The obvious effects of uncertainty and fear have been exquisitely combined with deprivation from essential ways to co-regulate our nervous system and feel safe: namely varied social interactions and playful activities…

With lockdown easing there is hope that we will be able to restore some equilibrium to our lives but after a long winter of somewhat boring, but predictable, reliability, you might find yourself caught in “Lockdown Freeze”; a feeling that is not helped by the many contradictory messages concerning the usefulness and safety of the vaccine solution eagerly awaited until now, nor by the divisive threats from our authorities should we choose to question the sudden loss of our liberties.

Our autonomic nervous system is wired to fluctuate from action to relaxation depending on the demands of the day. However, persistent stress can have similar effects to intense stress, and push our nervous system into a permanent overwhelm and hard-to-shake freeze response. This can lead to inaction, anxiety, and eventually, if we cannot find ways to mobilise ourselves again, depression.

The adaptability and flexibility of our nervous system is a measure of our stress resilience. Our ability to flow from inaction to action and eventually relaxation is intimately linked to the fitness of our autonomic nervous system. Like any other system it needs to be exercised through repetition and a variety of experiences each designed to develop either flexibility, strength, and core (inner) stability.

The following are ways in which we can positively exercise our nervous system:

• Mindfulness (observation without judgement) improves self-esteem and (core) stability.

Tuning into the symptoms of our stress response, and recognising where we are on the “autonomic ladder”, gives us agency over our feelings, opening the way for understanding and eventually choice.
Ask yourself: are you in a relaxed and comfortable state? or triggered to action because you are feeling challenged? or frozen and apathetic because you are overwhelmed or/and gripped by anxiety and depression?
The more we tune into our body, and the many variations and physical hallmarks of the above states, the more we grow in awareness of what is the stable part of ourselves that is undisturbed by the vagaries of life’s experiences and is our “Spiritual Core”.

• Vagal toning exercises specifically strengthen the neural circuits of autonomic regulation and wellbeing.

Those are described in a previously published article

https://www.annelisemiller.com/education/blog-articles/138-the-language-of-fear-and-re-framing-the-stress-response-by-activating-the-vagus-nerve

• Playful activities and social interactions help develop autonomic flexibility.

Even if not yet fully possible, planning those will make a measurable impact on the neuro-biology of wellbeing. There are statistics showing that anticipating a holiday is often as enjoyable and uplifting as the holiday itself!
You can start by planning a visit to the museum, downtime with a loved one or a gathering with friends and family, and instantly prime your nervous system out of apathy. To think up new ways to connect with others and build enjoyable time in our lives stimulates positive imagination for possibilities and increases adaptability when faced with stress and difficult decisions.

• Detoxification (from exposure to challenging inputs and stressful triggers) reduces stress load.

Not all stressors are beyond our control, in fact the majority of those are well within our control, but we tend to develop a certain attachment to them because they are stimulating in some ways and, to most of us mortals, no stimulation feels very dull indeed! When it comes to stimulation, it is about careful titrating between excess and lack.
Some stimulants/stressors are particularly poisonous and only the lowest dose is tolerable; often healthy substitutes are easier to implement than self-control!
Excess chemical stimulants such as caffeine, drugs and alcohol all have the potential to reduce resilience to stress, but there are many other behaviours with similarly (or perhaps worse) damaging effects: for example consuming violence (video games, films etc.), mindlessly listening to the news, poorly attending to sleep, repeatedly using destructive language, lying/pretending, etc.

• Asserting healthy boundaries requires compassion, and makes sharing our stress-load possible.

The quality of our relationships is also what makes us adaptable. Exchanging, sharing (joys as well as pains), and connecting with others is a uniquely functional way to co-regulate our autonomic nervous system. The more we develop authentic and truthful relationships, the stronger our fallback network when we are stressed and challenged. This cannot be achieved without a sense of boundaries, the honesty to express our limitations, and the kindness to respect others’.

• Self-nourishing activities, relaxation, guided meditations and breathing exercises all tend to the neuro-biology of wellbeing.

Autonomic regulation requires reflective time, as well as interactive time, to process the day and to restore calm.
Nourishing activities are defined by their wellbeing-enhancing effects; they include all forms of bodywork treatments, exercising, reading, practicing hobbies, love-making and expressing gratitude…?

Thank you for reading this article, I hope that you found it useful!

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It seems that the answer is a moral issue and that refusing vaccination an act of careless social cowardice.

In this world of uncertainty, more than ever, we are looking for simple, unequivocal answers to our situation. One of the notable features of this crisis is how increasingly divided we are becoming. The greater the fear the stronger the views… whether those are about the necessity to sacrifice all remnants of enjoyments in life to the God of lockdown or about the conspiracy that drives our governments towards a worldwide “technocratic dictatorship”!

It seems to me that if there is an answer at all it is in factoring in the grey areas and in recognising that fuelling divisions is what weaken us; no matter how strong our views might feel, in this context of partitioning (the very function of lockdown), rigid views only give us the illusion of strength.

Flexibility, tolerance of different perspectives, and compromises is what will keep us from unreconcilable divisions and wars… there is only but a thin line between conflicting individuals and conflicting nations!

Our governments may be failing in their willingness to nourish dialogue, promote different scientific views that include health promotion in their measures and in so doing are increasing divisions, but nothing is stopping each one of us from responding in a measured way to the various pressures.

Unfortunately, there is no one-answer-fits-all. Ultimately our choices should be just that…a choice not a mere reaction to social pressure, fear, righteousness, or ignorance.

The first step to choosing is recognising that, despite the pervading admonishment for isolation and an ambient scent of repression, choice is an embedded condition of our human spirit and is independent from circumstances even if circumstances limit choices.

On her way to Auschwitz and certain death, (by all accounts a desperate situation with no obvious choice left), Etty Hillesum grasped at that very essence of Choice when she vouched to actively keep connection with her faith, no matter the fear and horror, and wrote: “I shall try to help You, God, to stop my strength ebbing away”.

Intrinsic to our nature, choice is less of a birth-right than an endowment of responsibility, a fact that we would rather forget than measure. In truth, keeping track of the consequences of our daily choices is untenable which is why it is tempting to dissociate from the concept altogether and be lured into delegating responsibility while applying soothing solutions to cure anxiety… the list of beguilement is terribly long indeed!

So, what are the considerations that will influence my choice aside from personal circumstances (such as the need to travel) which may well end up being the decisive factor in me accepting to be injected with a slightly dubious cocktail of mRNA and PEG (Poly-Ethylene-Glycol)?

