The Mayr Clinic - Why I go again and again

Some of you may know that I have recently spent several weeks at the Mayr Clinic in Austria.

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Now I have been there four times and the reason I keep going back is because it works - for me.  But this isn't that unusual as the Mayr clinic also has one of the highest return rates out of any spa /clinic.  I met someone who has gone every year for 40 years!!

I have already written about what happens there and the daily regime in these posts.

I must say that what I am about to write is purely my own experience and if you are interested in it then you should talk to your doctor about it or ask the Mayr association directly about any serious questions.  I am only sharing my time there but I will try and answer any questions you may have to the best of my knowledge or direct your inquiry accordingly.

The first thing I have to stress is the Mayr clinic is not a fat farm! 
If you want to lose weight then I urge you to go to something like Weight Watchers which has the best proven track record for weight loss.

The Mayr Cure is a detox method.
I will write about the methods and how to do your own Mayr Cure for those who can't make it to Austria in my next post.

I will also be giving away three books also in my next post I got at the clinic but in the meantime I will be sharing my results.

There is /was nothing seriously wrong with me.  
But I just wasn't feeling as energetic as I used to and I used to think that that was what being in the thirties was about. Things like this are hard to gauge because I didn't know any different.  But I would see plenty of women who had several kids, a job, a house to run and a social life that had way more energy than I did.

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  I don't have kids, I don't have a full time job, and yet I still would crash and feel so lethargic from 6 pm.  I instinctively knew there was something wrong but when I went to the doctor they said you look fine, it's probably just stress.  But frankly speaking, we all have stress but even I had to admit that my stress didn't warrant me feeling that low in energy.

Things came to a head in Easter 2012 when I tore my calf muscle and due to the injury was forced to see my GP.

Weeks after the injury but the internal tears and bruising remained limiting movement
causing more weight gain.

I normally do not weigh myself but I knew I had gained weight over the space of two years but only because I didn't fit into the clothes in my wardrobe and the wardrobe itself.  I had to get weighed during the physical check and I had gained 15 kgs or 33 lbs in two years! 

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The doctor and I were both shocked and asked if I did anything different besides having injured myself. I had done nothing to warrant gaining that much weight.
If anything, I ate less than I used to.  
But I was now medically overweight instead of Vogue fat. 
 But I put it down to a slower metabolism - once again - 
I thought due to getting older.
She then told me to eat less and exercise.  
As if I didn't know that formula...
In October 2011, I had done the Master Cleanse diet for 10 days with no cheating.  I had not shifted at all.  That was the moment I gave up even thinking about going on a diet or losing weight.  I thought that perhaps I had simply hit that aging wall earlier than most.

I decided to finally go to the Mayr Clinic as part vacation / 
part experience after my injury as I heard they had great physiotherapists.  At the clinic, they have access to proper medical testing and scans so I decided to do a general physical blood test.

Some of the various blood tests that are available at the clinic

It turned that I was very anemic and probably had been for many years that I was retaining fluids to maintain a normal pH level and my heart was overworking.  I went three times last year over 3 months and in that time period I had lost 13 kgs. But I lost about 5 kgs the first time in ten days.  Let me remind you that I was not doing this to lose weight perse as I had already renounced any hope of reclaiming my figure of my younger years.  Also remember I had not shifted a pound after a strict 10 day Master Cleanse! 

 I also found out my thyroid was not at its optimum and some 
TSh levels were on the cusp of hypothyroidism.  
I was prescribed nothing except a warning and told to walk at least 30 minutes everyday as that was one of the best preventative measure of getting full blown thyroid issues.  Even though I was a healthy eater with an equally healthy appetite, I found out that I was deficient in Vitamin E, D, essential fatty acids, and magnesium thereby creating more cravings by the body to somehow get those lacking nutrients.

Apparently as women get into their mid to late thirties the law of attrition after years of menstruation is anemia.  Thyroid issues are not unsual starting at this age bracket but doctors are very slow to diagnose these very common conditions.

This year I did further testing and found that I had the following: histamine intolerance, have an iodine deficiency which affects the thyroid and had high levels of heavy metals in my system.

Histamine intolerance is a tricky one to diagnose but it essentially is when the body doesn't produce the enzyme diamine oxydase to break down foods rich in histamine such as red wine, cheese, and foods known as nightshades.



I was never allergic to these foods but I never liked how I felt after drinking wine and that was before the hangover.  It just creates more burden for the body to process and weakens the immune system.
Now when I know I am going to have a histamine rich meal I take a pill of the enzyme before hand to prevent a reaction.

I tested and found that I had an iodine deficiency.  
The body doesn't produce any of its own iodine and the weird thing is I do use very good salt so I was surprised by the diagnosis.  But this all was consistent with my weakened thyroid as lack of iodine prevents producing enough hormone for proper thyroid function.

My doctor and I went through my medical history and we noted that my hayfever and slow but sure weight fluctuation started when I had my metal dental fillings taken out.  I went to a dentist who told me any metal fillings including gold which at one time was deemed safe should be taken out.  I did what I was told but no measures were taken to chelate/absorb the metals from my bloodstream during the procedure.  

I got tested and I was very high in mercury and cadmium ( from pollution and even second hand smoking).
I did heavy metal chelation which was a procedure that gets rid of the heavy metals but in the process also excretes good minerals like zinc, magnesium, and potassium. This is partly the reason why I have been a bit quieter than usual as it really taken it out of me and I am still feeling a bit zonked.  

Now I know I am starting to sound like one of those neurotic women but believe I can safely say I am not.  I was not even vain enough to have bothered to properly lose weight and had accepted my fate. 

But the Mayr clinic has found and solved the problems that a normal GP may or may not have.  It seems that modern western medicine is more adept at solving the major medical issues but have a hard time in diagnosing the little niggles and ailments that weaken the body over time.  

But since then my hay fever has improved and I slowly have increased my energy reserves to the point where I even had the energy and resolve to start blogging whereas there was no way I could even fathom doing this before.

I believe in all the faculties of medicine: homeopathic, herbal, Traditional Chinese medicine, and allopathic ( modern western medicine).  The Mayr clinic seems to embody all the best aspects of each school of thought.  There was a patient there this time around who had a lot of various medical conditions and went to some of the best doctors available in the United States.  He went to the Mayr clinic as a bit of a last resort.  Even with all his countless tests, he had never been tested for heavy metal poisoning and this time around he found that he had severe mercury poisoning.  Now whether or not it was the cause of his condition is debatable but mercury poisoning would not be helping anyone's condition.    

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Now I want to emphasize the clinic is not a fat farm! 
The doctors say that excess weight is a sign of an under functioning and under utilized body.  I don't want you to think this is easy and book yourself and expect huge weight loss unless the issue is another underlying one like it was for myself.  
There are easier and cheaper ways to lose weight.
This is about getting healthy!

In my next post, I will tell you how you could possibly do your own detox, the Mayr principles and am giving away 3 books.

See you then! x