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I am concerned about the pH of probiotic supplements.

Craig — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:33:54 GMT

Does anyone know what the approx. pH is of these probiotics? I read at one time that Probiotics are acidic, while Antibiotics are alkaline. Can anyone confirm this for me? Thanks.

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First time juice fast

benjamin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:26:20 GMT

Hello all,
I planning to start a 21-30 day juice fast on monday, am looking for advice/encoragement as this is the first time i fasted on juice.
Completed a 7 day water fast three years ago which was one hell of an ordeal, but changed my view of reality for good!
can't do water this time due to work constraints, and hope the detox is not as extreme as with water?
My plan is to keep away from citrus and include alot of veg, esp dark green vegies.
How much juice would people recomend per day?
Any risks i should know about?

Thankyu xx

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the master cleanse.

MC — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:31:46 GMT

I am preparing for the master cleanse.
I read the book a few times, few years ago.
I got all the measurements down..the only one Im missing is the salt water for the morning...
Does anyone know how much water and salt? warm water?
thanx MC

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Watermelon Cleanse

SatNam — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:53:00 GMT

Eating only watermelons for 3-7 days is an excellent way to clean your kidneys and change youre life! Eat as much as you want. Kidneys relate to fear, and this will really help you get out of some blockages in your life. Dont do it if you cant handle natural sugars. Highly reccomended.

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Tian Gong

achanceperson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:43:26 GMT

Just got the new version of the Tian Gong tribe up and running!
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Our Sifu, Le-Tian Da Shi gives healing empowerments and qi gong transmissions.
Come to one of his classes to receive the Bi Gu transmission (aka Celestial Sustenance).
This transmission allows one to absorb more Universal Energy (Qi) in addition to or in place of solid food.

For upcoming events and weekly group practice schedule, see our official website at: www.TianGong.org

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BAN MIND CONTROL/ DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS TORTURE AND ABUSE

Native Flower — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:21:31 GMT

I know this sounds like science fiction or a conspiracy theory, but it's not. It is a complete reality and a huge danger to humanity. Please check out the following petition and sign it. As crazy as this may sound but mind control energy weapons is a reality. Millions of people are suffering from the mental abuse and torture of these weapons that are not openely talked about or known, or "declassified." The abuse is largely sexist and racist and targets people who are of certain ethnicities... primarily who are not white. The abuse is deliberate, cruel, and is done by directing energy beams, via satellite or other means, onto the body/person/ brain of the individuals targeting certain centers of the brain to elicit responses or actions. The companies, military, governments who are doing this also use sound weapons to direct sounds, subtle or not, vibrations and energy in the mind or environment of the victims to harrass, abuse, and control the actions of these individuals. Whether they are able to do control the person or not, they definitely abuse and severely mentally and psychologically hurt the victims.

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after 30 days raw .....

Sandra Ma — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:03:42 GMT

Aloha
i was hoping to get suggestions.....
Which cleanse should I do?
After 30 days raw
I feel this is the next step
So grateful
Sandra

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liver flush recommendation...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:04:38 GMT

i am new to this tribe but i wanted to recommend the book The Amazing Liver Gallbladder Flush by Andreas Moritz. it really is amazing and life changing. you won't believe what comes out of your liver and or gallbladder if you still have one. it is a pretty easy process that really works. i know plenty of people whom have had wonderful healing results and have had their health changed for the better.

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Transformation through Nutritional Cleansing

marleyjansen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:03:24 GMT

Nutritional Cleansing is something I began incorporating into my lifestyle a few years ago, but it's really been during my recent cleanse that its poignancy really came into focus for me. Interestingly, it seems that people are coming out of the woodwork this year to explore it too! I have a strong feeling that this has something to do with the current state of the economy. People are getting back to basics & reevaluating their values & lifestyles. While other businesses are experiencing precarious decline, or even shutting down, massage therapists & holistic health practitioners are seeing an increase in their business. This tells me that people are now prioritizing their health & wellbeing more than ever.

2009 is a year of Change, and Nutritional Cleansing helps create a space for clarity and insight to enter us for guidance while providing us energy, focus, and the physical and emotional stability to support us in making vital change.

I've come to learn through observation & experience how the process of cleansing can be challenging because it literally resets the brain's chemistry, and along with it, familiar, comfortable habits of not just lifestyle, but even thoughts and beliefs which affect our self image and how we relate to and perceive others.

Every emotion has specific neurotransmitters and patterns in our brain. The brain can literally become addicted to the chemicals of emotions just like caffeine, heroin, meth, alcohol, etc. Similarly, we can become addicted to emotional/mental complexes such as "drama" or feeling "worthless" -and the stories & perceptions that reinforce that feeling.

Depression is an easy example I like to use to illustrate this dynamic. When our bodies get depressed from lack of nutrients, too much toxicity, too little sleep, not enough hydration, not enough exercise, combating pathogens, etc. our energy goes down and this physical depression is *felt* and becomes an emotional depression.

If you resolve any of these physical factors, your emotional state will reflect it. That's why when I have a family member, friend or client show up with depression, I always cover these physical basics with them before anything else.

The reverse works as well. When someone breaks our heart, or we lose a loved one, we become emotionally depressed, and we feel that in our body as low energy, fatigue, and generally feeling un-well.

Because it works both ways between emotions & body, we can salve most of our initial depression from a broken heart through nutrition, cleansing, exercise, hydration & rest. When we shift the chemical balance of our brain away from depression, we can reinforce our feelings of wellness by affirming positive notions such as all that one has to be thankful for in their life and how fortunate they truly are.

