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Why Is Everyone So Sick: The Root Cause Protocol

BY: Natalie Viglione

January 5, 2025

At its essence, the Root Cause Protocol poses a fundamental question: Why is everyone so sick? This inquiry is indeed profound, prompting many of us to reflect on our own lives to get to the root reasons of why we don't feel great. I have found that the answer lies not in a single approach or framework, but rather in a combination of several modalities that I'm integrating...

How I Found the Root Cause Protocol

The Root Cause Protocol is just one of several natural healing modalities that I have been certified in, and it was essentially the deepest layer that I needed to get to in order to innerstand what had happened to my health.

By the way, I say and write 'innerstand' versus 'understand' and this is because we, as Humans, do not stand UNDER but rather we discern and stand in truth from our Inner Knowing.

 

Therefore, when we want to truly comprehend or grasp something, we do it through innerstanding versus understanding. This is my way to help humanity further take back its power to remember our Divine Place within the Fabric of All That Is.

I blend the arts of being a Master Herbalist (under apprenticeship with Dr. Terry Willard of the Wild Rose College of Herbal Medicine), a Certified Flower Essence Alchemist, and Certified Root Cause Protocol Consultant, and I use my Intuitive-Empathic abilities.

Here, let me share the quest of how I came to know about the Root Cause Protocol and why it is a HUGE missing puzzle piece that must be placed back within the picture. The learnings from this stem from hidden knowledge (suppressed wisdom on purpose), and I blend it with Primordial Insights on what True Healing looks like.

In my late 30s (at the time of this writing that is about 8ish years ago for in 2025 I have been here in this realm for 47 years), and it's at that time that I got thrown into the clutches of what this world has called "illness." I experienced chronic fatigue, brain fog, significant weight gain in a very short time, a fire that felt like I was burning from the inside, and so much more. It seemingly came out of nowhere, though I dispelled that myth I held later as it was a train wreck waiting to happen... At that time, given I had never experienced any issues, worked out all of the time, ate well (or so I had thought), I had not had any weight issues, etc. So, at the surface, I had no clue what was going on. It can be very scary when we are thrown into the "what the F is going on" stage if there is not a big event that brought about a catalytic result.

I very slowly uncovered many reasons as to how I got there; emotional, spiritual, and the plain fact that I worked myself almost to the bone in the true "corporate" way. This included learning that I had suffered greatly from serious mycotoxin illness, which is poisoning by black mold and other toxic strains of mold, chronic stress that almost killed me, and other elements that I couldn't even name until I found out truths that have been hidden (on purpose) from humanity to keep us weak, sick, and in the dark (and this goes for our furbabies, too).

I jumped into holistic healing pathways and went to naturopathic doctors, and functional/integrative medicine practitioners, but not one of them could answer the question the I had which was WHY... It was uncovered that I clearly had many layers unfolding as to what began to show up in my body, but not an ultimate answer to the WHY. It's one thing to know what is happening and another to know WHY it had happened. Often we will seek to get "diagnosed" for something, but that diagnosis is not answer but is the symptom. It's my quest to get to the WHY and to solution ways to get back to Wholeness.

In those early days of figuring out what was going on, I had to go on a brief conventional/allopathic medicine pathway, which was a blockage before it even began. I had to go down that path since they have all the equipment and had to get a CT Scan done to see if there were tumors in my adrenal glands or in my brain (pituitary gland). To do so, I had to see an endocrinologist based on the areas of the body that needed scanning. After 10 minutes of talking to this "endocrinologist MD," this woman said, "If you don't have a tumor in your pituitary gland, then we have no clue what's going on and won't be able to help you." That blew my mind! After 10 minutes of conversation... At that point, I knew more about the ENTIRE endocrine system than this MD did and it was just another reminder of what many of us know. While I was not seeking answers there and was just getting the scan, those kinds of words still are horrific to hear as it's really saying, "Sorry, I don't know what's wrong with you and hope you have fun dying." YIKES! 🤯

It took about 3 years to uncover mycotoxin illness and these other underlying elements as to what was going on, and during this same time that I had become a case study for a naturopathic doctor group. Everything that they were recommending I had already figured out and was doing those things. And, later, I uncovered that many aspects as to what this natural health group recommended were actually very harmful to the body (e.g., taking synthetic vitamins).

