EMPOWER PEEPS, LISTEN UP!

FYI  For a lot of people that take Empower, it is a long-term commitment.  Why?  Because Empower is food/nutrition and needs to be replaced daily just like other food we eat.  Our brains, and I'm talking about the entire human race, are fueled by the food we eat.  In order for Empower to work well, it needs to be taken every day in the dosage that your individual brain and make-up requires.

You are unique, your circumstances are different than anyone else.  I personally can't determine what is best for you, but I am learning that there are some commonalities.  The biggest one is that, whether or not you are on medication, you need to work up gradually to the dosage that is best for you.

 As you work up gradually, start taking Empower with breakfast.  Take one capsule at breakfast. The next day add a capsule at lunch.  The third day take two at breakfast, then two at lunch.  If taking more than four, then the next day add another at breakfast and another at lunch.  If taking higher doses ( and you should consult with Support personnel to know correct amount for you) then add Empower at dinner but be sure to take that dose 4-5 hours before bedtime

Always take Empower with food, ideally with meals.  Eat half of your meal, take the Empower, then eat the rest of your meal.

Eight is the highest dosage for most people.  Support people I have talked to have recommended at least six a day for people in a high stress situation/lifestyle.  Four is generally a good maintenance dose.  A body can't absorb more than three at a time, so take that four in two doses.  Also avoid taking it anywhere near bedtime for optimal sleep.

Most people don't get a stomach ache with Empower, and if they do, it is temporary.  If you do get a stomach ache, you may need to back off and build up more slowly.  In this and any other discomforts that you feel might be related to taking Empower, call Support and get their take on it.

If you take thyroid medication, you need to determine with help from Support what is the best time to take thyroid medication in relationship to Empower.

I was told that when pregnant and lactating mothers take Empower, it gives their baby's brain what it needs.  The baby will be calmer, happier, and more intelligent.  Support will help these mothers to know how to get started and dosage amounts.  Eight is the recommended dosage for pregnancy.  Pregnant mothers may want to take additional folate and iron.

Something to be aware of is that some supplements interfere with Empower and shouldn't be taken if you are taking Empower.  Clear any herbs or supplements with the Support staff.

To smooth out any difficulties you may be experiencing, Support people may suggest additional products that are compatible with Empower.  For example, I was told that Choline helps with racing thoughts.  It calms the brain and doesn't interfere with Empower.  It can be purchased at a health food store.  It's not habit forming and you can safely take up to 2000 mg. a day if you spread it out.

In a previous post I talked about taking probiotics.  You can and should take them along with Empower.  Some people also require some anti-fungal use.

If you are on psychotropic medication and in the process of taking Empower to reduce or completely go off the meds, you will start feeling overmedicated as your brain heals.  For most people this is a groggy, lethargic feeling or possibly agitation.  Again, call Support to know how to reduce medication and get feeling good again.

Remember that these are only general guidelines.  YOU might be different.  Support personnel are awesome at helping you figure out what is best for you.

Does it sound like I am totally in support of Support. Yup!  I am. I feel it is such a great resource! Are you concerned with the expense?  All I can say is investing in brain health is one of the most important investments you could ever make.  In my own experience, sometimes answers to prayers cost $.  And it's worth it!!

Be well!

"INSTRUCTION MANUAL" FOR HAVING SUPPORT WHILE USING EMPOWERPLUS

 Empowerplus is a powerful nutritional supplement specially formulated to nourish the brain and repair brain function without side effects. If you are on medication, it is vital that you work with support personel who have been trained to help you to either get off your medication or be able to take Empower along with medication. Even if you are not on a medication, order to gain the greatest benefit, it is vital that you are an informed user.

 I am so grateful that I have had the Support program to help me and mine make our way through the difficult and bewildering tangle of symptoms and side effects caused by medications.  I loved being able to access it on most business days. I talked many times to knowledgeable, professional Support personnel who have been trained to help individuals to use EMPowerplus effectively.

So these are my instructions:

1)  Access Support for as long as you need it.  In this post I will tell you how to do that.  Let me emphasize again that if you are on psychotropic medications, you really must have Support!  Remember too that Caffeine is essentially a medication, along with tea and certain herbs. Be aware that if you are taking thyroid along with this supplement there is a certain protocol.  You may choose to replace medication with EMPowerplus.  Support personnel will guide you in doing that safely.

2)  Give it a good try, long enough to see results.  If it stops working well or you experience any kind
      of difficulties that you think might be related, call Support personnel.

