Mineral-Nutritional Balancing for Better Health

Our bodies function their best when minerals are “in balance”, as they impact energy levels, hormones, and metabolism as well as a host of other symptoms. Mineral-Nutritional Balancing is a holistic approach to vitality and wellness that is fully custom designed for your unique body and lifestyle. This is a pathway to gently detoxifying and restoring your body and mind to its full potential. In this approach, less is more.

Balancing the Minerals in Your Body

According to Dr. Paul Eck, the body is made up of minerals and they are the “sparkplugs” or basis of all life. Every living cell is derived totally of minerals and mineral-based compounds. Since Dr. Eck's passing in 1996, others are continuing this valuable work.

What is a hair mineral analysis and how do I know if I need this?

Hair mineral analysis is highly individualized because it is a direct reflection of your personal body chemistry. Like a mirror, the mineral content in your hair reflects the mineral content of cells throughout your body. Each mineral should exist within a specific range, and this is tested through a properly performed hair mineral analysis.

If you want to learn a bit more about this, watch the videos on the Resources page.

General Information

Pricing

Pricing for Mineral-Nutritional Balancing

$250.00—Initial Test: Includes lab fees plus analysis of the hair sample and your diet plan, detox protocol and supplement plan designed to meet your individual needs as indicated by your test results
$215.00—Retest (WITHIN a six month period): Includes lab fees plus analysis of the the resubmitted hair sample, reviewing and updating your diet plan, detox protocol and supplement plan.
$250.00—Retest (OVER a six month period): Includes lab fees plus analysis of the the resubmitted hair sample, reviewing and updating your diet plan, detox protocol and supplement plan.
No refunds
Clarifying simple questions: No charge
Continuing on-going support via email or skype: $80.00 per hour in 1/4 hour increments

Is your pet having issues? We can do Hair Mineral Analysis on animals for $125.00.

Here are just a few common signs of mineral-nutritional imbalances

PMS headaches are often caused by too much copper
Acne can be caused by lead or copper poisoning, or zinc deficiency
Hyperactivity and multiple sclerosis are linked to excessive lead in the body
Bipolar disorder is often linked to copper and mercury toxicity
Autism, PDD, and ADD may indicate lead, mercury, manganese, aluminum and copper toxicity
Obesity is frequently caused by chronic blood sugar problems
Insomnia has been linked to calcium, zinc, and magnesium deficiencies
Mood swings may be caused by toxic metals like cadmium, lead, and mercury
Depression can be elevated copper, zinc deficiency, and exhausted adrenal glands
Anxiety is related to copper toxicity
Hair loss is related to copper imbalance/toxicity
Fertility/infertility may be related to zinc in men and heavy metals and toxic chemicals in women

Issues with Digestion (GERD, acid reflux, constipation, diverticulitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Chron’s Disease and even heart disease) are correlated with eating the wrong diet. About 80% of us lack the proper digestive enzymes and stomach acids to digest the foods we eat!

We all know it is less than easy to eat a balanced healthy diet, so the idea of having all our mineral levels analyzed and printed out to us in a report can feel a bit intimidating…OK even quite intimidating. Instead, we try to diagnose ourselves and go to health store to get supplements to treat this or that, hoping they work. In short, hair mineral analysis takes away the guess work, and repeating the analysis a couple of times each year keeps us on the right path.

Interesting Facts About Nutrition

We all want to feel good, and it is surprising how long we can go without addressing the fact that we are what we eat. Period. Even those of us eating the cleanest of diets (even organic!) still consume hundreds of toxins and heavy metals. Here are some surprising facts:

The average American baby is born with some 270 chemicals in his/her umbilical cord
Chlorine and heavy metals like aluminum, fluoride, and copper are routinely added to public water systems for us to absorb through drinking, cooking, and bathing.
Airplanes still use leaded fuel, the waste of which rains down on us
Wheat crops are sprayed with Round-Up two weeks before harvest. The body’s reaction to this is often diagnosed as celiac (gluten intolerance)
All rice/rice products are contaminated with chemicals and arsenic through their root systems
By 2025, it is estimated that 1 in 2 children will be diagnosed with autism
Currently, 1 in 3 people are diagnosed with cancer

Enough scary statistics … you get the idea. Consider the impact of this on our organs, blood, tissue, and brain. Now you see why I have become so passionate about not just eating “healthy foods” but actually detoxifying the body and using meditation techniques to cleanse the mind.