Fundamental beliefs about health

Mine lies in the fact that I view health as the experience of life managed rather than a state of being or the absence of disease: health is the criteria for my daily and active commitment to life affirming practices, thoughts, relationships, foods, drinks etc.

This implies that I take full responsibility for my health rather than make the government, the environment, or the NHS responsible. I may suffer symptoms or require medical intervention, but I also accept that I do not control my life’s outcome only my inputs through the informed choices that are available to me. To inform ourselves thoroughly and critically is the most health affirming act available to us.

A vaccine could fit into a life affirming choice but not without also fitting with individual Values and Needs.

Values

In theory we may well share general values such as love over hate, respect of our neighbours and the preference of health over disease but in practice what really does guide my choices when faced with challenging options?

I respect my neighbour, but would I sacrifice my health for someone else? The answer to this would entirely depend on who it was, how vulnerable they were and how much of my health would have to be sacrificed to significantly protect them!

The idea that vaccination is a civic act simply does not stand. Just like lockdown, it implies that we are spreading the disease with equal amounts of risk and that we hold individual responsibility for causing Covid19 related deaths. This is obviously not true; the virus is the cause of death not the vector! Nonetheless we are required to lockdown and sacrifice our life in equal measures regardless of age, state of health, living conditions, education or means!  

A modulated approach cannot be lawfully policed, but if we are to come out of lockdown free from the heavy burden of resentment, this should not be the reason for casting blame; we are in Lockdown because governments have declared it so without meeting opposition and for no other reasons!

Needs

At present, I have no personal needs to vaccinate against Covid19; my risks of dying from it are too small to factor in. Statistically I have far greater risks of dying from breast cancer. I may want to protect a vulnerable loved one but evidence that vaccinated individuals are no longer carriers are sorely lacking… in fact it would appear the opposite. I may recommend vaccination to my vulnerable loved one but if they are very frail the possible side-effects are lethal enough and statistically significant to put this into question. 

There do appear to be some benefits in vaccinating the not frail but statistically vulnerable individuals aged between 60 and 80, but crucially the nature of the virus and the speed at which it mutates means that a vaccine will only have a limited time efficacy and will require yearly shots. Already the results from Israel are disappointing showing that 17% of people in hospitals with Covid19 have already received one shot of vaccine. 

But, however relevant, the risks must be evaluated relative to the benefits…

Risks versus benefits

Life is a risky business; our nervous system has evolved from a primitive freeze response faced with predatory encounters to an extremely sophisticated system of conscious and subconscious perceptions, neurological feedback loops and complicated interactive communications with others; all for the sole purpose of measuring safety while expanding our consciousness and experiences of life. This level of complexity means that it can easily go wrong!

The proof is in the general malaise affecting us all; questions we never asked ourselves before are becoming daily struggles… “is it safe to step outside my front door”; “do I really need to make a trip to the shop and encounter another human being”; “can I trust my best friend”; “am I safe enough to visit my own mother who needs me”; “am I putting my family at risk by going to work”.

We are overwhelmed; a vaccine could provide a reliable solution to our pervasive sense of insecurity and may justify the calculated risk of an injection with limited safety data and time-limited efficacy…

Perhaps the decisive element in all this lies in our Faith.

Faith

Whether agnostic or religious, Faith concerns all of us because at its most fundamental it fathoms our relationship with Death.

Until Covid19 our Western Societies were enjoying a substantial stretch of peaceful times undisturbed by deathly wars and lulled by the steady increase in life expectancy. This made the shock of mortality all the more traumatic when those numbers and pictures started to flood in back in March 2020.

I wonder how many of us are still suffering from the trauma and are feeling permanently unsafe? We all must face up to our mortality at some point but only to feel the more alive from it. Tragically, shock and trauma have a way to freeze us in fear and death and corrupt our life. Recovery needs connections not isolation.

Faith gives meaning and purpose to life. Without a faith, Death dominates our life; either by triggering strenuous denial of our mortal condition or by inducing gripping fear to engage with life.

My routine spiritual practice is based on acceptance (of Death and all that I cannot change) and surrendering (to something higher than me which is organised and influenced by my choices).  My decision(s) will aim to be congruent with my beliefs about health, and fit with my values despite the risks. 

In the words of Etty Hillesum

“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.”

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I dream of a Christmas tale with an edifying story, the expected happy ending and just enough magic to make it credible.

Nine months on (and just in time for Christmas!) we are given THE solution to the current threat: a vaccine against Covid-19!
Quite what the threat is seems unclear, and varies considerably depending on your perspective, but it is affecting everyone’s life.

We all long for a return to a more “normal” life where planning ahead is possible, enjoying the company of friends permissible and singing carols an act of goodwill instead of a risk to human life.

So what can be said of the “Novel Vaccine” against a “Novel Disease” in those unprecedented times of global “Pandemic”?

THEY WERE PRODUCED VERY QUICKLY

Because a vaccine takes on average four years to produce, the usual techniques were not applied for the Covid-19 vaccine.

As a reminder the two main current vaccine types are:

Inactivated vaccines which contain inactivated, but previously virulent, micro-organisms that have been destroyed with chemicals, heat, or radiation.
Examples include vaccines against polio, hepatitis A, rabies and most influenza.

Attenuated vaccines which contain live, attenuated microorganisms. Many of these are active viruses that have been cultivated under conditions that disable their virulent properties, or that use closely related but less dangerous organisms, to produce a broad immune response. Although most attenuated vaccines are viral, some are bacterial in nature.
Examples include vaccines against the viral diseases yellow fever, measles, mumps, and rubella, and against the bacterial disease typhoid.
Attenuated, or live, weakened, vaccines typically provoke more durable immunological responses. But they may not be safe for use in immunocompromised individuals, and on rare occasions mutate and cause disease.

Spurred by the sense of urgency from the current crises, enter new, and potentially game changing, technologies.

In the case of Covid-19 the main laboratories that have announced positive results from their as-yet unverified trials are: 

• Sanofi (in France), who joined forces with GlaxoSmithKline (in the UK), to produce a vaccine that uses the same technology as one of Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccines coupled with a boosting substance (an “adjuvant”): squalene issued from the fat of sharks – and other Cetacea.
• Moderna, and the Pfizer/BioNTech collaboration in the US who are using a new technology to create a messenger RNA (m-RNA) vaccines.
• AstraZeneca the U.K. pharma giant, in partnership with the University of Oxford, and the Russian laboratory Gamaleya who are relying on a replication-deficient adenovirus vector to produce their vaccine.

