ZONE OF MISERY
What a term! Zone of Misery... Actually, the ZOM is simply a way of letting clients know that while a urine Brix reading between 2 and 5.5 appears on the face of it to be OK, such numbers point toward a real possibility of a "sugar crash." Reams spoke of such people as often going 23 hours and 50+ minutes feeling really good and then feeling like death warmed over for the next 5-10 minutes.
You may care to read some comments extracted from RBTI literature:
Dr. Challen Waychoff's thoughts seem to cover the spectrum best. A urine Brix of 1.5 is to be devoutly wished as it is the point when the blood can carry maximum oxygen. Those who think that a Brix reading in the Zone of Misery is little cause for alarm are often disappointed when the sugar crash drops down to less than 1 Brix and you start feeling the results.
You may care to read some comments extracted from RBTI literature:
- ARM: [Urine Brix] Between 5.50 and down to 2.0 is called the Zone of Misery.
- CHALLEN: Urine Brix of 8.0 to 13.0 is dangerously high sugar and diabetic; 5.49 to 6.99 is borderline diabetic; 2.0 to 5.49 is Zone of Misery; 1.5 to 2.0 is healthy zone; .5 to 1.2 is hypoglycemic; 0 to .5 is dangerously low sugar and hypoglycemic.
- C.H.E.M: Within the sugar reading there is a secondary division called the Zone of Misery, which occurs when the sugar reading is between 2.0 and 5.49.
- C.H.E.M: Sometimes when the sugars are within the zone of misery, 1 or 2 capsules of comfrey may be used a day.
- ION INSTITUTE: On the Brix scale, the range between 2.0 and 5.5 is termed the zone of misery. When the sugars are high and drop drastically in a very short period of time, this can be a cause for severe headaches, emotional outbursts, nervous flare ups or a feeling of weakness.
Dr. Challen Waychoff's thoughts seem to cover the spectrum best. A urine Brix of 1.5 is to be devoutly wished as it is the point when the blood can carry maximum oxygen. Those who think that a Brix reading in the Zone of Misery is little cause for alarm are often disappointed when the sugar crash drops down to less than 1 Brix and you start feeling the results.
