Calling all Naturopaths: Do you Have a Treatment for Brain Bog?

OK, I’ve got a confession. I think I’ve OD’d on data ….. I’m suffering from a major case of information overload and I’m spinning out of control!

After my oncologist told me in July 2008 that chemo wasn’t in the cards just yet, I decided that I would change my lifestyle – become more aware of what I put in my body, exercise several times each week, and start a program of supplements geared towards improving my immune system – all in an effort to ward off a return of the evil “C”.

When I mentioned supplements, both my family doctor and oncologist advised me that making healthy food choices would suffice. So, I identified which vitamins and minerals would help boost my immune system and then attempted to translate that information into lists of relative foods so that I could do as my doctors had suggested.

That’s all well and good - in theory. But then I read several articles explaining that growing conditions and/or overcooking can eliminate any hopes of getting the required amounts of these nutrients on a daily basis. Hmmmm …. Wouldn’t it be easier, I thought, just to take supplements to ensure I was getting what I needed; at least until I got my “food ducks” in a row? So I started out loyally with flax oil and yogurt once or twice a day. Then I added supplements – Vitamin E and Selenium; Zinc and Vitamin A; and a few others for good measure.

It just dawned on me last night that I haven’t done the flax oil/yogurt mix for over a month. And what feels like an irritated stomach - that I blame on Vitamin A - has caused me to ease off of the vitamin/mineral concept for the past month as well. So now I find myself back at square one because I can’t remember why I was taking any of these in the first place!!

Well, here it is four months later and after reading a pile of self-help books and visiting hundreds of Internet sites on healthful living, I am overflowing with knowledge; stuffed with page after page of wonderful hints and insights on how to improve my health and fuse my mind, body, and soul – and I wonder if I’m doing myself more harm than good!! To make things worse, I can no longer absorb or even make sense of all of the information I’ve read and I think I may have developed brain paralysis because my mind is pulling a blank - caused, no doubt, by information overload.

Oh, and since I’m confessing my sins, I might as well admit that I’ve spent so much time reading that I also haven’t made time for an exercise regime!!

So today I finally admitted to myself, and now to you, that I need help; I made a call to a Naturopath in the hopes of finding someone knowledgeable in these matters who can keep me on track and monitor what I’m doing. I no longer want to worry about whether I’m approaching this lifestyle change correctly; taking too much of one or more supplements; or maybe even using the wrong the combinations.

I’ll be meeting with my new friend on November 18th for a consultation.

After all, getting healthy is my goal and helping me get healthy is hers. I think it will be a good partnership!!

Until next time …….
~ B-Optimistic ~