It's at that very moment that I knew I had to take matters into my own hands as I was meant to find the answer as that is often the case of those called into the art of Primordial Healing. We must first go through the very thing that we are going to help others with... It seemed that no one had the training or research I needed to uncover core truths, so I kept hunting. It took me yet another two years to find the Root Cause Protocol as I got the hint to go on that hunt when my chiropractic doctor mentioned that I should look into the Root Cause Protocol book that he had just read and found it to have amazing insights.

So, off I went! After reading the book called Cu-RE Your Fatigue: The Root Cause and How To Fix It On Your Own (which you can find here) everything began to unfurl, and I realized that this was EXACTLY the research I had been searching for! It contained crucial missing pieces of the WHY I had been laboriously seeking.

I had to let go of seeing other natural healing practitioners and launch on my own quest to reclaim my health, rebuild my strength, and cultivate unconditional love for myself! And, that I did! This wisdom I uncovered is constantly deepening as well, so it was the element that was missing from the Primordial Wisdom I have learned through my Master Herbalism studies and Flower Essence Alchemist practice.

Our healing quests are often not easy and rarely are they linear, so the question I feel that's important to ask is: How can we cherish our bodies while we are healing?

Thus began the melding of the Primordial Healing Wisdom of my Flower Essence and Herbal work into seeing things with a more modern approach by adding The Root Cause Protocol. I was certified as an RCP Mineral Consultant at the end of May 2024 through the Root Cause Protocol Institute, and I'm very grateful I can add that to my overarching Vibrational Medicine guidance and framework! The things we're seeing unfold in our realm in these times right now require us to look at how to heal from toxins in all-new ways!

Exploring the Roots of the Root Cause Protocol

At its core, Morley Robbins, the founding researcher of the Root Cause Protocol, asked one fundamental question: why is everyone so sick?

"Having worked in the hospital industry for 32 years, I was fascinated by the number of people who just kept getting sick. Then what may appear to be a completely unrelated question, but it's absolutely tied in, is this idea of: Why do we have anemia on a planet that has 36% iron? Iron is the number one element on the planet.

 

Of course, when I discovered that there was this protein called ceruloplasmin, the master antioxidant protein on the planet-- it's supposed to have eight copper atoms inside it-- I was able to link this iron anemia issue, or the perceived iron deficiency, with the reason why everyone's so sick.

 

Essentially, the answer to both questions is nobody knows about ceruloplasmin. Therein lies the problem! That's what has been eluding a lot of people for a long time. If you don't regulate the iron that dominates the planet, it's going to create oxidative stress and create the illnesses that are besieging our hospitals and doctor's offices." ~ Morley Robbins

That's the root of the Root Cause Protocol in a nutshell. This world has a massive iron < > copper imbalance happening from the soil and that is wreaking havoc on all life forms. Our furbabies (dogs, cats) are being poisoned as well in the same ways that humans are because of the horrid processed foods, the lack of nutrients, etc. The complex truth is we have low bioavailable copper in animal and human bodies because our very Earth does NOT have any of its core minerals any longer.

Glyphosate and all the chemicals being used on our poor Earth have totally and utterly destroyed the harmonic balance of minerals that once thrived in our soil but now are no longer there. That means that the food doesn't have the minerals, and thereby we don't get those minerals either. And, when our bodies (furry or not) do not have the right structure of minerals, that means the body gets completely out of harmony. This undermines the iron recycling system, and the mitochondrial energy production, among other copper-dependent functions of iron metabolism. Therefore, we have iron building up and not enough copper in our bodies to manage it. WOAH! 😱 This Knowing began to unfurl tons of visions and messages from my Spiritual Team as to how to SOLUTION around this all...