You can buy Empowerplus from Truehope, the parent company, or through QScience, the direct marketing company that makes Empower available in the United States. It is also available through Amazon.  If you are buying Empower, renamed Q96 because it is no longer a Truehope product, through QScience it is less expensive but does not offer any support.

There are two ways I know of to get the support you need.  One way is from Truehope.  To be eligible for Support from Truehope, you must order supplements from there.  Empower from Truehope costs more than buying wholesale from QScience.  Essentially, that cost difference pays for Truehope Support.  The Truehope phone number is 1-888-878-3467.

The other way is through MicroNutrient Support Services   Anyone can access this Service by calling 1-866-397-3116.  They provide support IF you have bought and are using EMPower which is the Truehope product.  They do not offer support if you are taking Q96. They offer a free assessment to help you determine if you need the Support Services and to inform you on the protocol for building up the dosage of Empower. 

For this free assessment, register at www.micronutrient support.com.  Fill out the registration to the point where it asks you to enter credit card info.  Instead of doing that, exit out.  Within 24 hours you can expect a phone call to complete the assessment.  If it is determined that you need the Support, there is a monthly fee.  As of Oct. 2020, the monthly cost is $34.85.   I was told that most people don't require Support for a long period of time.

An option for buying is to join the QScience company.  If you choose this option, you pay about $80 a year and buy the product wholesale on autoship, which is the lowest cost.  Or you can be a preferred customer and get autoship.  Or you can buy retail which costs the most. Go to my website wellonyourway.myqsciences.com to join and/or order product.

EXPLORING: EMPOWER

EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES:  EMPOWERPLUS

 The road to wellness is a journey of exploration and learning which is never over.  My experience has taught me that healthy brain and healthy digestion equal a healthy, happy and productive life.

Currently I am looking at the ways Empowerplus can aid mental health.   25 or more research studies show that use of Empowerplus corrects the unique imbalances and deficiencies associated with mental illness.  In smaller amounts EMPower is effective for people whose lives are stressful, or who have mild depression or negative thinking.

How about anyone using Empower as their multivitamin?  My husband does.  Our friend whose job requires complex thinking all day long, says the his thinking is sharper since he started taking Empowerplus. I know someone else who sleeps better as long as he takes it.  People who are under a lot of stress report that they are able to manage better while taking Empowerplus.

Empowerplus has four aspects that make it superior to generic multivitamins.

First, it is micronized, so the nutrients are small enough for the body to use.  Because Empowerplus is micronutrients which are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier, it can reach the sites in the brain where it is really needed.

Second, it is chelated.  The nutrients are bound to a protein the body can use.

Third, it is balanced for maximum absorption.  Vitamins and minerals depend on each other for absorption.  For example, calcium needs vitamin D to be absorbed.

Fourth, Empowerplus can be taken in high enough doses to address deficiencies and promote proper metabolic functioning.

Personally I have worked a lot on my thinking.  I have done a number of things to overcome negative thinking and improve flawed thought patterns.  I know I am well because I have done this. However, I have also learned that it is difficult, and even sometimes impossible, to maintain those healthy ways of thinking if something is messing with my brain chemistry.

As women, we are universally hard on ourselves--some of us really excel at this.  When you factor in some imbalances in the brain, it's likely to grow out of proportion.  For me, it's been helpful to realize that it's all about brain chemicals--not character flaws.

Whether or not you are on psychiatric meds, but especially if you are, and want to take this supplement you MUST be informed about how to use it.  That is why the two organizations that produce EMPowerplus, provide a very fine support system.  It is composed of counselors who are trained and ready to help customers with the optimal dosage and schedule.  They will listen with interest to your symptoms and concerns and advise you about the compatibility of medications and other supplements or herbs that you may be using.  My next post will be an "instruction manual" for accessing this support.

KIBBLES AND BITS, MICE AND PIGS

Kibbles and Bits, Mice and Pigs

When my friend's dog was nine years old, the pet showed signs of advancing age.  She couldn't jump in the truck like she used to.  Since she couldn't participate in outdoor family activities any more, she had to be left behind.  Being sedentary, she started gaining weight.  This dog had only eaten Kibbles and Bits for her entire life.  She didn't like any other dog food.  However, my friend thought a change of dog food might help her dog better endure advancing age and keep the dog's weight down.

My friend went to a store to look at a more expensive dog food, Science Diet, which is highly nutritious. Because it was twice the cost of K and B, my friend was hesitating to buy it.  A clerk, noticing her indecision, touted the benefits of Science Diet.  The clerk said Kibbles and Bits was addictive because of the sugary content.

