Damage to the body is unavoidable.  Damage to your body comes in many forms: biochemical, electromagnetic, pathogenic, physiological, or toxic.  Even though damage to your body is unavoidable there are still ways to slow down the aging and degenerative processes.  Our practice at Replenishing Soul is not about helping people live longer lives, this is something we feel is not in our hands.  However, we are about teaching our clients how they can have a better quality of life.

Your body is working everyday to keep itself in balance.  This process of keeping balance is called homeostasis and is a word that will be used frequently throughout this blog entry.  Once homeostasis in a particular pathway is lost, for whatever reason, compensations in other pathways will occur.  Your body will naturally shift from the weakened pathway to a stronger pathway in order to keep balance and to either minimize or eliminate symptomatology.  When your body switches over to use stronger pathways these changes may go unknown to you, meaning that metabolic changes are taking place within your body that you are unaware of and cannot necessarily feel taking place.

There are five stages to disorder progression.  The first phase of disorder is the deviation from homeostasis.  If the body cannot do so compensation will progress to the second phase of disorder: pathophysiology.  Once in this phase the body will still attempt to return to the previous phase.  Should the pathophysiology continue then the third phase of progress will take place: pathomorphology.  Pathomorphology is where the body’s tissues undergo change.  Again, the body will try to return to the previous state of disorder.  If the progression continues and goes unnoticed the forth stage of progression will happen which is symtomatology. Should symtomatology continue and the body is unable to go back to the previous stage more systems will go into dysfunction.  It is at this point that the fifth and final stage will take place, stage five being death.  At any point along this progression the transition from acute disorder to chronic disorder may take place.  The further one gets within this progression the harder it is to return to the state of homeostasis.  One point I would like to make here is that these five stages can take place over a course of a few hours to years.

Even though the aging and degenerative process are inevitable there are a few items that you can do to slow them down and have a quality of life that is pain free, full of energy, stable mood and ideal weight:

• 1. Eat balanced meals. Each meal and or snack should contain a protein, fat and carbohydrate.
• 2. Keep your hormones in balance. Eating balanced meals, removing sugar and caffeine from your diet and getting to bed on time will help to keep your hormones in check. If you suspect a hormonal imbalance you should have your hormones tested. Call Replenishing Soul to order your hormone kits that can be done in the comforts of your own home.
• 3. Get sleep. Sleep is vital to helping your body repair. If you suffer from sleeping problems either trouble getting asleep or staying asleep call us for a consultation.
• 4. Get exercise. Be careful with this one. Even though exercise is good for you it can stress out an already stressed out body. If you are unsure of how you should be exercising you can have one of our CHEK practitioners evaluate your routine for you.
• 5. Keep your digestive system healthy. 80% of your immune system is within your gut. Therefore, having a healthy gut means having a healthy body. If you have questions or concerns about your digestive system call us, you may benefit from gut testing.
• 6. Don’t ignore the symptoms your body is giving you. If for any reason you don’t feel well then don’t ignore what your body is trying to tell you. Don’t accept someone telling you that “that is part of the aging process” or you’ll just have to learn to live with it”. If any health practitioner tells you this find yourself a new one. It is not normal to not feel well.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Lori Metroka

Nutrition & Wellness Specialist

Resource:  Biohealth Diagnostics:  Adrenal and Metabolic Interpretive Guide