Transcript Stress Elimination Theory

Holistic Health
and the
Stress Elimination Theory
Karla S. Anderson
RN, BSN, CHPN, LDHS, LMT, CNC, CTTH
Copyright Karla S. Anderson, 2015. For further information go to www.KarlaRN.com
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Mechanical
Stressors
Education, Assessment, and Caring for
the Mind, Body & Spirit
“Nursing” of the “Person” affected by
“Health” and “Environment”
Karla S. Anderson
Stress Elimination Theory (SET)
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Stress Elimination Theory (SET) Statement
“Education, Assessment and Caring
for the Mind, Body and Spirit as it
relates to Caring of the Person
affected by Health and
Environment”.
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“It’s so hard, it’s easy”
Once a cause or stressor is
determined, a plan of care (POC) can
be put into place to reduce that
stressor, allowing the body
to heal itself.
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Health and Environment
Affects the Person Internally and Externally
• Mechanical
• internal issues may include unhealthy organs or diseases and broken bones
• external issues may include adequate or inadequate housing
• Nutritional
• internal issues may include the body’s inability to assimilate nutrients
• external issues may include lack of funding for food
• Emotional
• internal issues may include positive or negative self-thoughts
• external issues may include positive or negative relationships with other human
beings
• Spiritual
• internal issues may include a lack of faith
• external issues may include being in a faithless environment
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SET Embraces These Assumptions
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The body can heal itself when sources of stress are identified, addressed, and eliminated.
Through education, assessment and care, disease can be prevented.
The caregiver is the catalyst for change.
Timing, thoughts and toxicity are key elements in creating sources of stress.
The person must want to heal in order to heal.
Each person is unique and the plan of care must be unique to each person.
During the healing process the plan of care will change, healing is evolving.
Health is all about bringing the person back into balance/homeostasis and educating
them to maintain balance/homeostasis in their environment and health.
• Acknowledgement by the person must happen in order for change to occur.
• Healing environments help the body to de-stress and heal.
• Conversations help the body to heal, being heard by three different individuals who
simply listen allows the conversationalist to form resolutions, make decisions and set
goals.
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Emotional Stressors
• In 1989, it was discovered
that the amygdala plays a
major role in the storing and
releasing of emotional
trauma.
• Only way to stimulate this
gland is with fragrance or the
sense of smell.
• Aromatherapy and essential
oils are able to release
emotional trauma
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Emotional Stressors in Relationship to Healing
• Limbic System
• The limbic system governs emotional states, memory storage and
behavioral drives.
• It is the link between the cerebral cortex and the unconscious
functions of the brain stem.
• The limbic system is involved with behaviors associated with
survival, feeding, defense and reproduction.
• The Limbic system includes
• Hippocampus – long term memory
• Amygdala – emotions
• Hypothalamus – anatomic nervous system and hormones
• Cingulate gyrus – regulates blood pressure, heart rate, and
attention
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Emotional Stressors in Relationship to Healing
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Emotional Stressors
• Emotions that we choose to dwell on, think about, act upon.
• The human brain can only think of one thing at a time.
• Thus walking into a room to get something, thinking other thoughts
at the time and then forgetting what that something was that we
were going to get.
• The next thing we do is retrace our steps to try to remember, following
the same pattern we previously set.
• We “revisit”
• The key to emotional healing is to repattern our unhealthy emotions to
healthy emotions. Not “revisit” unhealthy emotions.
• Living in present time is essential for our healing process.
• Indentifying what needs to be repatterned is how we begin the healing
process.