This is why there is so much importance being put into building regenerative farming practices around the world! Here is a must-see map of that work happening on a global basis: https://regenfarming.news/news/regenerative-farm-map-launch/

In Chinese Medicine Primordial Healing Wisdom, bioavailable copper is the "general" and iron is the "foot soldier." Therefore, without the proper balance of minerals to help copper become more bioavailable in the body and manage/regulate the iron, our bodies begin to look/feel like rusty old cars on the inside and we aren't able to dispel toxins like we should and this is what we are often diagnosed with; the symptoms from dysregulation. So, we've got to help our bodies moved back into more Harmony and allow the iron to be regulated properly, the minerals within to turn back on vital enzymatic functions, and this is what reduces the iron-induced oxidative stress in our bodies.

To share with you as things that happen can feel very scary when we don't know what's going on and one of the scariest parts of the dysregulation within my own body that I have dealt with on my own quest is the massive weight gain in such a short period of time (the word "dis-ease" means the lack of ease and harmony in our subtle, or energetic, bodies and physical body). I had gained more than 80 pounds in about 6 months and although I worked out harder and harder (as I always had), and ate only healthy food (at least what I thought was healthy), the weight kept creeping up and up no matter what I did.

I even went on a 7-day water and broth fast at that time those years ago, and somehow at the end of that week, I had GAINED weight! WOW, how was that even possible, I thought. What was confusing is that throughout my life, I didn't have an issue with my weight, as it fluctuated minimally, but I did have massive issues with my body image (which is how I SEE my body, which is different), so this was the hardest part to comprehend. As I commenced on my healing quest, I realized that all the hard running (running marathon style, doing races, and such), high-intensity workouts, work stress, and so much more took my body to the brink of its capacity to keep going.

That's why all of this wisdom I was learning made all the sense in the world, but more importantly, I had solutions!

It wasn't until I found the Root Cause Protocol that it began to make sense as to WHY the weight gain happened, and why this is happening for many humans across the world. It's especially puzzling for those of us who eat well, and move our bodies daily, but still face dis-ease. We say "I am doing everything right, aren't I?" yet still find ourselves in the "not feeling good" bucket. There are those who take in large amounts of fast food and do not move their bodies and so often simple changes help those that desire to move beyond those habits, but sometimes there are those of us who need to go a lot deeper to bring more Harmony into our entire Being. It's amazing to learn how minerals play such a critical role, but once this is known, it becomes easy to see...

I also added in my own hundreds of hours of research looking at what true nutrition must look like for us all as our bodies and bloodlines are UNIQUE. I studied in-depth about the poisons called glyphosate and high fructose corn syrup, and I want to share that glyphosate is one of the worst poisons to ever have been created to attack this world and is a literal bioweapon that's destroying our Earth, humanity's health, and the health of our animals and plants. Additionally, high fructose corn syrup which is also a bioweapon (this word means it acts as a weapon to the biochemical processes inside of our bodies).

These are but two things that are assisting in destroying the health of many beautiful beings all over this world, and it's time we say NO MORE, don't you think?!

Doing Vibrational Medicine Guidance and pairing this wisdom with the Root Cause Protocol has allowed me to heal my body from the mycotoxin illness, regain control over my brain, and have been without brain fog for many years now, let go of a ton of emotional weight in my astral body, and I have regained my strength through cultivating my vital life force energy. The one thing that remains is healing the destruction my sinuses and lungs took through the mycotoxin poisoning and when these final pieces are healed, the weight that my body is still holding onto will also go down and let go of its protective mode (for this is often what weight is, something that the body does to protect us from toxins coming in).

As our bodies remineralize and harmonizes from the inside-out, our body will slowly let go of the inflammation, weight, etc. that cause symptoms we're facing.

I often get asked, how long will this portion of my healing quest take? and the answer is this: It will take as long as it needs to take and what's vital is staying consistent in the purging, cleansing, and strengthening, and giving ourselves the Grace and Love our body needs so that it can do what it needs to do!

Stress and the Vagus Nerve

Stress is one of the underlying reasons as to why everyone is so sick (including our poor furbabies!). Technically speaking, when we face stressors, our bodies should be able to face the stressor, deal with it quickly, and then move back into relaxation mode.

However, when we see what's really happening around the world and look through a more "modern lens," what we can see is that the toxins that are being poured into the Earth, thereby into the animals, then into the food, water, and air, and add that to the everyday stressors of "having to make money" and working tirelessly, we see that this world is in chronic stress mode.

