My mother developed a baseball sized lump on the side of her breast, and refused to see a allopathic doctor about it. She decided to use bloodroot as a black paste( with zinc chloride). She’s been in immense pain for the last month. It started out with just pain from the blood root, then a section of the scab broke and started bleeding massively for several days. We were all worried she’d bleed to death. My father finally tried putting the blood root tincture on it (without zinc chloride) and it stopped all bleeding episodes immediately after that, I assume because it clotted whatever ...
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I used to throw up every time I tried. Now I’ve learned if I make a LOT of fresh lemon juice and some lime(makes it taste much better) juice to drink after I drink the OO(in my case sunflower oil.. doesn’t gross me out as much if I throw it up) lemon juice concoction, I don’t throw up. And I drink a small amount of some soda after I get up(I have to buy it purposefully because I don’t keep it around usually), it scrapes the rest of the oil out of my stomach.   [End]
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I had my first liver flush to get green stones in a long time. I had real difficulty with epsom salts and olive oil. I would get weak and ill and feel my liver swell but I’d never get any stones or feel the pressure relieve much on my liver, just some yellow itty bitty pieces. And I’d feel a bit better but I always wondered why I didn’t get stones. So I started trying all sorts of methods. All of which worked about as well as the OO and ES method. I would throw up lots of times as well, the fat content being too much for my stomach. I finally hit on a formula that worked for me. I used ...
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I just tried buying Milk of Magnesium for my last flush and it worked wonderfully. I haven’t gotten stones out in forever but I did this time with just one dose two hours before and another dose 6 hours after drinking the oil.   [End]
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(It was SO bad. I only managed because I didn’t have to swallow it and have that taste slide down my throat.) And about flax oil, I remember reading that before but I didn’t think to apply it to oil pulling.   [End]
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It’s good to know it’s happened before.. I know castor oil is one of the stronger oils, but it’s what I had and it worked. I just really enjoyed that month of not wanting a nap by 3pm. Hemp oil is a good suggestion. Thank you! I can’t force myself to do that with flax oil.. it’s just too much flavor to handle.   [End]
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I had a very good run for the first two weeks of oil pulling with coconut oil and then sesame oil. I was doing it between two and four times a day. I stopped taking naps and I could feel my liver gurgle a half hour after swishing. I switched to castor oil when I went back to college because I had a bottle leftover. It worked fine and BETTER than fine when I was incredibly stuffed up from a freak cold. Would clear out my sinuses for atleast four or five hours and made my life less of a living hell. I kept using it for three weeks. But now it doesn’t seem to be helping. Liver feels conges ...
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Most recipes seem to center on bananas and while many raw foodists claim that the diet alone will clear it, whether a fruit is high glycemic or not, I’m just not comfortable with that. Does anyone have some recipes that aren’t primarily based on banana/apple/orange but still provide enough calories?   [End]
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Most recipes seem to center on bananas and while many raw foodists claim that the diet alone will clear it, whether a fruit is high glycemic or not, I’m just not comfortable with that. Does anyone have some recipes that aren’t primarily based on banana but still provide enough calories?   [End]
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Hmm. The severity level was that I could drink an energy drink(Like Monster) and fall asleep an hour later from the sugar crash. My fiance would always egg me on to get energy drinks for my night shifts and I figured out, they reaaaaally dont work. Thats about when I figured out that I had it. It’s muchmuchmuch better now.   [End]
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Lol, the hospital’s not what hurt me, the alcohol poisoning I did to myself is what messed me up. Maybe EOD works for other people, but everytime I didn’t eat for a day, my right side would throb. :\ Just aggravated my problems, rather than help. I went back to practicing plain calorie restriction. I’m not sure of the validity of my personal benefits from CR, but I haven’t gotten allergies/strept yet but my fiance had them both for three days. I think my body just runs more efficiently on around 1000-1200 calories rather than the 1600 recommended.   [End]
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I finally have confirmation that my wierd green squishy stones are NOT olive oil/food. I managed to start flushing stones half an hour before my olive oil dose. I still have no digital camera, but stress+ trying EOD(eating every other day)+crappy diet, all built up a lot of pressure in my gallbladder and liver. I think I passed around 100-150 stones, the most yet. I feel immensely better, as before, I was starting to get pangs right underneath my right rib cage. Some of the little green wedges had yellowed edges, and they were harder. As I hadn’t flushed since February, I imagine they w ...
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I’m in. :D I’m 20, starting water fast yesterday, to help drive off candida. Hopefully I can make it through spring break(~10 day water fast) or until my tongue clears up. Also, to get ready for skirt season(I’ll admit that I’m shallow and this is for weight loss as well), and to ”shrink my stomach” which isn’t really shrinking my stomach just adjusting my appetite.   [End]
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Wouldn’t suggest it. Most sugarless gums have sorbitol in it,(except for dentyne cinnamon I think) and its superfood for bacteria in your mouth and intenstines. It might not affect your weight, but it’d mess up your digestive system.   [End]
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I’m going through yet again massively bad brain fog. Perhaps I’ll post for real when I can think again. ATM, brain and hands arent very willing particpants. Took an ES bath at 5am and forgot to soak my shoulders. Now.. they ache but the rest of my body is fine. ~_~ I would take another but its a bit of a waste of money. Will start cayenne therapy and coptis after reaching 48hour mark.   [End]
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My gyno told me she wouldn’t let me have Mirena when we were talking because she doesn’t prescribe drugs that are under a certain age. I recommend Nuva Ring, because its a steady dose, lowest dose possible, and localized.   [End]
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I realise 90% of this site will yell at you to get off all BC, but unfortunately I dont like that kind of risk. My fiance can’t go 2 days, much less a week, without frisky time. So, I throw out what is working for me. Nuvaring. Yes, its a wierd concept. But its the lesser evil. My sex drive came back, my periods are no longer hell, and the maintenence weight dropped by 2 or 3 lbs. With DepoProvera, I was at 130 naturally and 125 with alot of fighting. Otho TC Lo 125 naturally, 120 fighting with exercise. Nuvaring, sit naturally at about 117(I have a very small frame) and I walk everywhe ...
