Autonomic Nervous System

“Adequate energy reserves ensure our ability to deal with stress.”

There are different metabolic oxidation rates that an individual can have. It follows the Stress Theory of Disease. It is how well the body is keeping a homeostatic state to stress or stimulus. You have two nerve branches of the autonomic nervous system, the parasympathetic and the sympathetic, which in return influences the organs, mineral levels and tissues. The oxidation types are slow, mixed and fast oxidation. Below I go into more detail on the most common states, slow and fast. The goal of treating the oxidation type (nervous system) provides a wholesome approach to healing by properly correcting an individuals energy production, inflammatory response and etc. Another mineral pattern that I must mention is a four lows which is a pattern where the nervous system/oxidation rate is in a somewhat stalled state of the inability to fall into slow or fast. 

Slow Oxidation

“If your sodium and potassium levels go too low, it means there is not enough solvent left in your body.

So your minerals begin to drop out of solution. They precipitate. They begin to pile up in your tissues, arteries, joints, your heart, your skin, etc. You become less flexible. In other words, you age prematurely.”

Slow Oxidation is the nerve state of the parasympathetic nervous system. On a hair test the typical slow oxidative state is a relatively high calcium/magnesium level and low sodium/potassium level. The super-slow oxidizer feels weak and tired most of the time. They are lethargic, doesn’t like to start new things or is too tired to even care about things happening around them. Slow oxidation is basically a defensive holding pattern. The body is in a state of defense against stress – it has gone into a protective shell to ward off any demands on its mineral reserves; therefore the energy system collapses. A number of health conditions which are often associated with slow oxidation are: Excessive fatigue, Depression, Dry skin, Poor skin tone, Acne, Digestion problems, Migraine headaches, Constipation, Overweight, Allergies, Anxieties and Hypoglycemia.

Fast Oxidation

“When the thyroid and adrenals of the fast oxidizer become overactive, the sodium and potassium levels go too high. This causes too many minerals to go into solution. To keep going, the body starts cannibalizing tissues for minerals in the same way you would strip down a car for parts.”

A Fast Oxidizer is in a fight or flight response majority of the time. The body is suppose to fluctuate in and out of the two nerve branches (parasympathetic and sympathetic) when the body needs to but the body should primarily reside in the parasympathetic state or in other words, rest and digest. The problem with fast oxidation is the prolonged acute stress that is placed on the body which depletes their mineral reserves very quickly. The fast oxidizer does not give in to fatigue. They attack it. They go into an over-burn in order to maintain the same pace. The fast oxidizer needs stress to keep them going and to feel alive. If they did not stay hyped-up and keyed up, they would collapse and in return feel defeated. That’s why the fast oxidizer goes to pieces when things become too peaceful. When things are too quiet, their organs don’t get the stimulation they need to carry on but on the right program they can get the support they need in order to maintain their energy levels.