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Rebuilding Balance After
Medicating Symptoms
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One of the most common questions we get is, Can I reduce the high
beginning amount now that the symptoms are gone? Or, Can I
switch from the advanced formula to the general nutrition formula for
maintenance now that the symptoms are gone? I am guessing the
motivations are as follows:
- Do not want to create “side effects”
by giving too much.
- Do not want to create a dependency on
the product.
- Save money.
Reasons #1 & 2 are disadvantages of
isolated supplements and do not apply to our whole superfood products (BioPreparation,
BioSuperfood,
ALPHA-G). To read the details on why,
go to our article: Whole Food
Products versus Vitamins and Supplements. The answer to
Reason #3 has many different angles and is more complicated.
It does not matter whether one is “medicating” the symptoms with Western
medical
drugs or so-called natural (but not “wholistic”), isolated supplements
our “wholistic” answer to the two original questions in the first
paragraph are the same, NO, not yet. We call both of the
above methods,
supplementing the symptoms. One is using (or giving to their
pet) Drug A or natural Product A for arthritis symptoms, Drug D or
Product D for digestive symptoms or Drug IP or Product IP for
inflammation and pain. Is this really “wholistic”? Would one use or give
Drug A/Product A for diabetes? Would one use or give Product IP to lose
weight? If the answer is, No, then one is not addressing ALL the glands
and organs and balancing the WHOLE body but simply medicating or
supplementing the symptoms. Until the body is completely balanced one
should not reduce the beginning amount or switch to the maintenance
formula because the
symptoms might return. Here are some examples of
why.
As the body gets older our digestive enzyme production decreases. When
we do
not eat enough raw foods or feed our pets only processed foods (heat
kills enzymes) our source of live enzymes is diminished. If we eat too
much processed foods, then our bodies do not have enough raw materials
(for example, co-factors, co-enzymes, vitamins, minerals, amino acids,
etc.) to manufacture its own digestive enzymes. For any of the above
reasons, our body is not manufacturing enough digestive enzymes so the
digestive tract sends a signal to the brain, "I need more digestive
enzymes." The body starts to look for more raw materials and sends a
signal to
the
pancreas to produce more enzymes. Maybe you are smart enough to
recognize this from your symptoms or a doctor/vet diagnoses a lack of
enzymes so you start taking a digestive enzyme supplement with amylase,
lactase, protease, lipase, bromelain, papain, etc. Soon, the symptoms of
enzyme deficiency disappear and the digestive tract sends a signal to the brain,
"My enzyme deficiency has been resolved." What have you done to make the
body naturally balance itself by manufacturing more enzymes? Have you
given it more raw materials? Have you increased the strength of the
signal from the brain to the pancreas? The answer is obviously, No, so
one must continue supplementing this digestive enzyme deficiency for
life, frequently
increasing the dosage as the body ages. A malfunctioning or over
stressed pancreas (diabetes) may result from eating too much processed foods with
excessive carbohydrates and sugar. Will taking digestive enzyme
supplements fix a lazy malfunctioning pancreas? No. In essence, by
supplementing the digestive enzyme deficiency one has left a lazy
pancreas and made the body dependent on the isolated supplement for life.
Frequently, one has to take or give their pet more enzymes as the body
ages just to get the same results. This is not “wholistically”
rebuilding balance in the body. Here is another example.
Suppose you take (or give to your pet) a drug/supplement and your
symptoms are gone in 30-60 days. Is this enough time for the body to
rebuild and balance itself so it can stand on its own? According to the
table below in most cases our answer is, No. That is why the
symptoms
return once the product is discontinued.
A third reason for continuing truly holistic products is the long-term
ramifications of taking (or giving to your pet) drugs. One specific
example is Immune
Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA or
AIHA). Quite
often a drug cocktail (multiple medications) must be given for this
horribly fatal condition to save a pet’s life. As soon as the red blood
cell count returns to normal the pet’s guardian wants to reduce the
daily amount or switch to the bio-algae concentrates maintenance formula
for one or all three of the above reasons in the first paragraph. Based on our clients’
nutritional experience with the products this is not enough time for the
body to
resume
normal red blood cell production so we sometimes see a relapse.
According to the above table it takes a healthy body at least 4 months
to replace every single red blood cell. An unhealthy, imbalanced body
being given drugs will obviously need longer than 4 months to replace
ALL the diseased red blood cells with healthy ones. But a ramification
that not many people see is the long-term effects of having to give 3-6
drugs on the kidneys and liver. Some IMHA/AIHA pet guardians report
elevated liver enzymes or their pet died after surviving this auto-immune red blood cell challenge
from liver failure. Based on our nutritional experience we suggest
giving a maintenance level of super nutrition well after the dangers of
IMHA/AIHA have passed. Super nutrition may nutritionally support the
body in regenerating and rebuilding any lost kidney and liver function
after medicating the symptoms.
Based on our 90+
years of "wholistic" experience we have found it does not
save
money in the long run to quit taking (or giving to your pet)
whole food products as soon as the
symptoms are gone.
In general, “wholistic” balance is rarely achieved immediately after the
symptoms disappear. To help one achieve Freedom From Illness,
we suggest taking or giving to your pet a truly “wholistic” product well
after the symptoms are alleviated. How much longer depends on the body’s
genetics, diet, lifestyle, original cause of the illness and the length of
time it took the imbalance to accumulate. Freedom From Illness
is not the absence of symptoms but total wellness that balances the
cause of illness so the symptoms do not come back. You, your family and
your pets (furry children) deserve this.

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