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First week off, I’d think you’d be best focusing on vegetable only meals like salads, sauted vegetables, stir fry, ect. Actually, thats more like the first two days. Then you could add in low GI fruit like lemons, grapefruit, green apples, and lean protein. Then the next week low GI breads like oatmeal ect, and then build up to more the week after carb shockers like bananas, muffins, breads, ect. Overall, you only have to be careful with your overall calorie count, which should be comfortable for you. First day off, maybe 400 calories, one meal. Eat this many calories for two days, then ad ...
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Firstly, I really hope when you say Atkins, that you’re leaning for the low carb veggies and fruits and lean protein and NOT for the high fat processed red meat options. If you are, I’d suggest getting away from it as soon as possible. It overtaxes your digestive system, and all red meat products(from beef to package sausage) has a great deal of toxins. Even chicken in too large of amounts is hazardous with the hormones. Water fasting can help you lose weight especially _if_ you are heavily loaded with toxins or if you have really overstressed your digestive system(I did it with mono ea ...
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Atleast, I hope I can go that long. I’ll be happy if I break my record of 2 1/2 days from previously. Bulimia reared its ugly head again, and well, there is no money in the bank account til the 15th. So might as well see if I can completely kill the candida. I think the candida is half the problem with the bulimia as it causes all the sugar cravings. The other half is living with someone who can eat the worst junk food in the world and sit happily at 135 lbs. ~_~;; And I’m lazy about making food and his food is always RIGHT THERE.. Anyways. This time around, I found I can stop my fantas ...
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Your digestion is a big part of acne, and if you haven’t had a BM in, oh,.. five or six days, you’ll break out bad from your body not being able to push toxins out through your BM. Atleast, that exactly what happens with me, whether I’m fasting or not. So its not that the bad foods directly cause me to break out, they just slow down my digestion and then I break out.   [End]
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It has to be, I’m not used to feeling this glazed over.. feel like someone hit my brain with a squeaky toy. It’s hard to water fast, but the joy of being able to eat like a human being and feel my food digest for once and give me energy rather than make me feel sleepy far outweights a day of brain fog and fantasizing about food. Green tea really speeds up the process I think of burning off fat storing toxins as my detox symptoms multiply not too far after taking Lean Force and drinking my jasmine tea. And taking coptis day and night furthers the brain-fog, as I think the extra bile is a ...
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I cant take the credit for the first to mention this on curezone(I found out while browsing for fasting journals), but I did find this article which is on general caloric restriction, and then EOD. There’s also some book out on it, but instead of not eating for one day, and then eating, it promotes 500 calorie days, then 2500. I think true water or juice fasting on fast days would work much much better.   [End]
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Stay away from higher dose estrogens, and the copper uid(causes heavy metal toxic reactions). Opt for lowest dose of estrogens possible and try to make sure she maintains a healthy liver and supplements with good healthy food estrogens such as flax seed to filter out the estrogen from building up in other parts of the body. I recommend the Nuvaring, personally. Others will tell you family planning is the only option, but well, its also a very very risky option.   [End]
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Ooooh that explains so much. I was always baffled by the wall of olive oil brands offered in the market. NOW I know what to look for. THANK YOU!   [End]
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Try bowel cleansing first. Then, after she gets regular daily BMs and if she still has problems, start looking into liver flushing and lymph cleansing. As for lymph cleansing, I once read one article claiming daily dry skin brushing as the cure for acne. How valid this is, I dont know personally, but it could help and its easy to start now. Both your lymph and your bowels are places where toxins can build up and acne becomes a side effect with inflammation.   [End]
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I take it as an acne protocol as alot of my acne stems from problems with my digestion. From what I understand, making sure the liver excretes more bile makes everything down there move faster, digest better and not sit around for days. I can feel gurgling on my right side under my ribs when I take coptis at night(I take it in conjuction with chinese betters as recommended by sensiblehealth.com to battle estrogen dominance from BC, to help the liver remove toxic estrogen like hormones), and drinking the tea had never produced that kind of effect and I was doubting how much it was helping. ...
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EOD fast. Hmm. Also known as Every Other Day fasting. I wonder how badly this would mess up my bowel activity.. because I like the feeling of fasting every other day, I feel refreshed/awake, in control, and my cravings fastly reduced. The study was for three weeks with people describes it as they ate what they wanted on off days and chewed sugarless gum on fast days(which is not a very good idea), but if I could just eat salads and veggies on my good days, I might very well find a fast track program to stable weight and no more candida. I dont like the idea of breaking my metabolism, it wa ...
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Just wanted to throw out there that I think dandelion root as a tea doesn’t work as well for stimulating bile production. I drank the tea rather religously for a few weeks not really noticing any change, and on a whim(after hearing about my little sister was doing so well on the supplement that I sent her because she’s 15 and tea is ”not cool”), I broke open an unused tea bag and swallowed the contents(like crumbley dirt yum lol) and it worked just as well as coptis! I laid down and felt my upper abdomen rumbling almost happily before bed. But both my dad and my sister are reporting the ...
