Though you might think it’s a waste of money and that you can heal yourself using Google or your intuition, the truth is that lab testing can save you money, time and life. If you ignore this step, you can actually make yourself sicker, like I did.
Even Natural Healing Remedies Pose Pitfalls
As a believer, I’ve always preferred God-given treatments – the natural remedies. Some of the most effective holistic options, in addition to prayer include:
•herbs
•physical exercise
•circadian rhythm practices
However, consider if you’re eating low-carb prepackaged “healthy” meals but notice a ton of sodium in them. You might be fine eating them, but someone with diabetes could easily get sicker from them. Similarly, you could take herbs that performed miracles for your aunt but end up being detrimental to your own health.
Proper treatment – even with natural holistic remedies – requires lab testing first.
How Your Chronic Condition Can Worsen If You Skip the Lab Testing
Looking back, my entire life has been a journey to find better health. This can be said for lots of people. But for some, it’s an additional struggle to survive the journey.
I was stuck in survival mode for a long time. I’m still a work in progress, but am happy to say I’m now thriving. So have hope and learn from my mistakes!
I suffered many symptoms of mold illness when mold illness wasn’t yet a thing – constipation or diarrhea and constantly having to pee with bouts of incontinence (inability to hold in pee). During one year of puberty, I threw up once a month. When I was pregnant, my skin and eyes became yellow. My skin itched from hives and I suffered with acid reflux. I even endured much pain near my kidney and liver.
As my first step to treat myself, I became a master herbalist, because herbs are God given. I was just sure the herbs would cure me.
I tried all the things they taught me, using herbs to cure this ill and that. Not only did some of the previous symptoms come back, but I ended up with new ones. It’s no secret that Ashwaganda, Bacopa, Eleuthero (Siberian ginseng), Holy basil, Rhodiola, Schizandra berry and Licorice root offer wonderful healing qualities. Yet I wasn’t getting well.
Next, I went to school to become a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, another holistic, natural discipline. But this discipline was different. It taught me to test, not guess. So, I started doing functional lab testing on myself. First, the Biohealth Labs hormone test answered why I couldn’t sleep at night and felt exhausted in the morning. My body was not making enough cortisol at the right time.
Then when I started studying ways to correct my circadian rhythm and cortisol production, I found that adaptogens such as the herbs above lower cortisol. No wonder my cortisol was low!
When your cortisol production gets off kilter, you can experience symptoms including extreme weakness, fatigue, mental confusion, dizziness, loss of appetite, low blood sugar and low blood pressure (especially upon rising from a lying down position).
Again, I complicated my already chronic condition by taking supplements and herbs based on a pill for an ill mentality.
At that point I began researching different symptoms and found that many so-called ‘diseases’ shared many of the same symptoms. This helped me realize I could not base my treatment on a pill for an ill approach.
A Natural and Holistic Approach You Can Rely on For Your Road to Healing
Now, I still strongly believe you should do all that you can to heal naturally.
•Eat healthy, clean foods.
•Rest when you need it.
•Exercise at a level and in a way that is best for you at this time (chronic illness often gets exasperated by over activity).
• Keep your stress levels low.
But…only take supplements or apply remedies after assessing your lab testing results!
Your body was fearfully and wonderfully made. You can certainly take steps to help yourself heal. But first, test and don’t guess at the root cause of your symptoms. Then, give your body what it truly needs.
If you have been dealing with a mold illness, want to regain your strength and energy and long to live a purposeful life again, book a free consultation with me today. I would love to help you along your healing journey.
