Have you taken a supplement and it hasn't really reacted
the way that you want it to?
You might be having a paradoxical reaction to it.
I'm Dr. Carrie Lam and here is Coach Justin Lam.
We're here to talk about why you might be having
paradoxical reactions to supplements.
So, why does someone not react the same way?
Paradoxical reactions are really a unique phenomenon
that happens in the human body.
There's a couple reasons that it can happen
as far as that is concerned.
Usually, what we see is that when a molecule enters into your body,
it has to get into your cell, right?
And, in order to get into your cell, it needs to attach
into what is called a receptor.
There's a lot of different receptors inside your body
and there's a lot of different chemicals inside your body.
Sometimes, chemicals can be very similar
and accidentally attach onto the wrong receptor
and that can give you opposite reactions
or reactions that weren't intended for your body.
So, that's one possible reason for having a paradoxical reaction.
Oftentimes, this happens when chemicals or compounds
are very similar to each other like estrogen and progesterone.
A lot of hormones actually are very similar
and very closely related to each other
and sometimes they don't act appropriately as they should on their receptor sites.
A second thing that can happen with that is that when your body is very congested
and you're not able to detox well,
you end up with a lot of toxins,
a lot of metabolic waste products floating around inside your body.
And so, when you have a lot of these metabolic waste products
floating around inside your body,
they can attach themselves and modify to chemicals inside your body as well.
And so, when they attach onto your receptors,
The intended consequences can be different as well
because there is modification there,
so your body and your cells respond differently because of that as well.
So, those are just a couple of reasons why you can have paradoxical reactions
to certain supplements that you take.
So, just to summarize, you said, the first one is,
you might have certain compounds that are very similar
and attaches to the wrong receptor.
The second one is your body might have too much toxins
and that also attaches to the receptors in a wrong way
and that's why you might be feeling
the different reactions from these supplements.
And so, what are some very common compounds or supplements
that people have paradoxical reactions to?
One of the biggest ones actually is something that you can find everywhere,
It is actually in a lot of food in itself is magnesium.
Magnesium is nature's relaxant.
It's supposed to be very calming for your body,
very relaxing, really helps your muscles to relax.
Unfortunately, some people who are very sensitive
in the setting of adrenal fatigue,
magnesium can actually make them feel more anxious,
make them feel more agitated and aggravated as well.
That's a very common supplement
that people have a paradoxical reaction to.
So, instead of helping them fall asleep or calm them down,
they just feel really wired and it's a different, opposite reaction
than they would have wanted.
I can see people with adrenal fatigue also,
they have a long history of taking lots of supplements or medications
or whether it's toxins in their bodies that they are also unable to metabolize
or break down the supplements that they're taking.
And, when you are so filled up,
your highway kind of just gets really congested
that putting more cars in there is just going to make it worse.
And so, that's why if you sometimes take too much supplements,
you might have a paradoxical reaction to something like magnesium.
Another compound that people might have a paradoxical reaction to is vitamin C.
Vitamin C is so rampant and everywhere.
Why is that the reason?
Vitamin C is another
pretty much essential nutrient vitamin for your adrenals.
It's very important and a lot of it is dose-dependent as well.
It's kind of like what you touched on as well.
Sometimes your body just has so much congestion,
and so much metabolic waste products, so much toxins
and it's already highly irritable as is.
And so, when you add in just another nutrient that's supposed to be beneficial for you,
it ends up tipping the scales over.
I like to kind of use the analogy
that's like if you have a glass that's really full of water
and if you splash a rock in there,
everything overflows and causes a reaction.
Even though it's beneficial for you.
And so, that's what happens with some people who take vitamin C,
they don't tolerate it and it causes a reaction
because their body is just so congested
and that high level of irritation already
that everything just spills over and you get a reaction from that.
So, be very careful if you are having paradoxical reactions.
If you need help, you should go find an experienced practitioner who knows that
maybe you're having too much congestion or maybe you have a receptor issue.
And so, make sure to find some help if you need.
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