THE
SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
by Dr. Lawrence
Wilson
© November
2017, 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.
An entire book could easily be written
about the ratio of sodium to potassium on a hair mineral analysis. Dr. Eck called this ratio the vitality ratio. Earlier in his life, he called it the life-death ratio, as it is so
important. It could also be called
the electrical
ratio or the internal ratio.
The Na/K on a
retest is completely different from the Na/K on an initial test. Most of this article applies only to the Na/K on an initial
test.
On a retest, the Na/K ratio can
swing wildly from high to very low as body chemistry rebalances, as the body
eliminates toxic metals, and as the body retraces traumas. These swings do not mean much, except
that a lot of change is going on inside the body.
What matters is to stay on a
nutritional balancing program, and oneÕs healing will progress.
Ideal ratio. Dr. Eck found that the ideal hair sodium/potassium ratio is
about 2.5 in humans. A good range
is between about 2.4 and up to about 4 or even 5 in a human being. In an animal, the ideal is closer to
0.5. In plants, it is closer to
0.1. This is important from an
electrical standpoint. The sodium/potassium ratio is a measure of
the electrical potential of the cells.
It is critical that the hair is
not washed at the laboratory for accurate sodium and potassium readings. Only Analytical Research Labs and Trace
Minerals, Inc. offer the hair mineral test without washing the hair at the
laboratory. We much prefer
Analytical Research Labs as the graph is easier to read, the readings may be
more accurate, out of range numbers are automatically repeated at no charge,
and their program recommendations are better.
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. Yin and yang. A higher sodium/potassium ratio is definitely more
yang. A lower ratio is definitely
more yin in nature.
4. A movement
indicator. The idea of movement is that one can
tell how a person is moving ahead in oneÕs 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.
5. 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. Nutritional balancing encourages this in many ways. Potassium is represented more by the thyroid gland, which has a lot to do
with potassium regulation.
This philosophical diversion is
discussed in more detail in a separate article entitled Love And Will.
Sodium covers and protects potassium. When sodium is high relative to
potassium, for example, a person generally has plenty of power or energy with
which to function and express oneÕs will.
When the ratio is low, however, there is not enough love or power to cover the willfulness
of the person. As a result,
degeneration of the body always occurs.
I call it a catabolic state, which just means that more destruction
occurs rather than more building up of the body.
6. 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.
7. A
directional indicator of the oxidation rate. A high sodium/potassium ratio is more associated with a
increasing or speeding up of the oxidation rate. A low sodium/potassium ratio is more associated with a
collapse or slowing of the oxidation rate. It is an excellent indicator, in fact. This
has a lot to do with the electrical aspect of this ratio, explained below.
8. Hormonal
relationships.
Hormonal relationships are rough associations. However, they are very important and interesting
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).
Sodium is more associated with
the fast-acting adrenal hormones,
while potassium is more associated with the longer-acting or slower-acting
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 this reason, a higher
sodium/potassium ratio may be more associated with estrogen dominance, although
this is not always the case, as 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
sodium/potassium ratio, 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.
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. While not always the case, a
sodium/potassium ratio less than 1 in a human being is associated with hidden
or overt trauma. This is discussed
in more detail below.
14. An important
emotional/mental indicator. A mildly elevated sodium/potassium
ratio is associated with a more positive response to life, forward-looking,
upbeat and moving ahead. A low
sodium/potassium ratio is associated with a more negative attitude, chronic
stress, and negative emotions such as 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 the macrominerals or electrolytes.
Effects of other
minerals on the sodium/potassium ratio. Many minerals
raise the ratio such as manganese, chromium, and selenium. Others are 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. Vitamin C tends to raise the ratio.
MORE DETAILS ABOUT A
HIGH NA/K RATIO
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. For more, please read the
article entitled High Sodium/Potassium
Ratio on this site.
SYMPTOMS OF A LOW
SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
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 Òbeating
oneÕs head against a wall when the door is nearbyÓ.
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 approaches about 1 during correction on a nutritional balancing
program, the traumas may surface, causing more feelings of anger, depression or
others as the awareness grows.
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 ratio less than about 2 is moderate,
while a ratio less than 1 is considered extreme.
For more, please read the
article entitled Low Sodium/Potassium Ratio
on this site.
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 Òtrauma pointsÓ 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 nutritional balancing 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
SUMMARY
|
High Na/K Ratio |
Low Na/k Ratio |
Inflammation |
Greater
tendency |
Less
tendency |
Hormones |
Estrogen
dominant |
Progesterone
dom. |
Stress tendency |
More
acute stress |
More
chronic stress |
Emotional tendency |
Acute:
anger, rage, acute stress |
Chronic:
frustration, resentment, hostility |
Tissue reaction |
More
reactive tissues and organism |
Less
reactive, more fatigued |
Stage of stress |
Earlier
stages |
Later
stages |
STRESS AND THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
Acute stress. A high sodium/potassium ratio
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.
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.
MORE ON INFLAMMATION
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.
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: the more common indicator
for sympathetic dominance is a low potassium level, not the sodium/potassium
ratio. This is discussed more in
the article entitled Sympathetic
Dominance.
SOME TOXIC METALS CAN
ELEVATE THE SODIUM/POTASSIUM RATIO
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.
