodium, potassium and fluid volumes in your body. When aldosterone secretions are normal, potassium, sodium and fluid levels are also normal. When aldosterone is high, sodium is kept high in the fluids circulating in your body.However, as circulating aldosterone levels fall, sodium is removed from your bloodstream as it passes through the kidneys and is excreted in the urine. When sodium is excreted it takes water with it. Initially, there is some loss of volume of your body fluids but it does not become severe unless the condition worsens. Once your circulating sodium level drops to about 50% of its original concentration in body fluids, even a small loss of sodium or sodium restriction in your diet begins to have severe consequences. Tiny fluctuations in blood sodium concentration have a significant effect o blood volume when sodium is depleted to this level.When the sodium supply of the blood is not replenished by eating salt-containing foods or liquids, sodium and water is pulled from your interstitial fluids into the blood to keep your blood sodium levels and water volume from getting too low. If too much salt or fluid is pulled from the interstitial fluids, the small amount of sodium in the cells begins to migrate out of the cells into the interstitial fluid.The cell does not have a great reserve of sodium because it needs to maintain its 15:1 ratio of potassium to sodium. As the sodium is pulled from the cell, water follows the sodium out.This leaves the cell dehydrated as well as sodium deficient. In addition, in order to keep the sodium/potassium ratio inside the cell constant, potassium then begins to migrate out in small quantities. However, each cell has minimum requirements for the absolute amounts of sodium, potassium and water necessary for its proper function. When these requirements are not met, cell function suffers, even if the proper ratio is maintained.If you are suffering from moderately severe adrenal fatigue, you must be careful how you re-hydrate yourself. Drinking much water or liquid without adequate sodium replacement will make you feel worse because it will dilute the amount of sodium in your blood even further. Also, your cells need salt to absorb fluids because sufficient sodium must be inside the cell before water can be pulled back across the membrane into the cell.When you are already low on body fluids and electrolytes, as you are in this situation, you should always add salt to your water. Do not drink soft drinks or electrolyte- rich sports drinks, like Gatorade, because they are high in potassium and low in sodium, the opposite of what someone with low coritsol levels who is dehydrated needs. Commercial electrolyte replacement drinks are designed for people who produce an excess of coritsol when exercising, not people who are low on coritsol and aldosterone. Instead, yo are much better off having a glass of water with ¼ - 1 teaspoon salt in it, or eating something salty with water to help replenish both sodium and fluid volume.In a nation of people suffering from adrenal fatigue, the fast food restaurants come to the rescue. Such restaurants use an excessive amount of salt in their foods; a custom left-over from the old road houses where lots of salt was used in the food to stimulate appetites and whet the thirst (for alcohol, the biggest profit item). Although not a good solution, it supplies "emergency" rations daily to people living in marginal health. It averts the crisis and replenishes their supplies for another few hours.When your aldosterone levels are low and you are dehydrated and sodium deficient, you may also crave potassium because your body is sending you the message that your cells are low on potassium as well as sodium and water. However, after consuming only a small amount of potassium containing foods or beverages (fruit, fruit juice, sodas and commercial electrolyte replacement drinks), you will probably feel worse because the potassium/sodium ration will be further disrupted.What you really need in this situation is a combination of all three, water, salt and potassium in the right proportions. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to drink small repeated doses of water accompanied by a little food sprinkled with kelp powder. Kelp powder contains both potassium and sodium in an easily assimilated form. Depending upon taste and symptoms, extra salt can be added. Sea salt is a better choice than regular refined table salt, because it contains trace amounts of other minerals in addition to the sodium. Another choice is to drink a vegetable juice blend containing some celery and chard and diluted with purified water.Usually, within 24-48 hours, your hydration and electrolyte balance will have stabilized enough that you can proceed to an adrenal-supporting diet. You must continue to be careful to drink salted water or vegetable juices 2-4 times during the day, varying the amount of salt according to your taste, and you should avoid potassium-containin g foods in the morning when your coritsol and aldosterone levels are low. Never eat or drink electrolyte- depleting or diuretic foods and beverages such as alcohol and coffee, especially if you have been out in the sun or are otherwise dehydrated. One of the problems people with adrenal fatigue constantly deal with is a mild dehydration and sodium depletion.When there is inadequate aldosterone, the kidney allows sodium, chlorides and water to spill into the urine, and maintains ionic balance by retaining, rather than excreting, potassium. Some of these low aldosterone persons present with symptoms of dehydration. The appearance of the tongue is one of the easily monitored indicators of dehydration. Normally, one should feel considerable slickness when running a finger down the protruded tongue of a person. It should slide easily across the tongue like a cube of ice across a wet piece of waxed paper. If the tongue is rough like sandpaper, or if you feel friction, with your finger catching or sticking to the tongue's surface, it is an indication of inadequate tissue hydration. The person needs more water intake.The person may report excessive urination, up to 15 or 20 times daily. Likewise, due to the effect of aldosterone on the sweat glands, the person may report excessive perspiration or perspiration with little or no physical activity. The common factor in all of these persons is a weakness of sartorius, gracilis, posterior tibialis, gastrocnemius, or soleus, and a background of some type of stress.A person with lowered aldosterone may also demonstrate other symptoms. For a nervous system action potential to take place there must be an adequate supply of sodium on the outside of the cell membrane and an adequate supply of potassium inside the cell. They must be balanced. If this balance is undermined by a loss of sodium and retention of potassium, the nervous system will find it difficult to propagate normal action potentials and maintain itself at a good functional level. This may result in a wide variety of symptoms, including muscle twitches and even cardiac arrhythmias (heart palpitations) .With a chronic sodium-potassium imbalance, the person will show the sign of a paradoxical pupillary reflex. Normally, shining a light into a person's eye will cause the pupil to constrict. This papillary constriction to light should be able to maintain itself for at least 30 seconds. In the hypoadrenic person (especially in the exhaustion stage of the GAS) you will find one of three things:1. The pupil will fluctuate opened and closed in response to light.2. The pupil will fluctuate opened and closed in response to light. (This is a deliberate opening and closing, not the minor flutter or twitch of the normally encountered hippus activity.)3. The pupil will initially constrict to light, but it will dilate paradoxically with continued light stimulation of less than 30 seconds. This patient will frequently complain of eyes that are sensitive to light (such as when going from indoors to outside on a sunny day) or will be seen wearing sunglasses whenever outdoors or even indoors under bright light.Another problem related to lowered mineralocorticoid levels in hypoadrenia is a paradoxical, non-pitting edema of the extremities. When the patient with hypoadrenia spills sodium and water into the urine and perspiration, and has a tendency to be dehydrated, we would hardly expect him to show signs of holding water, such as edema. But that is exactly what we do see in some hypoadrenic patients.With the body spilling large amounts of extracellular sodium and likewise retaining intercellular potassium, we can see how an osmotic differential could develop in the patient's tissues. If the osmotic difference (created by the increased potassium seeking its intercellular position and the lowered extracellular sodium levels) is severe enough, the body will most often attempt to correct this osmotic imbalance by allowing extracellular fluid to enter the cells. (It is also possible that the body could kick the potassium out of the cell and into the extracellular fluids, and although this occasionally occurs, we rarely see signs of this in the blood potassium levels.) The body is trying to dilute the potassium in the cell with water, to bring the system into osmotic equilibrium. The cells take on water, and the patient has swelling.Often, these patients are placed on a diuretic by an unenlightened physician whose only basis for this prescription is the patient's symptoms. The diuretic in these patients rarely helps the condition and often aggravates the tendency toward dehydration. Further, many diuretics act as adrenal (aldosterone) inhibitors, adding even more stress to the adrenals and tending to make the patient worse in the long run.Even in adrenal fatigue, the body is still wonderful, beautiful and incredibly wise. It is our society, our maladaptation to the stresses of modern life, and our poor judgment that need to change. We may not be able to change society but we can learn to use better judgment when it comes to taking care of ourselves and to respond to stress in healthier ways.
