Signs of low Magnesium

Magnesium is a nutrient for over 300 reactions in the body and it plays a role in a healthy immune system, cognitive function, bone strength, muscle relaxation and energy production.

Experiences of low magnesium 

  • numbness
  • tingling & tremors
  • muscle cramps & spasms
  • seizures
  • muscle spasticity
  • personality changes, nervousness
  • abnormal heart rhythms
  • dizziness & headaches
  • weakens bones

FYI:  can be an influence to low levels of calcium & potassium


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Signs of low B9 (folate)

Folate deficiency is a result of overcooked food and an eating plan without enough fresh fruits, vegetables.

B9 (Folate) cannot be stored in the body meaning it must be ingested regularly.

The symptoms of folate deficiency are often subtle. They include:

  • fatigue
  • gray hair
  • megaloblastic anemia (read more below)
  • mouth sores
  • tongue swelling
  • growth problems

The symptoms of anemia that occur due to folate deficiency include:

  • persistent fatigue
  • weakness
  • lethargy
  • pale skin
  • red blood cells are larger than normal
  • shortness of breath
  • irritability

FYI:  A drop in folate  can happen quickly without enough folate-rich foods

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Are you eating for Spinal Cord & Nerve Health

eating for Spinal Cord & Nerve Functions

6 Categories of Nutrition for importing functional experiences  

1.  Magnesium

 Magnesium regulates nerve and muscle function

Recommended daily:  Women 310-320 mg,  Men 400-420 mg

Natural Sources:

  • Fermented Foods:
    • sauerkraut
  • Fruit:
    • bananas
    • blueberries
    • grapefruit
    • lemon & limes
    • orange
    • raspberries
  • Kefir
  • Ginger
  • Leafy greens:
    • spinach
    • kale
    • collard greens
  • Legumes:
    • peanuts
  • Nuts & seeds:
    • almonds
    • cashews
    • flax
    • pumpkin
  • Cinnamon
  • Turmeric
  • Veggies:
    • avocado
    • Brussel sprouts
    • pumpkin
  • Whole grains

FYI:  Including more magnesium in your diet can help promote muscle relaxation and better-quality sleep.

Effects of low Magnesium?

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2.  B9 (Folate) essential for spinal cord Development

Makes red and white blood cells in the bone marrow, convert carbohydrates into energy, and produce DNA and RNA

Recommended daily:  400 mcg

Natural Sources:

  • Leafy greens:
    • kale
    • collard greens
    • lettuce:
      • romaine
    • mustard greens
    • spinach
    • turnip greens
  • Cinnamon
  • Dairy:
    • milk
  • Eggs
  • Fermented Foods:
    • sauerkraut
  • Fruits:
    • bananas
    • blueberries
    • grapefruit
    • lemon & limes
    • oranges
    • pineapple
    • raspberries
    • strawberries
    • watermelon
  • Legumes
    • beans:
      • lima
    • peanuts
  • Mushrooms:
    • Shitake mushroom
  • Nuts & Seeds:
    • sunflower seeds
  • Meat, Poultry, Seafood
    • clams
    • sardines
    • trout
    • tuna
  • Potato:
    • sweet potato
  • Seaweed:
    • Nori
  •  Veggies:
    • asparagus
    • avocado
    • broccoli
    • Brussels sprouts
    • celery
    • cucumber
    • pumpkin
  • Whole grain

FYI:  cannot be produced by the body, must be supplied

Effects of Low  B9 (Folate)?

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3.  B12 produces myelin, the fatty substance that protects nerve cells

Recommended daily:  Adults  2.4 mcg

Natural Sources:

  • Dairy:
    • cheese
    • feta 
    • Kefir
    • milk
    • yogurt
  • Eggs:
    • yokes
  • Fermented Foods
    • black garlic
  • Mushrooms:
    • Lion’s mane
    • Shitake mushroom
  • Nuts
  • Meat, Poultry, Seafood
    • clams
    • crab
    • mackerel
    • mussels
    • oysters
    • sardines
    • trout
    • tuna
    • organ meats: 
      • liver
      • kidney
  • Seaweed:
    • algae
    • nori
  • Yeast:
    • nutritional

FYI:  Rainwater contains B12

& B12 cannot be produced by the body, must be supplied

Lack of B12 Effects?