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 ratio of sodium to potassium 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 appear to be
in the form of oxides, which are damaging and can cause oxidant damage and
tissue irritation. They are called
the
amigos on this website.
Manganese and iron are not toxic
metals. However, when present in
excess, usually in a biounavailable form, they seem to raise the sodium level
in relation to the potassium level.
This may occur because they irritate the adrenal glands, or perhaps the
kidneys, or 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. One can read more about
iron, manganese and aluminum in the article entitled The Three Amigos.
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 ratio 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.
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.
KIDNEY AND LIVER
STRESS AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
A sodium/potassium ratio greater
than about 10 or less than about 1.5 often indicates kidney stress, liver
stress and perhaps an impaired immune response.
BIOUNAVAILABLE
SODIUM AND POTASSIUM
This is a more advanced
topic. 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
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. Sympathetic dominance (often an elevated
Na/K ratio is part of or reinforces this important pattern).
6. Fast with inversion (fast
oxidation with a low Na/K ratio).
MORE ADVANCED
CONCEPTS
The
ratio of sodium to potassium in the soft tissues of a human being is probably
the most critical ratios to consider when interpreting a hair mineral
analysis. I am not sure why this
is so, but it was an absolute truth for my teacher, Dr. Paul C. Eck. I have come to agree with him, even if
all the reasons for it are not clear.
It is primarily for this reason that Dr. Eck insisted that the hair must
not be washed at the laboratory.
Washing the hair at the lab always tends to skew the sodium and
potassium levels and ratio because sodium and potassium are highly water
soluble elements.
Also true for animals.
The sodium/potassium ratio is not just critical for human beings. It also appears to be critical for
animals of all species, as well.
Also true for plants and foods.
In fact, it is true for plants.
Also true for the soil and for
rocks and other minerals.
This is quite extraordinary and speaks of a universality of the ratio of sodium
to potassium in all of nature, both living and non-living.
The ratio in human beings is about 2.5. In animals it is about 0.5. In plants, it tends to be between 0.1 and 0.2. In the soil it tends to be about
0.12-0.15. In minerals, it tends
to be roughly 0.02 although it varies with each mineral. 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. This may be
significant, and will be discussed later in this article.
In food, the ratio varies a lot, depending on the nature of the food and
how it was grown, where it was grown, etc.
RELATIONSHIPS AND THE NA/K
RATIO
In relationships between men and women, the ratio matters, too. It should be about 10-12:1, man to
woman, yang to yin. However, it
cannot be measured in the sodium and potassium in the hair. Instead, I am told it is measured in
the ratio of indium to rubidium. (I have not confirmed this, however.)
This may be called the Òrelationship ratioÓ, as it has a lot to do with
the happiness of a couple. Now let
us examine why the sodium/potassium ratio may be so important and its meaning
at a physics level.
SODIUM/POTASSIUM AND CANCER
Oddly, cancer can raise a low sodium/potassium ratio. Cancer is associated with excessive
iron, in some cases, and iron can raise the ratio. Estrogen may also raise the sodium/potassium ratio, at
times, and it is associated with the growth of trophoblast
cells. The trophoblast is a normal
cell line that can cause cancer when it grows in the wrong place or time.
Some chemotherapeutic agents
raise the sodium/potassium ratio.
In some cases, this is known, while in others the action of the drug, or
other anti-cancer substances or herbs, is not well understood.
Cancer, however, is much more than just a low sodium/potassium ratio
because we see many people with a low ratio who do not have a lot of
cancer. However, Dr. Eck found
that a low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with more cancer.
SODIUM TO POTASSIUM, A BASIC
TRANSMUTATION
One theory as to why the sodium/potassium ratio is so important has to
do with the theory of biological
transmutation of the elements.
This theory was put forth most eloquently by a French scientist of the
twentieth century, Dr. Louis Kervran.
He is the author of a wonderful, easily understood book entitled Biological
Transmutations. The theory
holds that the action of certain hormones, enzymes and/or micro-organisms can,
under the right circumstances, change one element into another at low
temperatures and pressures.
Dr. Kervran offers a number of proofs of this theory that, at least to
my mind, are hard to disprove.
They include such experiments as noting that chickens excrete much more
calcium in their egg shells than the chickens take ingest in their food. How is this possible, we should be
asking?
Perhaps Dr. Kervran is wrong, but I have not seen experiments or proof
to the contrary. Dr. Kervran also
includes the chemical formulae in his book to suggest how the transmutations
work, and many are simple.
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 AddisonÕs 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, leaving 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.
CHANGES IN THE NA/K RATIO DURING
NUTRITIONAL BALANCING PROGRAMS
It is very common for the sodium/potassium ratio to move up and down
repeatedly when a person follows a nutritional balancing program. This is often seen on retest minerals
analyses.
The rising and falling of the Na/K ratio during the program is not a
problem, at all. In fact, it is
normal and good. It occurs, for
example, if one eliminates a toxic metal, perhaps, or if one retraces an
infection, or perhaps if one retraces a trauma that caused anger or fear. Please know that such changes are
absolutely normal on a nutritional balancing program.
When it occurs, the nutritional balancing 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 nutritional
balancing 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.
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