Mild Daily Challenge |
Greater Daily Challenge |
Severe Daily Challenge |
Life-Threatening Challenge |
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
Stage 4 |
| Fatigue | Anxiety & panic attacks | Arteriosclerosis | Alcoholism |
| Constipation | Arthritis | Blood clots | ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) |
| Dizziness (vertigo) | Asthma | Bowel disease | Alzheimer’s |
| Dysmenorrhea (excessive menstrual pain) |
Attention Deficit Disorder | Calcified mitral valve (mitral valve prolapse) |
Cancer (breast, colon, prostate) |
| Facial twitches | Backache, upper back: excess cortisol | CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) |
Cardiac afibrillation |
| Food cravings (especially sugar, caffeine, simple carbs) |
Backache, lower back: emotional | Celiac disease | Congestive heart failure |
| Headaches | Cystitis | Cerebral palsy | Eclampsia |
| Heart palpitations | Ear infections | Chronic kidney disease | Emphysema (COPD) |
| Hiccups | Gluten sensitivity | Concussion | Myocardial infarction |
| Hyperglycemia | Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol, triglycerides) |
Depression | Obesity |
| Hypoglycemia | Hypertension | Diabetes | Parkinson’s disease |
| Irritability | Insomnia | Epilepsy/seizures | Renal failure |
| Loss of appetite | Insulin resistance (pre-diabetes) |
Endothelial dysfunction (dysfunction of the lining of blood vessels) |
SIDS |
| Mood swings | Migraines | Failure to thrive | Starvation |
| Muscle cramps, spasms | Multiple pregnancies (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
Heart arrhythmias | Stroke |
| Nausea | Nerve problems | Hormonal imbalance | Sudden cardiac death |
| Nervousness | Obesity | Hyperparathyroid | Ventricular fibrillation |
| Poor memory / concentration | Osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis) | Hypothyroid | |
| Pregnancy (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
PMS | Kidney disease | |
| Raynaud’s syndrome | Poor concentration | Liver disease | |
| Weakness | Pre-diabetes; insulin resistance | Metabolic Syndrome | |
| Sinusitis | Miscarriage | ||
| TMJ disorder | Mitral valve prolapse (Calcified mitral valve) |
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| Weight gain (especially on waist) |
Multiple sclerosis | ||
| Obesity, severe | |||
| Osteoporosis |
Mild Daily Challenge |
Greater Daily Challenge |
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
| Fatigue | Anxiety & panic attacks |
| Constipation | Arthritis |
| Dizziness (vertigo) | Asthma |
| Dysmenorrhea (excessive menstrual pain) |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| Facial twitches | Backache, upper back: excess cortisol |
| Food cravings (especially sugar, caffeine, simple carbs) |
Backache, lower back: emotional |
| Headaches | Cystitis |
| Heart palpitations | Ear infections |
| Hiccups | Gluten sensitivity |
| Hyperglycemia | Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol, triglycerides) |
| Hypoglycemia | Hypertension |
| Irritability | Insomnia |
| Loss of appetite | Insulin resistance (pre-diabetes) |
| Mood swings | Migraines |
| Muscle cramps, spasms | Multiple pregnancies (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
| Nausea | Nerve problems |
| Nervousness | Obesity |
| Poor memory / concentration | Osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis) |
| Pregnancy (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
PMS |
| Raynaud’s syndrome | Poor concentration |
| Weakness | Pre-diabetes; insulin resistance |
| Sinusitis | |
| TMJ disorder | |
| Weight gain (especially on waist) |
Severe Daily Challenge |
Life-Threatening Challenge |
Stage 3 |
Stage 4 |
| Arteriosclerosis | Alcoholism |
| Blood clots | ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) |
| Bowel disease | Alzheimer’s |
| Calcified mitral valve (mitral valve prolapse) |
Cancer (breast, colon, prostate) |
| CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) |
Cardiac afibrillation |
| Celiac disease | Congestive heart failure |
| Cerebral palsy | Eclampsia |
| Chronic kidney disease | Emphysema (COPD) |
| Concussion | Myocardial infarction |
| Depression | Obesity |
| Diabetes | Parkinson’s disease |
| Epilepsy/seizures | Renal failure |
| Endothelial dysfunction (dysfunction of the lining of blood vessels) |
SIDS |
| Failure to thrive | Starvation |
| Heart arrhythmias | Stroke |
| Hormonal imbalance | Sudden cardiac death |
| Hyperparathyroid | Ventricular fibrillation |
| Hypothyroid | |
| Kidney disease | |
| Liver disease | |
| Metabolic Syndrome | |
| Miscarriage | |
| Mitral valve prolapse (Calcified mitral valve) |
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| Multiple sclerosis | |
| Obesity, severe | |
| Osteoporosis |
Mild Daily Challenge |
Stage 1 |
| Fatigue |
| Constipation |
| Dizziness (vertigo) |
| Dysmenorrhea (excessive menstrual pain) |
| Facial twitches |
| Food cravings (especially sugar, caffeine, simple carbs) |
| Headaches |
| Heart palpitations |
| Hiccups |
| Hyperglycemia |
| Hypoglycemia |
| Irritability |
| Loss of appetite |
| Mood swings |
| Muscle cramps, spasms |
| Nausea |
| Nervousness |
| Poor memory / concentration |
| Pregnancy (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
| Raynaud’s syndrome |
| Weakness |
Greater Daily Challenge |
Stage 2 |
| Anxiety & panic attacks |
| Arthritis |
| Asthma |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
| Backache, upper back: excess cortisol |
| Backache, lower back: emotional |
| Cystitis |
| Ear infections |
| Gluten sensitivity |
| Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol, triglycerides) |
| Hypertension |
| Insomnia |
| Insulin resistance (pre-diabetes) |
| Migraines |
| Multiple pregnancies (exacerbates Magnesium deficiency) |
| Nerve problems |
| Obesity |
| Osteopenia (precursor to osteoporosis) |
| PMS |
| Poor concentration |
| Pre-diabetes; insulin resistance |
| Sinusitis |
| TMJ disorder |
| Weight gain (especially on waist) |
Severe Daily Challenge |
Stage 3 |
| Arteriosclerosis |
| Blood clots |
| Bowel disease |
| Calcified mitral valve (mitral valve prolapse) |
| CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) |
| Celiac disease |
| Cerebral palsy |
| Chronic kidney disease |
| Concussion |
| Depression |
| Diabetes |
| Epilepsy/seizures |
| Endothelial dysfunction (dysfunction of the lining of blood vessels) |
| Failure to thrive |
| Heart arrhythmias |
| Hormonal imbalance |
| Hyperparathyroid |
| Hypothyroid |
| Kidney disease |
| Liver disease |
| Metabolic Syndrome |
| Miscarriage |
| Mitral valve prolapse (Calcified mitral valve) |
| Multiple sclerosis |
| Obesity, severe |
| Osteoporosis |
Life-Threatening Challenge |
Stage 4 |
| Alcoholism |
| ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) |
| Alzheimer’s |
| Cancer (breast, colon, prostate) |
| Cardiac afibrillation |
| Congestive heart failure |
| Eclampsia |
| Emphysema (COPD) |
| Myocardial infarction |
| Obesity |
| Parkinson’s disease |
| Renal failure |
| SIDS |
| Starvation |
| Stroke |
| Sudden cardiac death |
| Ventricular fibrillation |
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