Metaphysically speaking…everyone taking a minute to re-center their systems and processes around worry and obsessiveness could be effective for the collective ecosystem right about now.
Because guess what?
It’s November 13th. This shit still isn’t done, even when it looks like it.
Due to the Narcissistic triangulation enacted upon us inadvertently or not by the media during the insanity of 2020, an overload of worrying and obsessiveness has become a norm that stopping cold-turkey may be hard to navigate. The habit of doom-scrolling needs to be faced and put down like the rabid dawg it is.
The things laid bare in our culture have to be addressed. But we are all fucking overloaded and need to put the worry down and staycation the fuck out for a bit before burnout hits us all as a country. We gotta recalibrate our connections to this feed so that we can do what needs to be done next effectively…
As many of you know~ this NOVEMBER iiii AM PROPOSING A SERIES OF CLEANSING regimes TO RECALIBRATE OUR SYSTEMS IN A TANGIBLE WAY…
Together.
Last week the focus was the Gall Bladder and Liver.
This week: The Heavy Metal Cleanse regime.
Exposure to toxic heavy metals is believed to be a contributing factor, if not a root cause, of symptoms like low energy, mood disturbances and cognitive changes. Heavy metals first enter your bloodstream from exposure to farmed fish, contaminated water, dental fillings and household products. These metals then travel throughout your body and penetrate the cells of various tissues and organs, where they can remain stored up for years!
Following a heavy metal detox plan is one of the best ways to start reversing symptoms. One thing to be aware of, however, is that while you work on overcoming metal poisoning, you might actually notice some symptoms getting worse before they get better. Potential heavy metal detox symptoms can include fatigue, loss of appetite and digestive issues.
Dr. Axe
Real transparency talk? A lot of symptoms of Heavy Metal toxicity show up as what could be categorized as mental health issues. [insert #notadoctorbutihaveLIVED disclaimer]. These days many know Alzheimer’s and autism show up in systems overburdened with too much aluminum or mercury but they aren’t aware that heavy metal toxicity in the brain fucks with the chemical balance within your head in general. One of the first modalities some holistic practitioners point people who are suffering from depression, anxiety, ADHD, insomnia and the like to is a heavy metal detox and meditation.
Now you can go DEEP into this, and if you’re feeling that nudge you definitely should explore.
To go more lowkey at the beginning ( to just see if this could be the things askew in you) you can start by cleaning up what you eat and amplifying minerals that will kick heavy metals hanging out where those minerals are supposed to live in your body like zinc and magnesium. Do magnesium baths often and chomp a few Brazil nuts to amp your selenium stores- not over doing it, but upping the ante.
Some foods can help you detoxify by getting rid of heavy metals from your body by binding to the metals and yanking them out of your system via your digestive tract. Foods Like cilantro, garlic, wild blueberries, lemon water, spirulina, chlorella, green tea, barley grass juice powder, atlantic dulse, curry, tomatoes, and probiotics support heavy metals detoxification. Bone broth heals your gut.
If you can’t get the above in natural form never feel weird about relying on supplementation. I keep powdered greens in rotation in my self-care rubric. I love both Amazing Grass Amazing trio and the O.G. [for me] Amazing Grass Green Superfood Alkalize & Detox and this year during quarantine I have fallen in love with Pure Synergy Superfood powder.
But when it’s full-frontal heavy metal cleanse time I up the ante with cilantro and chlorella supplements.
Me personally? I adore cilantro. I buy loads of it as one of my main salad greens most of the year, spliced with arugula or pea shoots when I can get them locally.
As for Chlorella, if you are new to chlorella start where you are but~ I’d like to suggest the ones that my Japanese friends introduced me to at the start of this journey that I always find my way back to: Source Naturals Yaeyama Chlorella and Sun Chlorella.
One of the blessings of 2020 has been many of us finding out which friends are low-key savants when it comes to nutraceuticals that we can ask for help, and worst case/best case situations there’s google AND those knowledge-loaded wunderkinds with a sense of service stocking the shelves in your local health food store aisles. Chatting up the customer service over at Swanson Vitamins to see if x works with z when need be is wisdom.
If you decide you DO want to do a full Heavy Metal cleanse- which can take about six to eight weeks, but you’ll be right as rain afterwards- there’s a dude in the UK who goes really hard core when it comes to this by the name of Peter Smith. Reach out to him to assist you in deciphering if that is your road beyond this. And as always , Dr. Axe pulls no punches when it comes to detoxing your body from heavy metals.
Other good modalities to add into the mix this week are niacin and saunas, infra-red if you’ve got access to’em. From 2002 through about 2007 I had the humble honor of being a fly on the wall as many of the first responders to 9/11 who became sick and slipped through the holes in our medical system were healed by holistic practitioners that flooded into NYC to fill the gap, leading these heroic men and women down alternative pathways keyed to niacin flushes and saunas to do what the traditional establishment said could not be done. Ever since witnessing those miraculous recoveries, niacin flushes have been a mainstay in the globalboho arsenal, whether there’s access to a sauna or not. NOT Flush-Free niacin. The real deal. I know it burns, tickles, itches, whatever. Suck it up. For science. Unless you’re allergic. Then leave it be. {#notadoctor}
Also, a redux of those Mimi Kuo Deemer stomach and spleen qi gong moves that were danced with during Rawktober week three last month might feel really good for you as you are acclimating to eating this kind of clean for the next few days.
And pay attention to how you Actually feel. We’ve been in such a panic all year as a people and it’s been whipped up… This is about grounding back into the truth. Think EARTH, 5 element qi gong style. & take notes. If you do this consciously you can really connect to your body and IT will tell you where to revisit on the other side of these intro cleanses.
Next Issue? We’re going to be listening to our hearts…