Posted by: "Holly" aryiella1975@yahoo.com aryiella1975
Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:23 pm (PST)
I found this article, maybe will be useful, seems that there is a difference between blood levels of sodium/potassium and what is in your cells.http://www.tuberose .com/Adrenal_ Glands.html============ ========= ========= ========= =Regulation and Actions of AldosteroneAdrenal Fatigue and Craving for SaltAs mentioned in the "Anatomy" section, aldosterone is manufactured in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex. Like coritsol, aldosterone follows a diurnal pattern of secretion with its major peak at around 8:00 AM and major low between midnight and 4:00 AM. Also like coritsol, its production and secretion increases and decreases in response to stimulation of the adrenal cortex by ACTH. This means that aldosterone levels generally rise in stressful situations. However, aldosterone is not part of the negative feedback loop controlling its release. Instead, it depends on the negative feedback loop in which coritsol levels trigger ACTH activity. This means that coritsol determines the amount of ACTH which controls production of both coritsol and aldosterone with aldosterone having no say in the matter.The only thing the cells that produce aldosterone can do to regulate production is to alter their sensitivity to ACTH. Therefore, after about 24 hours, the adrenal cells of the zona glomerulosa become less sensitive to the demands of ACTH and stop manufacturing more aldosterone. The amount of circulating aldosterone then begins to decrease, even though the ACTH levels are high and the need for increased amounts of aldosterone may continue. This decreased production continues until the cells of the zona glomerulosa recover their sensitivity to ACTH, but in the meantime the decreased aldosterone leads to many of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.Aldosterone is the most important mineralocorticoid, but corticosterone and desoxycorticosteron e are also included in this category. The effects of aldosterone depletion can be observed in a large number of hypoadrenic persons. Aldosterone depletion may create one or more different symptoms which are specifically related to the diminished mineralocorticoid levels.In the chronically stressed person, the levels of sodium and chlorides in the urine should be measured as well as the specific gravity in the urine. Chlorides in the urine are measured by Koenisburg's test. This test also provides information of the sodium levels being excreted in the urine. Excessive sodium in the urine is one of the first clues that a person has a hypoadrenic problem.Aldosterone is responsible for the maintenance of fluid (water) and the concentration of certain minerals (sodium, potassium, magnesium and chloride) in the blood, the interstitial fluid (area between the cells) and inside the cells. Working with other hormones such as anti-diuretic hormone from the pituitary and rennin and angiotensin I and II from the kidneys, aldosterone keeps the fluid balance and salt concentration intact, in roughly the same concentration as sea water. In the blood and interstitial fluid, sodium is the most dominant of the four minerals. Inside the cells, potassium has the highest concentration. These four minerals are called electrolytes because they carry minute electrical charges. These electrolytes are very important for proper cell function and fluid properties and they must remain in a relatively constant ratio to each other and to the body fluids. Small deviations in their ratios to each other, or to their concentration in the body fluids, means alterations in the properties of the fluid, the cell membrane and the biochemical reactions within the cell. In fact, most of the physiological reactions in the body depend in some way on the flow or concentration of electrolytes.Aldosterone, in times of stress is the major director of these relationships by its influence on sodium and water concentrations. Although this interaction is somewhat complex, the overall process is easy to understand if you just keep an eye on the sodium in relation to aldosterone. As the concentration of aldosterone rises, the concentration of sodium rises in the blood and interstitial fluid. Wherever sodium goes, so follows water.In adrenal fatigue, the craving for salt is a direct result of the lack of adequate aldosterone. As mentioned above, aldosterone controls sodium, potassium and fluid volumes in your body. When aldosterone secretions are normal, potassium, sodium and fluid levels are also normal. When aldosterone is high, sodium is kept high in the fluids circulating in your body.However, as circulating aldosterone levels fall, sodium is removed from your bloodstream as it passes through the kidneys and is excreted in the urine. When sodium is excreted it takes water with it. Initially, there is some loss of volume of your body fluids but it does not become severe unless the condition worsens. Once your circulating sodium level drops to about 50% of its original concentration in body fluids, even a small loss of sodium or sodium restriction in your diet begins to have severe consequences. Tiny fluctuations in blood sodium concentration have a significant effect o blood volume when sodium is depleted to this level.When the sodium supply of the blood is not replenished by eating salt-containing foods or liquids, sodium and water is pulled from your interstitial fluids into the blood to keep your blood sodium levels and water volume from getting too low. If too much salt or fluid is pulled from the interstitial fluids, the small amount of sodium in the cells begins to migrate out of the cells into the interstitial fluid.The cell does not have a great reserve of sodium because it needs to maintain its 15:1 ratio of potassium to sodium. As the sodium is pulled from the cell, water follows the sodium out.This leaves the cell dehydrated as well as sodium deficient. In addition, in order to keep the sodium/potassium ratio inside the cell constant, potassium then begins to migrate out in small quantities. However, each cell has minimum requirements for the absolute amounts of sodium, potassium and water necessary for its proper function. When these requirements are not met, cell function suffers, even if the proper ratio is maintained.If you are suffering from moderately severe adrenal fatigue, you must be careful how you re-hydrate yourself. Drinking much water or liquid without adequate sodium replacement will make you feel worse because it will dilute the amount of sodium in your blood even further. Also, your cells need salt to absorb fluids because sufficient sodium must be inside the cell before water can be pulled back across the membrane into the cell.When you are already low on body fluids and electrolytes, as you are in this situation, you should always add salt to your water. Do not drink soft drinks or electrolyte- rich sports drinks, like Gatorade, because they are high in potassium and low in sodium, the opposite of what someone with low coritsol levels who is dehydrated needs. Commercial electrolyte replacement drinks are designed for people who produce an excess of coritsol when exercising, not people who are low on coritsol and aldosterone. Instead, yo are much better off having a glass of water with ¼ - 1 teaspoon salt in it, or eating something salty with water to help replenish both sodium and fluid volume.In a nation of people suffering from adrenal fatigue, the fast food restaurants come to the rescue. Such restaurants use an excessive amount of salt in their foods; a custom left-over from the old road houses where lots of salt was used in the food to stimulate appetites and whet the thirst (for alcohol, the biggest profit item). Although not a good solution, it supplies "emergency" rations daily to people living in marginal health. It averts the crisis and replenishes their supplies for another few hours.When your aldosterone levels are low and you are dehydrated and sodium deficient, you may also crave potassium because your body is sending you the message that your cells are low on potassium as well as sodium and water. However, after consuming only a small amount of potassium containing foods or beverages (fruit, fruit juice, sodas and commercial electrolyte replacement drinks), you will probably feel worse because the potassium/sodium ration will be further disrupted.What you really need in this situation is a combination of all three, water, salt and potassium in the right proportions. