Restocking/Reloading & Illness Recovery Strategies
All of our bodies work a little differently from each other. We age differently, react to illness and stress differently, and are different in our capacities to extract, utilize and store nutritional materials from the foods we eat. Our bodies are like supermarkets. They constantly need their shelves to be restocked in order to supply all the needed materials to their functions and millions of biosystems. Generally, as we get older, our nutritional stores become depleted and it becomes harder to restock our shelves with just the foods we eat.
No matter how good our diet may be, the chances are that we are not efficiently assimilating the nutrients we need as we grow older. Poor assimilation of nutrients (malabsorption) may be due to a poor diet or just an increasing inability to extract the nutrients from the foods we eat, but nonetheless, when nutrients are in short supply and can no longer be found on the supermarket's shelves of the body, parts of our nutritionally-dependent biochemistry will slow down, stall and even stop altogether.
When nutritional shortages are experienced throughout the body, they in turn put pressure on a number of biosystems and biochemical pathways to become less efficient. Although the body begins to try to compensate for these shortages, by "robbing Peter to pay Paul" in rationing out nutrients to preferred biosystems which are determined to be more life essential and life sustaining, little can be done if the shortages continue for any length of time and there are no recovery strategies.
As more subsystems within the body are shut down, "life" begins to lose its vitality and interest for us, our Immune System weakens and the possibility of serious disease becomes certain.
Therefore, it is vitally essential that specific restocking or reloading strategies be practiced by those of us who are in relatively good health now and wish to remain so, and a second strategy for those of us who have suffered from serious illness in the recent past and need our nutritional shelves to be restocked.
General Restocking & Reloading Strategies
When beginning any new Nutraceutical, it's often best to increase the usual dosage, or that which is recommended on the bottle, for the first 7-14 days in order to restock and reload the nutritional shelves of the body. Restocking and reloading are nutritional strategies which are similar to "priming" a pump so that it can begin to draw up the water in a well.
If we don't "prime" the pump first, then it's likely the pump just won't work. Similarly, restocking and reloading are strategies which aim at supplying particular nutrients to selected areas of the biochemistry of our body. If we don't first amply restore the needed nutrients to our "shelves," the body's biochemistry will not function correctly, believing it still has to "rob Peter to pay Paul."
Upon restocking our nutritional "shelves," the body may then direct its activities in fulfilling its list of priorities by refurbishing and reestablishing many of its preferred/life dependent biochemical pathways to those of less priority. Only when the "shelves" have been appropriately restocked will the body ensure that all priorities are fulfilled. Restocking also ensures that any possible biochemical "hole" or weakness in our nutritional makeup is filled in so as to prevent future biochemical stalls.
In general, restocking and reloading strategies simply call for the doubling (2x) of the normal recommended dose for a period of 7-14 days. After that time, resume maintenance dosages as can be found on the bottle's directions for use.
Illness & Recovery Strategies
When a body has been ill for extended periods of time, its biochemistry has withstood considerable stress and depletion. For these very special times, it is not recommended that full dosages of Nutraceuticals be used. Rather, to begin with, just halve or quarter the usual or recommended maintenance dose. Nutrition and Nutraceuticals, although harmless food, are still powerful entities.
At times of extended illness, too much "good" nutrition too quickly will simply encumber and compromise our biochemistry further. Just as it is foolish to "fast" from food for a few days, only to then attempt to eat a large meal of steak & eggs, biscuits & gravy to break the "fast," it's careless to offer too much nutrition to a body that has been sick for a long time. Remember, the first order of the house is to "be gentle, and do no harm."
Therefore, only offer half or quarter dosages of Systemex and other Nutraceuticals to a body which has suffered extended illness, letting the body respond slowly and rebuild itself in its own time frame. A sick body takes longer to assimilate and refurbish itself, so remember to "feed" it slowly and carefully. Before long, as the body begins to strengthen and recover, larger dosages of nutrients will then be appropriate.
Dosages for Infants, Children, Adolescents and Adults
Vaxa formulas are generally safe for everyone, from infancy to the aged, but it’s always best to first consult with your physician before using any product of food especially if serious illness or disease is suspected. In general, for Homeopathic Nutraceuticals, Systemex and Nutritionizer, dosages for Infants (1-3 yrs) generally require one quarter (¼) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults, although there are always exceptions.
Dosages for children
between 4-7 years of age require one half (½) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults. Dosages for children between 8-12 years of age require three quarters (¾) of the recommended maintenance dosages for adults, and for those over the age of 12 years dosages are generally the same as adults because increased rates of body metabolism in these children/adolescents more than adequately compensate for body mass and weight of adults.
Dosages for the elderly
generally follow those recommendations for adults, but again, if the elderly have been sick or infirm, it’s best to start out by quartering or halving the dosages (see "Illness and Recovery Strategies" above). In general, with any problem of adjustment, simply reduce the dosages, letting the body find it’s own comfort level of assimilation.
All formulas may be mixed with baby food for infants, added directly to the shakes for children, or mixed with peanut butter and honey and made into sandwiches. For those having difficulty in taking capsules, it’s recommended that all capsules be mixed directly with the Systemex meal replacement shakes.
Please note: Since the USRDI’s of Vitamins and Minerals are considered the least required to sustain life, and not the optimal amounts, often full dosages of Systemex will prove more useful for recovering individuals