You don’t have to run and hide in a cave after reading this article. Our intention is to bring awareness to what might be off balance and creeping into your life with more toxicity than you’d like. As holistic nutritionists and health coaches, we can help you
- identify what might be standing in the way (of living an incredibly happy, healthy, fun and fulfilling life)
- support your nutrition, health and lifestyle goals (so that you feel and look vibrant and healthy)
- find your natural weight (after seemingly doing everything “right” yet being stuck above your natural weight due to toxicity or weight loss resistance)
Toxic Food: Sugar, HFCS, GMO, refined foods, trans fats, overuse of alcohol, artificial sweeteners, excessive caffeine, food preservatives, additives, hormones, pesticides, antibiotics derived from foods, mercury, too much food in general.
Toxic Lifestyle: Perfectionist mentality, over-exerciser, pulls all-nighters, unhappy at work but works too much, socializes with crowds s/he don’t necessarily enjoy, harbors negativity and festers negative feelings, always on the go, relying on refined carbs, sugar, caffeine, alcohol and/or drugs for a boost.
Toxic Environment: Mercury toxicity in dental amalgams, some vaccines, large fish (especially tuna), pesticides, cosmetics. Other heavy metals such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, copper, chloride, fluoride, and lead.
Leaky Gut & Food Allergies:
Our gut has a semi-permeable lining around it. When toxic food (above list), stress, NSAIDS, and gluten enter our bodies on a regular basis, these factors make our gut more permeable than it should be. Proteins from certain foods like gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, and corn leak out of the gut where they are not supposed to be and our body views them as foreign invaders. An immune attack is launched and antibodies (IgG) surround the foreign invaders (the proteins that have leaked out). These antibodies accumulate and store themselves at various places in the body including the brain and joints.
Symptoms: A delayed food reaction sets in place and will include a drop in energy, joint pain, headaches, bloating, brain fog, false fat (weight gain and fluid retention), fatigue, moodiness, sinus congestion, acne, eczema, etc. Do you have these symptoms? Contact Catherine or Contact Kendra to identify hidden food triggers and support leaky gut.
Adrenal Fatigue:
The adrenal glands that sit on top of the kidneys are powerful! They are the control center for healthy body functioning. During healthy adrenal function, when our bodies experience stress, a brief rise in cortisol levels is normal and expected. It is when cortisol is constantly raised, due to chronic stress, that problems arise.
Symptoms: Cravings for salt, refined carbs, alcohol and feeling “moody” after consuming these foods, irritable, dizzy, heart palpitations, weight flucation, low blood sugar, unhealth skin, acne, chronic infections
Do you have these symptoms? Contact Catherine or Contact Kendra for nutritional and lifestyle support for your adrenals.
Mercury Toxicity:
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that can be inhaled with the lungs, absorbed through the skin, and/or ingested in the stomach. Mercury can be found in dental amalgam fillings, fungicides, fish such as tuna, tilefish, mackeral, shark, swordfish, crabs, vaccines including diptheria and tetanus.
Symptoms: Some symptoms include a propensity towards fainting, dizziness, fatigue, irregular heartbeat, tachycardia, anxiety, panic attacks, food allergies, GI issues, eczema and psoriasis, gingivitis. Symptoms can come and go over time and while some people may have stellar detoxification pathways to detox mercury, some genetically do not possess functional pathways.
Do you have these symptoms? Contact Catherine or Contact Kendra for dentist and doctor referrals as well as nutritional support for detoxifying mercury.
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Resources and Further Reading:
Huggins, D.D.S., M.S., Hal. It’s All In Your Head – The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness. Avery, 1993.
Hyman, M.D., Mark. Mercury: How to Get This Lethal Poison Out of Your Body. The Huffington Post, February 20th, 2010
Hyman, M.D., Mark. The UltraSimple Diet. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 2007.
The Teleosis Institute, Mercury Contamination and Detoxification