Certified in Mineral-Nutritional Balancing and Nutritional Balancing Science, I have helped autistic children (many of whom have methylation and MTHFR challenges) and their families for decades. I know the difference nutrition, detox and proper supplementation can make. I am also a living testimonial for mineral-nutritional balancing and access to clean water using a BigBerkey water filter.

What have you got to lose … besides pain, fogginess, and weight?

Detoxing

Detoxification is important for us to eliminate toxic metals, toxic forms of minerals, hundreds of toxic chemicals, biological toxins (bacteria, viruses, fungi or yeasts, and parasites) from our bodies. It is also important to address emotional and mental toxins like anger, fear and anxiety, and fixed ideas or obsessive compulsive disorders.

Detoxifying ourselves via certain protocols can be gentle, affordable, and done in the privacy of your own home.

A main detox methods is the diet outlined here.

Other detoxing methods like saunas using near-infrared light therapy, gentle skin brushing, foot reflexology, and more can be found by clicking the appropriate hyperlink above, along with detailed explanations for each.

Meditation

A powerful part of mineral-nutritional balancing is meditation.

I currently use a shielding meditation which is powerful in it's own right. It is called the 12-D Shield Technique.

This shielding is powerful in that it helps you build a protective layer around your body and will actually aid you in sleep state. It also helps you create a barrier and hold your energies close to the body in a protective layer.

I Have used “the pushing down exercise,” in the past. This exercise creates awareness, grounds you, develops your will—develops your awareness and helps spin your energy centers, or chakras correctly.

Mineral Balancing for Animals

Like us, our animal companions suffer from nutritional deficiencies and toxin overload. This can stem from poor diet, their environment, vaccines, and possibly lack of exercise. Most commercial animal foods are extremely low in minerals, are packed with junk fillers and improper food combinations, all of which contributes to ill health.

Some pet owners believe they can feed their animals raw meat/vegetables, dairy products, vegetable oils, grains or fruits, but none of these allow them to absorb the nutrients they need and some actually have their own toxins.

Parasites are another problem, especially in cats, and if we don’t change the overall environment within the body, parasitic drugs only kill temporarily. For all pets, hair mineral analysis will reveal toxins and mineral levels/deficiencies to determine the best foods and supplements for your animal companions.

How to Sample Fur

Hair or fur samples MUST be clean. One way to do this is to wipe the sampling area with rubbing alcohol first to clean it. Do NOT use water, as this may wash out some water-soluble minerals.
For best accuracy, cut the sample from the brain area of the head, or as close to it as possible. Provide 1 Tablespoon of dry fur or when the scale tips if you have a cardboard measuring scale.

Connecting the Dots Between Behavior and Nutrition

Out of balance minerals in our bodies can and does lead to out of balance thoughts, which can lead to out of balance behaviors.

And our brain “normalizes” these out of balance behaviors.

The job of our brain is to make our environment “seem” normal, so we can function – even if things are not in normal range. Our brains identify patterns and resolve them. Patterns are our behaviors, emotions, etc.

For instance, a common childhood “diagnosis” is ADHD (Attention-Deficit-Hyperactive-Disorder), most often seen in boys (girls are not exempt).

Teachers are usually the first to notice a child’s inability to focus and concentrate, and this eventually leads to a diagnosis of ADHD.

What has happened to the body is that there is more than likely a heavy metal threat, or nutritional deficiency threat or both. The brain “normalizes” these threats and what is observed (by a teacher, for example) is a person with an inability to pay attention and with poor self-control.

A quick visit to the doctor results in prescription medications as the “cure” and never the solution. Thus, the brain continues to “normalize” an abnormal situation, with things getting further skewed with the addition of another toxin (in the form of a prescription medication) and more visits to the doctor result with more medications. Brain health and proper nutrition is not necessarily acknowledged in the world of pills for cures.

An easy, inexpensive solution is to put your child on a mineral-nutritional balancing program. Watch those prescription medications become obsolete as your child’s body and brain gets the nutrition and the minerals it needs to function and learn.

In this way, the brain is better able to do it’s job without the continued threats to it by means of heavy metals, toxic minerals, prescription drugs and whatever else has been provided to the body in the attempt to “fix” it.

The above scenario applies to adults also. The brain works in the same way, normalizing and resolving patterns. Adults with many mental and physical health conditions can ultimately walk away from those disorders given enough time and dedication to the natural non-toxic path.

