What is the Connection Between the Autonomic Nervous System and the Pathway to Disease?
To begin to understand the full benefits of the SCENAR it is helpful to understand that the principal control mechanism of the body is the autonomic nervous system. It has two parts, sympathetic (fight or run) and parasympathetic (eat and sleep). When the sympathetic turns on, the parasympathetic turns off. The sympathetic is turned on by the following mechanisms: • You are really in danger of being hurt (e.g., spousal abuse) • You feel in danger or you feel victimized (In a Box). • Your pH is acidic = too much calcium in the blood and too little magnesium and potassium in the body. • You become allergic to the foods you eat = wheat (gluten), corn, dairy and eggs are the most common because we tend to expose ourselves to them every day. • Actual trauma or pain When we are sympathetic-on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we develop typical chronic disease and chronic fatigue. Parasympathetic shutdown means we don’t make enzymes and don’t have normal blood supply and innervations to the gut
