A white marking makes a return
If you’ve been following the story of ‘my little white spot’ you’ll know that it’s part of me keeping myself (& my whole new framework for nutrition prescribing as per the Nutrient Prescriber’s Program) extremely accountable! Based on all the very latest research that speaks to down-regulation of ZIP transporters in the gut when Zinc is dosed daily at levels beyond what is achievable with food, and after 30 years of dosing daily, I finally gave up the gear! For about a year now I’ve taken my Zinc supplement just twice a week and am reaping the rewards and singing my success from the rooftops!
So imagine my rather large intake of oxygen when I spotted this rather elongated version of a ‘spot’ right at the very base of my exposed thumbnail, yesterday!
So, has my greatly reduced regime led me to the lion’s den of a deficiency at last?
To answer this we must first talk timeframes. Nail markings are a look in the rear-view, right? They do not speak necessarily to today but to an event, inadequate Zinc or other, that occurred at the time this nail was being made by nail matrix cells hidden from view under the proximal nail fold. Therefore, significant time has to have passed before we actually get to see these. Do you know how to read that timeline? And how that timeline might change in individuals experiencing different rates of (nail) growth, e.g. pregnancy, senescence, hypothyroidism, protein inadequacy etc. Establishing this understanding for each individual enables us then to accurately interpret any anomalies & similarly, I reckon I’ve just confirmed my nail ‘transit time’ 💩🤣 so to speak!
My year started with appendicitis and an appendectomy 6 weeks ago almost to the day 🤯
So if we accept my time-travel theory, what then do we take the marking itself to mean? Was it that the lower Zinc doses suddenly caught up with me making my appendix sad & sick? Was it direct trauma to the finger and nail bed around this same period that I’ve long ago forgotten about, in all the excitement over my misbehaving appendix? Was it that the infection, surgery and associated stress of the event probably produced a transient secondary Zinc shortfall? All the evidence says I can exclude the first option but even I can’t be certain which of the last two are true. Knowing the real power of nutrition, however, I am leaning toward the latter. As a total nutrition nerd, I’m tempted to try and recreate the event as an experiment to test my theory…just jokes…but should there be a ‘next time’ for a hospital visit, a general anaesthetic etc. I will be keeping a close eye on whatever clears the cuticle 6 wks later!
Oh and apologies for the ugly pics! I was never meant to be a nail model, I enjoy working on my bush block and eating blueberries far too much. These should come with a warning 🙄
Our new batch of Nutrient Prescriber’s are currently under construction 🔨👷♀️👷♂️
And even though there’s already brain juice flying everywhere—we’re only 1 module in – so if you’re having FOMO it’s not too late to join.
Alternatively, you can do the whole program at your own pace without the pack…but I gotta say…the praccies in this pack 🐺🐺🐺 are fun to run with & you get the benefit of hearing all their questions, thoughts, experiences, input and answers to boot!
