So craziness is probably too tame of a word to describe what goes on when you are in the process of building a practice in a new town where you don't really know anyone. Add to that the mounting stress of trying to sell your house in another state, raising a high maintenance teen and a higher maintenance toddler, and the daily tasks that come with life and keeping up with a blog sometimes falls by the wayside. I'll try to be better at updating this.
The Detox was more intense than I expected. My goal was to go 30 days. I figured I didn't have a ton of cellular detoxing to do before picking back up with the mercury detox protocols. I was very wrong. At day 5, I was reminded of the draining feeling I had when I originally started detoxing from the high levels of biotoxins (mostly mold) that had built up in my body over the years. It makes sense when you consider a recent mold exposure I had in Florida. I still have no idea how long that mold was there. I discovered it when I was breaking down our Sleep Number bed to put on the moving truck. I unzipped the air chamber cover to find both air chambers covered in black mold. It was so bad we didn't even bring it with us...it could not be salvaged. There is no telling how long my wife and I (our newborn slept with us too) were sleeping on that toxic bed. I now know that I'm pretty much back at square one with my detox. As such, I was able to make it 10 days before I had to give my body a break.
True cellular detox should be done in cycles for several reasons:
1) The detox pathways main organ systems (kidney, liver, gall bladder and intestines) need rest. At day 9, my kidneys were actually sore. Intense detox should really be done in 4-7 day cycles with 7-10 days of rest between cycles.
2) Toxins work on concentration gradients. This means we pull the toxins out of the tissues closest to the lymph system/blood stream first. Then the body allows the toxins in the deeper tissues to work its way to the outer tissues. The off cycles allow this to take place.
3) It is metabolically expensive to detox. ATP stores need to be replenished for effective detox to take place in subsequent cycles.
With the holidays coming up, my plan is to get a few cycles in between Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I tend to get more irritable when I detox (which is common for most people while they detox) so it's probably a good idea not to be detoxing when I am celebrating with family.
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