THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© December 2024, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Themes By Which To Understand The Sodium/Potassium Ratio
III. Symptoms And Diseases Associated With A High And Low Na/K
IV. Measuring The Na/K
V. Stress And The Na/K
VI. Inflammation And The Na/K
VII. Toxic Metals And The Na/K
VIII. Infection, Kidney Stress And Liver Stress
IX. The Development Program And The Na/K
X. Other Topics
XI. The Life Chart
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I. INTRODUCTION
IMPORTANCE OF THIS ARTICLE
An large book could easily be written about the ratio of sodium to potassium on a tissue mineral analysis. It provides a tremendous amount of information about the body.
The sodium/potassium ratio, also called the Na/K in this article, is also the most important ratio to consider if one wishes to understand tissue mineral testing – a truly amazing method of assessing the body.
Anyone who does not begin their interpretation of a tissue mineral test with the sodium/potassium ratio is either ignorant of how to interpret the test or not interested in the truth.
Names. The planning souls call the Na/K ratio the vitality ratio. One of my teachers, Dr. Paul Eck, called it the life-death ratio, as it is so important. It may also be called the electrical ratio or the internal regulator ratio.
Also important for animals, plants and for the soil. This is quite extraordinary and speaks of a universality of the ratio of sodium to potassium in all living creatures.
THE IDEAL NA/K RATIO
At this time, the planning souls recommend to use 2.5 as the ideal Na/K in human beings. A good range is from about 2.5 to about 5.
Developed human beings. As one moves through the process called development, the Na/K ratio tends to increase somewhat to about 6 or 7. In this situation, the higher ratio is not an indicator of inflammation but rather is normal.
Animal species. In animals, the ideal Na/K is about 0.5.
Plants. The ideal Na/K for plants is usually about 0.1.
You will notice that as one moves up the ladder of the complexity of life, the ratio goes up by about a factor of 5 each time.
Fine matter beings. Fine matter beings include souls, angels, elves and many other creatures that most people cannot see. However, they are real. In most fine matter beings, the ideal Na/K is somewhat higher, between 7 and 10.
The thugs, satans, sats and gorgons. These are the invaders from space who are on the earth at this time. Their Na/K tends to be about 1 or a little lower.
THE NA/K IS COMPENSATED ON ALMOST EVERYONE
This is extremely important. At this time, most bodies on earth are very toxic and depleted of vital minerals. This is mainly due to the activities of the thugs or rogues.
As a result, the real Na/K of most people is quite low – roughly 1 to 1.5. However, at a more superficial level, the body keeps the Na/K ratio fairly close to the ideal. This occurs because at one level, if the ratio decreases too much, life is in danger.
Three ways the body keeps the Na/K ratio looking fairly normal.
1. Toxic forms of nutrient minerals in our food. Certain toxic forms of minerals we call the irritants stimulate and irritate the body tissues and this raises the Na/K. These mineral compounds are often oxides and carbonates of common nutrient minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, copper, and others. They are added to our food, even organic food.
For example, most food is grown using superphosphate fertilizers. These are sometimes called N-P-K fertilizers. They are chemical fertilizers that are not exactly fertilizers, but are really growth stimulants. The form of potassium used is somewhat toxic. It irritates the body tissues, which slightly raises the Na/K.
This is a very serious agricultural problem that is extremely difficult to avoid at this time.
2. Toxic metals. Cadmium, Nickel, mercury, uminum and perhaps other toxic metals irritate the kidneys, the adrenal glands, and other tissues and organs. This slightly raises the Na/K. These toxic metals are very widespread in the environment today and found in food, water supplies and even the air. The thugs or rogues bring them to the earth.
3. Implants. Most people today have electronic artificial life support devices inside their bodies. We know this sounds incredible, but it is true. These are advanced implants that hold open subtle energy channels and keep the bodies alive. One way they work is to raise the Na/K at one level. However, at a deeper level, most people today have an Na/K that is much too low and unhealthy.
4. Worms, yeast and other creatures or organisms. At times, having creatures in the body such as worms helps balance the Na/K. For example, worms can stimulate the body, irritate the tissues and may influence the Na/K for other reasons, as well.
5. Inflammatory emotions. Emotions such as anger and resentment can cause a rise in the Na/K through adrenal gland stimulation.
6. Chemicals. When the Na/K becomes low the planning souls order more of certain chemicals to be made. These chemicals, of which one is trimethylgluconate or TMG, help raise the Na/K.