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Would doing a daily coffee enema eliminate the need for a liver flush after water fasting? Then you’d stimulate bile production without food or calories or glucose(I think). Or atleast reduce to severity of a long 10/30 fast. Just a theory, I dont own a real enema kit or I’d test the theory.   [End]
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Blasted curezone ate my last post from Thursday evening, describing how I would be fasting again this weekend, today through Monday. Already getting wierd mind obsessions of food that aren’t really driving me to want food, just ... wierd mind obsession. Like my mind likes thinking about it. Organs are twisting so badly. Still have not had BM, after two tablespoons of castor oil and senna tea. Hair is looking so shiney after rinsing with ACV.   [End]
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Dry skin brushing is the best solution for getting rid of headaches or atleast making them mild enough to deal with. Headaches during fasts can be circulating toxins.. so if you help out your lymph systems ability to flush the toxins, then the headaches abate.   [End]
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In normal scientific literature, they say the reason castor oil has a laxative effect is not the smooth muscle stimulation(which I believe could very possibly be completely made up) as is quoted widely on this forum, but because it acts as a coat on the bowel movement, preventing water and other liquids from absorbing through the small intenstine. Essentially, its like a oral enema. (If you wish to dispute me, do a search on google, and you can find it on any normal page discussing castor oil) So if it doesn’t have a ”stimulative” effect internally, I find it hard to believe it has one ext ...
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Just be careful what fillers are in the supplements. Alot of them use rice powder, which your body WILL digest and add glucose back into your system. Try tinture’s as there have been studies that alcohol doesn’t metabolise the same as other kinds of calories, and such minute amounts get digested in tincture form. And I’d REALLY recommend some kind of intenstinal flushing prior and during the first two days of water fasting. I regret not knowing this my first time, and now I’ve heard that it really cuts out the toxic reactions that arise from gunk sitting in your intestines. I broke out ...
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I dont think psyllium would be a good idea during a fast, as it won’t have food to push through your digestive system. I remember reading a water fast log and how someone messed up their digestion by doing so. You could try just taking the bentonite or activated charcoal to absorb the toxins in your colon(I’m going to try this is ac and see if it helps with the healing process), and lots of water. Senna tea is useful too. And I’d wait to take probiotics until after the fast, as the idea of water fasting is to starve off the bad bacteria, then repopulate after you’re done with the fast.   [End]
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I fasted yesterday again, up until I started taking ES at 2am, then my olive oil and grapefruit at 9am this morning. I slept til 4, and I’m passing smelly bile basically. Another 1/2 inch flushed off.. I’m really shocked as to how toxic I might of been before this. I am on BC but I didn’t think this process would counteract it that quickly. This is my fourth LF, dont know if it’ll be successful for stones, but Julia Chang’s website says even just flushing smelly stagnant bile is beneficial. So I take it in stride. I drank senna tea rather than face more ES and burning pain later. Feel weak ...
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The only time I’ve ever had a similar reaction was when I did salt water flushes, and I assume its from toxins flushing through your system at a fast rate. I find it odd that unpastuerized cheese would cause sucha problem, as I’d rate that less harmful that processed cheese. Perhaps you’re lactose intolerant or even allergic, and after cleaning out your digestion with raw food for two weeks, reintroducing it wreaked havoc.   [End]
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I just want to throw out that Aloe Vera juice is the best thing in the world to drink on a juice fast. I’d read that it has all essential amino acids, but I believe it now, comparing with being exhausted when I water fasted, with atleast some muscle recovery with aloe vera juice. Definately definately think about adding it to your routines. And no, I wouldn’t suggest juicing aloe vera leaves unless you can put in a cloth filter, as it has alot of gel in it. And it doesn’t stay very long if you do it yoursefly(I know I tried), so save yourself the trouble and buy stabilized aloe vera juice ...
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I’ve found water fasting with senna tea useful for after I’ve been on a toxic food binge(I’m gluten and lactose intolerant and I kick myself every time I cheat) and I was carrying around about 5lbs of water weight from my body’s near allergic reaction. However, I’d suggest you prep for a week with good healthy foods at the very least. Think of it as a veggie/fruit fast, then onto a short water fast, then back to the veggies/fruit. I water fasted for two days and managed to flush the last of my belly bloat(not real weight.. I was carrying around what looked like a pregnant belly full of air ...
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Had a little food on day 5, and day 6 I ate several apples, a side salad from BK, a plantain and some walnuts(blast). I’m doing daily yoga, just from what I remember. I’ve NEVER had good core muscles, even after my last bout with yoga, so it must be something that takes longer to build than normal muscles, as I can put back on muscle in under two weeks. I really want to train and build up alot of balance and core strength for when I get to go snowboarding next year. I am incredibly pleased to have a flat belly again, after flushing all the leftover dairy and wheat from my intenstines. I am ...
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I have such a love-hate relationship with nuts. I adore them, yet I know I have to abstain from them for atleast three days prior to flushing, because I can’t stand too much ES. So hard to avoid ALL FATS.. not to mention, I was trying to still aloe vera juice fast. Silly walnuts.. why do I lust for you when I wake up in the middle of the night? I think I’ll just start taping the actual containers of food closed, since it’ll wierd out my roomie to tape the fridge closed again. So I ate walnuts at 5am this morning, and then I got through the rest of the day on a glass of aloe vera juice, ...