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to drink small repeated doses of water accompanied by a little food sprinkled with kelp powder. Kelp powder contains both potassium and sodium in an easily assimilated form. Depending upon taste and symptoms, extra salt can be added. Sea salt is a better choice than regular refined table salt, because it contains trace amounts of other minerals in addition to the sodium. Another choice is to drink a vegetable juice blend containing some celery and chard and diluted with purified water.Usually, within 24-48 hours, your hydration and electrolyte balance will have stabilized enough that you can proceed to an adrenal-supporting diet. You must continue to be careful to drink salted water or vegetable juices 2-4 times during the day, varying the amount of salt according to your taste, and you should avoid potassium-containin g foods in the morning when your coritsol and aldosterone levels are low. Never eat or drink electrolyte- depleting or diuretic foods and beverages such as alcohol and coffee, especially if you have been out in the sun or are otherwise dehydrated. One of the problems people with adrenal fatigue constantly deal with is a mild dehydration and sodium depletion.When there is inadequate aldosterone, the kidney allows sodium, chlorides and water to spill into the urine, and maintains ionic balance by retaining, rather than excreting, potassium. Some of these low aldosterone persons present with symptoms of dehydration. The appearance of the tongue is one of the easily monitored indicators of dehydration. Normally, one should feel considerable slickness when running a finger down the protruded tongue of a person. It should slide easily across the tongue like a cube of ice across a wet piece of waxed paper. If the tongue is rough like sandpaper, or if you feel friction, with your finger catching or sticking to the tongue's surface, it is an indication of inadequate tissue hydration. The person needs more water intake.The person may report excessive urination, up to 15 or 20 times daily. Likewise, due to the effect of aldosterone on the sweat glands, the person may report excessive perspiration or perspiration with little or no physical activity. The common factor in all of these persons is a weakness of sartorius, gracilis, posterior tibialis, gastrocnemius, or soleus, and a background of some type of stress.A person with lowered aldosterone may also demonstrate other symptoms. For a nervous system action potential to take place there must be an adequate supply of sodium on the outside of the cell membrane and an adequate supply of potassium inside the cell. They must be balanced. If this balance is undermined by a loss of sodium and retention of potassium, the nervous system will find it difficult to propagate normal action potentials and maintain itself at a good functional level. This may result in a wide variety of symptoms, including muscle twitches and even cardiac arrhythmias (heart palpitations) .With a chronic sodium-potassium imbalance, the person will show the sign of a paradoxical pupillary reflex. Normally, shining a light into a person's eye will cause the pupil to constrict. This papillary constriction to light should be able to maintain itself for at least 30 seconds. In the hypoadrenic person (especially in the exhaustion stage of the GAS) you will find one of three things:1. The pupil will fluctuate opened and closed in response to light.2. The pupil will fluctuate opened and closed in response to light. (This is a deliberate opening and closing, not the minor flutter or twitch of the normally encountered hippus activity.)3. The pupil will initially constrict to light, but it will dilate paradoxically with continued light stimulation of less than 30 seconds. This patient will frequently complain of eyes that are sensitive to light (such as when going from indoors to outside on a sunny day) or will be seen wearing sunglasses whenever outdoors or even indoors under bright light.Another problem related to lowered mineralocorticoid levels in hypoadrenia is a paradoxical, non-pitting edema of the extremities. When the patient with hypoadrenia spills sodium and water into the urine and perspiration, and has a tendency to be dehydrated, we would hardly expect him to show signs of holding water, such as edema. But that is exactly what we do see in some hypoadrenic patients.With the body spilling large amounts of extracellular sodium and likewise retaining intercellular potassium, we can see how an osmotic differential could develop in the patient's tissues. If the osmotic difference (created by the increased potassium seeking its intercellular position and the lowered extracellular sodium levels) is severe enough, the body will most often attempt to correct this osmotic imbalance by allowing extracellular fluid to enter the cells. (It is also possible that the body could kick the potassium out of the cell and into the extracellular fluids, and although this occasionally occurs, we rarely see signs of this in the blood potassium levels.) The body is trying to dilute the potassium in the cell with water, to bring the system into osmotic equilibrium. The cells take on water, and the patient has swelling.Often, these patients are placed on a diuretic by an unenlightened physician whose only basis for this prescription is the patient's symptoms. The diuretic in these patients rarely helps the condition and often aggravates the tendency toward dehydration. Further, many diuretics act as adrenal (aldosterone) inhibitors, adding even more stress to the adrenals and tending to make the patient worse in the long run.Even in adrenal fatigue, the body is still wonderful, beautiful and incredibly wise. It is our society, our maladaptation to the stresses of modern life, and our poor judgment that need to change. We may not be able to change society but we can learn to use better judgment when it comes to taking care of ourselves and to respond to stress in healthier ways.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Safe Paints- Low in VOC's
Barb, This is the first time we are painting since I developed sensitivities so I really need the advice of those with experience. Benjamin Moore is readily available where we live, so might just give it a try. We can try something on a small room first to see how I handle it before painting something major. Yes, even though it is winter we will open the windows wide. The primer you mention sounds good too. Thanks for your help.
