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Joint aches...erm... lots of caffeic acid won't be helping that (perhaps you could neutralise at least some of the acid by including dandelion leaf or celery seed in your coffees?), but there may be something deeper causing systemic inflammation. As you know, I've chatted to various people on this board about possible causes of inflammation, during the past few months (e.g. http://rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=64495 ).


Weight struggles...mmm...thyroid, perhaps? I'm sure you've already thought about that but have you thought about it in conjunction with the adrenals? i.e. they're both part of the endocrine system...

..and, of course, the thyroid may play back into the hair thing. I suppose at least trying a bit of iodine/kelp wouldn't do any harm.

Funny how I seem to be drawn into many, many conversations lately that happen to run somewhat convergent with my own health issues and associated research. Almost like it was 'meant to be' in some way. Weird, and I'm not a 'New-Ager' but neither am I unjustly in denial about it. So...at the risk of sounding like a darned broken record... have you had yourself tested for metals? They can screw up thyroid and adrenal function...and they can induce systemic inflammation... I KNOW, I KNOW, I sound like a broken record with metals lately, and I confess I'm therefore almost embarrassed to even suggest this, but all the same...here we are, discussing issues which, like it or not, DO potentially tally.

Your late nights are, of course, probably due more to caffeine and adrenal fluctuations more than anything else, but it is interesting to note that Hg-toxic individuals may typically be night owls (although that may be due to the disrupting effect of mercury upon the endocrine system, as already discussed). You'll find all this in Andy Cutler's books.


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...Or maybe you've been anaemic and/or hypothyroid for some time, leading to a lack of 'get-up-and-go', and have then sought out caffeine to compensate, the caffeine then stressing the adrenals.

The joint inflammation might be due to straight liver congestion (e.g. stones due to poor previous diet, dietary inadequacy of taurine, glycine, lecithin or whatever, or due to liver overwhelm from some toxin other than heavy metals).

Also, bowel toxicity due to poor previous diet could tie in with liver difficulties, but I know from previous discussions with you that you're intimately familiar with bowel cleansing etc. so this seems unlikely.

Poor bowel function might not just result from poor diet but actually contribute to malabsorption of nutrients from your present-day healthy diet. Hair needs a good supply of nutrients just like any other part of the body. Interestingly, a healthy bowel with good balance of healthy flora is apparently able to yield large amounts of B-vitamins. B-vitamins are vital for good hair growth.

Another possible cause for the liver and inflammation issues could be intestinal or liver parasites, but then I'd be questioning why your immune system and bile were failing to reasonably fight parasites off...which (potentially, at least) goes back to heavy metals etc.



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Oh it does NOT surprise me that we are drawn into convos that deal with what we are addressing in ourselves, but then again, I AM a highly metaphysical girl! And yea, I DID think about adrenal fatigue, but I had NOT thought about thyroid in conjunction with adrenal stuff and I think you just won BINGO! I think that explains so much of it - my whole system is burnt out right now AND add in mercury toxicity? Holy hell do I KNOW I must be Hg toxic because ALL of my fillings (and I had MANY) were amalgams except the ones in front teeth and some of them were OLD. (I'm 35 and started getting fillings as a kid and just continued every so often for all those years). 2 years ago, all the metal was removed but sadly, (I did NOT know how bad this was), it was not done with Hg-safe techniques. So it all got stirred up and polluted me and I would suspect that it's related to the hair since it's the same time frame.

Keep forgetting about how adrenal burnout messes with your biorhythms because here we go again: it's 9pm my time and I had been DYING, dog-arsed tired all day and now I'm READY TO GO!!!! Just like freaking clockwork. I hate this.
And I did NOT know that Hg affected that stuff, but makes even more sense why it's such a major problem. All day I'll be telling myself that I'm going to bed early and I'm going to feel better because I'll sleep and then nightfall comes and I'm wide awake and having at it til 1 or 2 am.

I just don't know how to chelate Hg, I'm scared to mess with some options out there, and I figure, in time. Trust, continue becoming more raw, stay open and the answers will find me. They always do! Look at the things I've found through your contributions on here as a perfect example. I get the things I need to know or look into or the next steps I should take.

Oh...and inflammation? I can tell you straight up, that coffee I have so often? With conventional half & half. I'm still a casomorphein-aholic and I LOVE ME SOME CHEESE, too!!! And beers. In fact, I just txtd a friend back who asked if I wanted to go have a pint when he gets off work. Many of my issues are so obvious they're embarrassing!