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I broke my water fast with a grapefruit and some walnuts this morning at 5am because I desperately needed sleep. Now I’m onto aloe vera juice and supplements. Another two-three days of this, and I’ll move onto solid foods more regularly. Thankfully work is over for several days after this, and I can focus on my new classes for the semester and relaxing. Someone left their boxed meal behind at work, and the smell of ketchup is making me nauseous. I’ve never liked ketchup, thankfully. Alot of things I rejected as a kid propably helped me stay slim. Why is it as we age we have to learn to ...
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Ok, I looked at the idea of using melatonin for birth control, and its flat out silly. Nobody manufactures any kind of melatonin supplement about 3mg, which means I’d have to consume ALOT of pills daily to get the benefits of birth control. Maybe you know of a supplier, but I cannot find one.   [End]
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I decided to water fast til Monday after rereading some of the water fast recommended posts. The body burns off alot of toxins the first two days evidently, but the metabolism stays high which is why I feel so weak and sick. I’m still taking the chinese bitters and coptis. I never ordered GCG or curcuma as I’m poor and I figured I could eat apples to prepare flushes instead. Taking the coptis this morning right before I went to bed did help me sleep, but I had odd odd fever dreams. Understandable, as I’m now feeling like I have a bad bug. The Epsom Salt bath helped with the feverish feelin ...
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Started noon on 14th. Gone almost a full day. I’m new to this. ^^; It’s definately easier than juice fasting, for sure.   [End]
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My fiance has left on a plane for a snowboarding trip. I’ve found its hard to fast with him around, becaues he pressures me in unconscious ways. I think the way my body has spiraled out of control and stimulated his interest in porn pictures, and maybe if I atleast achieve my body goals, I wont be so self concious of his interest in it. I honestly can look at the pictures and think I have better breasts, or better hair, but my overall body isn’t on the same par. Secondly, my bulimia is for the most part under control until we get into fights, and then boom, there I am pigging out on pre ...
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5-htp really didn’t help me with carb cravings personally. I tried it for 2 months, no success really. It helped a little in the sudden downrush of feeling after binging, to the point where I haven’t purged for several months. But I have found something that gets rid of my cravings for constant something in my mouth! I’d already figured out that I have a problem with sugar as I can sleep on strong energy drinks just because I crash on the sugar less than an hour later. So I tried something really silly. I started adding a cinnamon stick to soak in my coffee(I’ve been drinking it blac ...
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Those herbs sound interesting. You should definately post your results if they help. It is wierd how people dont seem to have that problem with unsuccessful liver flushes. They talk about stones getting caught and causing pain, but I’ve never felt like that, I just feel swollen and tired like I’d just reinfected myself with a virus or something. Skin brushing helps ease it, but I can’t seem to get rid of it. If those herbs do work for you, I will definately look into it.   [End]
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Gah, accidently alerted webmaster trying to hit respond. ;_; Hope he sees this message. Anyways, when you moved, did you move from a lower pollution area to a higher one? Did the water quality change? I know my acne flared up going to college because the water became much much harsher. Invest in a water purifier, exercise to push toxins out of your skin. Power yoga(as I call it.. also known as kick your booty yoga) is exceptionally good for this. I went home for one summer, and did yoga every morning, and my mom would hold her nose and wave me towards the bathroom whenever I’d finish. A ...
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Make sure you get a form of zinc thats more easily absorbed by the body. Here’s an article on its uses, and why its better to get zinc picolinate   [End]
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I used to have horribly oily skin, and I eventually figured out why. It was my skins response to all the chemical products I used trying to cure my acne. I stopped using anything on my face, and started putting organic aloe vera gel on my skin. It about doubled teh time it took for my face to get oily, and two years later, it’s not oily at all. It breaks out, but not as bad, and my skin is finally of a normal complexion, rather than oil slick. Same logic applies to my hair. I stopped washing it day and night with harsh shampoos, and switched to baby shampoo and only washing it once every o ...
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Yes, it can. If you expose it to heat by transferring it in a hot car, or putting it too close to the stove, it will go rancid as it contains oil, like nuts. Best thing to do is store it in your refridgerator, or in a dark cabinet away from any heat. I made the mistake of putting it in the cabinet next to the stove/oven and it went rancid when I wasn’t paying attention. I keep most of my nuts in the fridge, unless I intend to eat them rather soon.   [End]
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I wonder if there’s a holistic way to remove toxins likey say. Most advocate flushing to improve the bodys ability to remove toxins, and just avoiding toxins like pesticides on food, but I wonder if there’s a herb or food that could help, like cilantro and heavy metals. Hmm.   [End]
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Parsley tea might help. It has vitamin c, potassium, ect. so it might balance your electrolytes and help reduce the bloat. You just take a handful of parsley, and simmer in a quart of water for 20 minutes.   [End]
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Everybody’s body is different and responds to different techniques. There’s the Warrior Diet, which basically details easy fasting during the day(with water and fruits) and after working out in the afternoon/evening, eating a days worth of calories in the evening. It’s pretty consistent with the conclusions that many people have found out that giving their digestive system time to rest is really beneficial. Secondly, if you can’t tolerate gluten, how much fiber are you getting in your diet? Maybe an source of fiber from oats/amaranth/quinoa would help, because your body will cling to fat i ...
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This might be an off the wall suggestion, but try Callanetics by Callan Pickney to help strengthen your back muscles. I know yoga and pilates are all the rage, but they can hurt weak backs pretty easily. Callan has a sway back, but managed to develop exercises that protect the back and fix alot of her problems. They’re very gentle, lots of modifications if needed, and a tape is only $5 maybe on Amazon.com. The book is excellent to read for more details of how she developed it, and why it works so well, but the tape is plenty for beginners, and the moves make more sense(I honestly had to po ...