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4.  Resveratrol reduces oxidative stress and protects the spinal cord

Natural Sources:

  • Cocoa
  •  Chocolate:
    • dark
  •  Fruit:
    • blueberries
    • cranberries
    • grapes
  • Legumes:
    • peanuts
  • Nuts:
    • pistachios
  • Wine:
    • Red
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5.  Omega-3 fatty acids protect nerves

Recommended daily:  Adults 250–500 mg

Natural Sources:

  • Fermented Foods:
    • sauerkraut
  • Fruits
    • bananas
    • blueberries
    • grapefruit
    • lemon & limes
    • oranges
    • raspberries
  • Ginger
  • Nuts
    • chia seeds
    • flax seeds
      • flaxseed oil
    • walnuts
      • walnut oil
  • Seafood: 
    • anchovy
    • halibut
    • herring
    • mackerel
    • salmon – wild
    • tuna
  • Turmeric
  • Veggies:
    • avocado
    • Brussel Sprouts
    • pumpkin

FYI:  essential fat required for function

Lack of Omega 3 Effects?

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6.  Calcium sends signals between cells in the nervous system and regulates muscle contractions

Mineral necessary for life

Recommended daily:  Adults 2500 mg

Natural Sources:

  • Cinnamon
  • Dairy:
    •  Cheese:
      • Blue
      • Brick
      • Cheddar
      • Edam
      • Gouda
      • Gruyere
      • Parmesan
      • Swiss
    • Cottage Cheese
    • Ice Cream
    • Kefir
    • Milk
    • Yogurt
  • Fermented Foods:
    • Sauerkraut
  • Fruit:
    • blueberries
    • bananas
    • figs
    • grapefruit
    • kiwi
    • lemon & limes
    • oranges
    • raspberries
  • Ginger
  • Legumes:
    • beans
    • chickpeas
    • edamame
  • Nuts:
    • almonds
    • Brazil nuts
  • Molasses:
    • blackstrap
  • Seafood:
    • salmon
    • sardines
  • Seaweed:
    • agar
  • Soy:
    • tofu
  • Turmeric
  • Veggies:
    • artichoke
    • beet Greens
    • bok Choy
    • broccoli
    • collard Greens
    • dandelion Greens
    • kale
    • okra
    • olives
    • snap Peas
    • Snow Peas
    • squash
    • turnip 

FYI:  Lack of calcium in the diet can cause spasms and cramping

Lack of Calcium Effects?

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Thoracic Spine Function

Spinal cord & nerve functions in Thoracic Spine

  • Flexes wrist
  • Supply small muscles of the hand
  • Intercostal and trunk above the waist
  • Abdominal muscles
  • Thigh flexion
  • Thigh adduction

If for any reason you are experiencing a deficit in any of these functions two ways to increase the quality are: 


Investigate the micro – movements of Feldenkrais

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Food for the Lumbar Spinal Cord and Nerve Functions

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Lumbar Spine Function

Located in Lower Back

Spinal cord & nerve functions in Lumbar Spine

  • Extension of the leg at the hip and knee
  • Flexion of the leg at the knee
  • Dorsiflexion of the foot
  • Extension of the toes
  • Plantar flexion of the foot

If for any reason you are experiencing a deficit in any of these functions two ways to increase the quality are: 

Investigate the micro – movements of Feldenkrais

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Food for the Lumbar Spinal Cord and Nerve Functions


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ATE: Healing gut with Inulin, Berberine, L-glutamine

ATE:  AWARENESS THROUGH EATING

After becoming an empty nester  I  had time and energy to ‘explore living food’ versus dieting.  With only a question in mind (no rules and no should’s), I started to explore what nutrition was available in my own backyard.  The focus was on weeds, trees, plants and grasses.  Organically it flowed, in that familiar pattern I have learned from  Feldenkrais® Awareness through Movement® Lessons, so I have fondly begun to refer to it as Awareness through Eating.  My great regret is not having this focus with kids at home!