NOTES ABOUT THIS ARTICLE
1. TISSUE ONLY. This article is only about the Na/K ratio on a tissue test, NOT a blood serum or urine test. On standard blood serum or urine tests, the levels of sodium and potassium have very different meanings.
2. THE BIOPSY MATERIAL. The best tissue biopsy material to measure the Na/K is head hair. It is the most accurate and sampling is simple and non-invasive. However, one could use fingernails, toenails, other body hair or other body tissues to measure the tissue sodium and potassium levels. These are not be as accurate.
3. WASHING HAIR SAMPLES DISTORTS THE NA/K RATIO. Most all commercial hair mineral testing laboratories wash the hair at the laboratory before measuring the mineral levels. This lowers the sodium and potassium readings by half or a little more because sodium and potassium are highly water-soluble minerals.
The laboratories are forced to wash the hair by the alien group called the thugs, Satans or Rogues although most laboratories will not tell you this if you ask. The thugs do not want accurate hair mineral readings because accurate reading reveal too much about the alien's mutilation of people's bodies.
One of my teachers, Dr. Paul Eck, insisted that the hair must not be washed at the laboratory. For almost 50 years his laboratory, Analytical Research Labs, did not wash the hair. The lab says this is true today.
Sadly, however, since February 2024 the sodium and potassium readings from this lab are also too low by about the same amount as that of the other laboratories.
4. CORRECTING THE NA/K RATIO. Due to the above, one must always roughly double the sodium and potassium readings on a hair mineral test to even approach an accurate reading. At times, one needs to increase the numbers even more. This is only approximate because hair varies in its solubility.
At this time, we still prefer Analytical Research Labs for mineral testing because their graph design is much better than any other laboratory and their program recommendations are somewhat better.
5. THE NA/K ON A RETEST MINERAL ANALYSIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE NA/K ON AN INITIAL TISSUE MINERAL TEST. Much of this article applies only to the Na/K on an initial tissue mineral test. It does not apply as much to mineral retests taken during healing programs.
The reason is that on a retest, the Na/K can swing wildly from high to low. This occurs as body chemistry rebalances, as the body eliminates toxic metals, and as the body retraces traumas. The swings simply reflect changes going on inside the body and overall, are less important.
Retesting the hair is necessary at least every six months or sooner during the development program. One must then change the supplement program and perhaps the diet to compensate for these changes. If one does not retest, the development program slows or stops.
II. THEMES BY WHICH TO UNDERSTAND THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
1. Adrenal strength indicators. Sodium and potassium are both associated with the activity of the adrenal glands. Aldosterone, an adrenal cortical hormone, causes sodium retention and affects serum potassium as well.
An elevated sodium/potassium ratio is an indicator of some adrenal strength in most cases.
A low sodium/potassium ratio is an indicator of adrenal weakness. This is the case regardless of the levels of sodium and potassium.
2. Electrical charging and discharging, and the cell membrane potential. Sodium is pumped out of the cells, while potassium is pumped into the cells by the so-called sodium pump mechanism. This causes an electrical charge or potential across all cell membranes. It is very important for our health.
A higher sodium/potassium ratio is associated with a higher electrical charge on the cells or a charging state. A low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with a discharging state and a lower electrical potential between the inside and the outside of the cells.
Many factors can influence this, such as the condition of the cell membranes, and more. However, the Na/K ratio is a good overall indicator of the electrical balance of the cells in relation to their extra-cellular environment.
This is to be contrasted to the calcium/magnesium ratio which measures the electrical potential or charge of a person with respect to his or her extra-corporeal or external physical and other environment. It is an interesting comparison that bears out in practice.
3. A directional indicator of the oxidation rate. The oxidation rate of a person is always either increasing or decreasing. This is basic physiology. The Na/K tends to indicate how it is changing. A high Na/k indicates the oxidation rate is tending to increase. A low Na/K indicates the oxidation rate is decreasing. For details, read Fast, Slow And Mixed Oxidation.
4. Yin and yang. Yang and yin are ancient physics terminology and extremely important. We don't have equivalent words for them in English so we use the older words. For details, read Yang And Yin Healing, Yin Disease and Yang and Yin On Hair Mineral Tests.
A higher sodium/potassium ratio is definitely more yang. A lower ratio, even if it is obscured and compensated, is definitely more yin.
