May. 11, 2012
Chronic Fatigue (CFS) & Burn Out: Have You Got The Minerals?
Hi guys,
I wanted to share the information below with you as i find this very interesting regarding stress and health. I’ve recently started my study and research for my new book which is all about ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’.
In the 1930′s Scientist Hans Selye developed his General Adaptation Syndrome theory which divides STRESS into three stages. Stress is anything which places extra demand on the body, and could be overwork, poor diet, toxin exposure, illness travel grief, work unhappy relationships, lack of sleep etc.
Dr Paul Ecke spent decades analysing hair mineral levels, and worked out how to determine which stage of stress your body is in simply by looking at the ratios of key minerals: calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. These are minerals that need to be balanced, and taking any other minerals can have adverse effects by worsening their delicate ratios.
Stage 3 – Exhaustion It takes a lot of energy to keep the body in stage two and it will eventually run out of steam and go into the exhaustion phase. It may be pushed into this phase by an extra stress our workload which simple tips it over the edge. In this stage, the body has exhausted its energy reserves and begins to break down. It goes into a catabolic state, which means that instead of repairing and regenerating tissues, it breaks them down to release energy and nutrients. This can cause muscle wasting and accelerated ageing, and is when the fatique first starts to manifest. The body is unable to maintain the high levels of sodium and potassium and the ratio between these two minerals drops, with sodium lower then potassium. This is a sign of low vitality. In fact, if the sodium/potassium ratio drops below 2, you go into ‘burn out’, and this can be picked up on a hair test. Burn out is not relieved by rest alone, but requires the correction of the abnormal mineral ratios and by enhancing energy production in the cells, and supporting the adrenals and thyroid. The body is now in a state of reduced energy production in every cell resulting in fatique, accompanied by under-function of the digestive and immune systems, and an inabilty to detoxify. This too increases the stress on the body, with toxins accumulating, the liver becoming congested and copper becoming biounavailable, and itself becoming a toxin. This underlies nearly all cases of Chronic Fatique Syndrome and the misnamed M.E. It is also the process that results in vegetarianism, eating disorders, mental health problems etc. It can also cause electromagnestic sensitivity as copper is a good conductor of electricity, and the increased exposure to wi-fi and mobiles today can inhibit recovery.
Vicious Cycle
The body finds itself no longer able to override the exhaustion by exercise or stimulates, and instead becomes locked in a vicious cylce of the stress creating an increased need for nutrients, but with the deficienices causing stress as well. Its become impossible to break the cycle without specialised treatment, designed to correct these basic metabolic imbalances.
As the body sinks into exhaustion connective tissue problems may develop like back and neck pain. There may be increased infections initally, as the immune system mobilises microbes to try to clear the toxins from the system, but as the immune system weakens there is less energy to do this. People in this stage often state that they dont get colds, flu’s etc, and mistakenly believe themselves to be healthy. This lack of reaction is a sign of low vitality.
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