The Sanofi vaccine uses a recombinant DNA technology called: Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS), a technology that produces proteins found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 (spike proteins) by editing the DNA of a baculovirus (a type of virus affecting insects). The modified baculovirus is then used to infect designated laboratory raised insects and the resultant spike proteins harvested from them. The vaccine is produced by combining those protein fragments with the adjuvant squalene. The immune system is expected to react directly against the floating spike proteins. This, however, seems to be somewhat difficult to predict in any reliable way without multiple trial and error which might explain why the more recent tests results are essentially disappointing and Sanofi has requested more time to perfect their vaccines.

It is not a new technology, but it has produced controversial vaccines in the past. Those include the HPV vaccine and the Hepatitis B vaccine.

Because the vaccine contains fragments and not the whole virus it is possible that the immune system will not recognise it or produce a weak response that will need many re-inoculations, with the additional risk of exposure to the adjuvant. In the case of squalene GSK has already had to face lawsuits in 2009 against its squalene-containing H1N1 vaccine which was shown to have caused narcolepsy in 100’s of cases.

Another point of controversy with this type of technology is with respect to the fragments themselves that are not guaranteed to be configured correctly. The chain of amino acids building the protein could be sequenced correctly but folded in an inappropriate manner that could potentially lead to unpredictable results.

The greatest advantage of the messenger-RNA technology chosen by Moderna and Pfizer is the rapidity of production (no need to cultivate viruses) and therefore low cost involved. A possible drawback is the logistics of distribution requiring a very cold supply chain (minus 20C to 70C).

This technology consists of incorporating an RNA mediated message into our cells via a liposomal (tiny fat) capsule to instruct the cells to make SARS-CoV-2 spikes, to stimulate the relevant immunity against it and therefore inactivate the actual virus should we encounter it. A remarkably clever idea for its simplicity and precision.

The adenovirus vaccine technology currently being tested by AstraZeneca and Gamaleya uses a genetically modified and replication-deficient adenovirus. Those adenoviruses have had their DNA hacked to incorporate the gene for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Those GMO vectors instruct our own cells to produce the spike protein required to activate the immune system.

AstraZeneca (in the UK) has chosen an adenovirus issued from the chimpanzee as their GMO vector while Gamaleya (in Russia) is using one of human origin for its aptly-named vaccine Sputnik V (sputnik means traveling companion in Russian – clearly these scientists are not devoid of humour!). The Sputnik V vaccine is already being used in Moscow on masses of human volunteers. The next few months will be crucial in evaluating the safety of this GMO technology.

Whatever we think of the pandemic, its political implications, vaccination as a whole, and the fight for freedom of choice, looking at the facts objectively can only enhance our ability to choose wisely.

In the words of St. Francis de Sales
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”

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Propaganda, on the other hand, teaches us to accept as self-evident matters about which it would be reasonable to suspend our judgement or to feel doubt.”

Aldous Huxley

A simplistic view of the measures taken to counteract the effect of the SARS-CoV-2 virus might give the impression that they were meticulously organised based on unquestionable “scientific evidence”, and necessary because we were dealing with a super-virus with unfathomable power for destruction.

1. Organisation was, and still is, far from meticulous or coordinated. In the initial phase the focus was on hand-to-nose/eyes transmission. Masks were discouraged while panic buying of hand sanitiser became essential. This came out of the assumption that SARS-CoV-2 behaved like the flu virus. It was later agreed that aerosols were the most likely main transmission route, yet masks are still looked upon as less relevant than handwashing and distancing. This is not just illogical, it is impractical: In a normal life situation, wearing a mask is a lot easier than keeping a 2 metre distance, even when aware of distancing and the strict handwashing protocol!

 

2. The “science” behind the measures is based on ONE statistical model (from Imperial College London) which was never openly challenged by other models. Yet, in order to create a statistical model it is necessary to make numerous projections and assumptions. Projections are based on actual figures gathered initially, but without much perspective, such as how quickly the virus was spreading, while assumptions are necessary in terms of human behaviour and the elusive starting date of CoV-19 with patient zero. It is now fairly well documented that SARS-CoV-2 was already amongst us in late 2019 and that patient zero was not, as was assumed, in January/February 2020. This changes everything about the rate of spreading, the number of immune amongst us and the mortality rate. Yet, the initial model has not been revised and we are continuing to release lockdown based on the assumption that only a small percentage of us are immune and a high percentage of Covid-19 sufferers die. 

 

3. After a short appearance that started in January 2020, Covid-19 was dropped off, on March 19th, from the list of High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) on the Government’s website. For reference, lockdown in the UK officially started on the 26th of March, a fact that puts total lockdown in question: an unprecedented measure with extreme consequences! Lockdown measures were taken to control the rate of hospitalisation and reduce demand on limited life-support facilities but it was later agreed that delaying invasive oxygen support was more effective. Even at the most critical time of the pandemic, at no point did the NHS run out of ventilators. This is despite a current shortfall of 7100 apparatus below target.

Was total lockdown necessary by the time it was put in place?
Was continuing with it, for over 12 weeks, worth the damaging cost to our human psyche and societal fabric?
Was the “science” even accurate?
Did “The End justify The Means” in this social experiment?
Or simply demonstrate how easily our personal agency can be hijacked and manipulated!

Going forward we have acquired solid information about:

• Viral transmission: The main dissemination of the virus is through aerosol. Those are tiny droplets which are formed and expelled when water or body fluids are under pressure. They stay in suspension for a number of minutes before settling. Under certain conditions, the lighter droplets can evaporate quicker than the time it takes to settle and they remain suspended for longer. When coming from a virus carrier, aerosols carry viral capsules that can settle on surfaces. Those can be picked up and transmitted from hands to nose or eyes. But, if you are on the slipstream of an aerosolised viral sneeze, they can be breathed directly into your lungs and bypass immune tissues in the nose and throat.

 

• Viral load: This is a fundamental concept to contagion. A few virus particles will not be enough to mount an infection. Additionally the load threshold varies considerably from one individual to another depending on their immune resilience. Also relevant is the site of delivery. The skin and gut lining are more impermeable and resistant than the lungs which are designed to absorb small gaseous molecules straight into the bloodstream. It follows that viral loaded aerosol breathed directly into the lungs will more likely lead to infection than any other method of picking up the virus.