5. A movement indicator. The idea of movement is that one can tell how a person is moving ahead in one’s life from certain indicators on a hair mineral analysis. This is a subtle concept, but very useful for clients and practitioners, at times.
When elevated, the sodium/potassium ratio is associated with movement in the proper direction, and faster forward movement.
When low, the ratio is associated with reversal of movement, slowing of movement, and exhaustion. Reversal or backward movement is explained below in more detail.
6. Love versus will. Both sodium and potassium are power minerals. They are solvents, and they control the other minerals because they can dissolve them. This is a philosophical concept that is valid on a physical level. In other words, they are regulators of the other minerals by being powerful solvents.
Sodium is associated more with basic strength and power. Some would say this is also the expression of the love of the Creator. It is represented by the adrenal glands, which are far more than just the fight-or-flight glands, as is taught in physiology classes and medical schools.
Potassium is more associated with the quality of will. Will is a human answer to the love of the Creator. To be fully human, one must develop the will and direct it properly.
The unique healing process called Development encourages this in many ways. Potassium is represented more by the thyroid gland, which has a lot to do with potassium regulation. For details, read Introduction To Development and Introduction To The Development Program.
This philosophical understanding is discussed in more detail in a separate article entitled Love And Will.
Sodium covers and protects potassium. For example, when sodium is high relative to potassium a person generally has plenty of power or energy with which to function and express one’s will.
However, when the Na/K is low there is not enough love or power to cover the willfulness of the person. As a result, degeneration of the body always occurs. This is a catabolic state, which means that more destruction occurs rather than more building up of the body.
7. The energy center system of the body. Sodium is more related to the first and second centers of the physical body, which is the location of the adrenal glands. Potassium is more associated with imbalances in the fourth and fifth centers of the physical body, which is where the thyroid gland is found. For more details, read The Energy Centers.
An elevated or normal sodium/potassium ratio indicates better balance of the energy centers, in general, than a low sodium/potassium ratio.
8. Hormonal relationships. Among the adrenal hormones, sodium is more associated with aldosterone (a pro-inflammatory hormone), while potassium is more related to cortisol and cortisone (an anti-inflammatory hormone).
Also, the sodium level is more associated with the fast-acting adrenal hormones, while potassium is more associated with the longer-acting or slower-acting adrenal hormones. The Na/K ratio helps one to know the relationship between the different adrenal hormones.
Among the female hormones, sodium is more associated with estrogen levels, while potassium is more associated with progesterone levels. This can become important in conditions such as premenstrual syndrome and estrogen dominance.
For example, a higher sodium/potassium ratio may be more associated with estrogen dominance. However, this is not always the case because many people with a low Na/K ratio also have some estrogen dominance due to liver toxicity and sluggishness.
9. An inflammation indicator. Higher aldosterone than cortisol, represented by a high sodium/potassium ratio, is more associated with inflammation because aldosterone is a more pro-inflammatory hormone, whereas cortisol and cortisone are more anti-inflammatory hormones.
In contrast, lower aldosterone and higher cortisol or cortisone levels, represented by a lower Na/K, is more associated with a degenerative state, rather than an inflammatory state.
This may also be called a more catabolic state, or one in which the body is breaking down tissue faster than it is regenerating tissue. It is known that tissue breakdown and catabolism is one action of cortisol and cortisone.
10. A tissue breakdown or catabolism indicator. A low sodium/potassium ratio is an important indicator of excessive catabolism or tissue breakdown. A higher Na/K is associated with less catabolism and more anabolism in the body.
11. Acute versus chronic stress. A high Na/K ratio is more associated with more acute stress, while a low Na/K is more associated with chronic stress.
12. Diabetes, heart disease and malignancy. A low Na/k ratio is highly associated with blood sugar imbalance and diabetes. It is also associated with the development of cancer and cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks and strokes.
13. An important trauma indicator. A sodium/potassium ratio less than 1 in a human being is always an indicator of trauma in a human being. It is completely unnatural. This is discussed in more detail below.
14. An important emotional/mental indicator. A normal or mildly elevated sodium/potassium ratio is associated with a more positive response to life. It indicates a more forward-looking, upbeat and happy mental state.
A very high sodium/potassium ratio is associated with acute anger – an inflammatory emotion.
A low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with a more passive and more negative attitude, chronic stress, and negative emotions, especially frustration, resentment and hostility.