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis is a fantastic tool that provides data. You can observe your progress via the testing process and protocols. HTMA inevitably reveals a plethora of toxic minerals and toxic heavy metals contributing to the above scenarios.

I invite you to check out some of these articles below for more insights.

Heavy Metals and Other Associations Between Behavior and Nutrition

Heavy Metals-Mercury

Mercury, a toxic heavy metal is often found to be in high amounts as evidenced by hair tissue mineral analysis. In children, mercury toxicity is responsible for diagnoses such as autism, ADD/ADHD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Tourette’s Syndrome and a whole host of other diagnoses including developmental delays.

If you see impaired motor skills, vocabulary, vision, hand-eye coordination, social skills, executive functioning, auditory processing or developmental delays do not rule out mercury toxicity. In all ages, feelings of anxiety or nervousness, irritability and mood changes are common. If you experience a distinct metallic taste in your mouth, you might be experiencing mercury toxicity. If you cannot sweat you more than likely are mercury toxic. Mercury effectively hijacks the central nervous system.

Sources of mercury are everywhere and to name just a few: burning fossil fuels, medical or municipal waste, vaccines, flu shots, all fish, shellfish and marine life, pediatric medical equipment such as N-G tubes, discharge from industrial and medical waste into the water. Mercury has been found in contact lens solution. You might be surprised to find that bleached flour, some cosmetics, dyes, paints, inks (tattoos anyone?), fabric softeners, feeding tubes, felt, fertilizers, Dove soap, Ivory Liquid and the list goes on.

Mercury easily passes through the placenta, so each generation is worse off than the previous one. In my opinion, if you are of child bearing age, detoxing from mercury is paramount to avoid developmental delays in children.

According to AAP News September 26, 2019, ONE in SIX children in the United States has a developmental disability. This is a real problem that is not widely talked about, unless you happen to be in that statistic window. Statistics are more alarming for Autism: in 2020, 1 in 54 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. 1 in 34 boys and 1 in 144 girls are diagnosed with autism.

References:

Heavy Metals-Copper

Copper is a metal that is much needed in our bodies, and is typically extremely imbalanced as evidenced by Hair Tissue Mineral Testing.

Copper in the correct form is much needed for energy production, maintaining the nervous system and for proper utilization of the reproductive system. In our final stage of digestion, copper is needed for the final part in the Krebs energy cycle called the electron transport system. For women, copper is needed for fertility and to maintain pregnancy. In men, copper is essential to the prostate, testicles and other reproductive health.

Women struggling with PMS, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroid tumors, infertility, miscarriages and many other reproductive issues should look to a copper imbalance. Men will have testicular problems, erectile dysfunction, prostate issues. Copper is also deeply involved with many disorders in the central nervous system such as: memory loss, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, hyperactivity, autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, spaciness, and many other challenges.

If you struggle with fungus and yeast conditions like sinus problems, ear problems, vaginal yeast, intestinal yeast, gas, bloating, stomach pains and other digestive problems, you might look to copper. Thyroid and adrenals are also greatly affected by copper – Graves Disease, Hashimoto’s, Adrenal burnout.

Tooth decay, gum disease, bone spurs, weak bones, conditions involving all connective tissues involve copper.

Copper greatly impacts children. Ear infections, rashes of the skin, dandruff, learning disorders, developmental disorders, colic, sleep problems, childhood cancers, ADD, ADHD and Autism are linked to copper imbalances.

Sources of copper are many: Children born with high copper, which was passed from the mother through the placenta, zinc deficiency, high copper diets (nuts, beans, seeds, fruits like avocado, chocolate), copper piping in homes, drinking water, wines, intra-uterine devices, fungicide and pesticide residue on food, occupational exposure, swimming pools and hot tubs.

Heavy Metals-Nickel

Nickel, another toxic metal is sometimes referred to as the “depression and suicide” metal. Although it affects all organs of the body, it really affects the brain and lungs. In children, nickel may cause an abnormal dependency or attachment to others. It is also associated with negative feelings, depression and even suicide.

Other symptoms of nickel toxicity can be: kidney dysfunction, gastrointestinal manifestations, headaches, heart attack, severe itching, various cancers, skin problems, low blood pressure, muscle spasms, muscle tremors, and paralysis.

Sources of nickel are many and here are a few: rooibos or red teas, dental wires and braces, some dental crowns, hydrogenated vegetable oils, peanut butter, contaminated alcoholic beverages, margarines and imitation whip cream, vegetable shortening, oysters and other shellfish from contaminated waters, nickel plating on metallic objects, smoking cigarettes, handling anything made of steel.