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I did a colon cleanse for two months during August and September of this year. It didn’t seem to really do much, I suppose because I’ve never been that constipated in my life, always having atleast one bowel movement a day. It didn’t make much sense, except for that fact that I had changed my diet. I did discover what helped immensely. Star anise tea! I ground up star anise and poured boiling water over, and I started passing gas within an hour, and by the next morning I didn’t look pregnant(finally). It’s a relief, especially since I thought something was seriously wrong.   [End]
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It sounds like the best option for emergency. Thank you!   [End]
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I really dont know what to do, because I’ve been edging towards going full raw slowly, and vegetarian and I’m slowly feeling worse, rather than better. I just got a migraine, and my stomach has been bloated since thanksgiving, and when pushed on by my fiance, it makes a sharp pain under my belly button. I look 3 months pregnant, and its not going away at all. I cant do castor oil packs.. I did one, with a hot rice pack(as I dont have a waterbottle) and I just kept burning myself on my stomach. The bloated stomach has been going on so long, I dont know what else might help. I’ve done 4 live ...
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All of the studies are related to COOKED FERMENTED SOY. It’s quite possible soy beans in their raw form dont contain all the carcinogens and other nasty gunk. I thought it was worth discussion. I’ve never heard of anyone eating soy beans raw before, to be honest, and whether they had any problems.   [End]
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A Food That Reduces Appetite The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 133, 2003, reports CCK*, a natural substance produced in endocrine cells and secreted into the bloodstream, ”suppresses food intake by inducing a feeling of satiety [fullness.]...” Soy apparently induces CCK. Even more promising is that ”feeding a raw soy protein diet has been shown to [actually] reduce body weight gain.” Researchers have also found that B-conglycinin, one of the major components of soy protein, is effective in reducing...tryglyceride and cholesterol levels in [animals.] Apparently, it is this substance that a ...
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Uh, no. I do not recommend any stacked diet pills(stacked means various ingredients). I think I gave myself a bad case of hypothyroidism and congested liver/gall bladder by trying to find the magic pill. Look for a pure green tea extract pill with high egcg and some 5-htp or st. john’s wort, and use that for similar yet less detrimental effects.   [End]
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Peanuts on a scale of one to 10 are a 2. They’re ok, but they have a problem with mold supposedly. Try eating other nuts to sate your cravings. I know I used to be able to go through a container of peanuts in a week. I like soaking pecans, and walnuts. So yummy!   [End]
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Yea. I dont suggest it. I got severe stomach bloating for the entire 2 weeks I tried it. I think it aggravates it, and spreads the candida. It’s not helpful imo.   [End]
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Thank you! I read through more of http://www.wewant2live.com and how Aajonus ate rotted meat several months old and never had a problem. Between both your account and his, I’m not so bothered anymore. It will take a while to get used to drinking it without shuddering, but hey, if people can learn to drink their own urine, I can learn to eat raw eggs.   [End]
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Another of the problems is the homogenization(sp?) used with cow milk, how it breaks apart the fat molecules, making them very similar to trans fat found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. I think it was stated that goat’s milk is better because you dont need to homogenize it, it’s naturally homogenized and most manufacturers don’t bother. I eat pastuerized goats yogurt, and it never makes me stuffed up like cow milk and cheese used to. If I could get my hands on raw goats milk, I would, but I’m sortof impaired by how far I can walk.   [End]
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They feed chickens growth hormones firstly so that the growing time to produce a full grown chicken is much shorter. My mother used to only buy turkey, as it doesnt respond to growth hormones, so they dont feed them it. She discussed with me one time about how there was a study of why kids are starting their periods sooner.. and the possible link with hormone fed chicken, eggs, beef, ect. Ingesting chemical growth hormones what so ever is not a good thing for your body.   [End]
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You could experiment making your own since the storebought seems to not be recommened(I know how yummy good it is too). Buy ginseng tea bags, and raw unheated honey(the least likely to cause blood sugar spikes), and brew up some of your own and refridgerate it. You’d be suprised how yummy your own stuff can taste. Personally white jasmine tea refridgerated is the yummiest drink there is.   [End]
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You should listen to what your body tells you as your switching to raw for guidelines. I know alot of raw foodist do well on a high fruit diet, with avacados ect. I personally dont do well with most fruits, especially acidic ones like apples, oranges, grapefruits. When I started out, I tried to go high fruit, and I was so out of whack I was eating things I hadn’t eaten in years from cravings(and managed to gain 2 lbs ~_~). I switched back to mostly veggies(raw corn, celery, lettuce, green beans, snap peas, mushrooms, everything I could get my hands on for variety), and added in sprouts(alf ...
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Since it seems most salmonella and other nasty bugs are on the OUTSIDE of eggs, meaning they got there through poor handling, one raw promoter webpage suggested dipping it in boiling water for a few seconds to sterilize the outside. Do you think could do the same with chicken, beef, ect? Just quick dip it and repackage it in your own sterile(hopefully) packaging? Or if there’s problems, would the bacteria find its way past the surfaces of the meat? Just a theory. I haven’t actually started raw yet, due to lack of transportation, but I’ve tried to do a lot of reading on it. Soaking meat ...