Other mineral relationships. Zinc raises potassium and lowers sodium. Copper, in contrast, raises sodium and tends to lower potassium. This is one way that these trace minerals control the levels of sodium and potassium.
Effects of other minerals on the sodium/potassium ratio. Many minerals raise the ratio such as manganese, chromium, and selenium. Others are certain compounds of iron, aluminum, nickel and perhaps others.
Vitamins can also affect the ratio. Most of the B-complex vitamins raise the ratio. Vitamins A and D tend to lower it a little. Vitamin E tends to raise it a lot, and at times dangerously if one takes over 1000 iu of natural vitamin E daily. Fatty acids (vitamin F) may lower it or raise it. Vitamin C tends to raise the ratio.
III. SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH AND LOW NA/K
SYMPTOMS OF A HIGH NA/K
As the sodium/potassium ratio rises on a hair mineral analysis above about 5 or perhaps 6, more symptoms involving this ratio are likely to arise. These may include a tendency for acute stress, inflammation or pain somewhere in the body.
Other symptoms may include water retention, edema, and perhaps a higher blood pressure or a labile or fluctuating blood pressure due to water retention and/or kidney stress. These are among the prominent physical symptoms that come with higher aldosterone levels in relation to cortisol, for example.
When the ratio is above about 12, it is an indicator for liver and kidney stress in some cases. Interestingly, this is found in a low sodium/potassium ratio as well.
The Na/K Ratio and PMS. In young adult women, a high sodium/potassium ratio can be more associated with high-estrogen premenstrual tension with symptoms of inflammation, anger, acne, bloating and breast swelling and tenderness. As a general rule, the sodium/potassium ratio rises before the menstrual period. For much more information about PMS, read Premenstrual Syndrome.
Emotional and mental symptoms of a high sodium/potassium ratio. These may include a tendency for anger or acute emotional stress. A mildly high ratio may also indicate a forward-looking attitude, moving ahead in life, and a more positive, future-oriented approach to life.
SYMPTOMS OF A LOW NA/K
Physical symptoms. Dr. Eck found that a low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with fatigue, sugar and carbohydrate intolerance, allergies, adrenal weakness, chronic infections, liver and kidney stress, cardiovascular stress, reduced immune response and possibly malignancy, and a more catabolic state or state of tissue breakdown.
The physical and physiological imbalances above can be expanded upon. For example, tissue breakdown can cause arthritis, ulcers, and practically any other disease depending upon where the tissue breakdown occurs. Cardiovascular stress can easily lead to a heart attack or stroke, and so on.
Mental and emotional symptoms. Dr Eck found that a low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with negative thinking and negative emotions in most cases. Prominent among these are frustration, resentment and hostility. It is also associated with reduced awareness in many cases, chronic stress, and “beating one’s head against a wall when the door is nearby”.
When the ratio is less than 1, often a person has hidden traumas that he or she is not aware of. The very low sodium/potassium ratio can perhaps be a protection against feeling the pain of the trauma. This can make the person appear to be less emotional, in fact.
As the Na/K ratio rises to about 1, then to 1.5 and then to 2.4 during correction on a development program, the traumas may surface for review. This can cause more feelings of anger, depression, frustration or other emotions as awareness increases. This is the important healing concept of Trauma Points We discuss it more below.
Degree of low sodium/potassium ratio important. Both the physical and emotional symptoms tend to become more pronounced as the sodium/potassium ratio becomes lower.
A Na/K less than about 2 is moderate, while a ratio less than 1 is considered extreme. For more details, read Low Sodium/Potassium Ratio.
Trauma Na/K. A sodium/potassium ratio less than 1:1 I call a trauma Na/K. The reason is that any time the Na/K ratio is this low, the person has usually experienced a trauma.
Trauma points and the sodium/potassium ratio. An interesting phenomenon is that there appear to be two “trauma points” associated with the Na/K ratio. They are Na/K = 0.4 to 0.5 and Na/K = 0.9 to 1.0.
This knowledge is important because a person heals and passes through these trauma points, often feelings and memories of the trauma will surface. Some of our clients will stop the development program when this occurs because the feelings are unpleasant.
Therefore, any time a person has a sodium/potassium ratio less than about 0.9, and especially if it is less than 0.4, it is helpful to warn the person that he or she may experience unusual or unpleasant thoughts or feelings as they heal and their Na/K ratio increases.