My friend bought some Science Diet to try.  Her dog wouldn't eat it.  Deprived of Kibbles and Bits, the dog did go through withdrawal--noticeably shaking.  My friend had to slowly wean her off of Kibbles and Bits so the dog wouldn't starve to death.  She mixed the two dog foods--gradually increasing the nutritious one and decreasing K and B.  The dog is on straight Science Diet now and still very much dislikes it.  However, the dog is a bundle of energy now.  She obviously feels much better.  Her coat is shiney.  She can jump in the truck again!

A local doctor told me about a study done with mice that showed a gut-brain connection.  According to him, mice fed on a diet very much like that of the average American, were put in a pool of water with no way to get out.  This produced anxiety in the mice and they "freaked out." When mice who had been on a regimen that included probiotics ( beneficial gut flora) were put in a pool of water with no way to get out, they remained calm.  They swam around looking for a way out. A third group of mice were put on a regimen of probiotics and then vagotomized (severing of the vagus nerve which is a connection between gut and brain.)
These mice were put in a pool of water with no way out.  They also "freaked out" in the same manner as the first group of mice.

Quoting from the study, "Accumulating clinical evidence suggests that probiotics can modulate the stress response and improve mood and anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome."  Admittedly this is a layperson's explanation of the study which can be found in PNAS, Sept.20, 2011, vol. 108, no. 38.

Now for the Pigs.  Actually this is a story about humans--about a father with a desperate desire to save his children. Anthony Stephan's wife suffered from bipolar disorder which ultimately led to her suicide.  A year later, two of Anthony's children were diagnosed with Bipolar I, the most severe form of the illness.  This meant a future of hospitalizations, medications, and possible early death for both of them.  Anthony began a search for a way to change this grim forecast.  He searched medical journals, books, anything he could find. He prayed ceaselessly, "hoping God would hear his cries and have mercy on his broken family."

His answer came when he met David Hardy who had been an animal feed formulator for 20 years.  When he heard Anthony's story, he said the behavior of Anthony's son sounded like a pig with ear-and-tail-biting syndrome.  Hardy knew that some farmers had successfully eliminated this syndrome with nutritional supplementation.  Anthony and David worked with scientists and manufacturers to create a version of this supplementation for human consumption.  By using this supplement, called EMPower, Anthony's children recovered and resumed healthy lives.  Since that time EMPower has helped thousands of people with mental illness.  It also has helped alleviate migraines, seizures, dementia, hyperlipidemia, diabetic neuropathy, anemias, ADHD, ALS.  Giving EMPower to rats is showing regrowth of brain cells.  Many studies done on humans prove its remarkable effectiveness.

This supplement has mended the broken health of one of my family members and been helpful to others.  It has been and is an answer to my prayers.  We have purchased it for many years now. Even though it has been quite expensive, it has been worth every penny.  Recently, a friend told me that EMPower could now be purchased for significantly less cost through a new company.  Because this blog is not a sales venue, you can go to my website:  https://wellonyourway.myqsciences.com to purchase and read my three other posts about Empower to learn more.

My stories about dogs, pigs and mice emphasis the importance of good nutrition (and probiotics) to our well being and health. Quality makes a difference.  The balance and ratios of the nutrients is vitally important, especially for deficiencies related to mental illness.  While you need to be informed about any supplement you take, this is especially true when you are using EMPower. Know that much help, support and information is available.

WHO SWITCHED OFF MY BRAIN

Recently I read a book called "Who Switched Off My Brain."  Dr. Caroline Leaf attempted to put technical explanations into laymen's terms.  While there was a good deal that she wrote that needed further clarification for me, it offered scientific proof of what I have been learning from several sources.

The message of the book is that it is possible and vital to control your thought life.  What follows in this post is a lot quoted from her book and some paraphrased with the intent to convey good information in an understandable way.

"What's in a thought?  More than you probably know.  Every thought has a corresponding electro-chemical reaction in your brain...When you feel sad, afraid, angry or hopeful, your brain releases different types of chemicals.  Depending on whether or not these emotions are toxic to your body, the chemicals will either help you or harm you.  If they are harmful, they create conditions for a host of health problems that will manifest in both the body and the mind...studies conclusively link chronic diseases to an epidemic of toxic emotions in our culture."

