Need to find that balance

So much has happened since March, I don't know where to begin. So, I'll just start with where I am now and catch you up if something is relevant.

I sent off his hair for the hair tissue mineral analysis test in May. When I received the results, I was a little taken aback because at first glance, it looked like his body was overloaded in some minerals and low in others. However, this test is different from others. Because it is taken from the hair, it shows you how much of the minerals are being released from the body. So while I thought he had too much magnesium and calcium and no toxic heavy metals, it was the opposite. His body was getting rid of the magnesium and calcium at a higher rate and could possibly be holding on to lead and other heavy metals if there are some. 

Jordan was ridding his body of the nutritional elements of calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, and a host of others at extremely high rates. Calcium is at 230, where it should be between 22 and 104. I'm not going to name each one, but I will say that out of 15 of the elements tested, he was either getting rid of too much, on the border of getting rid of too much, or not getting rid of enough. There were only a few that were balanced. However, that is not all that we have to consider. There are ratios to the elements that play a huge part in health. These ratios are significant and toxic. 

The significant ratios tell us how his body is functioning and how it deals with stress. There were seven ratios in this group. Four of them were in the high range, two were low, and only one was balanced. In the toxic ratios group, which assesses the body's toxic burden and potential for heavy metal toxicity, nine ratios were in this group, and all of them were in the acceptable range, I think.

When I looked it up, I found that the heavy metals are higher than normal, but are within the acceptable limits and not clinically toxic. After reviewing his results, it was determined that we should work on his potassium levels. The high levels of calcium mean there is a protective barrier that is a buildup of calcium around cells. The body does this in response to stress, trauma, or a dysregulated nervous system. This could be the reason or one of the reasons for his mitochondrial dysfunction. Because of this, it is the first thing the doctor wants to address when going over treatment. We must break this shell. We have to give Jordan 4,000mg a day! Today, I will be going to the store to purchase ingredients to make Jordan a potassium smoothie and broth. The smoothie gives 1,600mg per serving, and the broth 750mg per cup. It can jump to 1,100mg if you use organic ingredients. He should drink 2-4 cups a day. I also have an electrolyte powder to give with them that will increase. 

To start this post, I needed to re-read my last post to see where I left off. I realized that I was supposed to work on getting Jordan more iodine. I didn't. It slipped my mind. Probably because I was more focused on other areas of concern. But I believe if I did, it could have helped with the thyroid that regulates calcium. Maybe help with balance. I'm not sure if the calcium shell would have needed to be broken first. There is really no way to tell. But I will say this:

There are areas of our lives we don't focus on because they seem like they don't need our attention. However, those areas, if left unattended, could work their way over to the areas we are working on and make things worse. It may not be ideal when we are going through a struggle in one area of our lives to pay attention to the good areas. But imagine if the good area starts to take a hit, we have no choice but to address both. There is a problem with this. 

1. When we don't consider every area of our lives when learning and growing, the areas of no concern become underdeveloped. So you could be great at praying when times are rough, but the area of praying when life is good is not as prominent. We shouldn't only go to God when things are bad, but in the good times too.
2. When we focus on only the areas that need attention, mainly the negative ones, we tend to be less grateful for the things that are positive because they don't get much recognition. This keeps us in a negative headspace because we can't see the good that is going on, only the bad.

While I don't know if focusing on the iodine would have helped the results be different, I do believe that improved thyroid function could help with breaking this calcium shell. I will try to implement working on the iodine, if just a little, so that area can be worked on and will no longer be underdeveloped. 

Proverbs 24:33-34

33 A little sleep, a little slumber,

    a little folding of the hands to rest,

34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

    and want like an armed man.