It Never Gets Old – Case III
by Cindy Harrington, MS, CNC, CINHC & Master Nutrition Response Testing® Practitioner
Center for Nutritional Healing
Intro: Every single day in my practice, I witness the human body communicate with a level of clarity that, even after almost 10 years in practice, leaves me in awe. The stories in this series, It Never Gets Old, highlight the small moments — the quiet confirmations — when the body reveals exactly what is stressing it and what it needs to heal. No identifying details are ever included, just the patterns, the insights, and the beautiful ways the body speaks through muscle testing. That feeling of awe… it just never gets old.
Case #3:
Every year, the week after Thanksgiving brings a little parade of reminders about how beautifully — and sometimes bluntly — the body communicates. Even my most disciplined clients, the ones who usually stay away from sugar, wheat, or whatever tends to trip up their system, often make little exceptions for the holiday. And honestly? That’s life. Food is connection, celebration, nostalgia. I get it.
But here’s the thing: your body always tells the truth afterward.
One client, who normally avoids sugar and wheat, enjoyed both at her Thanksgiving gathering. When she came in for her check-in, her pancreas showed up loud and clear — stressed, weak, “crashing,” as I sometimes call it. Through Nutrition Response Testing®, we identified exactly what it needed to recover: go back off the sugar and wheat for now, let the inflammation calm down, and support her pancreas nutritionally until its strength returns.
Another theme I saw through the week: the holidays can still stir up stress, but so many clients told me something remarkable — this year, they’re coping better. Even if they had a little more dessert than usual, they’re moving through the season with more resilience, more steadiness, and a body that bounces back faster.
And that’s what I love most: progress isn’t perfection. Progress is a body that says, “Okay, I didn’t love that choice… but I’m recovering more easily than before.”
Those little wins?
They matter.
And it never gets old.