I am between contracts and spent almost 2 months at my parents' place in Europe. That was great idea.


Klauss

Funny that you mention that, we stayed a total of 7 nights 3 in the mountains and 4 in Northern Florida in fully equiped cabins just like you descibed (in state parks). It was a physical challenge packing and driving and unpacking and repacking and driving. Even though the schedule was tight, the serenity and change of environment was overwhelmingly peaceful. It almost forced peacefulness on you. And even though I didn't have enough time to recover any. I got just enough peace and quiet, sunlight and no Cell Phone coverage to realize what the problem with life is.

It's amazing what opening the windows feeling the breeze and listening to the birds and crickets and rain drops can do to a person. Makes all the hassle and research, alarm clocks, meetings, text messages, face book posts, everything seem so, well, unappealling, almost meaningless.

I chose parks somewhat off the beaten path on purpose. It worked out well. No matter where we went, we practically had the whole world to ourselves it seemed.

Of note as well, the behavior of the 3 children with us was noticably better than ever too.

My only regret is having to leave. But now the challenge is to make my normal world like that. Everyone has told me it can't be done, we'll see.

Excellant info and with Dr. Wilson's book.

Just wished I had know all this info. about 12-24 years ago and I could have prevented much of my condition now, which is very bad, even on an adrenal protocal and under a good naturopathic dr.
But, I'm hopeful and am a woman of faith,

but it id very hard many days still.

Paulette

Great advice! thanks for spelling that out for us. I love it when people talk about the autonomic nervous system.

Nick Gonzalez talks about it at length, but I think for most people he misses the point with his emphasis that
people are either balanced, sypathetic or parasympathic dominant. THE PROBLEM IS THE SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM IS TURNED
ON CHRONICALLY, TOO HIGH AND TOO OFTEN AND INAPPROPRIATELY! I do recommend everyone download his 6 hour audio lecture however to learn in detail these two systems. When the parasympatheic system is on (the opposite of fight/flight), valves along the GI tract open, the liver works for detox, hormones are built.

Everybody do this: get home from work, or stop what you are doing now. Lay down like your going to sleep, and relax. Now put your hand on your belly and breathe normally and slowly, but like a baby breathe into your abdomen and NOT your chest. Your hand will go up and down now. within 4-12 breathes you will feel, or hear the liver dumping bile, you will feel or hear peristalsis. This should be happening more often and the fact that it isn't is a big deal. You have just turned on the parasypathetic system. And that is a big deal, that is anabolic / restorative.

Besides that, the following video demonstrates beatifully how reduced sleep patterns alone induced insulin
resistance and I believe decreased ability of the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Changes were
observed consistently in healthy young adults IN AS LITTLE AS 3 DAYS OF RESTRICTED SLEEP. These changes included,
if I remember correctly, decreased glucose tolerance confirmed via IV glucose tolerance test, craving for salt and sweet, and overall increase in daily caloric intake.

http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sleep-Disturbances-Obesity-and-Type-2-Diabetes-Inter...

The video does not say why. I don't care much why, but I think it might have something to do with changes in
adrenal hormones cortizol and epinephorin, which normally fish the glucose out of the glycogen and maintain healthy
blood sugars. When this does not happen upon rising in the morning, you reach for a stimulant. I think nicotine
will do it (stimulate the liver and raise the Sugar to basically turn your lights on). We all know sugar/starch
does it. Even too much of the right kinds of food will do it.

dont take my word for it, watch it.

And if you liked that you might like this as well:
http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717

Hint: fructose is a poison, but itself, because only the liver can metabolize fructose= chronic toxin, not acute,
but chronic toxin. He stops well short of saying fruit is bad for you, but I wouldn't.

This to me is very exciting stuff.

Andy

Paulette,

I sure hope you get your vacation, you deserve it. In the meantime, just try to make each day a little more relaxing.

So cool you did that! i'm a little bit jealous. Being a man of observation I must say that I did spend several days without Cell Phone coverage. Not a big anit-emf/rf person.... but. Maybe I will just try that little experiment again this summer.

BTW no TV in those cabins either. awesome

cheers