Along the journey of growing, gathering and consuming many backyard plants  I discovered new sensations of physical wellness.  This new feeling of aliveness if fueled and motivated by endless curiosity and exploration.   Life-changing as these actions integrate a deeper inner and outer connection to the natural world.  A connection I wouldn’t have known by previous experiences.  This journey led me to a new definition of ‘being connected’.

Instead of following old patterns of gathering food resources, I began to create new ones.   That was the first step.  The second step was creating these backyard resources that led to new relationships with them.  Eventually leading to an interest in exploring fermented foods in my own kitchen.

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Immediately there was an improvement of gut health and brain function.  Increased vitality and stamina followed with a decrease in emotions of anxiety, fear, pain and frustration.  This experience led to a deepening connection to my environment with more clarity of the existing plants and animals.  For me, this means being less distracted and more present in the moment.

Recently I was intrigued by a video’s content that was created by a celebrity.  Someone I had witnessed years earlier being overweight with obvious movement and breathing issues.  Now this same person was slim and seemed to be in better health.  He had partnered with a new product.  A product created to mimic foods he ate to become healthy.  Curious I  took time to listen to the ingredients that supported their healthy change.  I was happy and surprised to hear that it was the same foods I had unknowingly introduced into my eating plan with similar results.  Only they decided to create a supplement with those same nutritional values instead of continuing with the healthy real foods.  I was disappointed to hear that as my perspective differs.  I believe that taking a supplement doesn’t allow for the integration of new behaviours.  It simply contributes to the fix-me attitude.  Mentally it increases the chatter of self-judgment and of right and wrong thinking.   This mental focus doesn’t have the opportunity to shift into the awe of the exploration as how this celebrity and I both experienced.

However, in support of some of my students these past years, who have taught me that sometimes they simply can’t take the time to explore the basics and integrate,  I am going to share the top three nutrients that made the most significant change in gut and brain health.  These three nutrients can be eaten each day to heal your gut which not only improves your brain function, it improves your immune system and both emotional and physical function.  Included are the top real food sources of these nutrients.


Chicory Root & Sugar Beets

Inulin

  • Chicory Root
  • Sugar Beets
  • Leeks
  • Asparagus
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Dandelion Root
  • Elecampane Root
  • Bananas
  • Wheat

Berberine

Oregon Grape Leave & Roots for Tea

  • European Barberry
  • Goldenseal
  • Goldthread
  • Oregon grape
  • Tree Turmeric

Sauerkraut

L-glutamine

  • beef
  • chicken
  • fish
  • dairy products
  • eggs, vegetables
  • like beans, beets
  • cabbage
  • spinach
  • carrots
  • parsley
  • vegetable juices
  • wheat
  • papaya
  • Brussels sprouts
  • celery
  • kale
  • fermented foods
    • miso
    • kimchi
    • sauerkraut
    • kefir

Remember:

We are what we eat

Whether we eat out or have groceries delivered organized with recipes for preparing them,  that food becomes the invisible pathway stimulating an immediate experience (reaction) and future eating habits.

The environment created by food choices

When hearing the use of the term environment one’s thoughts may immediately go to the forest, sky, ocean, animals and plants.  Many of us may not consider the food we consume is a part of the environment that stimulates us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  Food is the environment that fuels all your functions and each function has different nutritional needs.

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Drawing in white light for cleansing & protection

It’s not often that I draw upon bringing in healing white light with students in transition from inner and outer experiences of pain and suffering.   The purpose  would be to bring some ease and peace in the burden they carry inside and on their shoulders that is weighing them down.