Are Wheat and Milk Brain Drugs?

Gluten from wheat and casein from cow milk can seem like a buzzword but its effect on physical and mental health is documented. In the 1980's K. Reichelt, M.D. first reported a link between autism, gluten and casein. He analyzed the urine of autistic children. He found abnormally high levels of the peptides gliadomorphine and casomorphine. These peptides are created when digestion of proteins by enzymes is not completed. These peptides are also known as and referred to as opiate peptides because their chemical structure is similar to opiates.

Leaky Gut Theory: It was discovered that the linings of the autistic children's intestinal tracts were too permeable (due to incomplete digestion), allowing the opiate peptides to slip through the gut and into the blood stream, crossing the important blood-brain barrier. Then these peptides would attach to opiate receptors in the brain, thus interfering with normal brain functioning.

Symptoms of this phenomenon are: Consuming only cows milk and wheat products (think Cheerios, wheat crackers, breaded chicken nuggets) to excess and absolute refusal to consume other foods via tantrums and excessive food avoidance behaviors. The very food the person is eating is the drug their brain is craving. You will also more than likely note constipation/loose stools, stomach ache, swollen bellies, reflux, irritability and a host of other symptoms.

The best way to discover if your child or you have a wheat or milk intolerance/allergy is to avoid it completely in all forms and observe behaviors.

Observe all the options in the aisles in the grocery store that are gluten and casein free and realize there is a clear connection that something is going on with wheat and milk. I could write a novel about the positive experiences witnessed with the families I work with who begin eliminating these two items in their quest to help.

References:

Eating For Autism by Elizabeth Strickland, MS, RD, LD page 104

Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

The Gut-Brain Connection

The gut-brain connection is becoming more accepted by mainstream medicine. Our guts send way more messages to the brain than the brain does to the gut. This is critical in understanding, for if one is undernourished, or cannot utilize the nutrients being put in the body it can and will negatively impact the brain. Therefore behavior, physical and emotional challenges can and do start happening.

Think of it this way: When a doctor gives you a pill to take, for example, an antidepressant, you take the pill, it goes to your stomach and then the medicine is distributed to your brain. You do not put the pill in your head directly. This is a concrete example of gut-brain connection.

What are Oxalates?

The Limbic System

The limbic system is the part of the brain involved in our behavioral and emotional responses, especially when it comes to behaviors we need for survival: feeding, reproduction and caring for our young, and fight/flight/freeze responses.

When a person is in a limbic system trauma loop the stimulus-reaction pattern becomes unconscious and automatic. Anxiety, worry, fear and hopelessness as well as experiencing a racing heart, perspiration and light-headedness are all too common when the limbic system is out of balance. This is exacerbated in children with feeding/eating challenges. This is also exacerbated in heavy metal toxicity.

Specific strategies can be put in place to work with helping regulate the limbic system.

Picky Eaters and Problem Feeders

Picky Eaters and Problem Feeders often have heavy metals in the body which leads them to eat certain foods or leads them to a very restrictive diet resulting in leaky gut syndrome, malnutrition and a whole host of other problems.

There are differences between picky eaters and problem feeders. The primary difference is that picky eaters usually have a pretty good food repertoire - eating at least 10-15 different foods if not more, but going on "food jags" where they refuse a food previously eaten for a time and then go back to it. There is also more willingness to try new foods. Problem feeders usually have a severely limited food variety in their life. Cheerios, crackers, milk, chicken nuggets and pizza might be the only things a person will eat. There are intense melt-downs around new foods. You might see gagging, choking, coughing, fainting, intense tantrums out of the range of "typical" for a person that age.

Behavior issues abound (think about the limbic system) when changing up diets for all involved. I work with a lot of children who drink only milk and eat only cheerios and chicken nuggets. Most parents agree that this is not a balanced diet yet feel powerless to change the trajectory of this eating pattern. This is a condition of the gut sending more messages to the brain than the other way around, caused by a casein protein sensitivity, a gluten sensitivity and a chemical / textural sensitivity.

This understanding that the gut sends messages to the brain is revolutionizing the understanding of the links between digestion, mood, health and the very way you think.

I have several blogs dedicated to this very topic and here is a link to the first blog: https://betterlivingwithrosemary.com/my-child-is-a-picky-eater/

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