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Made 3 10 ounce glasses of EW yesterday, and after drinking one, I was thirsty for more. Drank it all, around 5 pm. Made me pass out. I honestly don’t know why, but I developed a severe sinus headache upon waking(maybe from the battery shocking me I don’t knowk), a slightly plugged nose and a mild fever. When I did dry brushing before bed, the headache subsided alot(the fever passed hours before that). I theorize that the EW flushed into my lymphatic system, but got clogged up. When I did my dry brushing, I helped move all the gunk along. I need to go get something rubber, but heck, this i ...
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I haven’t done anything myself, but I just attempted to make EW and I burned myself. Is it possible we’re just transferring the positive electrons to ourselves? o-o is that what’s actually helping or is the water? I’m not certain what the health benefits are of mildly electrocuting yourself daily are, but if they’re similar to drinking ew, it becomes sortof fishy if the water is whats helping.   [End]
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I did this for over 2 weeks, so I dont believe it was detox. It stopped after I stopped drinking urine. Since I’m on BC, I think this it what affected it. Secondly, I dont think the clouds are normal. The idea is nice, but I dont think its as cracked up as people like to think it is. It just doesn’t work for everyone.   [End]
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I’m truly disturbed. I wanted to start urine enemas to help with my skin, and I discontinued drinking it due to extreme bloating problems. I thought it was the Nuvaring aggravating it.. but after 24 hours, the urine stored in an airtight container had white clouds in it. I wasn’t sure if I believed systemic candida was real(thought I was pretty certain I had intenstinal candida)... well, this points me to believe yeah it is. Therefore, maybe urine is NOT the cure all for everything? Reingesting candida seems like a extremely bad idea of how to spread it through your system further. I’ll co ...
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For me, it’s a lack of willpower to do things mentally challenging, particularly homework, ect. Its easy to get distracted and goof off, lose track of time. I doodle in class, plot out random things in my head. With it, I follow the class usually, do the calculations. Its a big help.   [End]
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I’m not truly certain why, but since I can literally instigate brain fog to myself by eating bread products, the only thing I’ve found that truly helps with the brain fog(whether it helps candida or not is difficult to test as I’m constantly cycling through treatments looking for something that make a dent), is NOW Foods Thyroid Energy capsules. I originally purchased it for the superior thyroid supplmentation, but I think/act so much better when I take daily doses of this. I feel lethargic alot of the time, and unmotivated to do schoolwork, and this is a mild effective pick up. Just to ...
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I’m starting to think almost every succes story I’ve read of dealing with candida includes enemas. May I ask what probiotics you use? Is it liquid, or are you breaking up capsules in water?   [End]
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Holy crap, its the planariam thingamabobbers! o_o! Wow, and only on my fourth flush!   [End]
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Honestly, my last flush baffled me. I passed no stones, not even that much bm, just passed a bit of diahreea, and then a CRAP LOAD OF LITTLE PINK THINGS. I do NOT know what they were, but they resembled the grapefruit that I ate. Except they were uniform in size... and some were flat like they’d been squished, but SOME were filled with liquid it look like(even had bubbles in them), and had a very small little white tail. Are these some form of liver flukes? And then I proceeded to pass just clear mucus with gas for a full day. Why would I pass mucus(I’ve only heard people passing mucus ...
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I figured UT wouldn’t be applicable during menstruation, but I remembered reading that hormones in UT were excellent for massage, so I gave it a shot. I massaged fresh urine on my stomach, let it dry, then massaged the dry skin for 15 minutes. Plain massage has never worked before, so its not just the massage... My nearly pregnant looking belly just withered away after a few hours. Miraculous.   [End]
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Does anyone here take BC(birth control)? Did you notice that your binging/food problems seemed to start when you started the BC? Or got worse? I’m really really starting to think that it’s not just a coincidence, and I just curious if a larger than normal amount of people here that are on BC.   [End]
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Urine Therapy will only help you recyle and get the full amount of vitamins you already consume through food. If you aren’t eating nutrious food, it won’t help. I had a huge problem at the ripe old age of 15-16 of having nearly a fistful of my hair fall out after showers. My mom started pushing me to eat flax seed, and miraculously it slowly dwindled away. Her hair actually regained color over a period of time, instead of going completely grey as it would of in a few years. Look at your diet, and see if something essential is missing.   [End]
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Weight gain, weight loss, eating foods in wrong combination making body unable to digest food, parasites, ect. Who knows what it is specifically because it can be different for everyone. Just some response to bodily stress it seems like.   [End]
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Avoid atlantic larger ”meat eating” fish to avoid contanimants. Alaskan/Pacific is agreed to be the lowest in toxins and highest in nutrtients. And try to limit your fish intake to once or twice a week.   [End]
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Well, I dont know why nutritionally, but they taste much better that way. Honest.   [End]
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I have no access to these grounded seeds. I’ve seen the whole seeds at the health food store, but they were very expensive. I can find the flour for a low cost in my opinion, 3.99$CA for 1 pound. Moneywise, it is my only possibility. I’m mainly interested in hemp for the protein and the nutrients it contains, I already supplement with EFAs.   [End]
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Lordy.   [End]
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Stop using the scale, it lies. Go, buy a $.99 tape measure. Start tracking your measurements. Use birth marks, moles, scars ect to make sure you measure at the same place every time. I’ve lost an inch off my hip bones and 1/2” off my hips with the fast, but have lost little to no real weight. Maybe a pound. Good luck.   [End]
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I did my flush as outlined in my previous post, but its late sunday night now, and both my fiance and I are scared about my stomach. My gall bladder seems to be a friggin rock under my rib cage.. it’s never been this turgid before and I cant fathom what is causing it, as I passed rather large stones this last time(while not as numerous). Should I do an emergency flush if it persists after tonight? I really think I should. I’m really really scared.. ;_; He wants to take me to the hospital, but I reaaaaallly dont want to do that. I’m afraid this might be because I didn’t take my last dose of ...
