detox
by So this elder in my congregation told me that my allergies have been acting up because my body is full of toxins. Everyone in my area is into herbal remedies. We're talking entire families where they only eat organic foods. Anyway, he said i need to detox my body. I don't know the first thing about it and he suggested searching for a Dr. Schultz online. I found a Dr. Schultz who sells echinecia and things like that. However there is no information about what I am experiencing and how this might help it.
I've never done well with herbal remedies. I just get more and more sick and don't get any better. I haven't taken claritin or anything like that in over 3 years bc they are crap and did nothing for me. My asthma is so bad lately and I'm almost always congested and wheezing. I don't mean to complain...but yea I am. I can handle congestion in my head OR wheezing but come on BOTH for weeks and weeks. Does anybody have any information to share on this topic?
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I'm starting the Master Cleanse today and doing it through until the 8th. This should be interesting.
What does that involve?
so far i've had 32 oz of warm salt water to start. for the rest of the time, i'll have this mixture: 2 tbsp lemon or lime juice (about a half lemon or lime), 2 tbsp pur grade B maple syrup, 1/10 tsp cayenne pepper (red) or to taste, and 12 oz of purified water (very warm). and that's it! you can double the recipe and drink it all day long, but that's all. i'm doing it for 12 days, but supposedly you can do it for up to 40 (i think that's just crazy). 10-14 days is doable for me.
Oh, I have done that, all I can say is OM. You will be amazed, and horrified. But I don't want to give away the ending.
how long did you do it for?
two weeks IIRC, was a couple years ago
Important thing is to ween yourself back onto solids, cuz your system will NOT be ready for complex stuff
what worked for you coming back onto solid food?
bannana, rice.. think baby food for adults. :-)
hahah okay thanks
Interesting. What is this supposed to do for you?
>> dissolve and eliminate toxins and congestion in any part of your body
>> cleanse kidneys and digestive system
>> purify glands and cells
>> eliminate unusable waste and hardened material in the joints and muscles
>> help build a healthy blood stream
>> help relieve pressure and irritation in nerves, arteries, and blood vessels
Really? I've heard about these cleansing things before, but was never really sure what to make of them. They seem like they could work, but it also seems like you could lose a lot of muscle mass in the process. Especially if you're exercising at the same time. Have you done this before? Are there any guidelines as to what types of activity your supposed to do, and/or stay away from?
that was a risk i anticipated because i don't have a lot of muscle mass. there are whole books on what to do/not to do during the cleanse. personally, i'm going to cut back on excercise because i figure i might be running low on energy.
is it just a pure cleanse and no food?
yes maam.
does it fill you?
not me :( i need to be able to bite into something. but i'm gonna tough it out as long as i can.
two words. anal mucus.
those two words are best left unsaid
hahaha iwll this really happen? cuz next sunday if ur jeans have stains while we're bowling.................
i wanted to do this, but i can't go more than a few hours without food
i have been eating low-calorie the past week and drinking TONS of water and i feel weak and dizzy by dinnertime, heh
plus i definitely do not want to lose muscle mass
however I added the cayenne pepper/lemon water mixture just as a drink between meals because it does make you feel full
last night i went home and totally crashed. i'm not sure i should be doing this in the summer since our apartment is pretty hot. jewy and i have been doing it together, but she has recital this week so it also might not be a good idea for her. i think i'm going to stop and start again closer to the wedding. it just doesn't seem smart to keep going right now.
It does get easier... first couple of days are hard, no matter when you start.
yea i figured that. i just didn't expect to feel so weak.
let me know how this works. i've been feeling cruddy lately and i think i need a good detox. although, i don't even know if i'd last a day w/o food. i may need to modify this
i only did it for two days this time around. i'm sure i could go longer, but i decided against it. it did work in just those two days though.
How did it work? Do you feel better?
it worked well! and i feel grrrrreat!
Specifically, though, what's better? Your tummy? General energy?
tummy yes. general energy yes. less soreness/tightness of muscles all over.
and you didn't eat anything at all?
nada.
were you too exhausted to function?
during the day no but at night i totally crashed.
so, i know this is an old forum, but i just found it and my sister just sent me this detox thing. I dont know if i'm going to do it...but if anyones interested..here it is:
21 Day Detox Program
For the first five days of the diet cut out all processed foods, sugars, alcohol, meat, dairy products, wheat products, or any food derived form an animal or fish.
So you are left with fruits, vegetables, nuts, sprouts, legumes, rice and pasta.
Remember not to use processed or canned tomato sauce with the pasta, but to make your own, using fresh ingredients.
On day six, stop cooking your food. The above foods are permited, but only in their raw state, which excludes pasta and rice unless you have incredibly strong teeth and a digestive system to match. Raw legumes can be eaten by soaking them overnight to soften them.
Cotinue this way for a week.
