Energy Therapy
by Robert Crayhon, M.S., C.N.
If you have a chronic disease, where do you start looking for answers?
First you seek medical care to get a diagnosis.
You try to understand what is the cause of the
ailment, whether you have heart disease,
arthritis, candida overgrowth or fibromyalgia.
It may surprise you to learn that there is a
common thread behind many of these diseases:
a lack of energy in the body.
We think of fatigue as a sign of illness but it
is also a cause. A lack of energy on the cellular
level is the number one cause of all disease.
Why? Energy builds health. So no matter
what the diagnosis of the person that walks
into my office, I find that my underlying
approach is always similar. I always use a functional
approach I call “energy therapy.”
Energy therapy is giving the body the right
diet, nutrients and lifestyle to help it make all
the energy it wants. Energy therapy is so
simple that you may not fully appreciate its
healing power. When the cells of your body
have all the energy they want, they can do
their best to fight disease, build strong cell
structures and live a long and vibrant life. So
never overlook the power of energy. Energy is
the most powerful healing force cells can harness.
When the cells of the body have more
natural energy, they are able to overcome
many ailments, both chronic and acute.
Energy therapy is especially effective in
people with chronic diseases who have not
been helped by medicine, traditional or otherwise.
They often have every ailment you can
name and nothing seems to help. Or they
may have no real diagnosis, though they may
be tired, sluggish in their metabolism and
have a wide range of health complaints.
Energy is crucial for health to exist. It is no
wonder then that nearly every great medical
tradition in the world is built upon the nurturing
of natural energy-vitality. This is something
far different from stimulant energy.
Remember: if our body is tired, we can rest,
but if an individual cell runs out of energy, it
dies. And accelerated cell death from cells
running out of energy is what causes nearly all
disease and premature aging.
Energy therapy is a humble approach. It
gives the body more energy to do what it likes.
It lets the body decide how to use the energy.
Your body wants to be radiantly healthy. If
you give the cells of the body enough energy,
it will be.
Why is energy so important? Body cells
need energy to:
- build and repair tissue
- take out cellular trash that can poison the body and cause disease
- defend the body from bacterial and viral invaders
- regulate organ function
- help cells talk to each other and create homeostasis so crucial to health.
All of this depends on energy. If there is a lack
of energy in cells, these things will not
happen, no matter what else you do. And the
more optimal the amount of natural energy
the cells have, the better that all this can
happen. It is that simple.
Because energy therapy is a way of letting
the body do the healing, it is supportive, not
interventive, therapy. You almost don’t need a
diagnosis of what the chronic disease is when
using energy therapy. You can call any chronic
illness “systemic energy deficiency.” You will
always be right.
Overstressing the body is a main cause of
disease and energy therapy helps to deal with
this problem. How? Cells that are particularly
susceptible to the damage of stress are neurons 12
or nerve cells. Much of the disease results
because the nervous system in particular is
stressed. Stress kills because it does something
terrible to the nervous system: it stops its
ability to regulate stress. When the nervous
system can no longer regulate the stress, stress
hormones go too high and destroy the body
over time.
Aging can be defined as the gradual loss of
the body’s ability to regulate stress, which
results in a loss of health. Increasing energy in
cells slows aging by helping the body to regulate
stress better and therefore to better maintain
balance in the body, which we call health.
Energy stops stress from killing our nerve
cells that regulate stress. Energy keeps nerve
cells and their receptors better able to stay in
control of the body so that stress does not get
out of control and cause disease.
Here is the energy therapy program:
Activity
Moderate exercise that is not too stressful,
such as walking. Strength training is also an
absolute must. These two forms of exercise
should be done as regularly as possible, not to
the point of exhaustion but only as long as it
is enjoyable and rejuvenating. For some this
will mean 10 minutes of exercise three times
per week. Others will benefit from more.
Some exercise is crucial for the body to regain
its ability to maximize energy.
Diet
Protein at each meal, ideally high-quality
animal protein from wild game, seafood or
lean meats. Vegetarian protein may be used
but can be difficult to digest for some. No
sugars, margarine or refined vegetable oils.
Avoid a diet high in carbohydrates such as
pasta, bread, bagels and sugars. These interfere
with energy production in most of the
chronically ill people I see.
Eat lots of green vegetables. If possible,
drink two to three 8-ounce glasses per day of
vegetable juice, freshly made only from green vegetables (celery, spinach, dandelion, zucchini
work well). Avoid fruits and fruit juices.
| Supplements Used in Energy Therapy |
| Flaxseed oil | | 1 tablespoon |
| Medium chain triglycerides | | 1 tablespoon with breakfast |
| Carnitine | | 500–4,000 mg |
| CoQ10 | | 50–400 mg |
| Magnesium | | 500–1,000 mg |
| Malic acid | | 1,000–2,000 mg |
| B complex | | 100 mg |
| Vitamin C | | 2,000 mg |
| Vitamin E | | 400 IUs |
| Selenium | | 400 mcg |
Some of these nutrients can be found in the
same supplement. Magnesium malates is a
wonderful form of magnesium that contains
both magnesium and malic acid. A good
antioxidant will contain C, E and selenium.
The following are optional supplements
I sometimes use in energy therapy if results are
not adequate on the above protocol or if
symptoms of chronic disease are severe:
| NADH | | 2.5–10 mg |
| Lipoic acid | | 100 mg |
| Creatine | | 1–5 grams |
| Glutamine | | 4–20 grams |
I have outlined the nutritional approach to
energy therapy but there is more to it than
that. Nutritional and herbal detoxification
is important, particularly in the liver. Spine
alignment is also important and seeing a chiropractor
or osteopath to make sure the body
structure will support energy is crucial.
Stress management, rest and vacation are all
crucial, as is spiritual wellness. All of these
elements must come together in order to
create a body whose energetics are balanced.
Energy therapy: not the whole solution
to every health problem, but a terrific place
to start. TH
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