It's been a while since I've taken the time to make an entry. For five weeks I was working for Statistics Canada on the 2006 Census - very time consuming work.
Last week my ND forwarded a video that I found extremely interesting. You should have a look at it, it's only a few minutes long. It shows (under a microscope) the effects of a small amount of mercury on a stem cell - effects that are not caused by even aluminum, lead or cadmium.
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On May 7th, my husband and I went back up to St. John to get my teeth looked at because the chewing on one side of my mouth was a little painful. I was surprised when all it took was a bit of grinding - with no needle or numbing gel! Anyway, it was a good time to travel to St. John because we left Halifax in the cool rain and found New Brunswick warm and sunny; a nice break from the rainy weather we've been having.
• more health improvements that I'd like to mention here:
The most wonderful being that I've had hardly any PMS before my periods! (Ask my husband how wonderful that is!) I'll have my third period soon and I can hardly tell it's that time of the month. There were a few times that I took some Vc15 (did I tell you about that? - the nutritionist I saw in Fredericton told me about it. It's a great herbal remedy made by Rekeweg that helps sleep and pre-menstrual symptoms), and I'm not going through the bottle anywhere near as fast as I was before.
I'm really enjoying waking up in the mornings now - I feel like my body has really rested and is willing to get up and go.
Do you remember when I mentioned that I lost 2 pounds when I had the mercury removed? Well, normally when I lose weight that fast, I'll gain it right back. But I wasn't able to chew hard things so I've been having a lot of soups and smoothies over the last couple of months. I've lost more than 6 pounds now, and I'm not feeling hungry or like I've been missing something.
My daughter and I have been watching, "You Are What You Eat" as often as possible. If you haven't seen it, it's a 1/2 hour show about a Doctor/Nutritionist, Dr. Gillian McKeith, who finds willing and food-challenged individuals to go through an eight week program with totally new eating habits. These people are most often VERY overweight and through new choices of food and exercise, on average they lose around 28 pounds - in eight weeks! By the time Gillian is finished with them they've lost their food cravings, they feel GREAT and want to continue their new lifestyle.
There's a lot of good information in these programs (unfortunately the season has ended, hopefully they'll continue in the fall!). Dr. Gillian talked about ways to improve the digestive system with food combining. My digestive system has been screwed up for a while (another symptom of mercury poisoning but maybe too also part of the menopausal process) so I got her cook book and started using the food combining she recommended.
In the morning I eat fruit by itself, on an empty stomach. I usually make a smoothie with 4 or 5 different fruits. For lunch and supper, I make sure to never have protein and carbohydrates together. I can have protein with vegetables (green leafy, not starchy veggies) or I can have carbohydrates (ie grains, rice, bread, potatoes) with vegetables (green leafy, not starchy). If you want more information about this, just go online and type in "food combining". It took me a while to adjust to it and I don't always get it right, but it has massively helped my digestive system. There are many days when I have absolutely no bloating or gas. I praise God for it because that problem is extremely uncomfortable.
So it seems that if I continue to eat by this food combining system, maybe I'll just continue to lose weight until I'm normal. Right now I'm ten pounds heavier than I was when I got married - in 1980. Mercury poisoning can be the cause of weight gain (or the inability to lose weight) and weight loss, so I'll just blame this one on mercury poisoning too! I couldn't have anything to do with a lack of self control, could it?
Finally, I believe that it's rarely one thing that causes all our problems or one thing that makes them all better. Regarding health, I believe it's an overall healthy lifestyle that is necessary - regular exercise and a healthy diet with lots of fruit and veggies and good quality supplements (do your research). When we've done all we know to do, and still need help, we keep praying and researching.
I think there's always something we can do to improve our situations so we always can have hope for a healthier and brighter future.
