January 26, 2015 Issue 111 The Iris The Body Glyphix Studio
Greetings!
Welcome to 2015 the Year of the Dragon Fly….
2015 is going to be an astonishing and magical year on Planet Earth. The Energy that is the Guardian and Keeper of this year is that of the Dragonfly. Dragonfly is the Keeper of the Portals of Magic, Dreams and Mystery. It is a fitting energy to guide our emergence into the Sixth Dimension of Magic and Dream manifestation. As we anchor the magical sixth dimension on Earth, Dragonfly will assist in guiding us into a new magical and shamanic reality.
This new consciousness can embrace Dragonfly "medicine", or the energy signature of the Dragonfly. This is the ability to transform, to dream and to weave light into Magical Manifestation. Since the Dragonfly begins its life in water, and then transforms rapidly from its water element beginning into a winged creature that can fly and hover in the air above the water in an exotic dance of luminescent light. So it will be in 2015. You will find that life and events will require very rapid shifts and transformations. You will be challenged to raise your consciousness and perception and to take flight on the wings of creative imagination. You will no longer be able to simply swim along in the currents of lower collective consciousness, but you will feel the urge and the need to transform your life and rebirth as something and someone more beautiful and creative.
Dragonfly teaches us how to move between worlds and dimensions, and how to weave dreams that create new realities. The magical dreams that you will weave will be the creation of your reality and your timelines. Your life will become as fluid and graceful as a Dragonfly's dance, creating magic and light in your wake. You have learnt to be aware that life is an illusion, now you will learn to weave this illusion into a field of magical light that will reflect your energy signature and your love and compassion.
______Stop Sinus Problems Fast with This Easy Tip
When on vacation or traveling during the holidays, many of us eat in such a way that we would not normally eat at home. When you’re eating/sleeping schedule gets mangled due to travel plans, sinus problems – pain,congestion, or worse, a sinus infection can quickly crop up and cause discomfort and misery especially if flying is part of the itinerary. Here’s a very easy way to keep those sinus problems at bay with you breathing freely and clear during these times of stress and off the wagon eating.
Prevent Sinus Problems with this Easy Tip
Most folks don’t realize thatbeneficial flora, also known as good bacteria, seek to dominate and protect every tissue of your body, not just your gut! There are plenty of beneficial bacteria in your mouth, throat, nasal passages and ears too.
When you get a sinus infection, the balance of good bacteria to bad (pathogenic) bacteria – including candida – becomes imbalanced with the baddies taking over with lots of mucus and possibly even an infection the result.
To prevent this from happening, after brushing/flossing your teeth at night before you go to bed, empty a probiotic capsule into your mouth, swish it around in your mouth, and swallow. It is very important to not drink anything – even water – after you do this.
Enough probiotic residue will be left in your mouth after swallowing and these good little critters will migrate while you sleep all through your nasal passages, guarding the roost and helping to make sure no pathogens have an opportunity to take over and start plugging up the works.
Already Have a Sinus Infection?
Use a ceramic neti pot plus your probiotic of choice to help clear up an existing sinus infection fast with no antibiotics Sniffing Silver Biotics into your nostrils is very effective. Silver Biotics orally and/or Olive Leaf or Myrrh~ I sell them at the Studio, they are always in stock. Also Probiotic 11 provides 11 species of live microorganisms that exert many beneficial health effects. Among other things, they support digestion, promote immunity and aid in the elimination of toxins.
Let’s be Proactive this Year and be Healthy!
This has been said to be the worst year ever for influenza. If you have not had Moxibustion (the alternative to the flu shot), you can still schedule an appointment with Rose. It takes less than 5 minutes. This can be done October through March. Moxibustion is a remedy which uses a Chinese homeopathic called Artemis Vulgaris which is used to warm the skin at the meridian associated with the immune. It wards off all influenzas by working the immune. Our statistics / effectiveness for the past 9 years, and is nearly 100%.
1. Tap your thymus daily! (Center of Chest) 15 seconds (wakes up your immune)
2. Nature’s Sunshine Vitamin D3 1 or 2 -2xd
3. Nature’s Sunshine’s Probiotics 11 1 or 2 daily~ first thing in the morning on an empty stomach
To get Nature’s Sunshine products 40% off retail please call 1-800-453-1422 and mention Body Glyphix as your sponsor).
4. Should you feel flu-like symptoms coming on- pick up patented (proven to rid the flu) Silver Biotics listed way below retail – $19- from our Studio or the Gel $19 (use it as a natural hand sanitizer)
5. Exercise/Yoga/Walking- key to staying healthy!
6. Get enough sleep 6-8 hours recommended for adults.
7. Wash your hands frequently!
8. Do not touch your face!
9. Lions Breath daily & when you have been around someone who’s sick.
10. Take a good Multi- Vitamin (Nature’s Sunshine Super Supplemental rocks)
11. Clean up your air & drink only filtered water.
12. Eat organic foods, avoid sugar, dairy & processed foods.
13. Use a Neti Pot daily.
14. Do a colon and liver cleanse regularly 2-4 times per month
15. Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily and stay hydrated.
Most importantly!! See your local Holistic Practitioner (Rose Czyrny) regularly
Gluten, Celiac Disease and Hashimoto’s
Many people who suffer from Hashimoto’s should be aware that there may be problems caused by eating gluten and related proteins.
However, because of misinformation and the inconvenience of going gluten free, many people ignore these warnings or don’t think this really applies to them. I have had a number of people write me and tell me during consultations that they need to see “peer reviewed studies” about gluten and Hashimoto’s before they are going to commit to going gluten free. In this post we examine a boat load of research on this subject and we seek to demonstrate, once and for all, why eating gluten is not a luxury you and your thyroid (and lots of other important parts of your body – like your brain) can afford.
