Update on progress 
hope4myadrenals
11 y
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Hello all! I've been doing NB for almost six months now, and wanted to post how I've been doing.
Here are my results from the last two tests:
Mineral, Ideal, 1st result, 2nd result:
Calcium, 40, 33, 30
Magneisum, 6, 8, 5
Sodium, 25, 4, 10
Potassium, 10, 1, 5
Iron, 3.5, .9, .8
Copper, 2.5, 1.5, 1.4
Manganese, .04, .008, .009
Zinc, 20, 20, 20
Chromium, .06, .073, .060
Selenium, .18, .069, .084
Phospherous, 16, 13, 15
Toxic Metals, 1st result, 2nd result
Aluminum, .63, .69
Mineral Ratios, Ideal, 1st result, 2nd result
CA/MG/sugar, 6.67, 4.13, 6.00
CA/K/thyroid, 4.00, 33, 6.00
NA/MG/adrenal, 4.17, .50, 2.00
NA/K/vitality, 2.50, 4.00, 2.00
ZN/CU/hormones, 8.00, 13.33, 14.29
CA/P/bone 2.50, 2.54, 2.00
My ratios have started improving, especially the thyroid and adrenal ratio. It looks pretty dramatic on the actual bar graph, and I wish I could have uploaded my results as a photo but wasn't able to figure out how to do that. I'm also happy that my sodium and potassium started going up.
During my first 4 months on NB, I only took fractions of what I was meant to take. In all, I took just one out of 3 doses per day. Also, I was supposed to take glandulars (Thyro Complex and Endo Dren) but each gave me anxiety, so I didn't take them. I also haven't started CE's or the sauna yet.
As far as noticing improvements, I don't have the startle reflex that I had for several years. Most improvements are very subtle. I used to have migraines, tension headaches, and fibromylagia pains every day for 6 months solid, with pain that wasn't touched at all by OTC's. That has improved. Now I get a headache once every 2-3 weeks, and OTC's take it away.
Brain fog has started to diminish. I generally wake up with excellent energy, refreshed and with a clear head now, whereas the last few years I would wake up groggy feeling like a 90 year old sick woman. I used to not "wake up" till afternoon.
Energy, digestion, and anxiety are very slowly improving. Improvements come and go, up and down constantly.
I was very sick last year, and couldn't leave the house. Now I can leave the house, and can even go to doctor appointments, something I couldn't do before. I'm glad to have found NB because now I finally know what exactly is wrong with me, and I don't have to do any guesswork. It takes a lot of pressure off of me. I've heard so many stories of recovery on NB, not to mention my own slow and steady improvements. I'm so glad to be on this program, and moving forward.
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- Re: Update on progress Marie64
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162Hi HOpeformy adrenals,
I am glad your ratios are moving close to where the belong..
It is nice to hear you are feeling some form of improvements..and less head aches.
Best to your continued healing,
Marie
- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
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- Re: Update on progress Onwards
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162Hi Hope- Thanks so much for sharing your success! Some very dramatic improvements and very fast!
Can I ask what your diet is like?
Hope your health is completely restored before too long!
:)- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,202Thanks, Onwards! I agree it was dramatic, and I didn't take nearly the recommended amount of supplements.
About diet... I am not the best role model here for following the diet that I was recommended to follow. I'm with an ARL practioner, and the Wilson diet is a lot of cooked vegetables. I try to add them in as much as I can, but I don't eat nearly enough. I have always felt good with carbs, so at each meal I eat carbs, protein (red meat, chicken etc), healthy fats and I try to eat some veggies. I use a lot of butter and bacon fat to fry foods in. Even though I'm a slow oxidizer, I started to feel amazing (less brain fog, more energy) when I added butter and bacon fat. I make most of my meals from scratch on my own. I don't limit anything, and occasionally have something with Sugar in it, gluten or dairy, and I'm fine. It gives me a lot of joy to not limit foods too much, as I actually went for 3 plus years with severe food intolerance and could only eat 5 safe foods in that entire time. The joy I have now in not limiting my foods and over scrutinizing is somehow adding a lot of light and sunshine to each day for me.
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- Re: Update on progress Onwards
11 y
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MoreThis is a reply to # 2,081,436Hi Hope- Your diet looks good! Cooking from scratch means you are not eating all of those horrible additives and preservatives . Slow oxidizers need more carbs for sure.