Quantifying a low Na/K ratio. This is very helpful to evaluate the number of adrenal burnout patterns are on a hair mineral analysis:
1. Na/K between 1.7 and 2.4 = single low ratio pattern
2. Na/K between 1 and 1.6 = double low ratio pattern
3. Na/K between 0.5 and 0.9 = triple low ratio pattern
4. Na/k less than 0.5 = quadruple low ratio pattern
IV. MEASURING THE NA/K
1. Standard laboratory methods. Commercial and university laboratories measure the sodium and potassium levels in hair or other tissues using atomic absorption (AA), induction-coupled plasma (ICP) or mass spectroscopy (MS).
NOTE: A problem with these methods today discussed above is that most all laboratories wash the hair samples at the laboratory before measuring the minerals. This lowers the sodium and potassium levels and can skew the Na/K ratio.
2. Radionic or other machines. One places a sample of hair or another tissue inside the machine for measurement. Alternatively, the machine may have a hand-held detector that one aims at a person's head to measure the mineral levels in the hair.
NOTE: A problem with the two methods above is that at the superficial level of the hair, the body keeps the Na/K somewhat normal. However, the actual Na/K on most people is generally much lower.
3. Physical signs or tests. The following are physical signs that can help indicate slow or fast oxidation, yin or yang condition of the body, and the actual Na/K.
A. Odor. People and animals that have a low Na/K have a foul body odor. It is an odor of decay or yeast. Some people detect this easily. In some cases, it can be masked with deodorants.
B. Moons. These are white crescents at the base of the fingernails and toenails. Lack of moons or very small ones indicates a lower actual Na/K.
C. Rogoff's sign. Using a small pen light or other small light, one shines it in a person's eye. The pupil should contract and should stay contracted. If the pupil does not contract, one is very ill with a very low Na/K. More often, the pupil contracts, but dilate again in a few seconds to about half a minute. This indicates a yin condition and a low Na/K.
D. Perceived temperature of male sexual fluid during sex. The perceived temperature of a man's sexual fluid is colder if the actual Na/K is low. A hair mineral test may or may not reflect this.
E. Slow patella or knee reflexes. If one taps with a rubber hammer just below the kneecap, there should be an immediate and strong reflex response. If the Na/K is low, the reflex response is slower and weaker.
V. STRESS AND THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
Acute stress. A high Na/K on a hair analysis is more associated with acute stress. The reason is as follows:
1) Acute stress causes increased adrenal gland activity.
2) This results in a rise in the secretion of the hormone aldosterone.
3) Aldosterone secretion causes sodium to be retained in the body by the kidneys. Thus the sodium level in the soft tissues rises.
Sodium retention by aldosterone is part of the alarm reaction or fight-flight reaction to stress. Early in the alarm reaction, the potassium level remains low. Thus, on a tissue mineral test, the ratio of sodium to potassium is elevated early in the alarm stage of stress.
For many more details, read The Stress Theory Of Disease. This is an extremely important healing and therapy concept and is the work of Dr. Hans Selye, MD.
Very sadly, the medical profession and the natural healing professions do not understand or use this theory nearly enough. The reason is it is difficult to measure, except with a properly performed and properly interpreted hair mineral test and the development program.
Chronic stress. In contrast, a low sodium/potassium ratio is more associated with chronic stress and usually an exhaustion stage of stress. This is because a low sodium/potassium ratio is an indicator of adrenal weakness.
Acute stress or alarm reactions in slow oxidation. Some people ask how it is possible to have an alarm reaction if one is a slow oxidizer or in an exhaustion stage of stress. The answer is that fast and slow oxidation are indicators or a more yang or more yin body situation or posturing. They are also associated with the alarm and the exhaustion stages of stress according to the stress theory of disease.
However, Dr. Eck found that within slow oxidation or an exhaustion stage of stress or a yin condition, one can still mount an acute stress response. This is indicated by a high sodium/potassium ratio and is a common occurrence. In fact, it is essential if a person is to move out of slow oxidation.
Double acute stress. A fast oxidizer with a high sodium/potassium ratio is a double inflammation pattern.
Double chronic stress. A slow oxidizer with a low sodium/potassium ratio means a double exhaustion pattern, which is definitely less desirable.
VI. INFLAMMATION AND THE NA/K
Aldosterone is a pro-inflammatory hormone. It tends to increase inflammation in the body. Cortisol and cortisone, associated more with potassium levels, are anti-inflammatory hormones because they diminish inflammation. The pro and anti-inflammatory hormones must be in a good balance with each other for optimum health.