 

• Contagion and asymptomatic carriers: There is much debate about SARS-CoV-2 and its exceptional power to survive, travel and replicate leading to theories about this super virus hiding where there is no symptom and making those asymptomatic carriers potential super spreaders.
  This theory is in fact an amalgamation of two different situations: pre-symptomatic (not yet aware of symptoms because very mild) and asymptomatic (never develops symptoms).
  Viral load spreading is greatest at the beginning of symptoms when the immune system has not yet started to organise its counterattack. Those symptoms start as vague and diffuse and are often un-detected until the 2nd or 3rd day, yet those first three days are the most contagious.
  Pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic are not the same. Asymptomatic carriers have been shown to be very low spreaders while the pre-symptomatic that is not yet fully aware of the problem can be particularly contagious especially if he shouts, sings, sneezes, coughs or has diarrhoea.
  Being vigilant really means being attentive to how we feel and our symptoms, even if they are mild.

  For reference, the following symptoms are associated with Covid 19:

  1. Temperature
  2. Fatigue
  3. Upper respiratory symptoms including sore throat and runny nose
  4. Loss of taste and/or smell
  5. Rash
  6. Skin symptoms akin to chilblains (red/swollen or discoloured extremities)
  7. Diarrhoea

  Fatigue or/and low-grade temperature with or without diarrhoea seem to be the earlier symptoms.

• Aerosol formation and settling time: Those will form when we talk (the louder the more aerosols produced), puff and pant, sneeze and cough.
  Toilets are another area where aerosols are rife especially when flushing with the lid open.
  The larger droplets settle in a few minutes. The lighter/smaller ones can float for over an hour depending on conditions. The virus has been shown to survive for up to 72 hours depending on surfaces but this doesn’t make it likely to be contagious for that amount of time because viral load is such a critical factor in infection and virulence outside the host will diminish over time.

The most critical aspect of contagion is suspended aerosolised viral particles followed by hand to nose from infected surfaces.

This has led me to put in place the following measures to ensure your security and comfort:

1. Pre-screening of all clients and therapists before coming into the clinic. Advising to stay home even if symptoms are mild.
2. Obligatory masks for everyone. Those are available at the clinic.
3. Hand-sanitising on arrival and throughout the day
4. Air purifiers in the rooms during treatment for on-going aerosol elimination: those are equipped with HEPA filters (to filter larger particles), UV (shown to kill germs, including viruses) and an ioniser (shown to speed the settling time of aerosols).
5. Ventilation protocol between treatments.
6. Longer cleansing time between treatments to ensure that all contact-surfaces are cleansed; those include the toilet area, door handles, chairs, handrail etc.

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Estimates of the average death rate for Covid-19 range between 0.1% (based on the control group provided by the Diamond Princess Cruise ship) and 0.5% . 

For reference, the autism rate in the UK in 2013 was estimated to be 1.1% and current projections suggest a doubling of reported cases by 2023.

Yet autism mobilises virtually no funding and no interest from governments or the WHO.

Interestingly, statistics about compliance at the start of lockdown showed that it did not correlate with the level of discomfort imposed. Poor, overcrowded quarters did just as well as the affluent ones, while people in the countryside did their best to resist the urge to seek fresh air and other healthy pursuits with equal determination. Regrettably, this much civic mobilisation was offset by the (minor!) side-effects of increased domestic violence, suicide and alcoholism but the near 100% increase in the demand for food-banks, although regrettable, was largely waived against the obvious benefit: we stayed home and we saved lives! an easy slogan to chant to the cadence of weekly self-congratulatory clapping which could be heard resonating all the way to emergency rooms across the land.

What strikes me the most about the current crisis is that, although the measures imposed may have brought us together and even given us a sense of united purpose at first, ultimately, it has accentuated differences between those who have and those who have not; I am not only referring to financial wealth, but physical health, mental resilience, spiritual faith, social support networks and access to basic rights such as clean water, fresh air and nutritious food.

Those who have will undoubtedly come out of the trauma better off than the less fortunate amongst us.

Predictably, economic necessity is catching up with the severity of the measures imposed; political solutions now have to juggle the obvious contradictions between the initial deadening messages used to get us to stay home and the necessity to break the lockdown to recover essential life-supporting income.

While the conditions of our release are being crafted to reconcile the dread of the outside world with our human needs for exploring and connecting, the younger population is feeling the strain of an open-ended social sacrifice essentially aimed at the elderly.

The time has come to step out of fear into our future but strict adherence to the rules has been replaced by confusion, and mistrust of social interactions whenever venturing outside the safety perimeter of home.

As I am preparing to return to a semblance of pre-Covid life and planning my post lockdown practice, I am confronted by a few home truths:

• Extreme uncertainty is forcing me into the present. Uncertainty is one of the hardest things to accept. The brain is wired for action and finding solutions to problems: survival depends on it. When faced with uncertainty we can rebel and fret or we can let go and let God (trust). We all have an individual tolerance threshold for inaction. The ultimate surrender is when stress is so great that we can neither fight nor flight and we freeze. For the past few months, un-able to look forward to those punctuating events we need to create fresh memories, we have been flirting with our freeze response and we had to dig deep into creative resources, trusting they will keep us safe. Practising peaceful surrendering has helped me become more present.

• Mental resilience is as much about cultivating healthy thoughts as it is about physical care: the connection between discipline and self-care has been brought to me into sharp relief in those chaotic times; nonetheless self-mastery is the foundation for meaning in life no matter the level of confusion and pain. There is no small victory when it comes to those acts of discipline and self-care!

• Love casts out Fear: Fear has become the new ruler of our lives and added a layer of social suspicion I find profoundly disturbing… yet the love that has also poured in to support me is nourishing my hope that love overcomes no matter the level of unrest and discord around me. Love in action heals the wounds previously made by our fears and I am not short of opportunity to practise love in action at the moment

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Without question some pathogens are more dangerous and virulent than others, but regardless of the pathogen, number is highly relevant. Also called pathogen load, there needs to be enough individuals to damage vital function and/or for our immune system to have failed at keeping things in check. Additionally pathogens can join forces making their effect more lethal, while our resident microbiota can produce anti-viral and anti-biotic substances that will largely contribute to reducing the pathogenic effect of an intruder. It is all about balance and interactions which is why we must look at immune resilience from a system perspective rather than focus on the pathogen only.

