My name is Kris Hagemann, the founder of Serenity Organics. My passion throughout my life has been fitness, nutrition and supplementing for a healthier body and a sharper mind. The catalyst for this was my father being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at fifty-six and the prognosis was not looking good. I hit the books and made it my mission to not let my father get taken from us too early. He was treated with pharmaceuticals and at the same time I was looking for natural remedies that could help his condition. These came in the form of vitamins, herbs and amino acid supplementation and chelation therapy to rid his body of the heavy metals that had accumulated in his body over decades of working as a dental technician. This treatment was complimented with a full fat diet void of processed foods to fuel his brain that was starting to deteriorate. He ended up leaving us at the age of seventy-nine, twenty years after the doctors, specialists and neurologists had said he should get his affairs in order as they estimated approximately five years from diagnosis.
The second time I threw myself into the books was when our daughter contracted bacterial meningitis just two weeks after she was born. The doctors prepared us for the worst, she may not make it and if she does there will be a high possibility of mental or physical impairment. I could not let this happen; we had a rough road ahead of many unknowns and I read anything and everything about cerebral palsy and the other possibilities and one thing was clear – a high fat diet. We pumped her with as much Omega 3, lauric acid and MCT oils as possible, with ongoing physio and commitment from my wife and family. We now have a perfectly healthy eight-year-old, more than this we could not ask for.
Now this journey comes to myself – over the years of beating my body with skateboarding, motorbikes, well basically if it had wheels, I managed to crash it and had many trips to the E.R. I later took to bodybuilding, spending as much time as possible in the gym. My injuries over the years were coming back and after a knee operation and dislocated elbow, I found myself using way too many over the counter pain medications. This became a problem when I found out that my liver enzymes were raised and that I was starting to do damage to my liver. So, once again I searched for the solution and that came already packaged from nature in the humble Kratom leaf. I stopped taking OTC medication the day I found Kratom.
Kratom provides pain relief, but also increases energy levels and alleviates anxiety and depression. Kratom treats pain in many ways. It blocks the pain signals to the brain in the same way that opioid medication does, it acts as an anti-inflammatory, and it relaxes the muscles. Kratom also treats the emotional and mental symptoms that often accompany chronic pain such as depression, anxiety, sleeplessness and fatigue. Kratom is also a very effective Nootropic and has become very popular among university students studying for exams. Kratom is also useful for those working long hours to assist with focus and concentration. Kratom has shown promising results in treating ADHD and autism.