Marlena
AnneMB Kuehn <http://us.f374.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mdkuehn%40golden.net> wrote:
I've had terrific results with Benjamin Moore latex and acrylic paints...flat for living areas, and they have kitchen/bath paints too.YMMV...They are not advertised as voc-free, but I can be in the same room while they are being applied. We usually paint when we can open the windows,though.They also have Zinzer Bullseye primer that is great...I think it is alcohol based. Sticks to anything, avoiding the need to sand glossy surfaces or remove oil-based paint...just prime with Bullseye, it dries in less than an hour, paint with latex.We've renovated a few houses, and are very satisfied with Benjamin Moore paints. It's a national chain, I think.
barb KAt 10:17 AM 12/7/07 +0000, you wrote:>
Marlena, do you have Sherwin Williams paint stores? I've used their "Harmony" brand which is 0 VOC and have been pleased plus it's in stock in a local store. I know AFM makes some safer paint also but there are extra shipping charges. ICI Dulux is another brand. The Home Depot around here doesn't have any safe paint.>>take care,>Gail
Marlena, You can also ask for samples from some of the companies. Even it cost you a few dollars you will know if it's safe. What someone told me to do was paint a board and put it near me and see if I had a reaction. The test worked. Why buy something that you can't use. I have bought so much fabric and had reactions. Some is available through a company in Seattle. ** I use Best Paint, Seattle. The owner was so helpful as he is sensitive too. That is why he started the company. For me, I haven't had any problems with it. I even sleep in the same room. Karen K.
Marlena
AnneMB Kuehn <http://us.f374.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mdkuehn%40golden.net> wrote:
I've had terrific results with Benjamin Moore latex and acrylic paints...flat for living areas, and they have kitchen/bath paints too.YMMV...They are not advertised as voc-free, but I can be in the same room while they are being applied. We usually paint when we can open the windows,though.They also have Zinzer Bullseye primer that is great...I think it is alcohol based. Sticks to anything, avoiding the need to sand glossy surfaces or remove oil-based paint...just prime with Bullseye, it dries in less than an hour, paint with latex.We've renovated a few houses, and are very satisfied with Benjamin Moore paints. It's a national chain, I think.
barb KAt 10:17 AM 12/7/07 +0000, you wrote:>
Marlena, do you have Sherwin Williams paint stores? I've used their "Harmony" brand which is 0 VOC and have been pleased plus it's in stock in a local store. I know AFM makes some safer paint also but there are extra shipping charges. ICI Dulux is another brand. The Home Depot around here doesn't have any safe paint.>>take care,>Gail
Marlena, You can also ask for samples from some of the companies. Even it cost you a few dollars you will know if it's safe. What someone told me to do was paint a board and put it near me and see if I had a reaction. The test worked. Why buy something that you can't use. I have bought so much fabric and had reactions. Some is available through a company in Seattle. ** I use Best Paint, Seattle. The owner was so helpful as he is sensitive too. That is why he started the company. For me, I haven't had any problems with it. I even sleep in the same room. Karen K.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Blogging with pictures
I haven't been able to get my pictures to post...too large I guess. Carebear gave me instructions on posting pictures (thank you Carebear!!!). Open a flickr account (it's free... go to www.flickr.com), or use some other internet photo album site, load your pictures there, copy and paste them here.
Posting Links in Blogs
12How to Link or Plug a Blog to Your Comments
Many have seen the infamous "Blog Plugs" done by Mike This gave me the idea for us all to list our favorite blog here on MyChurch. Hopefully this will also get you in the "groove" to start your own blog pluggin'! Cause it really does work! It brings some of the older blogs back around again.
Some blogs make you laugh, some make you cry, some cause us to learn, some cause us to have our beliefs verified. Whatever the reason, let's all plug our favorite blog, so that others may be able to read your favorites.
I will start with my all time favorite blog, here on MyChurch and please feel free to add yours.
The only rule I can think of is to only have each blog "plugged" one time on this page. If your favorite is already plugged, simply let us know your favorite and choose another blog.
To plug a blog: Simply go to the blog, via the search engine, then "right-click" up top in the address bar and click "copy", then go back to this page and click the "comment" section to put the cursor there, and "right-click" and choose "paste." Just make sure you don't type on this page and leave the page or your comment will be gone when you come back :) Don't you hate when that happens? So get the "plug" first, then come back and type your comment. Oh, and did you Star your favorite blog?
Added information on 5/10/07 This is from Carebear Thanks Carol!
How to post a link in your comments with the URL hidden
1) Type the word or phrase you want to be the link. Example: Yahoo
2) Highlight this word or phrase with your mouse
3) Click on the 'links' icon button on the editor
4) Paste the actual URL that you want to link to in the 'Link URL' field.
Happy Bloggin'
Many have seen the infamous "Blog Plugs" done by Mike This gave me the idea for us all to list our favorite blog here on MyChurch. Hopefully this will also get you in the "groove" to start your own blog pluggin'! Cause it really does work! It brings some of the older blogs back around again.
Some blogs make you laugh, some make you cry, some cause us to learn, some cause us to have our beliefs verified. Whatever the reason, let's all plug our favorite blog, so that others may be able to read your favorites.
I will start with my all time favorite blog, here on MyChurch and please feel free to add yours.
The only rule I can think of is to only have each blog "plugged" one time on this page. If your favorite is already plugged, simply let us know your favorite and choose another blog.
To plug a blog: Simply go to the blog, via the search engine, then "right-click" up top in the address bar and click "copy", then go back to this page and click the "comment" section to put the cursor there, and "right-click" and choose "paste." Just make sure you don't type on this page and leave the page or your comment will be gone when you come back :) Don't you hate when that happens? So get the "plug" first, then come back and type your comment. Oh, and did you Star your favorite blog?
Added information on 5/10/07 This is from Carebear Thanks Carol!
How to post a link in your comments with the URL hidden
1) Type the word or phrase you want to be the link. Example: Yahoo
2) Highlight this word or phrase with your mouse
3) Click on the 'links' icon button on the editor
4) Paste the actual URL that you want to link to in the 'Link URL' field.