Fear, emotional trauma, physical trauma, and overall stressors lead to low vagal tone that means the body gets stuck in a state of sympathetic dominance, which is associated with various health conditions.

The Vagus Nerve is definitely something to know about! Here are some quick notes on this (though, I could write an entire book!):

The vagus nerve, also known as the tenth cranial nerve, is the longest nerve in the autonomic nervous system, extending from the brainstem through the neck and into the abdomen. It plays a crucial role in regulating all bodily functions, including heart, digestion, and mood.

The vagus nerve serves as a bridge between the physical and spiritual aspects of our being. It influences relaxation, and emotional regulation, and is linked to our overall spiritual awareness. Activating the vagus nerve through things like emotional release work (I do this with my clients through flower essences), breathing practices, meditation/relaxation, and Qigong (which my husband teaches and is part of our overall Vibrational Medicine offerings); these things will enhance spiritual connection and promote a deeper connection to oneself.

Low vagal tone leads to overall poor communication between the brain and all of the other organs that the vagus nerve connects to, but also to the Spiritual Self, as noted above. This results in various health issues related to the heart, digestion, hormonal imbalances, as well as the immune system. Things that can contribute to low vagal tone are things like a poor diet, poor sleep, chronic illness, a sedentary lifestyle, poor posture, unresolved trauma and fear, chronic stress, poor breathing patterns, and more. As you can see, this can all become a vicious cycle and a roadblock to healing.

Low vagal nerve tone leads to a dysregulated nervous system, which will prevent us from achieving truly restorative rest and regeneration modes of operation. We cannot heal to our full potential if we are chronically stressed and stuck in fight-flight mode!

Achieving a balanced nervous system is key for lowering the magnesium level burn rate in our body (which is part of the overal mineral regulation processes in our bodies), preserving bioavailable copper, and thus improving energy production at the cellular level.

When we bring more balance to our nervous system by increasing our vagal tone, and remineralize from the inside-out, what happens is that we rest deeper, bounce back from stress faster, reduce inflammation, have better regulation of our heart rate and blood pressure, alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression, and digest our food better.

The Hidden and Non-Mainstream Studies

My Vibrational Medicine practice is based on studies that have been lost (or hidden on purpose) over time, as well as more recent studies that have not made it into the "mainstream news" but it's really key for me to say that there are many studies from 90 to over 100+ years old that play a part in the research to prove things that I share. One of them being mineral dysregulation and what that dysregulation causes within the body, and of course, looking at the Human and Animal (and all things) as multidimensional beings. We are vibrational masterpieces with lots of layers and levels and this all has to be looked at to see and figure out the ROOT CAUSES of what's really going on.

Many of these studies also prove why the modern diet and trend diets are killing us all slowly, and there are also studies that expose why there are worsening conditions in seemingly "healthy" folks (like that of the massive blood clots we are seeing all over the world happen more and more in those that didn't get injected with anything).

I notice that many conversations mention that inflammation is the root cause of dis-ease, but that isn't exactly true and we shouldn't stop there because the next question should be this:

Inflammation is actually protecting the body, so inflammation isn't the root cause, and the right question is, what is happening in the body that is causing inflammation?

Point being: We must always look deeper!

The essence of the work that I do is this (and is the core of the Root Cause Protocol as well): There is no such thing as a medical disease, there is only metabolic dysfunction caused by mineral dysregulation.

This image is a screenshot from my training with Morley Robbins.

Some of the important elements that are part of the training I received with the RCP Institute are:

  • Looking at the level of mineral dysregulation that a person is experiencing is vital as this dictates the level of energy that's able to be produced at the mitochondria level, which is why we create a Stress Energy Profile for every client.
  • The evolutionary and historical role of copper in harnessing oxygen 
  • Understanding the role(s) that copper plays in regulating iron and bioavailable copper’s vulnerability to excessunbound iron
  • Understanding the nuances and notable differences in iron status:
    • Iron in the blood vs iron in the tissue
    • Iron in storage vs iron in circulation
    • Iron “level” vs iron “metabolism”
And so much more, this is just the tip of the iceberg...

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Here below I'm offering you some resources that discuss some of the things that I wrote about here within this article so that you can go on a research quest, too. 😊

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