by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© October 2015,
L.D. 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. EckÕs original work.
However, it is an important hair analysis pattern. It may also be named overwhelming
stress, skidding, 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 oneÕs
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 ÒamigosÓ 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 a complete nutritional balancing
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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