A person with a high sodium/potassium ratio may be secreting more aldosterone, in relation to cortisol. Because there is more pro-inflammatory hormone, a tendency for inflammation exists in the body. This is particularly true when the sodium/potassium ratio is greater than 10:1.
Inflammation can take the form of any 'itis', such as arthritis, bursitis, colitis, or tendonitis. It is a tendency for aches and pains. A high sodium/potassium ratio is also a tendency for mental excitation. A ratio that persists between 3 and 6 suggests a forward-looking person. A ratio greater than 6:1 suggests aggressiveness and anger.
VII. TOXIC METALS AND THE NA/K
Hidden or overt copper, cadmium and mercury toxicity usually elevate sodium levels and can cause a higher sodium/potassium ratio. This is true even if the cadmium or mercury are hidden within body tissues and not revealed on the hair test. As cadmium, copper or mercury are eliminated, a retest mineral analysis will reveal an improved sodium/potassium ratio.
Kidney stress. An exception is if a retest is performed during a toxic metal elimination. The sodium/potassium ratio may temporarily rise or fall as any toxic metal is being eliminated.
This occurs because the metals irritate the kidneys. This may cause the sodium/potassium ratio to be temporarily skewed. The ratio will normalize when the metal elimination is complete.
ALUMINUM TOXICITY, ALONG WITH BIOUNAVAILABLE IRON AND/OR MANGANESE, CAN ELEVATE THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
A higher and often better-looking Na/K may also be due to an accumulation of toxic amounts of aluminum in the body. This will elevate the Na/K ratio, as will an excess of biologically unavailable manganese or iron.
This is a very common situation, and true in practically all slow oxidizers. The metals are in the form of oxides or carbonates, which are very damaging and cause oxidant damage and tissue irritation. They are sometimes called the amigos on this website.
Manganese and iron are not toxic metals. However, when present in excess, usually in a biounavailable form, they raise the sodium level in relation to the potassium level. This occurs because they irritate the adrenal glands and the kidneys, and perhaps other structures, in such a way as to alter the balance of sodium in relation to potassium.
We know this because as excesses of these metals are eliminated, the sodium to potassium ratio decreases, often substantially.
The amigos. Since they are often found together in the body, these metals are called the amigos. Some other minerals can be in an amigo or oxide form, including chromium, selenium, copper, nickel, boron, vanadium, molybdenum, cobalt and perhaps others, as well. For many more details, read The Irritants or Amigos - Iron, Manganese, Aluminum And others.
VIII. INFECTIONS, KIDNEY STRESS AND LIVER STRESS
Infection. When the Na/K is less than about 2.3, there is a greater tendency for infections. The lower the ratio, the greater the chances for infection.
Kidney and liver stress. A Na/K greater than about 10 or less than about 1.5 often indicates kidney stress, liver stress and perhaps an impaired immune response.
IX. THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THE NA/K
COMPENSATED
When most people begin the development program, the Na/K is compensated. This means that it may look normal or high, but, in fact, it is almost always quite low.
At one level, this is unacceptable to the body so the body raises the ratio in order to function better. It does this by accumulating certain toxic metals or toxic chemicals, or irritant forms of nutrient minerals.
One can raise the Na/K in other ways, such as adopting attitudes, even anger. The thugs use artificial life support to raise the Na/K. Such methods are called crutches in development science.
PROGRESSION OF THE NA/K DURING A PROPERLY DESIGNED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. As a result of the compensations, during true correction of the Na/K, the ratio often increases a little on some retests. However, then it often decreases again.
A few months later, it often increases a little. However, on the next retest a few months later it may decrease again.
This pattern often goes on for a number of years. Eventually, if one stays with the program, the Na/K stays at a fairly normal or slightly elevated level.
The reason for this up and down activity of the Na/K is that when the ratio rises, the body eliminates some toxic metals or toxic chemicals. This is excellent, but it is a reduction in the compensatory mechanism of the body and it causes the Na/K to decrease.
TURNING DOWN LIFE SUPPORT
Also, as the ratio increases due to the entire development program, the planning souls turn down a person's artificial life support implants. This is excellent and one goal of the development program.
Turning down artificial life support will cause the Na/K to decrease. It is simply that less compensation was needed, so the body eliminated a metal or something else that was acting as a crutch. This is like throwing away one of your crutches if you broke your leg but it is healing.