In the case of SARS-CoV2, a number of theories are being postulated to explain how a fairly banal viral infection can suddenly and catastrophically trigger collapse of vital functions. Whatever the mechanism, the immune system is involved in the collapse not just the virus. 

A healthy immune system is not an aggressive one, it is a vigilant and coordinated one that can modulate localised response to the required level for the degree of threat.

It is worth noting that Covid-19 not only has the potential to trigger mass immune over-reaction and collapse, it can, and in fact already has, triggered mass political response with equally catastrophic consequences on our economic and social systems. The anthropological symmetry is striking; we can take heed in the fact that not all who have gone close to immune collapse have died… even if recovery takes longer before resilience can once again prevail.

“What doesn’t kill us can make us stronger” but in my experience, only if we are prepared to re-assess our ways and acknowledge personal responsibility in our recovery. 

Immune health

Diet and maintaining weight largely control immune health. Do not be tempted to over-eat or to binge on alcohol or high sugar comfort foods. All are pro-inflammatory and suppress your immune system.  Instead go for all those colourful and seasonable foods: herbs, spices and healthy fats, nourishing protein, green tea and home-made fermented foods such as kimchi, kefir or kombuccha. All have direct and indirect benefits on immunity and some even have been shown to exert antiviral activity such as garlic, thyme and oregano.

Vitamin D deficiency is a major contributing factor to poor immune resilience. Make sure that you are keeping your vitamin D topped up by taking at least 3000IU a day and getting in the sun as frequently as you can without burning. Vitamin K is best taken at the same time as Vitamin D to avoid imbalance. They are often combined in one supplement.
Zinc deficiency is another common cause of reduced resistance to colds and flu; early signs of deficiency are loss of taste and smell. Interestingly those are also common symptoms of Covid19 infection. A preventative dose for zinc is 25mg/day but, at the first signs of infection, you can safely increase to 75mg/day for a month or so; best split through the day. Zinc picolinate is a good form but also available are zinc lozenges to use in case of sore throat.
Selenium is required for healthy zinc balance and often depleted from our foods. It can be found in generous amounts in Brazil nuts. A strong mineral/vitamin supplement will also cover requirements.
Magnesium is an important mineral required for many functions including immunity. It is frequently deficient from our foods. Dairy produce and stress will deplete reserves. I recommend 800mg/day of magnesium glycinate. It is best taken with a B complex or a strong multi. Magnesium baths and magnesium oil are additional ways to improve magnesium status. 

Reaching out for targeted anti-virals at the first signs of infection

Vitamin C is a proven anti-viral.

Protocols include 500mg/day as preventative dose. I prefer getting my daily vitamin C from foods such as berries, acerola cherries, kiwis and lemons.

However, vitamin C truly shines at the first signs of infection when it will assist the work of the immune system. Take it frequently and keep topping up. Bowel tolerance is usually the upper limit but this varies with the type of vitamin C. 

I recommend liposomal vitamin C; take 250mg of vitamin C every 30 minutes (some say 100mg every 10 minutes especially if symptoms are severe). Keep going until symptoms noticeably reduce/disappear.

I have personally done this successfully on numerous occasions. It usually takes a few hours but less than a day. Once the symptoms are substantially reduced you can move to a less restrictive schedule of 1000mg x4/day.

Propolis is my favourite anti-microbial.

I use it in liquid form (alcohol-free) otherwise a tincture might be easier to get. As much as possible I aim to use it topically. If my nose is the problem I squirt a few drops diluted in salty water up my nose or if it is my throat I gargle. Also great for mouth ulcers and skin infections.

Oxygen Therapy: Hydrogen Peroxide and Ozone (H2O2) have been shown to kill corona-viruses (a group of viruses known to cause cold and flue symptoms)

Both could be regarded as cheap semi-medical treatments and have shown efficacy within the health service in some countries like China, Cuba, Italy and Spain. However, and to my incomprehension, they remain largely rejected by conventional medical thinking and the WHO. 

Ozone would require a professional setting and might be useful once pathogens are circulating/translocating.

In the initial (entry points) phase it is in the nose, sinuses, throat and possibly digestive tract/colon that (current) corona-virus is gaining acces. This is when mild symptoms might be felt and when home treatments are at their most valuable.

Home and safe use for hydrogen peroxide is at a dilution of 0.5% volume (this can be achieved by buying it at that concentration or by diluting a 3% dilution 1 part H2O2 to 3 parts pure water).

It should be used four times per day to kill pathogens where symptoms are felt and where corona-viruses might gaining access to your body:

• In the throat: gargle
• In the bowel: use as enema
• In the nose: rinse using a “neti” pot  (available on internet) or a nebuliser (see below)
• In the lungs use a nebuliser  (cheap and suitable devices are available on internet)

 References:

Cambridge.org on the use of H2O2

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“The only thing we have to be afraid of is fear itself” Franklin D. Roosevelt

As days of lockdown run into weeks of duress, the mood of the nation is evolving in great surges of emotional tirades: all relayed on my mother’s radio from which I cannot escape because it is all that is connecting her still with the outside world. In contrast, the official messages that regularly intersperse such passionate outbursts are very carefully worded and seem delivered more to control and anticipate our misbehaving than to inform us.

I am struck by government’s officials and their spokespeople’s ever-evolving syntax. The commanding tone, clearly borrowed from NLP, has become more admonishing as lack of preparation is surfacing. Creating a nation of meek and obedient citizens while figuring out how to lead us out of the blind alley of confinement is easier than to take a systemic and more long-term view of the crisis. As John Major allegedly once said “when your back is against the wall you have no choice but to turn around and walk”.

There is solid evidence from research conducted over the past 15 years that our brains are losing their ability to plan ahead and invest in the future. This has come as a result of bite-size information delivered through social media, the culture of meaningless relationships designed to boost dependence and the overabundance of instantaneous gratifications. The resulting disconnection from the fundamentals of (our) nature has contributed to the dizzying rise of prescriptions for antidepressants. In the UK alone those have almost doubled between 2008 and 2019.

As we are confined to an open-ended and uncertain future we have no choice but to limit our planning to the day-to-day. This lack of perspective in an already fragile and socially isolated population can feed into a pattern of stress that will increase the longer the lockdown, and with the inevitable spread of economic consequences on financial security.

Yet systemic analyses, creative problem-solving and forward thinking all depend on our nervous system’s equilibrium which is why it is so important to actively maintain it while we are sitting out the current social experiment.

