Sauna [Was: Re: Spam[4] Re: New Realizations/Re: RelocationAccomplished

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Sue,

Good questions because the sauna treatment is illustrative and it needs to be

aggressive to work. " To work " means the stored substances are forced out of the

lipid (body fat and cell walls) areas into the blood stream which means you will

react to them all over again. Some will be excreted in urine and stools with

most in the sweat. Much will be re-absorbed back into the body.

All of which is why it is a long slow process with much discomfort until over

the hump.

Not only will you react to what is mobilized but the body changes. Minerals can

be depleted and electrolytes unbalanced. When in reaction it is critical to

discern if it is to the release of chemicals or the body is out of balance.

Because the response to each is different and the wrong one can make it much

worse.

Anything that was a reaction before will probably be re-experienced. Including

the emotions attached to the events. This doesn't recur in a neat sequence but

in large " lumps " of mixed up confused re-experience. Sometimes hours after the

treatment ends for the day.

The program I went through had a medical doctor in the building at all times. It

was 20 min of moderate walking or jogging then no longer than 20 min in 140

degree sauna. Rest until heart rate returned to normal and drink water to

maintain weight. Supplement with minerals as needed. Repeat for 6 hours.

I did this for 31 days and then went home. The fat biopsy measured only a 31%

reduction in the chemicals in my body. Didn't seem like much after so much work

but the improvement was significant.

Dr Rea uses a less aggressive protocol. It takes much longer but is often still

too aggressive for the super reactive. Any less and the improvement is usually

not measurable or noticeable.

Not everyone reacted as strongly. Those with lead paint exposure had a boring

experience. Pesticides like chlordane were wicked. The worst were street drugs

and abuse of Rx. When those released the reaction was a " bad trip " of all the

drugs all at the same time.

As with everything in life the procedure and sequence can be critically

important. It takes more than a name to make it work. Just consider all the

different methods to remediate mold, some of which make it worse, but all are

called " remediation. " So when we share remediation experiences we may or not be

talking about the same thing.

Sauna and other treatments for any condition are no different. Without getting

down to the specific and individual differences with an agreement of the terms

used we could easily be a dog chasing a cat's tail or just a piece of string.

All the while we get more frustrated and angry until the anger turns to

depression.

This why sharing is important but it helps to keep in mind that what is being

shared is intimately personal and may not specifically apply to others. The

overall experience is in common even if the specifics aren't.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

(fm my Blackberry)

Re: Spam[4] Re: [] New Realizations/Re: Relocation

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Carl,

what about continuing the workouts/saunas but perhaps slowly the

intensity, either cut back from every day to every other day, or do it

daily but for shorter time periods, although my understanding is you

need 20 minutes at 140 degrees to detox anything???

Sue

>Your daily, intense workouts followed by a sauna is a very likely

>possibility to consider. That activity will mobilize toxins and other

>substances stored in your body. What that means is you are

>being exposed from inside your body, not just from outside it. The

>more you work out and the more heat from the sauna the more

>you are exposed to what may be stored inside your body. Yes,

>you feel better immediately after but the releases often occur

>minutes to hours later. This is another possibility to consider for

>your increase in symptoms.

>

>This doesn't mean you shouldn't work out or use the sauna. It

>means you have to account for that activity causing your

>symptoms until your body burden is eventually reduced. Which

>could be several months. If this is part of what's happening then

>moving won't help. Either stopping the intense workouts for

>awhile or diligently continuing them until your body becomes

> " cleaner " is what will help. Medical monitoring is absolutely

>essential - not just a suggestion - if this is intense and protracted.

>