THE EFFECT OF PROPER SUPPLEMENTATION
When it occurs, the development program must be altered by substituting zinc for Limcomin if the ratio rises above 2.5, or by substituting Limcomin for zinc if the ratio falls below 2.5.
A large change in the Na/K ratio before it is time for a retest hair mineral analysis. Once in a while, the Na/K ratio changes from high to low or vice versa, or varies a lot in some other way before it is time for a retest mineral analysis. Many times, the person begins to feel badly, as a rule, because the development program is no longer correct.
If zinc is no longer required, often the person becomes very tired and perhaps depressed. If Limcomin is no longer required, one may become irritable, angry or have pain somewhere in the body.
If you suspect this has occurred, please contact your development consultant and ask that I check to see if your program needs altering. I can sometimes do this and figure out a new program without needing a hair analysis, although it is not as accurate.
More trimethylglycine when the sodium/potassium ratio is less than 0.4. If the sodium/potassium ratio is less than about 0.4 mg%, a little more TMG is often helpful. For more on TMG, please read Trimethylglycine on this website.
TOXIC POTASSIUM ELIMINATION AND THE NA/K
Our food is loaded with toxic forms of potassium due to the use of superphosphate fertilizers. During the development program, at times the body will eliminate some toxic potassium.
When this occurs, the tissue potassium level rises, often sharply. This means the Na/K decreases, at times very severely. For details, read Toxic Potassium.
Maturing pattern. Toxic potassium is one of the child minerals. We don't know exactly why it works, but it blocks some brain centers, and as a result, keeps people from maturing. When one eliminates some toxic potassium, the pattern is called maturing pattern.
One must be very careful with supplementation in these instances. A common mistake is to supplement with a heavy dose of Limcomin to attempt to balance the Na/K. However, this is incorrect and can cause extreme symptoms of inflammation and anger.
In these cases, one must go easy with Limcomin. One must realize that the rise in potassium, at least in part, is just a toxic elimination. The decrease in the Na/k is not all real. Therefore the person does not need much Limcomin.
HOW TO RAISE YOUR NA/K
Drugs.
Vitamins and minerals.
The entire development program.
Attitudes.
X. OTHER TOPICS
SALT-EATING AND THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
Many people assume that a high sodium/potassium ratio indicates an excessive salt intake. While possibly true, in many instances salt-eating has little impact upon the sodium/potassium ratio.
A high Na/K frequently occurs in people who consume no salt whatsoever! The main causes of a high sodium/potassium ratio are excessive aldosterone secretion due to stress or anger, toxic metals or a zinc and magnesium deficiency. Salt-eating plays a secondary role.
We recommend everyone avoid table salt, which is a very poor quality food. One may have sea salt (unrefined salt), which contains more magnesium and trace elements. In fact, it is an excellent food if it is pure and of good quality.
We recommend limiting salt slightly when the sodium/potassium ratio is above 12, especially if blood pressure is elevated. However, it is not usually necessary to eliminate all salt from the diet. Also, sea salt is often tolerated much better than table salt.
BIOUNAVAILABLE SODIUM AND POTASSIUM
It appears that sodium and potassium may not always act as solvents and regulators in the body. It appears that at times, a normal or even an elevated hair sodium or potassium level, for example, could be so due to kidney stress or perhaps other factors. It may not be quite as bioavailable to the body for certain purposes.
As toxic metals are removed, the level might decrease, or it might rise on a retest hair mineral analysis. Even if it decreases, the metabolic effect of the sodium and/or potassium may increase. The explanation may be that the original level did not reflect all bioavailable sodium and potassium, whereas on the retest, the sodium and/or potassium may have become more available for certain metabolic purposes. This needs more research.
COMBINATION MINERAL ANALYSIS PATTERNS INVOLVING THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
These are many and include:
1. The bowl pattern (an elevated Ca/Mg ratio and a low Na/K ratio).
2. The hill pattern (a low Ca/Mg ratio with an elevated Na/K ratio).
3. Double high ratio pattern (an elevated Ca/Mg ratio with an elevated Na/K ratio).
4. Double low ratio pattern (a low Ca/Mg ratio with a low Na/K ratio).
5. Double high ratio.
6. Step down.
7. Step up.
8. Victim pattern. This is a low Na/K AND slow oxidation.
9. Sympathetic dominance (often an elevated Na/K ratio is part of or reinforces this important pattern).
SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE – A SECONDARY INDICATOR IS A HIGH SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
A hair sodium/potassium ratio above about 5 or 6 is also an indicator of a sympathetic dominant personality type. These are individuals who overuse the sympathetic or fight-or-flight nervous system. They are usually very active, either mentally, physically or both. The tendency is greater when the Na/K ratio is above about 12.
