~ Hi , more questions :-)

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Ok so on the surface you're eating as well as you can, it looks like.

So that's a plus. Good for you!!!

Always remember to support your local farmers markets when possible

and talk to those farmers..and ask them what they use on their

veggies and fruits in the growing season so you can get the

healthiest food possible. I know our farmers market stays open from

early April to late October...nice to have. But leaves me at a

deficient this time of year...( Nov.-March) so that's why I love this

juice I found, MonaVie.

We live on 5 acres and are putting up greenhouses this spring so that

we can elongate the growing season here. I'm also opening up a Cafe

this year and have already found two growers for the Cafe that will

grow " natural " foods..can't be certified organic as the HOOPS you

have to jump through here in Missouri have gotten way too big and too

complicated.

I have 4 fillings and my Naturopath says that as long as i stay on

the MonaVie and it continues to detox the mercury out of my body, I'm

in good shape on that issue. So I'm happy to not have my fillings

out.

Can I ask HOW they were removed? I'm hoping you'll tell me that they

were removed as they should be, in a safe manner as to not re-infect

you with even more toxic mercury. :-)

I know nothing about Adrecor (maybe someone else here has).

Do you believe the body can heal itself if it has the things it needs

to do that? ( this is the mental part of dis-ease)..what are your

general beiefs about health and wellness.

I went to school originally to be a Doctor of Chiropractic, but

eloped and started our family...but was raised in a family of

chiropractors..we've always been into the alternative to some extent.

Although my mom did have my sister and I immunized which could have

added to the mercury poisoning. They still put mercury in kids shots

today.

I've just learned recently that organic FROZEN veggies are actually

higher in nutrient content because they pick them and then freeze

them right away...might be even better than organic veggies in the

store now in the midwest because if they pick the organic veggies

GREEN in California or Texas or Florida and ship them here they are

losing nutrients all the way here. So something to think about.

Also do you have a local food co-op you can join to get organic foods

cheaper? The one I belong to United Buying Clubs (i think) out of WI

I believe...has a huge selection. We get a shipment every month and

we can buy cheaper and in bulk when we buy a case of something..and I

take 6 and some else takes 4 and someone else takes 2 ( in a case of

12) so there's another option maybe. We have seven in our family ( 1

at college) but I am usually the one that gets most of a case lol.

Do you know anything about the metaphysical side of dis-ease? or are

you interested in knowing more?

So if I understand you correctly, you have only had a thyroid issue a

very short time?? Have you ever had a food panel done? the blood

test? just wondering....

How do you feel on a daily basis now?

What are you on now as far as SUPPORT for the adrenals and thyroid?

~Amy~

> > Anyway I would ask you WHAT are you eating? what part of the

world

> > are you from? and what are you willing to do to heal thy body?

>

> Amy, I'm in the US, Kentucky. I appreciate your kind response. I

had

> mercury fillings removed two years ago and it made no difference to

my

> general health. I had been told by a naturopath in fall of 05 that

I

> had adrenal insufficiency, I used some herbs to help with that,

then we

> started a supplement called Adrecor that was supposed to stimulate

and

> support the adrenals. This is the point at which my thyroid

tanked. It

> had been normal, but during summer 07 I felt worse and worse. when

I

> got the blood draw, the TSH was 14.5. I think the supps, which

should

> have had the effect of supporting both adrenals and thyroid, had

the

> opposite effect on the thyroid. It's been since then that I have

tried

> to simply get the thyroid back into normal.

>

> I am 5'5 1/2 " and about 122.

>

> On the diet question...My " junk " is a small piece of chocolate

candy or

> maybe some homemade cookies. I cook from scratch 95% of the time.

I

> use organic dairy and meat. I eat at least minimum RDA and some

days

> more of fresh veggies and fruit, and used the veggies from my

garden

> last summer, but I do not buy organic veggies as we can't afford at

this

> point to do *all* organic foods. I avoid wheat for myself and my

> children and I do do better w/my allergies when not on wheat. Yes,

of

> course I do have allergies to dust, and sensitivies to wheat. They

are

> generally not bad and usually good, controlled with chiropractic

care

> and the occasional use of meds. They are worse now, I suspect

because

> that goes along with the thyroid not being right. I take whole

food

> vitamins and probiotics as well.

>

> Does this help answer your question? My summary would be -- there

is

> probably an area of food where I could eat more healthfully with

foods

> that had a better nutrient content. But in general, I'm not living

on junk.

>

> Thanks for your time!

>

>

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