Neurologically the stress response can take three different pathways depending on our nature and the intensity of the stress. We can fight, we can run or, if we are unable to respond because the situation limits possibilities, we can freeze. Physiologically, the fight/flight response is the result of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (a collection of highly responsive nerves ). 

The freeze response however is similar to shock and is a primitive response that immobilises and shuts down bodily functions by inhibiting the activity of the para-sympathetic nervous system.

The main portion of the para-sympathetic nervous system is the Vagus Nerve: a long and wonderous nerve with a complicated relaying system.

The Vagus Nerve is a major regulator of nervous system homeostasis (a balance which influences how the body heals and maintains health). It is positively activated by non-threatening social engagement, touch and other healing modalities. It is connected to feeling safe.

Learning to connect with the Vagus Nerve is how babies develop the ability to self-soothe having learnt safety and vagal activation from the variety of soothing activities on offer from their parents such as cuddling, rocking, lullabies, facial games and so on.

As we grow up and our interactions with the world expand, our perception of safety becomes the product of our experiences, each being meshed into the resulting tapestry of our body, mind and spirit: the looser the weave the more flexible and adaptable we are; the tighter the weave the deeper the stress and traumas will be trapped.

An effective root of disentanglement is to enhance and nourish our sense of safety and security by engaging in creative hobbies (painting, knitting, writing, etc.), by improving our immediate environment with meaningful touches and by nurturing authentic relationship(s).

More specifically we can (re)activate safety signalling from the Vagus Nerve by stimulating the relevant pathways. The Vagus Nerve has two main branches: the Ventral Vagal and the Dorsal Vagal. The former enervates structures in the face, neck, and upper chest that relate to social engagement, the latter enervates the gut, lungs and heart and is also involved in the freeze response.

Partaking in activities that engage the Vagus Nerve in a soothing way will have an immediate stress-busting action. Doing it regularly will strengthen the response and increase our resilience to stress.

Activating the muscles connected to social engagement (muscles of the face, eyes, throat, jaw, tongue and inner-ear) and those of the gut, diaphragm, lungs and heart can be done in a variety of healing ways even if alone.

The feeling of safety, induced by activation of ventral and dorsal vagal, is reinforced by hormones and neurotransmitters that are triggered as a result. One of those hormones is oxytocin which is stimulated through intimate touch, loving and sharing.

Gratitude (especially when we focus on the feelings of our heart) is a way to increase oxytocin when we are not able to physically connect with our loved ones.

Activate soothing from the Vagus Nerve by:

• Singing
• Gargling (use bicarbonate of soda)
• Swishing (use coconut oil)
• Laughing
• Yawning
• Massaging your face and skull
• Reading aloud
• Meditating (listening to certain vibrations such as bong can enhance)
• Petting (cat, dog, and rabbit, anything alive and cuddly!)
• Developing peripheral vision by letting sight ahead go soft and focusing on what we can see from the corner of our eyes
• Listening to classical music (Bach and other baroque music is the best for this)
• Smelling essential oil (lavender, frankincense, marjoram, pine and many more – use your preference)
• Belly breathing and slow breathing and other breathing techniques such as “Cardiac Coherence”
• Shaking and gentle bouncing (could be extended to dancing to your favourite track)
• Gentle, slow stretching exercises
• Barefoot conscious walking (preferably on damp grass or wet sand)
• Cold showers and cold water plunge (can be combined with sauna/hot bath or shower)

If you are holed up with someone willing to share your well-being enhancing effort, you can experiment with:

• Playing games (any as long as not dangerous or overly competitive)
• Exchanging a massage (foot, face, whole body) and/or intimate touch
• laughing and sharing jokes
• Preparing and sharing food
• Reading to each other
• Singing or playing music together
• Ballroom dancing
• Praying

L’article The language of fear est apparu en premier sur Whole Health Colonics.

Like so many, I have been caught in a whirlwind of shocking news and difficult decisions. I am only just beginning to get the measure of what is happening to me personally and to the rest of the world collectively.

Relentless fires, massive storms, droughts and dying polar bears had failed to call us into action; millions of displaced people massing at borders, running away from oppression, wars and cruelty had failed to shame us into sharing. Instead, what is shaking the world and forcing unprecedented changes is FEAR! No matter the privileges or ideologies, clear, present and invisible danger is dwelling amongst us all. Nothing else could have forced the ultimate sacrifice of renouncing individualistic choices and accepting lock-down, despite the cost and consequences.

I am writing this newsletter from Paris. I arrived over a week ago as France was slowly coming to terms with its nationwide “confinement”. I responded to my mother’s plight and volunteered to become her full time carer while she is nursing a broken arm. She lives alone with irreparable grief and Parkinson’s disease. It’s tough to accompany her on her solitary journey.

I observed how the now locked-down French people were strangely mirroring my own struggles to accept the repudiation of my personal liberties together with the loss of reliable gratification for the sake of safety (and the illusion of stability).
Routine sends us to sleep.

“Beware of the settee!” exhorts Pope Francis.

If both predictability and comfort are the enemies of self-actualisation, enforced self-sacrifice is a quick way out of complacency. Resistance is futile!

Giving up My Life to care for my mother is challenging. Doing it without a timeline makes me question if I will ever be able to gather my old life back to safety. Day by day, I grieve a little less and forgive a little more. Along with the other 67 million people forcibly locked-down in France, I am pushed into the moment.

Competition is only really possible when the environment is not uniformly and immediately threatening. In the current ubiquitous health threat, it is a luxury we can’t afford to indulge in. The menace spares no-one. The virus might spare us but the possibility of imminent demise is made universal by the exponential death-toll our governments intone at the end of each day.

Whatever our views on the handling of the health crisis, it has precipitated a paradigm shift from individualistic behaviour to mutualistic strategies. For better or worse, we are forced to stay at home and give up our pleasures for the sake of others.

It took me days to understand that lock-down was an act of civic engagement; that I was not taking care of my-self by (loosely) following the rules but taking care of my community (including my mother) by sticking to the rules. Initially, frequent trips outside for fresh air seemed a good idea but by the time we entered the second week, measures became more drastic: cycling was proscribed, exercise reduced to 1 hour (or 1 kilometre) of jogging around the block. Supermarkets had to enforce queues outside to limit the number of customers at any one time, while shopping with someone else (even if you were locked down together) was forbidden. I was incensed at the infringement of my liberties. Hard-earned freedom was being quashed! The police were given permission to assign increasingly punishing measures for infringements. The pain drove deep; nonetheless, I had to relent: rebelling wasn’t revolutionary, it was plain selfish.