Happy Bloggin'
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Hospital Protocol for MCS Patients
Copying and Pasting to this blog made a mess of the protocol, so here is the link to view it online:
http://www.toxicsin fo.org/canary/ Protocols/ MercyMedical. htm
http://www.toxicsin fo.org/canary/ Protocols/ MercyMedical. htm
Monday, December 3, 2007
New Probiotic to Try
http://www.isecureonline.com/reports/655SENZ/E6DDHCAG/?o=1404405&u=18043632&l=835794&g=4995
I see that it may contain soy and wheat...so, I won't be taking it, but I may try it for the rest of the family. I'm able to get pearl probiotics for about $11 a month from www.vitacost.com so this is a bit pricier at $15 to $20 a month depending on how much you purchase. I've also found pearl probiotics with enzymes included...but not with the prebiotics included. I'm wondering if I might just be able to add these prebiotics to my diet. It's worth giving some thought. Olivia has not had anymore skin rashes since I've added chewable acidopholis to her daily routine. She loves them...even throws a little temper tantrum for me to get them for her when she sees me taking my vitamins. She won't take the Flinstone's multi though. She used to, but decided to quit one day...so frustrating.
*************************************************************************************
THE PROBLEM WITH PROBIOTICS
Even if you're using the best probiotics in the world,you're still not getting complete digestive support.
So, if you're suffering from occasional diarrhea...constipation...gas...bloating...indigestion...a "growling gut"...or even if you just "can't handle" certain foods...
READ THIS NOW!
Because I've got a breakthrough for you that goesway beyond the power of probiotics alone...at a price that won't give you heartburn!
A special report by William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Dear Friend in Search of Complete Support,
If there's one thing that makes my own belly boil, it's overblown claims for supplements. And if you suffer any kind of digestive discomfort, I'm sure you've seen plenty of hype for probiotics.
These "miracle pills" are supposed to solve all the problems of a cranky gut by boosting your supply of "good bacteria"--you know, those friendly little critters that reside in your intestines and help you digest your food.
Maybe you're one of the many who have paid a small fortune for probiotics, hoping to banish your digestive pain. You rip open the package with eager anticipation...take the pills...and nothing happens.
Don't get me wrong. I do like probiotics and I've been telling my patients to take probiotics for years. But the simple fact is...
Probiotics alone are too puny to address it all!
Why? Because, first of all, your digestive system is enormous. If you unwound the whole thing, it would measure an astounding 30 feet in length. And it's equally complex. Consider what happens after every swallow...
FIRST, your stomach receives your food and mixes it with digestive juices (acids and enzymes) to help break that food down...SECOND, your small intestine sends in "friendly bacteria" to further digest the food, then absorbs the results and delivers them into your bloodstream...
THIRD, your colon (large intestine) removes water and salts from the your food and supplies many more friendly bacteria to break down any undigested materials...
Getting the picture? Smooth digestion depends upon all 3 parts working together in perfect harmony...
But most probiotics only work to comfort ONE THIRD of your digestive system...
Which leaves the other two-thirds of that 30-foot system still in need!
But not for long. I've got a brand-new breakthrough for you that can take care of ALL 3 digestive hot spots...in one convenient, gentle, easy to swallow capsule. I call it Ultimate Digestion Support. And this "once a day wonder" is about to become your new best friend.
Let me explain...
FIRST, IT SOOTHES YOUR STOMACHwith 8 different digestive enzymes...
When we're youngsters, our stomachs naturally secrete all kinds of digestive enzymes to break down our food and make it, well, digestible. But as we age, our enzyme production tends to peter out--and that's where indigestion, gas, diarrhea, and constipation all begin.
So Ultimate Digestion Support comes to your gut's rescue, with not just one but an army of supplementary enzymes. And each plays its own very important role...
Protease breaks down protein-rich foods and liberates the amino acids your bodyneeds to support your immune system...
Amylase helps digest carbohydrates, so that your pancreas can function better...
Lipase takes on the fats so they don't cause problems further down...
Cellulase and Hemicellulase break down plant cell walls to help free nutrients in both fruits and vegetables...
Lactase breaks down dairy products to help prevent cramping and diarrhea...
Invertase breaks down sucrose, for better digestion of sugars...
And Bromelain, the kingpin of enzymes, delivers extra help for all of the above!
So at long last, your poor, overworked stomach can relax, do its thing and deliver properly digested food to the next part of your digestive system, where Ultimate Digestion Support comes to your rescue again...
THEN IT CALMS YOUR INTESTINESwith 3 different powerful probiotics...
Now, your small intestine is where probiotics really shine. Because a healthy gut should ideally contain over 3 pounds of friendly bacteria to break down your food into all its essential nutrients.
IF YOU'RE TAKING ANY SUPPLEMENTS, you need Ultimate Digestion Support too!
If you're not taking a digestive aid with your supplements, you're throwing away a good portion of your hard-earned money. Because supplements won't do a lick of good unless they're absorbed!
And only Ultimate Digestion Support provides my ideal combination of enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics--helping your gut break down your supplements and speed them into your bloodstream, where they can go to work.
But as we age, this army of "good guys" tends to thin out dangerously. So you've got to send in reinforcements and...
I'm convinced you need 3 different kinds!
Acidophilus alone is all you get in many probiotic formulas. It's a good start, but far from enough! That's why my Ultimate Digestion Support provides...
Bifidobacterium bifidum to help you absorb your vitamins and minerals. "BB" as I like to call it, helps turn your food into B-complex vitamins and encourages absorption of all that expensive calcium you've been taking. Plus it helps you fight off bad bacteria that give you the miseries...
Lactobacillus sporogenes to keep things moving at an even clip. Not too fast, not too slow, not too hard, not too soft...
And yes, good old Lactobacillus acidophilus, which helps you handle dairy products, creates natural antibodies to boost your immune system and produces vitamin-K, an essential nutrient for healthy bones.
By the way, if you ever take antibiotics, this trio of probiotic "good guys" can also help replenish the good bacteria that are killed off by antibiotic therapy.
And finally it's time toCOMFORT YOUR COLON...
...Which is where diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and most other digestive complaints reach their painful crescendo. Yet, this is precisely where probiotics alone simply peter out.
You see, probiotics start releasing their payload of "good bacteria" in the previous two-thirds of your digestive train. So not nearly enough of these friendly bacteria make it all the way to the "caboose"--your colon.
And that's exactly why Ultimate Digestion Support provides...
PREbiotics!
