Hi Antique,

thank you for your response. No, I haven't done the flaxseed, but I have been doing coffee enemas for almost 2 months and it doesn't seem to help. I also take Ioderol (via recommendation from my ND). I will try the flaxseed, but I am not confident that that will do the trick.

Here's a good source for pure marine phytoplankton powder

http://www.PoseidonHealth.com


Wish you the best.

Stress can cause cortasol levels to rise and makes fat belly weight gain. Some new light bulbs have mercury in tbem, also most infrated spas are not healthy for us do to high emf (dirty electricity) wich is why research on the kind of spa you have will be healpful. Also cedar wood is not good for saunas because. A Turpentine type of chemical effect. Look into your sauna for mateials are they good and natural?

I'll have to look into that one. I had a company in mind for a sauna; can't locate the email now. Here is one that it may be; looks pretty nice to me!


http://www.sunlightsaunas.com/


Oh, and Mercury was also a messenger.

Yes, I have seen a GI specialist. He was unable to determine what the issue was. He suggested that I do an endoscopy. Anyway, in the meantime, I talked to Andreas Moritz who said that my lymph nodes may be overloaded from detoxing and that I should stop eating animal protein. I did and I feel a lot better! Almost immediately (within a day or two), my muscles didn't wear down as quickly with exertion. I have noticed that the bloated pressure has gone away and only returns when I eat concentrated protein (i.e. a lot of nuts or probably animal protein...though I haven't had any in a while).

So, I don't know if my lymph nodes were overloaded or not b/c I have had people who know lymphedema look at me and say that it didn't appear as if I have lymphedema. However, Dr. Mortiz was right that I clearly was having difficulty digesting animal proteins. I may have had that difficulty before using the sauna but certainly not to the extent that I had almost immediately after the sauna. Either the sauna or a Colon Cleanse (which I doubt it was the colon cleanse) caused me to have trouble digesting animal proteins. I have lost some weight (i.e. 10lbs in 3 weeks), but I am not back to where I was before the sauna.

One theory that I have seen online is that the sauna depletes you of minerals and minerals are needed to make stomach acid etc. The lack of minerals could have caused inadequate stomach acid and thus my problems. All I know is that I feel a lot better, my energy is improved, and I can exercise more (it has been 3 weeks since I stopped eating animal protein). I still am not back to the weight that I should be at but things seem to be improving for now.