There are two important groups of emotions:  positive faith-based emotions and negative fear-based emotions.  That's kind of a no-brainer, but what I didn't realize is the extent of chemical and electrical representation that these emotions have in our bodies.  They "directly impact bodily function...Your emotions are biomolecular, literally cellular signals that translate information into a physical reality"  We are talking about actual molecules called "information molecules"  that travel around your body affecting and influencing the various systems in an orderly sequence.

In a nutshell, the power of emotions over the whole body lies in how they "integrate systems and coordinate mental processes and biology to create behavior."  On a cellullar level, positive emotions create health.  Negative emotions are disruptive, damaging and destructive.

All negative emotions evolve out of fear.  Fear automatically puts the body into stress mode.  Stress is perfectly acceptable and manageable for the body as long as it doesn't last too long.  However, if your body stays under a barrage of negative stimulation, toxic waste begins to build up.  When you are stuck in the stress mode, certain stress chemicals begin to build up and wreak havoc on your health in body and mind.

A main stress chemical is cortisol which has negative effects when it is chronically elevated.  Blood sugar levels rise and triglycerides and cholestorol increase in the bloodstream.  This may cause the body to gain weight.  Over time, high cortisol depletes the bones of vital minerals.  Dendrites where memories are stored in the brain shrink temporarily, causing mental blocks--"going blank."  Toxic waste levels continue to build.
Finally, adrenals become exhausted.  You are really sick.

FORTUNATELY, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR BODY AND YOUR MIND.  I will list the twelve techniques the author give us to change your thinking, but first I think it is important to discuss suppressed emotion.

Suppressed emotional pain turns into lingering physical pain.  There may be times when you need to repress emotions long enough to take care of pressing needs.  You may not have time to deal with toxic thoughts and feelings immediately, but dealing with them is a necessity.  The SOONER the better.  You need to make time!  You can  bury your emotions, but you need to know that you are burying something that remains alive.

Your mind perceives these living emotions, even though suppressed, as fear which starts the fight and flight cycle again, keeping you in stress mode.  Repressing emotions destabilizes your brain's natural chemistry.  All thoughts and feelings eventually come out and along the way express themselves in different attitudes:  perfectionism, a desire for control, self-doubt, cynicism, criticism, promiscuity, and a tendency to overreact.

These are all mindsets--emotional strongholds that influence behaviors and if not dealt with, will take over thought life.  In doing so, they will rob you of the joy and peace of mind that is your birthright.  Emotions by their very nature are meant to be felt and expressed,  They are a moving, dynamic, pulsing mass of electromagnetic and chemical reactions.  They do not disappear or die.  Somewhere, sometime, they will erupt unless given an outlet.  You must deal with them because the more you try to suppress them, the harder they try to be heard.

Okay.  Here are the TWELVE TECHNIQUES TO CHANGE YOUR THINKING.

Step one:  CONSCIOUSLY CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS.  This is not just the first step--it is the main step.  Thoughts do cause illness and should be studied and controlled.  IF THEY ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE US SICK, THEY ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE US HEALTHY AS WELL.

Consciously engage the information coming into your brain and think about it purposely.  Make a conscious decision to accept a good thought or reject a thought that is bad for you.  Never let thoughts just wander through your mind unchecked.  If they are toxic, they will eventually make you sick.  Correct positive thinking, on the other hand, will actually grow your brain.

Step two:  FRAME YOUR WORLD WITH YOUR WORDS.  This is more than just talking positively.  It involves replacing negative thinking through a right attitude shift.  Do this by acknowledging that an issue exists, reflecting on what is wrong with it, considering how you can cope with it, asking whether you can do it alone or if you need help.

Step three:  EXPRESS EMOTIONS appropriately in an environment that is safe, accepting and non-judgmental.

Step four:  TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE CONTROL.  Work to be aware of past experiences and conditioning that you need to let go of.  You may need help in the form of counseling, meditation and prayer.  Pay attention to your dreams.  They may help you sort out your emotional life.

Step five:  FORGIVE.

Step six:  LOVE.  Make an intentional choice to love others no matter what.

Step seven:  GIVE AND RECEIVE LOVING TOUCH

Step eight:  PLAY AND LAUGH.  This is the cheapest, easiest, and most effective way to control toxic thoughs and emotions and their toxic stress reaction.

Step nine:  EXERCISE.  Find a form of exercise you enjoy.

Step ten:  DIET.  You need to eat well to feed your brain.

Step eleven:  DEVELOP YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.

Step twelve:  RELAX.  This is a necessity!  Get your sleep--it's the ultimate relaxer.