RE: Elchanan personal (WAS: Blood Chemistries) [s]

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Debbie writes:

 

This would be interesting to keep watch on. wish I had some insurance to get

a blood panel done. I made sure I got every blood panel for the past 10

years... wanting to watch my sugars and compare to see if things went up or

down or whatever... It is very interesting to pay attention to this... now

just wished I could get one done since I ahve been eating better and being

90% raw. Surely somethings have gotten better... I still wonder.. without

going to the dr. if what I am doing is right... if it shows anywhere...

somedays i feel wonderful and think i am looking better in the mirror... but

then other days.. seems i am back where I started.. I do catch myself tho

that on some of those days my diet wasn't the best... I gotta get back to

work to get the cahs to do more things regarding keeping the right foods all

the time in the house and having ins so i can keep a check on this...

_____

Debbie, I so empathize with your feelings. I, too, have traveled through

extended periods of time where I wondered what progress I was really making,

or whether I could ever " really do this, " etc. At times I have felt alone,

hopeless, frustrated, impatient, and so on.

 

I have found that my greatest gains came from my own internal work, learning

to feel and process my feelings, gaining clarity about 1000 things -- my

beliefs, values, intentions, goals, learning acceptance and especially

self-acceptance. Helping others with such things is now a central theme of

my life, my ministry.

 

I have also found that the support, even not support, but contact,

connection, playfulness, is very helpful. I find that choosing people,

friends and associates, who are supportive or at least accepting, is

helpful. I did change much of my circle of, well, just about everyone over

the last several years. There is much more, for me and I imagine for

everyone in this group. These are just a few thoughts that come to mind.

 

I encourage you to notice small things, little details about yourself. Look

at the color and " energy " in your eyes, notice how your nails are growing.

Notice where your body " crack " more or less frequently, where your joints

move a bit more smoothly. Notice how foods taste differently over time, how

your mouth responds to different textures, even to the same food as you are

eating it. Notice your sleep patterns, your needs for rest during the day,

your energy ebb and flow. Really begin to notice yourself in every way

imaginable, and then some.

 

Regarding the blood chemistries, please keep in mind that these are always

snapshots. If I draw your blood, then you encounter a stressful experience

and I draw your blood again, I'm going to get at least somewhat different

results. If you've eaten fruit for 6 months I'm going to get different

results than if you've eaten pizza. And particularly with blood sugar, I'm

going to get different results throughout the day. A 24-hour monitor would

provide much more useful information than any isolated blood test. But I'll

stop, so as not to open the topic of medical fallacies.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

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