How a Hair Analysis Changed my Life

         

            My journey began many years ago. I had always been "nervous".  I was diagnosed with a nervous stomach as a teenager.  I also started having migraines in my teenage years. My parents took me to several different doctors who could not find a cause for the migraines and just decided I had inherited them from my family, since both of my parents had them also. 

            I married and became pregnant with Brian who is now 32 years old. Toward the end of that pregnancy I developed toxemia, now called pre-eclampsia.  I managed to carry him full-term, but had to have bed rest for the last few weeks.

            Time went on and the migraines got worse, I also ached all over, kind of like you have the flu.  At one point in time, the migraines were so bad that I couldn't get over one until another one would hit.  I couldn't have held a job and did well to take care of my home and my son.  My marriage fell apart and with that combined stress, things just got worse.  The doctor prescribed nerve medicine and every migraine medication that they knew of and nothing helped. 

            Anyway, I remarried and became pregnant with Keith, who is now 18 (and healthy by the way).  I developed pre-eclampsia again, only this time much worse.  Keith had to be taken at 30 weeks.  He weighed only 3 pounds and lost down to 2 ½ pounds.  I had to be on blood pressure medication for several months after he was born to bring everything back into balance.  Both of us almost died. 

            I asked the doctor what had caused all of this and his answer was that some women just have pre-eclampsia and they didn't really know why.  This answer was not good enough for me.  I knew there had to be a reason and I wanted to know what it was. 

            One day I picked up a magazine and saw an article written by Linda Rector-Page. She was a naturopath.  At that time, I had never heard of a naturopath, but reading that article, something clicked and I knew that was what I wanted to be. 

            Once I began my studies, I was very interested in finding the cause of my migraines and the pre-eclampsia.  About the time that I was finishing my degree I got started with a lab that did hair analysis.  I sent off a sample of my hair and I was shocked when I got the results back.  My copper was off the chart.  Copper mimics estrogen in the body, so this meant that I was saturated in estrogen.  Too much copper also causes pre-eclampsia, achy feelings, migraine headaches, and all the strange symptoms I had had since my teenage years.  Now, I had to find where I got that copper.  We had gotten our water from a well since I was a teenager so I decided to start there.  There were no copper lines but one small copper fitting.  The well water was soft and soft water will leach copper.  Here was my answer, after all those years.  We removed the copper fitting and I took the steps to detox my body and get my life back.

            The migraines slowly let up in intensity, all the achy feelings and all the strange symptoms went away and I got my life back.

            Now, I only have a migraine maybe once or twice a year, if that often and they are nowhere as intense as they used to be.  I don't know what might have happened to me had I not found Trace Elements and had the hair analysis.

            Over the course of the past 13 years, I have seen and heard stories very similar to mine about the results of a hair analysis.  Your body has a protective device where if you are exposed to something it considers toxic it will pull it out of the bloodstream and deposit it in the tissues.  This is why it can't be found in a blood test.  If you are having symptoms that can't be explained or maybe you are concerned about heavy metal exposure a hair analysis is the place to start.  I know it really changed my life!

Stay Strong!

     

Basic Health Guidelines

Here are some guidelines to help keep you healthy and detoxified.

1.  Most Important - drink water daily.  Divide your weight by 2 and drink at least that amount in ounces daily.  Make sure that it is from a pure source.  Never drink tap water.  Reverse osmosis is the purest form.  Minimize liquids at meals; drink your water between meals.

2.  Use a shower de-chlorinator and chlorine free dishwasher detergent to minimize your exposure to chlorine.  You will also want to limit your exposure to bromine.  This is in white bread, hot tubs and pools, along with some beverages. 

3.  Consume only organic fruits and vegetables and purchase them in quantities for quick consumption. Remember, fresh is best.  Avoid peeling vegetables as the skin contains a lot of the nutrients.  Try to eat your fruits and vegetables as near the natural state as possible.  Cooking destroys nutrients. 

4.  Eat portions of mixed green salads and raw vegetables every day.

5.  Eat fresh fruits in season.  Try to stay with "what grows in your own backyard".  Apples, plums, and pears are always good choices.   Red apples are easier on the digestion. 

6.  Eat whole grains.  Try quinoa, spelt, millet, and brown rice. 

7.  If you choose to drink milk, drink only organic milk. 

8.  Eat organic butter and healthy fats from olive oil, coconut oil, and avocados.

9.  Eat only organic meats and free range eggs.  Avoid GMO foods. 

10.  Instead of reaching for a soda or a cup of coffee, drink herb teas and use stevia or some raw honey as a sweetener. 

11.  Avoid all artificial sweeteners.  They are poison. 

12.  Bounce on a mini-trampoline for at least four or five minutes a day.  This stimulates the movement of lymphatic fluids, which will help keep your body detoxed.

13.  Get rid of the table salt.  Celtic sea salt and Himalayan crystal salt are nourishing to the body instead of being toxic. 

14.  No high fructose corn syrup.  This causes a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.  Not to mention that it is made from GMO corn. 

15.  Read labels.  You would be surprised what is in your food when you start reading the labels. 

16.  You should be eating enough fiber rich foods that you have a bowel movement at least 2-3 times a day.  If this is not you, you might want to consider a colon cleanse.   

17.  Each week pick one processed food and remove it from your diet.  Replace it with a healthy food and before you know it, you will be eating a healthy diet.      

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Time to Detox!

Okay everyone, the holidays are over and it is now time to start thinking about losing any weight you may have gained and getting your body back to normal.  Now is a good time to start thinking about a really good detox. You don't have to stop your life for a week to clean out your system.  You can do it in small increments, just as long as you do something. One of the simplest ways you can start is by drinking a detox tea.  Although a tea is the weakest form of an herbal formulation, it can still clean you out.  The herbs in a detox tea are generally designed to help you have a "moving experience", but they also work to pick up any sludge (toxins) along the way and they should also contain a diuretic to help you lose any water weight gain.  If you have an excess toxic build-up, it will be difficult for you to lose weight, so you want a tea that will remove these toxins.  Of course, taste is a consideration as well.  If it doesn't taste good you are not as likely to drink it. 

You could also choose to do a major detox.  These usually consist of a weekend and doses of epsom salt and olive oil.  You may need this one if you are having trouble with your liver or gallbladder. 

There are others where you take large amounts of fiber and as it moves through you, it picks up the toxins with it and moves them on out.  Some people have trouble with fiber digestion, so this is not typically the detox that I would recommend.    

Certain foods help you to detox.  These are great if you want to detox slowly.  I know after I got home from vacation, my stomach felt like there was a brick in it and I wanted something to work-- like yesterday!  I didn't want to wait!

So, start thinking about cleaning out your system and let me know if you would like any help with a detox or need any products, such as a detox tea, and we can get you started on the path for a healthier you.    

Stay Strong!