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I can never stay still, and it still works. I do it when I start feeling my stomach bubble and gurgle, and pretty much several times during the day. I didn’t do it after I took my olive oil this last time, mostly because I passed out for the first three hours the minute I laid down. It might not work so well right after you lay down, just because it’ll take a little while for the olive oil to digest. I remember one other poster recommened a breathing exercise to make the diaphragm push on the gall bladder as you lay in bed after the oo. You suck in a lot of air, pushing your stomach out(no ...
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It will taste sour in comparison to the sugar loaded Dannon, yes. Everything will taste sour if you’ve been eating sugar rather consistently. Once you kick the habit, if you return to eating sugar, you’ll pucker your mouth and think you’re eating it straight. Sugar is like a drug.. you have a tolerance for it that affects your other tastes.   [End]
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Heh, I said I’ll look odd, because my apartment complex is infested with a large amount of muscle headed jocks who hog the weights(its a university oriented apartment complex). If it was a bunch of girls, I wouldnt mind as much. Something about being a skinny little girl walking into a room full of large muscular guys lifting weigh to _bounce on a ball for 30 minutes_ makes me want to crack up. If the walmart one folds in two, I might look into that in a month or so. Thanks for the tip!   [End]
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The difference in my second and third flushes that I think helped immensely was massaging my lower abdomen(and getting my fiance to do it as well as I lay down). It caused an immense amount of gurgling, and I could almost literally feel things pop and move. Balling up your fist, and just kneading down in til you feel a gurgle is the best way to feel the waters on how to do it. Dont tense the stomach, the muscles aren’t want you want to massage. Start on your right side, then progress to your left.   [End]
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Your body will adjust to a new diet in about a week if you went on a vegan type fast(fresh veggies and fruits only), to trick your body. Then when you do the flush, your body will get a huge suprise from all the fat from the oil. Or you could take it slower, and do a low fat diet for two or three weeks, (when I say low fat I mean clean low fat, no ”low fat/high sugar” foods) and then attempt it.   [End]
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Is it possible that a detox drink I’d been mixing for myself caused my swollen lymph glands? I’m not too familiar with the step by step process that lymph system goes through, and how its affected, but after reading this article: http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=179&i=25 I wondered if my drink mixture of cayenne pepper sauce and apple cider vingar daily caused my body to um.. go into super drive? And my lymph glands are swollen because its overproducing antibodies? I’m confused. And if its possible thats true, is it bad or is it merely a side effect of a good thing that will pass?   [End]
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I did my overnight flush again(starting at 1am ending at 9am, then sleeping), and unfortunately ate badly this evening at a halloween party but I behaved myself more than normal. I had almost given up on passing anything but pieces of food(not even any chaff!), when half an hour ago I passed about 20 green stones, similar to those featured in pictures on the website. The largest was the size of my thumbnail! No wonder I just felt blocked up after the last two flushes. It was moving very slowly out of there. Anyways, how I did it. I did a malic acid capsule fast since I might have candid ...
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1015-02.htm Ok, I found this while searching for star anise as my mother(who is not chinese and I really dont know where she found out this concotion from, I think my aunt from cali is the source) touts making a tea of star anise and thyme for when any of us kids look like we’re sick. You boil water, add tablespoon(or 2 if making for 2 people) thyme and star anise(whole star not ground or anything) and heat for 3 minutes. Fish out star anise(she said it’s toxic for you), drink tea. Fevers should be reduced, ect. I use it as preventive up here at c ...
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Could be lymph’s clogged up from all the cleansing. Check out the lymph cleansing forum. I just finished a malic acid fast then a flush(or well, the procedure.. still running to the bathroom ~_~) and I developed wierd swelling of my stomach for no reason. It was like a I swallowed a whole cucumber and it was living under my belly button or something. I was baffled to it, because it didn’t seem like a normal flush symptom, but I found description of it being a major duct for my lymph system here on curezone. The swelling spreaded to my neck as well. It makes sense that this can happen wh ...
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Yes, I tried to do a gall bladder flush/liver flush this weekend, and while it didn’t go well(just flushed my intenstines, no stones), my neck and stomach swelled up and started aching terribly. I dont know what aggravated it, if it was toxins being released or the Epsom salts I took internally, but phew, I feel like just living in the shower til they stop swelling.   [End]
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See, dont have space in my apartment at all for a rebounder, and no money at the moment for a nicer folding one. I was wondering because there’s free resistance balls in the apartment complex gym, and I wondered if going in there and looking like a dork for bouncing around on the ball for 30 minutes a day would do any good. It was just a thought, but might try it out anyways. Thank you for your opinion tho!   [End]
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Cayenne pepper can treat some of the symptoms I think. Or atleast that’s what I’m discovering. My circulation and base body temperature has gotten multitudes better(I’ve started THROWING off the comforter at night! me! not my furnace of a boyfriend!) since I started using a cayenne cream, and making cayenne pepper/apple cider vinegar/ stevia drink daily. My ability to digest foods seems better as well, and while I’ve only been doing this for a few weeks, it’s gotten easier to lose stubborn weight through exercise. My personal concoction is just Red Devil Cayenne Sauce from Walmart, heinz A ...