You might call prebiotics a "welcoming committee" for your friendly bacteria. They feed and nurture the probiotic "good guys" who do survive the long trip to your colon--so they thrive, multiply and turn your turbulent colon into a comfort zone!
Specifically, each capsule of Ultimate Digestion Support contains 3 special kinds of proven prebiotics...
Larch arabinogalactan to feed "the troops" and increase their numbers...
Soluble maltodextrin fiber to keep them healthy and active...
Enzymatic guar hydrolysate to keep them moving throughout your colon...
Ultimate Digestion Support --14 TIMES MORE DIGESTIVE RELIEF for all three parts of your system!
8 digestive enzymes to soothe your stomach3 proven probiotics to calm your intestines3 powerful prebiotics to comfort your colon
All this for a fraction of what you'd pay for formulas that don't even work!
Now you couldgo out and hunt down all these different enzymes and prebiotics to gulp down with your probiotics. But you'd spend a small fortune. (And besides, it's so much trouble; you'd probably never do it, would you?)
But now you can get everything your digestive system needs to work better--all 14 fabulous tummy tamers--in one highly affordable, easy-to-take capsule. And because I've included no exotic- sounding wanna-be's to jack up the price, I'm going to guarantee it's the best deal you'll ever give your gut. In fact...
Perfect digestion in a week OR YOUR MONEY BACK!
All I ask is that you give my 14-in-1 formula a mere 7 days to work its way through your system and soothe all your hot spots. Find out how blissful it feels to get through a meal without burning indigestion or running to the bathroom, even if you're eating rich food.
Discover how wonderfully you can handle formerly "forbidden foods." See for yourself how fast you forget about gas and constipation for good.
If you're not delighted in just 7 days, simply return the unused portion and we'll cheerfully refund your money--in full--no questions asked, no strings attached.
And I also promise that week after week, you'll feel even better, stronger, more energized. If not, same deal. All of your money back, even if you're on the last day of a 3-month supply!
So why not try Ultimate Digestion Support right now--Completely RISK-FREE
You don't have to sit there and wonder if these results are for real. You can feel this comfort and ease now--at no risk whatever. Just return the RISK-FREE TRIAL Certificate attached and you're on your way.
What have you got to lose? Nothing but a lot of discomfort. And think of how much better you could feel after every meal. Don't wait for your next bellyache or bowel attack. Give your gut the ultimate support it deserves--and start looking forward to all of your meals!
Sincerely,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
P.S. Remember, there's absolutely no risk in trying Ultimate Digestion Support's amazing comfort and relief. You have my 100% Guarantee. Because if you're not happy, neither am I. So let me know how you like Ultimate Digestion Support and how you're feeling. And if this new formula doesn't do all I promised, don't hesitate to ask for all of your money back--even shipping and handling--pronto.
Ultimate Digestion Support (30 Capsules)
Directions: Take one capsule daily one half hour before a meal.
Supplement FactsServing Size: 1 capsuleServings Per Container: 30
Amount Per Daily Serving
% Daily Value†
Plant-Source Digestive Enzymes Acid protease (340 APU), amylase (3,400 SKB), cellulase (5,400 C1-ase), glucoamylase (22 AG), hemicellulase (160 HCU), lactase (3,000 FCC LacU), lipase (2,250 LU), neutral protease (11,000 HUT), bromelain (40 GDU), invertase (400 SU)
230 mg
*
Probiotic BlendLactobacillus sporogenes, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum
300 millionCFU
*
Prebiotic BlendFiberAid® larch arabinogalactans, Fibersol-2™ soluble maltodextrin fiber, Benefiber® enzymatic guar hydrolysate
150 mg
*
*Daily values not established.†Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Other ingredients: Gelatin, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide and microcrystalline cellulose
This product contains milk and may contain soy and wheat
KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDRENProtect from heat, light and moisture. Store at 15-30°C (59-85°F). Do not use if seal is broken.
** This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
I see that it may contain soy and wheat...so, I won't be taking it, but I may try it for the rest of the family. I'm able to get pearl probiotics for about $11 a month from www.vitacost.com so this is a bit pricier at $15 to $20 a month depending on how much you purchase. I've also found pearl probiotics with enzymes included...but not with the prebiotics included. I'm wondering if I might just be able to add these prebiotics to my diet. It's worth giving some thought. Olivia has not had anymore skin rashes since I've added chewable acidopholis to her daily routine. She loves them...even throws a little temper tantrum for me to get them for her when she sees me taking my vitamins. She won't take the Flinstone's multi though. She used to, but decided to quit one day...so frustrating.
*************************************************************************************
THE PROBLEM WITH PROBIOTICS
Even if you're using the best probiotics in the world,you're still not getting complete digestive support.
So, if you're suffering from occasional diarrhea...constipation...gas...bloating...indigestion...a "growling gut"...or even if you just "can't handle" certain foods...
READ THIS NOW!
Because I've got a breakthrough for you that goesway beyond the power of probiotics alone...at a price that won't give you heartburn!
A special report by William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
Dear Friend in Search of Complete Support,
If there's one thing that makes my own belly boil, it's overblown claims for supplements. And if you suffer any kind of digestive discomfort, I'm sure you've seen plenty of hype for probiotics.
These "miracle pills" are supposed to solve all the problems of a cranky gut by boosting your supply of "good bacteria"--you know, those friendly little critters that reside in your intestines and help you digest your food.
Maybe you're one of the many who have paid a small fortune for probiotics, hoping to banish your digestive pain. You rip open the package with eager anticipation...take the pills...and nothing happens.
Don't get me wrong. I do like probiotics and I've been telling my patients to take probiotics for years. But the simple fact is...
Probiotics alone are too puny to address it all!
Why? Because, first of all, your digestive system is enormous. If you unwound the whole thing, it would measure an astounding 30 feet in length. And it's equally complex. Consider what happens after every swallow...
FIRST, your stomach receives your food and mixes it with digestive juices (acids and enzymes) to help break that food down...SECOND, your small intestine sends in "friendly bacteria" to further digest the food, then absorbs the results and delivers them into your bloodstream...
THIRD, your colon (large intestine) removes water and salts from the your food and supplies many more friendly bacteria to break down any undigested materials...
Getting the picture? Smooth digestion depends upon all 3 parts working together in perfect harmony...
But most probiotics only work to comfort ONE THIRD of your digestive system...
Which leaves the other two-thirds of that 30-foot system still in need!
But not for long. I've got a brand-new breakthrough for you that can take care of ALL 3 digestive hot spots...in one convenient, gentle, easy to swallow capsule. I call it Ultimate Digestion Support. And this "once a day wonder" is about to become your new best friend.