On day 13 stop eating solid foods and drink only the juice of fruits or vegetables. If you have a juicer use it, or buy 100% pure shop bought juice. Make sure the juice is fresh, and not processed or made from juice concentrate.
Stick to this for at least two, preferably three days.
For the remainder of the time return to eatin only raw foods, while drinking as much fresh fruit or vegetable juice as possible.
I don't have any info personally but Erika Hill is so awesome with herbs and natural medicines!
she sounds like she'd be a good mom, i wonder if she has any open time in her schedule
u can get the poop sucked outta u like Dave Navaro did before his wedding haha i saw it on VH1 it cleans out ur system real nice! haha maybe i watch too much tv...
it's not what you watch, it's what you remember..
and its always the gross stuff you remember
an enema? intrestingly i know some med students that need volunteers for them to preform their first enema on.
no silly that u can just do at home but i think that would defeat the purpose cuz by taking an enima aren't u putting toxins in ur body anyways?
no they pump your body full of soapy water and then suck all the toxins, water, and wastes that were in you intestines out through your bum hole.
colonics (sp?)
yea sure that might be it... it looks like it hurts... but they have this place and u stay there for a couple days and all they give u is lemon water and raw fruits and veggies and every day they stick this huge tube up ya haha doesn't that sound like fun?! any one wanna take a vacation with me?!
why cus you're full of crap hahaha sorry it had to be done
haha funny o yo Gram gave me a magazine and in it is an article on detox stuff... i'll bring it to mom and dad's house for ya
Women's World hahahah
haha of corse
i only ever read the jokes in there
what?! you dont read the romantic fiction and mysteries? how about the fashion/beauty advice?
garbaggio
haha! i say that a lot. and garbagier, said like courvoisier, but garbagier. heh.
oh! i am stealing that one but i will make sure to quote you as the originator.
good deal
I'll have to ask my mom she's really into this kind of stuff.
cool lemmie know what she says
Yeah I will she's thinking about what would be best right now I should have an answer soon. (My mom gets really into this kind of stuff. lol)
Ok so I asked her and she said there are a bunch of different ways you can detox but the simplest is to just not eat for a day and I think as was mentioned by someone else to spend the day drinking lemon water.
If you want more info on detoxing let me know because my mom has lots more but she wasn't sure how into you really would want to get so she just told me to tell you the simplest way.
gonna stand around to 20 12 18 what is this a certain shade of green
so zero eating only drinking lemon water for a day. i can handle that especially in the summer. i basically hate eating when it gets hot.
I don't think just lemon water. I think drinking other type of 100% juices is okay too. My sister used to do that a lot.
Yeah but there are other things in those that aren't so hot. If you really want to clean out and detox your system you should just drink water or lemon water.
Yea but only in small quanities. Sugars, natural or artificial would stop you up which is exactly the opposite of what you want if you're looking to detox. Soup diets are good as well because the broth holds the protein that you're not getting otherwise from fasting yet you're not having to go through the process of digesting meat.
the lemon water thing is def good, but technically you don't have to not eat for a day, but you have to eat super healthy-nothing artifical. a website called thewholeapproach.com tells you good things to eat. i had to do detox and i couldn't eat anything canned, artificial sweeters, etc. it's best to eat like that for a couple of weeks and see if it helps. i used to have "allergies" to and continued to be very ill, but i really had food allergies. detoxing and adding stuff back in slowly will help you find out if you are allergic to certain foods or artifical stuff.
But if you want to do a real detox and clean out your system then it's best to just not eat anything and just drink the lemon water for a day.
i know, but that won't solve her problem permanently. she's describing exactly what i was feeling a couple of years ago. it's going to take more than lemon water and fasting.
Yeah I know I'm just saying that if she wants to do what she was asking about that's what she needs to do. It would probably be best to do the lemon water thing first then just eat like you were saying.
Orange Juice. Vitamins, not sure what else. I've never gotten into the whole holistic thing. Claratin used to clear me right up, but I haven't needed to taken it in a long time.
Is you're apartment dusty? Maybe you should look into getting one of those air purifiers.
it's ALWAYS dusty. i clean everyday and it's still dusty.
i know that you should drink a lot of lemon water. They say that if you drank only lemon water for 3 days it would clean your body of any drugs in your system and you'd pass certain drug tests. If you took them that is..
hmmm i drink a lot of water ill just get some lemons then...
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yo, when i was younger, i had like, super bad skin. did a cleanse, and it helped. so shut it
colonics EW
i can't think of anything more invasive
go to www.naturessunshine.com - they have good "detoxes"
yeah my mom sells their detox cleanses. i highly recommend.
hmm ive taken ALJ from them before and that's one of the things my body didn't like at all
it probably wasn't the "herb" for you. there are some i can't take, but try it. i recommend it too!
i took the survey and my digestive and immune systems were the only things in very good condition