Finally, I feel I can relate to another person who feels the way I do. I wonder the same thing. Sorry I have no comforting words or answers, but I go through the same thought process.

There is no way tell if this stuff is safe. Everey health book out there will claim it is safe, and then will have others say it is safe, but how do we really know if it's for everyone. I'm sure those who have had bad experiences won't come to this site.

Also, why torture yourself, are our insides really getting cleansed. We can't tell. How much cleaner does from fasting versus eating extremely healthy over a long period of time.

I've had more problems doing number two ever since I started all this cleansing stuff. Sometimes I think I'm harming my body rather than helping it. The salt flush scares the crap out of me. I'm literally peeing through my butt hole for and hour or two. That can't be healthy.

I'm getting frustrated the more I type...

Shannon

P.S. I don't want to discourage anyone from cleansing. I'm actually going to keep doing it and tryin new methods, but I'm venting right now, because it can be frustrating.

Johnac, I have found keeping an empty ref makes it easier.. When you feel hungry drink more lemonade,water or have a cup or mint tea.. this is my third fast and yes this time I have been hungry however,I am not sure why. 10 days prior to the 31 of March I had been fasting for 25 days. It does get better you must work at keeping your mind off the food and the ref.


hang in there

Sunshine VA

I had never fasted before the one and only Master-Cleanse that I have done so far.

The first 3-4 days are the worst. Since I absolutely love to eat and to also eat well, I never thought I would last 10 days (ended up doing 12). As each day past in the beginning, things got better, for me it was when I got past day 3. It was incredibly enlightening, my alertness, energy doubled, my sleep quality improved,etc. Like you and Shannon, I had my doubts. Don't get me wrong here, I really missed eating, but then realized that it was the MECHANICAL action of eating that I missed, not so much the food, since I wasn't feeling hungry.

What really amazed me after Day 3 and each day afterwards was that for a person who had not eaten, the AMOUNT of stuff that was coming out of me. Ok so it was like diarhea (From the salt flush), but the amount of brown stuff that was mixed in there. That was what kept me going, as long as there was "sludge" coming out, I was going to keep with it. Day 11/12 in the middle of the night, I bolted wide awake, every cell in my body screamed to EAT. That was I how I knew I was done that round of cleansing. I had a pickled beet in the middle of the night, and then followed the instructions coming off the fast.

I hope this helps a bit.

Hello Johnac,
the first 3 days are the hardest. I took the salt for 3 days and it went ok (this is my 3rd attempt to fast this year and I never came past day 5)because I allowed myself to rationalise. I am also uncertain about the salt myself. I am following my own rules that my body tells me. I stopped the salt already after 2 days. I might not cleans that fast but I intend to stay longer on my fast.
I might even try some days of just Water Fasting (after a few days more) because then the cravings might stop completely.
Markus