by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
©
September 2023, 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.
The
hair analysis pattern called three lows or three low electrolytes was not part of Dr. Eck’s original
work. However, it is an important
hair analysis pattern. It may also
be named overwhelming
stress, one foot in the tunnel, or almost four lows. It is a common pattern.
Definition:
The pattern is present when three of the four major electrolytes - calcium,
magnesium, sodium or potassium – are below their ideal values, and one of
them is above the ideal.
Ideals. The ideals we use at
present are calcium of 40 mg%, magnesium of 6 mg%, sodium of 25 mg%, and
potassium of 10 mg%.
Hair washing. The hair must not be washed at the laboratory for this pattern to
be valid.
Four types. Four types of skidding pattern are possible:
1.
Calcium is high and the other electrolytes are low. This is common and often found in slow oxidizers and those
with sympathetic dominance. Often,
with this pattern, the calcium/magnesium ratio is high. If this ratio is between about 9.5 and
13.5, it usually indicates that a person is eating too many carbohydrate foods
(starches and/or sugars). If the
calcium/magnesium ratio is above about 13.5, it indicates that a lifestyle
factor is interfering with one’s health and that the person is defending this
lifestyle factor or attitude when one should let go of it. For more on this pattern, read The Spiritual Defensiveness Pattern, or see
the 2010 or later editions of Nutritional Balancing And Hair Mineral
Analysis. These indicators
are important only on an initial hair mineral analysis. On retests, other factors can influence
these readings.
2.
Magnesium is high and the other three are low. This means the calcium/magnesium ratio is somewhat low. It is perhaps a bit more acute than the
first variant.
3.
Sodium is high and the other three are low. The name given to this pattern is four lows under stress, especially if
the sodium level is just slightly above 25 mg%. It means that the person is close to a four lows pattern,
but there is so much inflammation or irritation that it keeps the person out of
four lows at this time. This
pattern is often associated with sympathetic dominance pattern.
4.
Potassium is high and the other three are low. This pattern is more common in children and in adult
men. It is always associated with
a low sodium/potassium ratio, which is
another indicator for adrenal exhaustion or burnout. It is also usually associated with a fast oxidation rate,
which is more common in children, and in adult men rather than women.
In
whom. The three lows
pattern is seen most commonly in adults.
It is not as common in children, although it can occur in children.
MEANING OF THE PATTERN
As
the name implies, this pattern indicates some degree of adrenal exhaustion, and
that a person is moving toward a four lows pattern. This is very important because four lows is a collapse. Most people never exit a four lows
pattern and instead develop serious illness in this pattern. So anything that can be done to keep a
person out of four lows is helpful.
A properly designed nutritional balancing program can usually do this
easily.
With a three lows pattern, the body is malnourished and usually quite toxic. Either one has a lot of toxic metals or too many nutrient minerals that
are in a toxic form. To read more
about this, please read The Amigos –
Iron, Manganese and Aluminum.
The “amigos” are usually oxides that are very irritating.
Both excessive toxic
metals and amigos are usually present.
OTHER VARIANTS
1. The level of
the mineral that is elevated above the ideal. A three lows pattern can be very close to a four lows
pattern if the one mineral that is elevated above the ideal level is just
slightly above the ideal level.
This indicates that the person is almost in a four lows pattern, and
this is usually more serious or concerning.
In
other cases, the one mineral that is elevated is quite high, and this indicates
that the person is not as close to a four lows pattern, which is generally a
healthier pattern.
2. The levels
of the three minerals that are low. The three minerals that are low can be
just lightly below the ideal values, such as a calcium level of 38 mg%,
magnesium of 5 mg%, and sodium of 22 mg%.
However, one or more of the
minerals that are low can be extremely low, such as a potassium level of 1 mg%
or a sodium level of 1 or 2 mg%.
This usually indicates that a person is closer to adrenal burnout and
probably nearer to a four lows pattern.
3.
Combinations due to the levels and ratios of the minerals. These can vary a lot, and therefore indicate many other
patterns such as a bowl pattern, a hill pattern, spiritual defensiveness, low
sodium/potassium ratio, high sodium/potassium ratio, double high ratio pattern,
double low ratio pattern, and a vampire victim pattern.
Three lows pattern can also
coexist with a fast oxidation pattern, a slow oxidation pattern, or a mixed
oxidation pattern.
CORRECTION
This
pattern generally responds very well to the development program. The nutrition and lifestyle program
strengthens and balances the body chemistry, which allows the person to emerge
from the pattern quite easily, in most cases.
At
times, a person will move into a four lows pattern as part of the corrective
process. This is always a
retracing, and is perfectly acceptable.
If one stays on the program, eventually one will emerge from the four
lows pattern – usually much healthier.
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