Let me explain...
FIRST, IT SOOTHES YOUR STOMACHwith 8 different digestive enzymes...
When we're youngsters, our stomachs naturally secrete all kinds of digestive enzymes to break down our food and make it, well, digestible. But as we age, our enzyme production tends to peter out--and that's where indigestion, gas, diarrhea, and constipation all begin.
So Ultimate Digestion Support comes to your gut's rescue, with not just one but an army of supplementary enzymes. And each plays its own very important role...
Protease breaks down protein-rich foods and liberates the amino acids your bodyneeds to support your immune system...
Amylase helps digest carbohydrates, so that your pancreas can function better...
Lipase takes on the fats so they don't cause problems further down...
Cellulase and Hemicellulase break down plant cell walls to help free nutrients in both fruits and vegetables...
Lactase breaks down dairy products to help prevent cramping and diarrhea...
Invertase breaks down sucrose, for better digestion of sugars...
And Bromelain, the kingpin of enzymes, delivers extra help for all of the above!
So at long last, your poor, overworked stomach can relax, do its thing and deliver properly digested food to the next part of your digestive system, where Ultimate Digestion Support comes to your rescue again...
THEN IT CALMS YOUR INTESTINESwith 3 different powerful probiotics...
Now, your small intestine is where probiotics really shine. Because a healthy gut should ideally contain over 3 pounds of friendly bacteria to break down your food into all its essential nutrients.
IF YOU'RE TAKING ANY SUPPLEMENTS, you need Ultimate Digestion Support too!
If you're not taking a digestive aid with your supplements, you're throwing away a good portion of your hard-earned money. Because supplements won't do a lick of good unless they're absorbed!
And only Ultimate Digestion Support provides my ideal combination of enzymes, probiotics and prebiotics--helping your gut break down your supplements and speed them into your bloodstream, where they can go to work.
But as we age, this army of "good guys" tends to thin out dangerously. So you've got to send in reinforcements and...
I'm convinced you need 3 different kinds!
Acidophilus alone is all you get in many probiotic formulas. It's a good start, but far from enough! That's why my Ultimate Digestion Support provides...
Bifidobacterium bifidum to help you absorb your vitamins and minerals. "BB" as I like to call it, helps turn your food into B-complex vitamins and encourages absorption of all that expensive calcium you've been taking. Plus it helps you fight off bad bacteria that give you the miseries...
Lactobacillus sporogenes to keep things moving at an even clip. Not too fast, not too slow, not too hard, not too soft...
And yes, good old Lactobacillus acidophilus, which helps you handle dairy products, creates natural antibodies to boost your immune system and produces vitamin-K, an essential nutrient for healthy bones.
By the way, if you ever take antibiotics, this trio of probiotic "good guys" can also help replenish the good bacteria that are killed off by antibiotic therapy.
And finally it's time toCOMFORT YOUR COLON...
...Which is where diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and most other digestive complaints reach their painful crescendo. Yet, this is precisely where probiotics alone simply peter out.
You see, probiotics start releasing their payload of "good bacteria" in the previous two-thirds of your digestive train. So not nearly enough of these friendly bacteria make it all the way to the "caboose"--your colon.
And that's exactly why Ultimate Digestion Support provides...
PREbiotics!
You might call prebiotics a "welcoming committee" for your friendly bacteria. They feed and nurture the probiotic "good guys" who do survive the long trip to your colon--so they thrive, multiply and turn your turbulent colon into a comfort zone!
Specifically, each capsule of Ultimate Digestion Support contains 3 special kinds of proven prebiotics...
Larch arabinogalactan to feed "the troops" and increase their numbers...
Soluble maltodextrin fiber to keep them healthy and active...
Enzymatic guar hydrolysate to keep them moving throughout your colon...
Ultimate Digestion Support --14 TIMES MORE DIGESTIVE RELIEF for all three parts of your system!
8 digestive enzymes to soothe your stomach3 proven probiotics to calm your intestines3 powerful prebiotics to comfort your colon
All this for a fraction of what you'd pay for formulas that don't even work!
Now you couldgo out and hunt down all these different enzymes and prebiotics to gulp down with your probiotics. But you'd spend a small fortune. (And besides, it's so much trouble; you'd probably never do it, would you?)
But now you can get everything your digestive system needs to work better--all 14 fabulous tummy tamers--in one highly affordable, easy-to-take capsule. And because I've included no exotic- sounding wanna-be's to jack up the price, I'm going to guarantee it's the best deal you'll ever give your gut. In fact...
Perfect digestion in a week OR YOUR MONEY BACK!
All I ask is that you give my 14-in-1 formula a mere 7 days to work its way through your system and soothe all your hot spots. Find out how blissful it feels to get through a meal without burning indigestion or running to the bathroom, even if you're eating rich food.
Discover how wonderfully you can handle formerly "forbidden foods." See for yourself how fast you forget about gas and constipation for good.
If you're not delighted in just 7 days, simply return the unused portion and we'll cheerfully refund your money--in full--no questions asked, no strings attached.
And I also promise that week after week, you'll feel even better, stronger, more energized. If not, same deal. All of your money back, even if you're on the last day of a 3-month supply!
So why not try Ultimate Digestion Support right now--Completely RISK-FREE
You don't have to sit there and wonder if these results are for real. You can feel this comfort and ease now--at no risk whatever. Just return the RISK-FREE TRIAL Certificate attached and you're on your way.
What have you got to lose? Nothing but a lot of discomfort. And think of how much better you could feel after every meal. Don't wait for your next bellyache or bowel attack. Give your gut the ultimate support it deserves--and start looking forward to all of your meals!
Sincerely,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
P.S. Remember, there's absolutely no risk in trying Ultimate Digestion Support's amazing comfort and relief. You have my 100% Guarantee. Because if you're not happy, neither am I. So let me know how you like Ultimate Digestion Support and how you're feeling. And if this new formula doesn't do all I promised, don't hesitate to ask for all of your money back--even shipping and handling--pronto.
Ultimate Digestion Support (30 Capsules)
Directions: Take one capsule daily one half hour before a meal.