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Nutritional Stressors
Daily NEEDED Nutrients
Carbohydrates
Source of energy
Fats
Suggested maximum protein intake:
source of energy
Body weight in lbs ⨯ .9 ÷ 2.2 = grams daily
growth and repair
Proteins
Suggested minimum protein intake:
source of energy
Body weight in lbs ⨯ .3 = grams daily
growth and repair
regulation of body processes
Vitamins (Co-Enzymes) and Minerals ( Co-Factors)
growth and repair
regulation of body processes
Water
½ body weight in ounces (100 lbs = 50 oz)
Use of Protein, Carbohydrates,
Lipids, Vitamins, Minerals & Water
= Enzymes
Building Block 1 - Vitamins
• Water-soluble vitamins
•Dissolve easily in water
•Readily excreted from the body
•Consistent intake is important
•Bacteria synthesize many water-soluble vitamins
• Fat-soluble vitamins
•Absorbed through the intestinal tract
•More likely to lead to hypervitaminosis
•Regulation is important with cystic fibrosis
Building Block 1 - Vitamins
4 fat-soluble
Vitamin A (includes Beta-Carotene Vitamin A precursor)
Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol or toxiferol)
Vitamin E (d-alpha-Tocopheryl Succinate)
Vitamin K2 (menaquinones)
9 water-soluble
8 B vitamins
Thiamin HCL (Vitamin B1)
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Niacin (Nicinamide/Niacin 4:1, B3)
Pantothenic acid (Pantothenate or Vitamin B5)
Pyridoxine HCL (Vitamin B6)
Biotin (Vitamin H or B7 or coenzyme R)
Folic Acid (Folate)
Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12)
Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid or ascorbate)
Building Block 2 - Minerals
Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms
Major Minerals
Alkaline
•calcium
•magnesium
•potassium
•sodium
Acid
•phosphorus
•sulfur
•chlorine
Trace (Minor) Minerals
•iron
•cobalt
•copper
•zinc
•molybdenum
•iodine
•manganese
•selenium
Building Block 2 - Minerals
Ultra-trace minerals
•boron
•chromium
Play a role in health but the exact
biochemical nature is unknown
•arsenic
•silicon
Suspected to have a role in health
Plants absorb dissolved minerals in soils and convert them into the
minerals needed for human nutritional support – thus they are called
“Plant Based Minerals”
A nerve impulse travels through a nerve cell, but must be transferred to the next
nerve cell by a chemical bridge or neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.
Acetlycholine
(Builds bridge)
Nerve Cell
Nerve Impulse
Cholinesterase
+
Potassium
(Tears down bridge)
Once the message is passed the bridge is immediately disassembled by an enzyme called
cholinesterase which can only do its job in the presence of POTASSIUM.
These reactions take place in as little as one ten-thousandths of a second.
Building Block 3 - Antioxidants
Oxidation produces free
radicals. Free radicals
can come from
•pollution
•radiation
•fried & burnt foods
•sunlight
•Combustion
Deteriorate the internal
structures of cells
causing
•heart disease
•certain cancers
Antioxidants search for
and disable free radicals
Antioxidants include
•Vitamin A
•Vitamin D
•Vitamin E
• defends against fat-soluble oxidants
Antioxidants
•Vitamin C
• neutralizes water-soluble oxidants
•GP- Glutathione Peroxidase
• dependent on selenium
•SOD- Superoxide Dismutase
• dependent on zinc, copper, iron and manganese
•OPCs –
• Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins
Cellular Regeneration
The human body is a self-regenerating system
Regeneration Times:
Blood: 90-120 days
Pancreas: 5-12 months
Muscles: 6-18 months
Bones: 1-4 years
Building Block 4 - Essential Fatty Acids
Alpha-linolenic acid is Omega 3
•Similar to fish oil (EPA)
•Converted to EPA & DHA by the body
•Obtained from cold-water fish
•Tuna
•Salmon
•Mackerel
Benefits include:
•Also obtained from certain
•Anti-inflammatory
•Green leafy vegetables
•Anti-blood clotting
•Vegetable oils
•Lowers cholesterol
•Lowers triglyceride levels
•Reduces inflammation
•Reduces blood pressure
May also reduce risk of:
•Diabetes
•Stroke
•Rheumatoid arthritis
•Asthma
•Inflammatory bowel disease
•Ulcerative colitis
•Some cancers
•Mental decline
Building Block 4 - Essential Fatty Acids
Alpha-linoleic acid is Omega 6
Some omega-6 fatty acids tend to promote inflammation
The Standard American Diet contains more omega-6 than
omega-3
Several different types of omega-6 fatty acids
Not all promote inflammation
Most come from vegetable oils, such as linoleic acid
(LA)
LA is converted to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) in the
body
GLA is also found in several plant-based oils
GLA may reduce inflammation
Benefits Include:
• Stimulate hair growth
• Maintain bone health
• Regulate metabolism
• Main reproductive system
Play a crucial role in:
• Brain function
• Normal growth and
development
Did You Know?