I can relate to the butter and bacon fat. We use these alot for cooking and absolutely love them. Some of the older farmers in my area swear that these fats promote longevity. I tend to agree.
That's great you are enjoying your food. Me too!- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals 11 y 2,536
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- Re: Update on progress Jo86
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162reading that kind of testimonial makes me think more and more that NB is simply not the solution for me...been doing it since April 2012, and only got worse consistently (as the entire 7yrs of AF).
Thanks for sharing, very very useful for us on here. God bless you Hope.
- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,254Yoe, I'm so sorry that you haven't been improving as much as you would like on NB.
I knew about NB for a year and a half before I decided to make the leap and start it. When I first learned about it, I had a gut feeling that it would not help me at all. I knew I wouldn't be able to tolerate the supplements or do anything close to the diet. At that time, most every supplement, herb and pill I took had the opposite effect on me or made me very sick. I couldn't tolerate most foods either. The things other people were doing that worked for them... didn't work for me. I just kept getting worse, and had been going downhill for 4 years.
So I knew NB wouldn't "work" for me back then. I mean, nothing was working. Then finally out, over a long period of trial and error and fumbling around, I found out the largest factor that caused my AF in the first place. The "smaller" reasons were stress, nutrition, and genetic factors, but the biggest factor, the one that I didn't tackle at all and the thing that was holding me back was unaddressed (sp?)trauma in the past, as well as a bunch of toxic beliefs I had about myself. I had been abused as a kid and burried it to the point that I didn't even know it happened. I worked with someone who helped me uncover that and deal with it in a healthy way, releasing the trauma. After that my whole body just relaxed, and I started going out of fight or flight.
Afterwards, I knew instinctively that NB (or any healing program that's sound, not just NB) would work much better than it would have for me in my past.
I don't think many people have hidden trauma holding them back... I'm just mentioning it because it happened to me.
I really wish the program worked for you. Do you have ongoing stressors around you?
- Re: Update on progress ronlman
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,448Hi Hope,
Thanks so much for sharing your healing journey! What kind of technique did you use to release your trauma?- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,153,189As far as techniques go, I worked with a medical intuitive, and that's when I first realized I had hidden trauma. But there are so many techniques out there. I do a lot of journaling, and I write down the beliefs that were false/toxic, what happened to cause me to believe that belief, and what the truth is.
For example, I believed that it wasn't safe for me to care about myself my whole life, because when I was a kid I had traumatic things happen to me when I was injured/sick I dared to try to speak up and care for myself. It's interesting, I think in one of Louise Hay's books, she talks about how believing that it isn't safe to care for yourself is a belief that leads directly to adrenal burnout. So I've been writing down affirmations on cards, and I read them regularly, to remind me of my new truths.
I feel like there's more work for me to do, as the trauma still bothers me and it's not fully released. I've been thinking about CBT and EFT. Watched this video recently on releasing trauma using EFT, it had me in tears. I wish I could do a session like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJcQtY0lYko
You can skip forward in the video to 1:38, that's where it really starts.- Re: Update on progress ronlman
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,153,508Thanks so much for the reply! EFT looks awesome. Seems it has helped so many people. Did the intuitive help in healing anything? How did she help discover the trauma? Maybe could you message me the intuitive's name, I am considering speaking to one. Wishing you all the best!
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- Re: Update on progress ring5100
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162That wonderful news Hope.
Glad for you.
Is this with ARL or Trace Elements?
Which NB practicioner are you with.
And what supplements were you advised?
Were you than "slow oxidiser with severe adrenal fatigue?
Paulette- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,294Thanks, Paulette!
I'm working with an ARL practioner, Susan Cashay. I have a feeling I would do fine with ARL or TEI... I've heard so many stories of people who have improved on both sides. I just want to have a good connection with my practioner, and I feel really comfortable working with her.
Believe it or not, when I first started NB, my first test showed that I was in "Resistance Stage." I thought for sure I would be in the most severe state, "Exhaustion Stage." So that was a pleasant surprise. But I credit that to the healing work I did with an intuitive counsellor before starting NB, where I released hidden trauma and toxic beliefs that had been holding me back and keeping me in a state of fight or flight. I'm sure I was in Exhaustion Stage for most of the last four years.
I've been a slow oxidizer on both my tests, but on my second test it showed my oxidation rate was increasing.- Re: Update on progress Pathway to Peace
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,452I think a lot of people have been hurt due to abuse. For many (not everyone)sexual abuse. Emotional work, especially forgiveness, I think is very key to healing on a grand scale.