Supplement FactsServing Size: 1 capsuleServings Per Container: 30
Amount Per Daily Serving
% Daily Value†
Plant-Source Digestive Enzymes Acid protease (340 APU), amylase (3,400 SKB), cellulase (5,400 C1-ase), glucoamylase (22 AG), hemicellulase (160 HCU), lactase (3,000 FCC LacU), lipase (2,250 LU), neutral protease (11,000 HUT), bromelain (40 GDU), invertase (400 SU)
230 mg
*
Probiotic BlendLactobacillus sporogenes, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum
300 millionCFU
*
Prebiotic BlendFiberAid® larch arabinogalactans, Fibersol-2™ soluble maltodextrin fiber, Benefiber® enzymatic guar hydrolysate
150 mg
*
*Daily values not established.†Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Other ingredients: Gelatin, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide and microcrystalline cellulose
This product contains milk and may contain soy and wheat
KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDRENProtect from heat, light and moisture. Store at 15-30°C (59-85°F). Do not use if seal is broken.
** This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Online Alternative Pediatric Advice
This is a site that gives online alternative pediatric advice:
http://www.natickpediatrics.com/about.html
http://www.natickpediatrics.com/about.html
Dr. Pall's book and treatment protocol for MCS
Dr. Pall's book re causes and treatments for MCS, FM, and CFSDr. Martin Pall's new book Explaining "Unexplained Illnesses" includes such things as trauma, psychological stress, etc. as potential causes of theNO/ONN0 wacky cycle where nitric oxide is elevated, inflammation results,and often illnesses such as MCS, FM, and CFS.
Although there are specific causes which are more "normal" for each illness, it seems as if other causes are possible. He has a chart where he has given examples, such as:
MCS is often caused by pesticide or organic solventexposure, but can also result from early life stress.
If I understand correctly, the treatment plan is the same, no matter what the cause is, and focuses on the NO/ONNO wacky cycle.
The 15 nutritionalsupplements which are suggested in the book are:
1. Nebulized, inhaled reduced glutathione
2.Nebulized, inhaled hydroxocobalamin (some use sublingual)
3.Mixed, natural tocopherols including gamma-tocopherol
4.Buffered vitamin C
5.Magnesium as malate
6.Four different flavonoid sources: Ginkgo biloba extract, cranberryextract, silymarin, and bilberry extract
7.Selenium as selenium-grown yeast
8.Coenzyme Q10
9.Folic acid
10. Carotenoids including lycopene, lutein, and beta carotene
11.Alpha Lipoic Acid
12.Zinc (modest dose), mangane (low dose) and copper (low dose)
13. Vitramin B6 in the form of pyridoxal phosphate.
14. Riboflavin 5 phosphate (FMN)
15. Betaine (trimethylglycine)
Of course, the usual avoidance of VOCs, pesticides, and other irritantchemicals is advised. Also, not everyone can tolerate all of the above supplements.
If you wish to sign up for the group with Dr. Pall, it is here:http://groups.%20yahoo.com/%20group/TenthParad%20igmSociety/
There is a website here: http://www.geocitie%20s.com/tenthparad%20igm
He is the Professor of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at WashingtonState University in Pullman.
Although there are specific causes which are more "normal" for each illness, it seems as if other causes are possible. He has a chart where he has given examples, such as:
MCS is often caused by pesticide or organic solventexposure, but can also result from early life stress.
If I understand correctly, the treatment plan is the same, no matter what the cause is, and focuses on the NO/ONNO wacky cycle.
The 15 nutritionalsupplements which are suggested in the book are:
1. Nebulized, inhaled reduced glutathione
2.Nebulized, inhaled hydroxocobalamin (some use sublingual)
3.Mixed, natural tocopherols including gamma-tocopherol
4.Buffered vitamin C
5.Magnesium as malate
6.Four different flavonoid sources: Ginkgo biloba extract, cranberryextract, silymarin, and bilberry extract
7.Selenium as selenium-grown yeast
8.Coenzyme Q10
9.Folic acid
10. Carotenoids including lycopene, lutein, and beta carotene
11.Alpha Lipoic Acid
12.Zinc (modest dose), mangane (low dose) and copper (low dose)
13. Vitramin B6 in the form of pyridoxal phosphate.
14. Riboflavin 5 phosphate (FMN)
15. Betaine (trimethylglycine)
Of course, the usual avoidance of VOCs, pesticides, and other irritantchemicals is advised. Also, not everyone can tolerate all of the above supplements.
If you wish to sign up for the group with Dr. Pall, it is here:http://groups.%20yahoo.com/%20group/TenthParad%20igmSociety/
There is a website here: http://www.geocitie%20s.com/tenthparad%20igm
He is the Professor of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at WashingtonState University in Pullman.
Doctor I'd like to see
Theodore J. Cole,MA, DO, (Member)
NMD, FAAIM The Cole Center for Healing/Cincinnati Hyperbarics 11974 Lebanon Road Ste 228 Cincinnati, OH 45241 Tel: (513) 563-4321
Specialties: Acupuncture, Allergy, Chelation, Environmental Medicine, Family Practice, Homeopathy,Immunologic Metabolic Disorders, Nutritional Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine; Colon Hydrotherapy; Ionithermie
Certifications: Family Practice, Naturopathic Medicine
Basic Diagnostic Techniques:
Ecologic Oriented History, Serial Endpoint Titration, Sublingual P/N, Intradermal P/N, Preservative Free Antigens
(D): Diet Elimination, Rotary Diversified Diet, Oral Challenge Diet
(I): RAST IGE, RAST IGG
Basic Treatment Techniques:
(I): Inhalant Antigens: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
(F): Food Antigens: Based on Neutralization: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
(C): Chemical Antigens: Based on Neutralization: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
Preservative Free Antigen Therapy
EPD
NMD, FAAIM The Cole Center for Healing/Cincinnati Hyperbarics 11974 Lebanon Road Ste 228 Cincinnati, OH 45241 Tel: (513) 563-4321
Specialties: Acupuncture, Allergy, Chelation, Environmental Medicine, Family Practice, Homeopathy,Immunologic Metabolic Disorders, Nutritional Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine; Colon Hydrotherapy; Ionithermie
Certifications: Family Practice, Naturopathic Medicine
Basic Diagnostic Techniques:
Ecologic Oriented History, Serial Endpoint Titration, Sublingual P/N, Intradermal P/N, Preservative Free Antigens
(D): Diet Elimination, Rotary Diversified Diet, Oral Challenge Diet
(I): RAST IGE, RAST IGG
Basic Treatment Techniques:
(I): Inhalant Antigens: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
(F): Food Antigens: Based on Neutralization: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
(C): Chemical Antigens: Based on Neutralization: Sublingual, Subcutaneous
Preservative Free Antigen Therapy
EPD
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