Clarity of perception in conversations versus reaction states has shown over and over these past years to be enough to cut through heavy, tar like sensation one finds themselves feeling after long-term experiences of chronic unmet needs.   Needs for being valued, (to be seen, heard or to matter).

Focus of attention versus beliefs, concepts, opinions & perspectives 

Some ways that have increased the crispness  of actions to create balance and harmony  has been through transforming inner habits and developing clarity through physical functions (not referring to exercise or postures),  conscious and fair dialogues that everyone has equal contribution to expressing their needs in a way that is heard, and in understanding how the environment influences and stimulates ones  reactions.

Law of Attraction

However,  I have witnessed that when the fear of taking a personal supportive action can reach a level of panic that can sometimes block tapping into these ways for defusing and calming that heightened experience.  Achieving clarity and conscious understanding is constrained by the resistance to taking personal actions.  The cause can be as simple as fear of change and the unknown.  The known is sometimes perceived as being better than what one expects the outcome could be.

This level of fear usually is at the level of ‘fear of dying.’  I can remember being in a personal session with Dr. Marshall Rosenberg where he was listening to me and another person while holding space for our sharing equally.  At one point he turned to the other person and said, “Do you know she is afraid of dying?”  This other person responded, “Yes and I regret it.”   I personally have experienced this level of fear and panic and, in that moment of witnessing and honesty,  I was able to take right action for myself.  However, until that connection was made for me the experience was a  tangle of unresolved issues and perceived consequences  bonding that person and I in pain and suffering.

Sometimes the resistance can not be engaged through movement, dialogue or changing the space.  To calm and bring clarity one may begin the process of drawing white light to surround them and clear themselves.  This technique is one that is used in many traditions for cleansing and protection.  I have learned that it can be used anywhere and at anytime for support to ground, and find balance and clarity.  I find it reduces panic and can be a  beneficial tool for support that can create the potential to have a dialogue, increase flexibility and calm the space.

Description of  bringing in the white light

Part One Surroundings

  1. To start I suggest one imagine or visualize an egg shape surrounding them.
  2. The  second steps is to draw in the white light from above to surround them inside this egg shape.  
  3. Once  the white light is surrounding one inside this egg shape I then suggest that one imagine or visualize the light turning in in an *anticlockwise way for a couple of moments.
  4. As soon as one stops turning it (white light) in an *anticlockwise way, then start to turn it in a clockwise way immediately for a few moments.
  5. Slowly release the visualization while focusing on a quality of giving thanks to the universe,
  6. (one of my favourite blessings is share with students is borrowed from the Hawaiian tradition – Ho’oponopono prayer).

Part Two – Physical Body

After one has practiced Part one for at least two to three days these two steps can be added after completing the about four steps.

  1. Now bring the surrounding white light into the physical body in a swirling way that is moving anticlockwise for a few moments.
  2. Again immediately upon finishing with swirling anticlockwise begin to swirl it clockwise.
  3. Slowly release the visualization while focusing on a quality of giving thanks to the universe,  (one of my favourite blessings is share with students is borrowed from the Hawaiian tradition – Ho’oponopono prayer).
*Anticlockwise – Opening to clear & cleanse
*Clockwise – Closing and surrounding

Please note:  If the level of fear is too high, one may be afraid of the consequences of this White Light exercise.  There may be a need for support to find reassurance and guidance for a good practitioner that is trustworthy.  It could be a leader from their faith community that can bring safety.


About Renee Lindstrom, GCFP

A  foundation to the evolution of Renee’s practice was working with energy.  In her own experiences the unresolved need in relationships of a lifetime led to an opening for certain energies to emerge affecting her surroundings.  She began training and researching ways to clean and end these effects.  This led to supporting others in their environment for clearing residual energies and influences.  While doing so she witnessed some of the root causes in people’s perspectives, belief systems and interactions that opened them up to experiencing these energies.  This led to training and offering practical tools that one can do to transform their own experiences.

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