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I learned my lesson. I made it to the fourth day yesterday(weak I know), and I couldn’t get moving in the morning to go to my calculus test. So I had a small bowl of cottage cheese and flax seed, as I let myself have some lean protein as Im in an aerobics class for college credit..(can’t collapse during it that’d be tacky lol), but I try to go 24 hours every day before I eat protien. Well, I guess it threw me off to eat in the morning, ... I ate crackers, cheese, ice cream, and popcorn that evening. ~_~ Everything I really really shouldn’t, and told myself I wouldn’t touch after my fast. W ...
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Ok, stupid question. How are you washing your dishes? Do you just mean dishwasher soup, or all dish soap?   [End]
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The hot/cold showers sound uncomfortable, but they’re actually quite wonderful, sortof like scratching an itch relief. After a few times, you’re not longer bothered by cold, and wonder why you had the shower on so hot the first time. It makes you breathe really deep, almost like meditation. I really really recommend you give it a shot, atleast a shot. Think of it as massage.. it’s painful to have someone pummeling your muscles to make them loosen, but once its over, the loose relaxed feeling was worth it. After a few massages, you understand how to work with the massage and relax as they w ...
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I’ve always had aerobics teachers recommend buying them and sitting on them for tv, and other things to improve your balance. You can bounce on them as well(sitting unless you’re my current aerobic teacher who can stand on hers).. seems like it might have the same anti-gravity effect. Anyone tried this?   [End]
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My bottle, and all the other bottles I saw offered at Vitaminne Shoppe, said pure filtered water was ALL that was used in making it. No maltodextrin or anything. So I’m not certain which brands you speak of that have filler, but I dont believe mine does. Not at home, so I can’t tell you which brand it was, but the ones I found were fine.   [End]
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There are lots of foods and teas that should help your metabolism perk up a bit. Try cayenne pepper, green tea, fresh veggies, ect. Also look into the Warrior Diet, see if maybe retraining your daily metabolism might help.   [End]
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Lol, I was in before I knew about this post. Started monday, and I’ve gone through rollercoasters of interesting side effects of flushing stuff out of my system. I eat some raw veggies, maybe 300 calories tops a day, just because otherwise I’d be bed ridden from near passing out with my blood sugar. I also eat about 100-200 calories of lean protein at night to keep my muscles from screaming at me, as I lift weights to rev up my metabolism. Phew, today and yesterday have felt like I have a cold fever for a few hours, and then it leaves leaving me feeling a little weak but refreshed. Whats w ...
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Has anyone developed flu like symptoms on their second day of fasting with apple juice/ malic acid? I feel horrendous today, like my limbs are dead weights and my stomach is screaming at me. I’m not doing a water fast, but a fresh veggie fast with a little protien at night. I’m taking 5(500mg) malic acid tabs a day, plus two tabs of activated charcoal and two tabs of psyllium husk, rotating around each other, not taking them together(dont want to flush my malic acid ~_~). I ate carrots, okra, and celery yesterday(maybe a cup of each), and ate half a can of tuna a few hours before bed. I ...
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My first flush, which was unsuccessful, I followed the rules and didn’t drink water. Second one, which was successful, I drank water up til my 2 dose of ES. Alot of it. Personally, water didn’t negatively affect my flush, and maybe helped. Try one way, if it seems harsh or doesn’t work as well, try adding more water up to a point.   [End]
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I just ordered a bottle of Pepper Slim and the free sample of the face wash. It looks encouraging, as I suffer from cold extremities alot as well, and a sluggish digestive system. In my order I told them they should post the grams of each ingredient, as well as the size of the bottle and serving per bottle. I ordered it anyways, just because it looks too good to be true. All the herbs I want to supplement with, in a CHEAP (think of how much green tea extract costs alone compared to this), effective delivery method. In one dose. I’m so tired of taking capsules of everything. ~_~ Ingesting ...
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You could try a organic apple juice fast for a week then attempt again, if you think there are stones being blocked up. I didn’t fast, I ate two or three apples a day with normal food, but I repeated mine after a week because I got nothing out of my first one, not even a BM. But I developed pain in my right side and my shoulder blades. After my second, I flushed alot of gunk and yellow, and grey fragments out, and the pain subsided. However, my lower right and left backside(sortof where your kidneys would be) started hurting. I think I stressed out my kidneys by repeating it so soon, but i ...
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Explain how you did the liver flush, as there are several variations, and then maybe someone might be able to understand what went wrong. Hopefully someone will know how to help you. :\ Good luck tho!   [End]
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I know when I had a a real severely clogged sinus and nose, I ate jalapeno peppers and banana peppers in my salads and put cayenne on all my food(omelettes, chicken, salads.. salsa + cayenne pepper = phew!). It made my nose just flood with everything that was clogged up there. Since spicy foods are extremely good for your immune system, you could benefit from trying to eat those for a few weeks and see if that helps. As for body odor, I dont think liver flushing will affect your overall body odor, but your excrements might smell funky for a little while as your body pushes all the toxin ...
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I actually attempted my first flush last friday to saturday morning during my night shift. I followed Hulda Clark’s recipe,but with grapefruit juice, not water, had done a week of psyllium and activated charcoal before to clean out my bowels. Wasn’t too bad, but I didn’t even have a bowel movement until Sunday evening and nothing looked abnormal at all. I’m 20 years old, and I wasn’t sure if a liver flush would help my various ailments(hypothyroidism, gluten intolerance, acne), but I remember people posting about helping their kids in elementary school with liver flushing and the little ki ...
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