Your body uses Omega 3s
and 6s to produce 9s
The Fats of Life
Fats that heal
• Cook with coconut oil, olive oil and/or real butter!
• Do not burn!
• Borage Oil is used for both the nervous and circulatory systems
• Omega 3 Flax Seed Oil &/or Fish Oil is best for the circulatory
system
• Omega 6 Evening Primrose Oil is best for the nervous system
Hemp
Flax
Soybeans
Walnuts
Seaweed
Sunflower Seeds
Sesame Seeds
Almonds
Wild Birds
Filberts
Venison
Chicken
Fresh, mechanicallypressed oils in opaque
containers
Evening Primrose Oil
Eggs
Butter
Lamb
Beef
Roasted Nuts & Seeds
Dairy Products
Pork
Refined Oil
Margarine
Shortening
Fats that kill
Building Block 5 Digestive Enzymes
Digestive enzymes are the workers of the body. Nothing happens without enzyme
involvement. They put nutrients where they belong.
There are 3 classifications of enzymes
1.Food enzymes
2.Digestive enzymes
3.Metabolic enzymes
Lipase -used in fat digestion
Protease -used in protein digestion
Amylase- used in carbohydrate digestion
Cellulase- used in fiber digestion
Diabetes - check fat digestion
Cancer - check protein digestion
Asthma - check carbohydrate
digestion
Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity
• Temperature
• pH
• COFACTORS - metal Ions (Ca, Mg, and Zn)
• Needed by some enzymes to produce
a functional shape
• COENZYMES - Organic Molecules derived
from water-soluble vitamins such as Niacin
and Riboflavin
• Transport Hydrogen atoms and small
molecules between enzymes
Did You Know?
• Every metabolic function in the body requires
an enzyme
• Enzymes are made from protein molecules
• They are essential for
• Digestion
• Stimulating the brain
• Providing cellular energy
• Repair throughout the body
Minerals
Carbohydrates
Hi!
Vitamins
Enzymes
Fats
Protein
Carbohydrates
Enzymes
Building Block 6 - Probiotics
Probiotics
Building Block 6 - Probiotics
The 10 most beneficial strains of probiotics include:
1.Lactobacillus rhamnosus - Immune support
2.Lactobacillus plantarum - Destroys pathogens
3.Lactobacillus acidophilus - Synthesizes lactase
4.Lactobacillus casei - Promotes overall digestive comfort
5.Lactobacillus helveticus - Reduces duration of mild diarrhea
Probiotics
•Beneficial bacteria
•Work to remove toxins from
the body
•Assimilate nutrients
•Help regulate the balance
between harmful and
beneficial bacteria
6.Bifidobacterium breve - Reduces allergies, gas and diarrhea
7.Bifidobacterium infantis -supports overall digestion and metabolism
8.Bifidobacterium bifidum - Supports protective barrier in digestive tract
9.Bifidobacterium longum - Helps minimize the growth of harmful bacteria
10.Lactobacillus salivarius - Helps fight formation of plaque and peptic ulcers
Probiotics/Prebotics
A type of "good" bacteria
• May help with digestion
• Offer protection from
harmful bacteria
Prebiotics
• Non-digestible
carbohydrates that act as
food for probiotics
When probiotics and prebiotics
are combined they form a
synbiotic
Probiotics
• Found in foods such as
yogurt
Prebiotics are found in
• Whole grains
• Bananas
• Onions
• Garlic
• Honey
• Artichokes
Probiotics
convert
vitamin K1
into K2
Probiotics
Probiotics may help:
• Treat diarrhea
• Prevent and treat vaginal yeast
infections and UTIs
• Treat irritable bowel syndrome
• Reduce bladder cancer recurrence
• Speed treatment of certain
intestinal infections
• Prevent and treat eczema in
children
• Prevent or reduce the severity of
colds and flu
• Improve immune system
• Peptic ulcer relief
• Chemotherapy side-effects
Side effects are rare, and
most healthy adults can
safely add foods that
contain prebiotics and
probiotics to their diet.
Probiotics
Bad bacteria can damage the
intestines, causing irritation and
reduced nutritional absorption
VSL #3 forms a barrier which
protects the GI tract and allows
nutrients to be absorbed
“It’s so hard, it’s easy”
Once a cause or stressor is
determined, a plan of care (POC) can
be put into place to reduce that
stressor, allowing the body
to heal itself.
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