These people may overdo on exercise, run around a lot, worry a lot or, in some other way, keep themselves in a fight-or-flight mode. Note that the body becomes exhausted from this tendency, and has gone into a parasympathetic state of slow oxidation. However, the person keeps right on using the sympathetic system instead of slowing down. This prevents the recovery of health.
Note: Another indicator of sympathetic dominance is a low hair potassium level. This is discussed more in the article entitled Sympathetic Dominance.
CANCER AND THE NA/K
Cancer is trophoblast. The trophoblast is a normal tissue of the body that arises in early pregnancy. It arises from totipotent cells.
However, totipotent cells can transform into trophoblast at the wrong time and/or place, and this is called cancer. This fact has been known for over 100 years, but is not taught to physicians or the public and is a terrible crime. For details, read The Tophoblast.
What matters is which conditions of the body cause the totipotent cells to transform into trophoblast. One of the most important conditions is a low true Na/K ratio.
NOTE: However, with cancer, the Na/K ratio can appear normal on a hair mineral test if the ratio is compensated, as is often the case.
Most adults have some cancer today. We find most people have some cancer today, even if the Na/K on their hair mineral test is normal or even elevated.
Cancers can raise the Na/K. As cancer develops, the hair Na/K may increase. For example, cancer is associated with excessive iron, in some cases, and iron can raise the ratio.
Elevated estrogen is also associated with cancer and too much estrogen raises the sodium/potassium ratio.
BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATION AND THE NA/K
Biological transmutation is the conversion of one mineral into another inside living bodies. This is the truth and it has been suppressed on earth. This is a terrible crime and has to do with our health problems.
This concept was explained most eloquently in the twentieth century by a French scientist, Dr. Louis Kervran. He iwrote an easily understood book entitled Biological Transmutations.
The action of certain hormones, enzymes and/or micro-organisms can, under the right circumstances, change one element into another at low temperatures and pressure.
Dr. Kervran offers a number of proofs of the concept. They include such experiments as noting that chickens excrete much more calcium in their egg shells than the chickens ingest in their food.
Dr. Kervran also includes the chemical formulae in his book of how how some transmutations work.
Chapter 6 in the book is entitled Principal Transmutations, and a sub-heading is called The Sodium/Potassium Ratio. In this chapter, Dr. Kervran notes that the adrenal hormone aldosterone appears capable of transmuting sodium into potassium.
As proof, he notes that in people with Addison’s disease, a condition of low aldosterone, the sodium level declines and the potassium level increases.
NA/K AND MOVING ENERGY DOWNWARD THROUGH THE BODY
Moving or pushing etheric energy downward from head to feet increases the Na/K by moving electrons downward toward the feet. This leave the head more electro-positive and the feet more electro-negative.
This effectively raises the Na/K ratio throughout the body, and especially in the head. This topic is critical and discussed in several separate articles entitled Downward Moving Energy And Healing and Meditation For Healing.
THE SECOND FOUR MINERALS AND THE NA/K
The chart of the tissue minerals can be divided into groups of four minerals. These are called the mineral tetras.
The first tetra is calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium - in that order. The second tetra is iron, copper, manganese and zinc – in that order. The higher tetras are deeper levels of functioning of the body.
Correspondence concept. There is a correspondence between the tetras. This means there is a correspondence between the Na/K (first tetra) and the Mn/Zn (second tetra).
Doubling. For example, if both the Na/K and the Mn/Zn are low, it is a more powerful indicator of a low Na/K. If both the Na/K and the Mn/Zn are elevated, it is a more powerful indicator of a high Na/K. These two conditions are called doubling.
The same is true of other patterns that involve the Na/K such as the bowl pattern, the hill pattern, step up, step down, four lows, four highs and sympathetic dominance.
Mirroring. A mirror ratio is a ratio in one tetra that is opposite that of the other tetra. It is as though one is looking in a mirror. The mirror ratio of the Na/K is the Fe/Cu ratio.
More tetras. There are more tetras. For more details, read The Mineral Tetras.
XI. THE LIFE CHART
To view the life chart, go to Life Chart.
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