All this altruistic surrendering doesn’t come cheap; in just two weeks the social dance of civilised interactions has been shattered into a confused and silent hustle of masked beings battling it out at the supermarket while laboriously respecting the prescribed two metres distance!

France is now entering its third week of social suspicion and fear-driven exclusions. I feel sure the consequences on human relationships will take longer to heal than perfecting a vaccine against Covid-19.

Social distancing could well leave deep scars in our collective consciousness. Fear may be what has brought the world to its senses but it is our individual responsibility not to let fear be our guiding force as we rebuild our communities. I hope that lessons will have been learnt and that we can create a future based more on respect, friendship, kindness and the willingness to share than competition. I believe our survival actually depends on it.

I will update you when I have a better idea of my whereabouts.
Rest assured I am more than ever committed to serving and supporting my community: initially, by sharing useful and relevant information; later by offering remote consultations.

I hope to be able to re-open the Whole Health Centre and my colonic practice as soon as the government allows it. Until then I am preparing myself by keeping abreast of research and working on a strict sanitation protocol to enforce between treatments to ensure that we are all kept safe and well.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with your comments or questions.

With my best wishes,
Anne-Lise.

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Too late, no use pretending…
Temptation is all around; whether in the name of celebration or simply to keep boredom at bay, traditional Christmas foods are calling us with the promise of guaranteed pleasure.
High fat, high sugar and a texture to die for… literally!
From Belgian chocolates and Christmas puddings to roast potatoes, variations on the theme abound this time of year.
And just to make sure that all restraints are eradicated, alcohol is kept flowing!

So what can we do to reduce the impact on our health…

1) It is not just about over-eating but the quality of the food we eat

This is no surprise; over-eating makes you fat and if you do it long enough it will make you sick… but not all over-eating has the same effect.

Research shows that after six days of high-sugar, high-fat, low-protein foods, fat deposits in the liver and muscles are more likely to appear regardless of the number of calories. But of course, it is rather difficult not to over-eat those kinds of foods as well and just seven days of overfeeding reduces whole body insulin sensitivity and primes you for the slippery slope of a pre-diabetic state.
However, protein has less impact on fat or weight gain compared to carbohydrate or fat overfeeding.
Protein has more neutral metabolic and body composition effects. Protein digestion takes up more energy and even boosts calorie expenditure by day, and sleep. Protein also reduces cravings, and loading up on turkey this Christmas will mean less room for stuffing, potatoes and Christmas pudding!

2) Drink apple cider vinegar before your carbohydrates

Apple cider vinegar has been shown to improve glucose tolerance and consequently reduce postprandial hyperglycaemia. The best timing for this is 30 minutes before eating the carb-rich foods. Traditionally the French start their meals with a salad and vinaigrette dressing.

3) Keep moving and exercise
Even a simple 30 minutes’ walk straight after your meal will reduce insulin resistance and speed up gastric emptying. It is also the time your stomach needs to send all the required messages to your brain about enough foods. It will be easier to resist cravings on your return.
Exercise has been shown to counteract the short term negative (epigenetic) effects of overfeeding seen in the adipose tissue. The best time to exercise is immediately after eating. Although this may sound counter-intuitive with a belly full of food, the study used several sets of push-ups, squats, lunges, and sit-ups to do the trick. Perhaps a good ball game with the kids would suffice and prevent the rest of the family from thinking that you have finally lost the plot!

4) Get out into the cold, have cold showers and keep your heating down

If you can keep room temperature at no more than 18°C for 2.5 hours—it will be enough to increase energy expenditure without increasing hunger or subsequent food intake. Cold exposure (shower or dip) exercises brown fat and uses a lot of (surplus) energy. It contributes to dopamine release and alertness while improving circulation. Start with your legs and hips only if you are not used to cold showers.

5) Drink (green) tea after your meal

Tea has been shown to speed up digestion and improve liver function. Always a plus when dealing with excessive food and alcohol intakes.

6) Accept your heavy excessive meal as a positive experience

Overeating induces oxidative stress enough to trigger the release of antioxidant compounds. As with all challenges that are occasional and positively assimilated (hormetic), they make you stronger. 

Overeating happens. Humans like to feast, make merry and eat big to ring in the good times. However, a feast is no longer a feast if you just keep eating …

7) Have a colonic and move on

Although I would never associate colonics with purging, I have found that the feeling of cleansing achieved can help reconnect with self-care.
Colonics’ impact on the enteric nervous system also means reduced cravings, a greater sense of well-being and a lighter mind… all the ingredients needed to move on and re-commit.

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Make your your detox a success with this winning formula:

• Removal of foods and drinks which are likely to contain toxins and food allergens. The Cleansing for Life detox programmes use controlled feasting on pure organic vegetable juices
• Optimal hydration with pure water; the Cleansing for Life detoxes include regular colonic irrigations using spring water and plenty of drinking fluids (vegetable juices, herbal teas, spring water, potassium broth, etc)
• Optimal nutritional support to assist in the process of bio-transformation of toxins without causing damage and free-radical overload. Each Cleansing for Life detox retreat offers a range of optional nutritional support as well as plenty of highly nutritious, freshly prepared organic juices
• Time away from the usual stresses and distractions to re-focus the mind and encourage healing. The Cleansing for Life detox retreats provide quiet, comfortable accommodation in a countryside setting to nourish the mind and the soul

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1. The bacteria in our colon weighs on average 1.5kg and is as heavy as our brain
2. Dietary changes will alter our microbiota in a matter of hours such is the rapidity at which microbes can grow/reproduce/take-over
3. Most of the neuro-transmitters in our body are in our gut not our brain
4. The gut microbiome is unique to an individual. Even identical twins who share 99.5% of their genes only share about 20% of their microbiomes
5. The number of bacteria on and in our body is roughly the same as the number of cells that make up our body; this is if we include red-blood cells which have no nucleus and are characterised by a lack of genetic material. With this in mind the amount of genes that make up our body is only 10% compared to the genetic material made up by our bacteria
6. Processed foods contain many substances that have been shown to negatively alter gut flora. This is a likely cause for the dramatic increase in obesity observed in the last 30 years. Calories alone cannot explain this when comparing the amount consumed 100 years ago which was, on average, greater than today.
7. Gut flora is highly sensitive to our emotions and to our sleep patterns
8. Raw or/and fermented organic foods bring additional organisms that are beneficial to our gut microbes while non-organic foods contain substances that are poisonous to it (pesticides, herbicides etc.)
9. The more diverse our microbiome the stronger our health and resistance to disease. Western diet is responsible for a dramatic reduction in gut bio-diversity while a plant-based whole food diet will promote it
10. Chronic and degenerative diseases, including obesity, all have common elements rooted in the gut microbiome.