I can also really resonate with what you said about your work on changing your false beliefs. This has worked for me more than anything else. You were very blessed to have found an intuitive counsellor. They are hard to find.
I've been working with some CD's from thinkrightnow.com and they have been one of the best tools I have found thus far.
All the best to you :)- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,646I'm on my way to check out the link you shared right now. :)
I agree that forgiveness is a big part of healing. And the funny thing is that it actually becomes easier, almost a no-brainer when I realize that we are all one, and that to hold a grudge against someone is like drinking poison yourself. I don't want to hurt myself! When I see others as myself, it's easier to love others and let go of what happened in the past.- Re: Update on progress Pathway to Peace
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,692Yes, I see much truth in what you said :) Learning to love and accept oneself will extend that to others,naturally. For me,I find that God is the only source of Love that has helped me do that because it's unconditional.. And having said that, it is a journey. As they say.. Rome wasn't built in a day..
Best
Later Edit: My comments were related more or less to forgiveness.. I didn't want you think that I was saying we shouldn't speak up, set good boundaries, and confront when needed.. Sometimes we can decide not to reconcile if the abuser doesn't see what they are doing, but we can always still forgive.. It's detrimental to our well-being, just like you said. But I'm sure you knew i meant that, it's just that it wasn't so clear.. Ok... (:- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
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- Re: Update on progress Rotor
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162Wow, it sounds like you've come a long way in such a short time. That's great to hear Hope.
They may look like subtle changes from the outside looking in, but from a personal perspective those small incremental changes can be very profound. It sounds like you're well on your way, keep up the great work!- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
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- Re: Update on progress MCW
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,081,162Hi There,
I was wondering what supplements you were on the past 6 months and what adjustments you made after your first retest.
Just trying to compare notes :))- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,082,948Hi MCW,
Sure, I can share what supplements I was on! :)
After my first retest when I was in three lows:
Megapan**
Paramin
Zinc
Renamide
Thyro Complex**
Endo Dren**
Endo Veggies**
Fish Oil
Selenium
Vit D3
GB3
The supplements with astericks behind them, I wasn't able to tolerate back then, so I didn't take them. I did take 1/4 of the Megapan on days I wasn't anxious. And I didn't take the fish oil or D3 all the time. I was having a lot of nausea and IBS back then, and from past experience I knew that adding D3 and Fish oil wouldn't help much when I felt that way. The glandulars gave me worse anxiety, but I don't want to warn anyone away from them. It's just that I've had a history of not being able to tolerate most supplements in the past, but this is getting better. I'm saving the glandulars for down the road if I am recommended to take them some other time. I'm sure I'll be better able to tolerate them down the line as I improve.
Of the supplements I could handle, I took fractional doses and didn't work up to nearly the full dose even after 4 months.
After my second test, I was in four lows and was/am taking these supplements:
Limcomin
Taurine
Paramin
GB3
Renamide
Selenium
Fish Oil
Vit D3
TMG**
I'm taking the full dose of most of these supplements. The Limcomin really helps me feel calm, as do the Paramin and Taurine. The Paramin can knock me out easily, so I go easy on it. It's definitely good for calming. I'm waiting to start the TMG because I want to find out if I'm an over or undermethylator before taking it.
- Re: Update on progress anonalon
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,082,969Any updates, Hope? I've started NB much later than others on here but am making improvements with it as well as with an Iodine protocol Dr. Brownstein recommends. Are you still in the 4 lows?
- Re: Update on progress hope4myadrenals
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,207,019Hi Anonalon, I'm still on the NB program. I'm not in four lows (I was in three lows in the past, not four lows). I'm currently coming out of a calcium shell... lots of fun. It's really painful... pain in the muscles and bones. My ability to tolerate supplements is drastically improving. I used to not be able to handle kelp (it used to rev me up too much) but now I can tolerate it quite well, and now I love it. I do notice more energy, mental clarity, better ability to handle stress. I should write an update on how I'm doing. How are you doing?
- Re: Update on progress anonalon
10 y
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This is a reply to # 2,208,272Thanks for the update! I had gotten a lot worse though it was my own fault and got to the point where I couldn't really walk but to the restroom and back. I also couldn't tolerate kelp and now can thanks to the NB supplements. I can tolerate kelp and iodine. I'm able to walk more and faster though my mobility is still severely limited. I'm finally after all these years very hopeful. I'm so glad you are doing better!
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