Celiac Disease is an Autoimmune Disorder
According to the Celiac Support Association “Celiac disease, also known as celiac sprue or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is a genetically linked autoimmune disorder that can affect both children and adults…”
Yes, celiac disease is an autoimmune disease.It’s not just a food allergy or sensitivity.
Like Hashimoto’s, for example. In people with celiac disease, eating certain types of grain-based products sets off an immune mediated response that causes measurable damage to the small intestine.”
Another key point. I and many other practitioners believe that the small intestine is ground zero for autoimmune diseases of all kinds.
This damage to the small intestines has systemic consequences.
These include the immune system, the endocrine system, the nervous system and the brain. This, in turn, interferes with the small intestine’s ability to absorb nutrients in food, leading to malnutrition and a variety of other complications.”Yes, the other complications include an inability to convert and absorb thyroid hormone, major deficiencies in important vitamins and minerals like iodine, iron, selenium, magnesium and vitamins like B, D and plenty more.
Pretty much guaranteeing hypothyroidism and thyroid gland dysfunction.
The offending amino acid sequences are collectively called “gluten” and are found in wheat, barley, rye, and to a lesser extent, oats. Related proteins are found in triticale, spelt, and Kamut. These “offending amino acid sequences” are not just found in these grains, they are found in many foods like dairy, soy, coffee, corn, potatoes, and lots more. The reality is gluten may just be the tip of the iceberg and going gluten free may not be enough to effectively treat autoimmune disease. Some people do not get better by only going gluten free. This is not because they don’t have a problem with gluten. There are many other foods that have a similar amino acid sequence to gluten and these may also be a problem.
Because it is these amino acid sequences that the immune system attacks and that resemble our own tissues.
With Celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid diseases we see an increase in both types of antibodies that lead to attack on these tissues.
“Yes, But I Was Tested For Gluten Antibodies and The Tests Were Negative”
This is another area of misinformation. Most doctors test for 2-4 gluten antibodies. Current testing for Gluten-Reactivity and Celiac disease (CD) includes serum IgG and IgA against gliadin and tissue transglutaminase-2 (tTG2). These antibodies are measured against minor components of a wheat protein called alpha-gliadin. Here’s the thing, wheat consists of multiple proteins and peptides including, alpha-gliadin, omega-gliadin, glutenin, gluteomorphin, prodynorphin, and agglutinins. And there are many we still do not know about.
And the important thing to understand is that any of these antigens can cause an immune response.
So, even if you tested negative to celiac, you could still have gluten sensitivity or silent celiac disease because you may not have tested for the right thing.
Which Came First, The Gluten or the Autoimmunity?
This is a really interesting question that is controversial and no one really knows. But, here’s what we do know. Autoimmunity doesn’t just happen for no reason. It is the result of a perfect storm of factors.
You need the genetic predisposition and exposure to some antigen (Often Yersenia, Epstein Barr, Coxsackie, Lyme disease or some other pathogen), these produce antibodies and somehow you get the breakdown of mucosal IgA and tight junction proteins. Ground zero is the intestinal mucosa. One theory is that gluten, which is sticky and invasive (like a thief who can get into anywhere it wants), gets into the intestines, into the spaces between the intestines (the tight junctions) and eventually into the bloodstream.
Then the immune system kicks in. Antigen presenting cells like macrophages (those Pac man cells that munch the bad guys) start attacking and they stimulate the T helper cells. These are either TH-1 or Th-2 and these lead to pro-inflammatory immune cells and proteins, more antibodies, cross reactions – generally, all hell breaking loose. And, finally as this plays out and is repeated over and over again every time you eat a piece of bread, a pastry, some cake, a doughnut, etc. you are unknowingly pushing your body further and further into autoimmunity.
Your immune system is so juiced it doesn’t know which way is up and eventually, you lose self tolerance.
And loss of self tolerance means the immune system starts attacking your own tissue. Another problem caused by gluten is that it makes thyroid hormone less effective.
Celiac Disease Has A Major Impact on Thyroid Hormone Absorption
An interesting study published by the American Thyroid Association found “…This study examined 68 patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis alone and 35 patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and celiac disease.
The average dose of levothyroxine needed to treat patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis alone was lower than the average dose required to treat patients with Hashimoto’s and celiac disease. When the patients with celiac disease went on a gluten-free diet while staying on the same dose of thyroxine, their TSH level decreased, indicating that their absorption of thyroxine had improved.” When patients go gluten free, they often must reduce their dosage of thyroid replacement hormone because it starts to work so much better.
Well, thyroid hormone produced by your thyroid and thyroid replacement hormone have the same structure.
Gluten prevents thyroid hormone produced by your thyroid from being absorbed, as well.
Is There Evidence That Gluten Leads Directly To Destruction of the Thyroid?
One idea that is often discussed in this context is something called molecular mimicry. This is what happens when the immune system identifies certain proteins or protein fragments (amino acid sequences) and then attacks everything that has that amino acid sequence. With autoimmunity, when the immune system attacks a virus like Epstein Barr, for example, it activates certain kinds of B cells. These differentiate into plasma cells and one theory is that these may also stimulate anti-self B cells. These are present in normal people and are there because our immune system constantly gets rid of old dead cells from our body.But somehow these viral fragments cause other immune proteins called complement to stick to our own tissue and when they accumulate the immune system starts attacking that living tissue as well. Viruses may also down regulate the T suppressor cells that call off the attack and this keeps the carnage going. This is what happens to the thyroid. Thyroid cells get attacked as does the enzyme thyroid peroxidase and the protein thyroglobulin.