 least one thing: synthetic vitamins don’t support our bodies nearly as well as food. If you are deficient in something, google food sources and then decide whether or not these foods are appropriate for you and will cover the daily values you need. Some things, like vitamin D and magnesium, are hard to get through food alone. Supplementing these might help, but I DON’T know for sure if the synthetic sources are good or harmful (studies back and reject vitamin D, and some studies suggest we need magnesium supplementation while others suggest that magnesium feeds spirochetes).
Sick people should “add” more than they should “subtract”
- This is something I hear Chinese medicine specialists say. Instead of restricting calories, patients should increase them. Instead of reducing body temperature with “cooling” foods, patients should increase body temperature with “warming foods”. Fasting, chelation, and anything that in one way or another takes away something from your body will tax a weak body, no matter how miraculous the outcome may be.
- I DON’T know if there is a time and place for fasting when sick. While fasting depletes adrenals, nutrients, etc., many people vouch for it as a healing practice (increasing the metabolism of pathogens and putting us into a ketogenic state).
Herxing should be mild, if even that
- I don’t believe extreme herxing is a sign of good things to come. A mild herx is okay, but a severe herx may actually slow your recovery.
- If your lymph glands are swollen, slow down on the bug-killing. Swollen lymph glands means that you are not eliminating antigens (probably dead-bug debris) fast enough to keep up with the pace that you are killing them.
- I DON’T know if “herxing” is just attributed to bacteria dying off, or if you are having drug side effects from a poor xenobiotic metabolism, a genetic condition many of us have.
We should not over-do Omega 6
- Instead of mega-dosing on fish oil (something that some experts suggest is terrible for you because omega 3 oxidizes easily), I’m confident that minimizing Omega-6 is a better option. This is not to say that you should remove nuts and seeds entirely from your diet (though, for the most part I have). But maintaining a balanced ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 is more important than having a ton of both and hoping your fish oil supplements make your omega 3 levels champion over your pistachio benders (mmm…pistachios).
Just because we are told one vitamin, mineral or food is good for us does not mean that it is
- It’s easy to get caught up in one perspective when there is so much info out there that supports it!
- Doubt everything, especially if you are overly gung-ho about it. Doubt what you read and especially doubt what your doctor tells you. Have patience and research contradictory theories before you go popping every pill someone tells you to take.
- I cannot suggest we all chow down on calf liver, because some genetic mutations make metabolising organ meats really hard.
- I cannot suggest that we all eat low-carb-high-fat-diets, because this would hurt a lot of people. Those who weight train need more carbs than people who are sedentary. Spirochetes rob us of our sugars, but I cannot suggest that we eliminate sugars in order to stop feeding them nor that we should increase our sugar intake so we have enough sugars for ourselves, too. However, I lean more toward the latter.
- I cannot suggest that we all eat meat. Those who are frail and pale tend to do better with meat than vegetarian diets, but some people thrive on vegetarian diets. Hell, I’ve seen vegan bodybuilders, though I have NO clue how they’ve pulled that off!
- Balance is key. Your Th-1 and Th-2 cells should be in balance. You should not be too hot or too cold. Your urine should not be too clear or too yellow. Your pulse should not be too high or too low. We should neither exercise too much nor allow deconditioning…
- And – something that took me a long time to learn – too much of a good thing ain’t a good thing. I’m talking about F.O.O.D. I have tried juice fasting, eating meat 3 times a da