I will be running a workshop on the use of probiotics for different issues and fermented vegetables on the 1st of October 2017

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Without a doubt modern life plays a significant part in hormone imbalances because of the direct impact of stress on adrenals and on the Hypothalamus (the master control of hormone production).  However to put everything down to stress and limit understanding to the ratio of one hormone versus another can limit treatment strategies, reduce success and in the long term may cause unwanted side-effects.

To take a wholistic view means that we don’t just look at hormones, their influence and their effects, we also look at how the body will regulate their levels. By supporting regulatory functions alongside hormone production we can ensure that overall health is improved rather than simply get rid of undesirable symptoms or achieve an elusive pregnancy. Typically HRT will get rid of hot flashes but may end up increasing the risk of breast cancer [1]while IVF will often leave a woman feeling battered and increases her chances of post-partum depression[2].

The factors that directly influence hormonal production and are commonly addressed by hormone specialists (medical or otherwise) include:

• Stress
• Sleep
• Exercise
• Sexual intercourse
• Fat/protein ration
• Insulin resistance
• Diseases such as tumours, hypothyroidism etc.

However the factors that control hormonal levels and significantly influence their ratio are

1. The rate of detoxification by the liver. This will depend on constitution, emotional state (typically anger and resentment will damage the liver) and an individual’s toxic load. The physical state of the liver (fatty, tight or hard) and the presence of gall stones will also impact on liver function and control overall hormonal equilibrium.
2. The rate of elimination through the bowel. Constipation is very common and is influenced by diet, bowel flora, bowel PH and bile salts.
3. The type of gut flora and potential unwanted residents in the bowel. Certain types of gut bacteria have been shown to re-conjugate the metabolites of oestrogen detoxification thus fabricating oestrogen and greatly adding to the oestrogen load. Parasites and gut pathogen contribute to gut inflammation and leaky gut which will also increase considerably the toxic load on the liver.

Often neglected, those factors, if addressed, can make the difference between success and failure when treating someone experiencing hormonal symptoms or unable to conceive.

Colonic hydrotherapy has a direct effect on all three factors.

1. It increases the detoxification rate of the liver by stimulating the Vagus nerve and because of the physical manipulation of the viscera that is part of the treatment.
2. It clears the bowels
3. It affects gut flora, flushes unwandered pathogen and can influence the type of organism that will thrive in the gut

When combined with additional detoxification support, such as liver flushing, colonic hydrotherapy effectively treats infertility and hormonal symptoms.

Colonic is also invaluable in supporting dietary measures designed to improve gut flora and treat issues such as Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) which is a common underlying cause of infertility and oestrogen overload.

The following are measures that can be taken while under-taking a course of Colonic Hydrotherapy to rectify hormonal balance and improve the chances of conception

To improve hormone detoxification and support the liver

1. Reduce toxicity especially oestrogen toxicity caused by chemicals such as BPA in plastics, and chemicals found in water. Eat organic, take spirulina and other detoxification support
2. Reduce heavy metal toxicity by eliminating possible sources. Check levels through hair testing and take measures accordingly
3. Regular short fasts
4. High nutrition diet with enough cofactors such as B vitamins, zinc and magnesium
5. Liver and gall bladder flushes combined with colonic hydrotherapy
6. Take milk thistle and lecithin regularly
7. Colonic hydrotherapy with coffee implants

To improve elimination of hormone metabolite through the bowel and kidneys

1. Increase fibre in diet especially from flax but chia, apple pectin  and oat bran are also useful
2. Drink at least 1.5 litter of water per day and consider kidney cleansing protocol if there is issues with cystitis, vaginosis and or PID
3. Have regular colonic hydrotherapy which include abdominal massage and visceral release
4. Take a good quality probiotic supplement that contains acidophilus Reuteri and Rhamnosus[3]

To improve bowel flora

1. Use herbs such as thyme rosemary and oregano
2. Use coconut (oil) and caprylic acid supplements
3. Take a strong digestive enzyme with every meal
4. Take a strong probiotic supplement that contains bido-bacteria
5. Consider eliminating fermentable sugars  (FODMAP) found in certain vegetables and fruits, dairy and gluten
6. Do a comprehensive stool test
7. Have regular colonic hydrotherapy treatments

For information about becoming a colonic practitioner

www.colonictraining.co.uk

Anne-Lise has been training in colonic hydrotherapy and applied nutrition since 1995. She is an experienced teacher and therapist. She has a deep interest for wholistic health and the connections between mental/emotional, physical and nutritional aspects of well-being.

Last year she published her first book “Too Young To Grow Old” which has received many enthusiastic reviews https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910406309/?tag=a_fwd-21

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Xenoestrogens add to our own oestrogenic load already burdened by the contraceptive pill, HRT, excess abdominal fat (known to induce oestrogen production),  dairy produce (known to contain oestrogen, especially if the cow is pregnant when milked) and poor gut flora (both a consequence and a cause of too much oestrogen). 

Endocrine disrupters need to be detoxified by the liver and contribute to symptoms of excess oestrogen. They also prevent androgenic hormones from exerting their balancing action and further disrupt hormones. Additionally they have been shown to directly induce proliferation and tumour formation in breast tissue. All these factors combine and dramatically increase our likelihood of developing either breast, prostate or testicular cancer in direct proportion with the amount of phthalates we have in our body.

Because xenoestrogen are easily absorbed through the skin, lungs and intestines, do not degrade well and are broadly found in our environment, we are all exposed to them and should be particularly mindful of their presence….

Phthalates are found in:

• Cosmetics
• The coatings of food and drinks cans
• Water bottles
• Baby bottles and pacifiers
• Dental fillings and sealants
• Contact lenses
• DVDs and CDs
• Credit card receipts
  
• Garden hose
• Vinyl gloves
• Children toys
• Sex toys

Other types of endocrine disrupters to look-out:

• Perfumes and scents found in everything from cleaning materials to candles and car deodorisers (use essential oils instead)
• Flame retardants in furniture, fabrics and carpets
• Non-stick type chemicals used for cook-ware and stain resistant materials and carpet

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