So for people who have lived most of their life in chronic depression, or with a victim identity, cleansing can present both a profound opportunity as well as great challenge for transforming that. When one's identity depends on (is addicted to) feelings of anger, resentment, unworthiness, depression, fear, etc. doing a cleanse literally presents a threat to that identity.

As we transform our brain chemistry, we transform our Selves on every other level. Doing a cleanse and getting better nutrition requires changing our lifestyle & habits.

For me, my greatest nemesis is gorging on pizza, cake, ice cream & soda late at night after a long day of doing massage. I recently turned 35, and I've been finding it harder to keep myself looking cut. Worse than that however is that I've noticed my vision degenerating. I knew this was due to my Nemesis and that I needed to change this habit.

So I did the Isagenix 9-Day Nutritional Cleanse to help me "reset" my brain chemistry to support me in making this change. While doing the cleanse, I came to realize the different unconscious reasons I had for this habit. First, I realized that I was eating these things to GROUND myself and get back in my body for self-preservation on the psychic/energy level after working on all these people (usually 5-8, not including the energies of all my co-workers).

Shortly after that I realized that I ate for COMFORT too. This went even deeper for me as I quickly realized that I haven't eaten socially -particularly with family- for many years. I usually eat by myself. I realized then that there was this element of depression & isolation involved with this eating habit of mine.

After this epiphany, I also thought that I may be REWARDING myself by eating these particular foods for having done a long hard day of work. This then led me to another insight where I found myself continuing to eat way past the point of feeling full because I wanted to continue experiencing the joy of different tastes & textures. With the prior insight in mind, I identified this form of eating as ENTERTAINMENT.

So with all of this association, it's easy to see why it could seem so threatening to give up this eating habit. It represents loss of comfort, boredom, and vulnerability. Transforming these feelings & thoughts not only requires a change in my lifestyle, but confronting deep & powerful feelings related to self & family.

To this end, a colleague & I developed a support program for people who are doing cleanses. I'm not going to make this an ad for this however as I doubt anyone here even lives in my town and this program requires hands-on work. But I would like to share some of the principles so that you can integrate them into your own process of cleansing & transformation :o)

One can align their energies to hold the space for transformation though specific Acupuncture or Acupressure sequences as well as essential oil blends. I always use Young Living for their purity & formulation. My favorites for transformation are "Dreamcatcher", "Valor" & "Harmony" & "Transformation".

Getting lymphatic massage & good old fashioned nurturing swedish or even vigorous shiatsu & tui na can help keep one grounded in their body and connected to earthly life energies to better hold the course.

I've found that doing a cleanse with one or more friends or family members is also helps greatly and adds not only fun but lends a sense of community & support as one re-invents aspects of their self.

Some people may need counseling as well -or even just a forum like this where they can relate their feelings & issues as they go through their process and get perspective and feedback that can help them think outside their box.

I hope this is all helpful to you, and invite more thoughts, techniques & experiences that can help myself and other readers here to get more out of life!

Namasté

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isagenix rocks!!!

charles — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:38:36 GMT

Have done various colon cleanses, Master Cleanse, etc. Finally bit the bullet and got the Isagenix 9-day cleanse... but then didn't do it -- just used the shakes and got a lot of exercise. Even so, I lost 20 pounds and felt fantastic!!! Maintained with the Health and Wellness package for five months.

Have since fallen off the wagon a bit (beer, chips, etc.)... Which is "pilot error", no fault of the program. (Kept the shakes up -- meal replacement -- throughout, however.) Have ordered 30-day and intend to do the 9-day out of that. And back in the saddle! It really does make a difference in terms of energy and outlook.

For more info, check out: www.charleswing.isagenix.com.

Let me know if you have any questions. If so, click 'contact me' at the above website.

A votre sante!

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Tiao He Cleanse

Iveta — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:22:04 GMT

Hello,
I am looking for a natural cleanse and was recommended the Tiao He Cleanse. It is a product sold by Nature's Sunshine...not sure if it is also available at a Chinese Herb Store - does anyone have experience with this cleanse or would you recommend a different one? I am looking to detox, loose a few pounds, clean my system to have more energy and feel good.
Thank you.
I.

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Orange Juice Cleanse/Diet

danceforthesoul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:26:04 GMT

Hi there, I am new to raw food, and am following Storm and Jinjee's Orange Juice Diet for 2 weeks. Well, my husband is in this with me too :)

This is day 2, and we are doing good.

Does anyone else have experience with this 2 week cleanse?

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Gallbladder/liver apple juice cleanse

Dawn Marie — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:46:01 GMT

Has anyone done this or have information on it? All I know is you drink a lot of unfiltered apple juice and poop out globials!

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cabbage juice cleanse

LegionOfMary — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:48:24 GMT

has anyone used fermented cabbage juice to cleanse/heal an ulcer?

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Interested in Herbal Remedies and Natural Living

Mike — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:55:41 GMT

Does anyone know any good books or magazines on the subjects?

I would love to learn more about what's good for us, be it kefir, kombucha tea, or anything. In addition, i'm aslo thinking about planting herbs around the house and get more into growing and using herbs for their medicinal properties.

Does anyone have a good magazine that they like? or know a good book, site by any chance?

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coffee enema?

anastasia — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:09:56 GMT

would someone who has performed a coffee enema be willing to illustrate exactly how to go about it? what type of coffee should i use? do i dilute it 50/50? anything else you can provide is welcomed. thank you kindly.

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Raw friendly housing in LA area? Esp Venice/Santa Monica?

jaya — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:46:14 GMT

Aloha Tribsters!
I'm relocating to LA area in either Jan or Feb from SF Bay area. Going down this week to scope places and areas. Looking for conscious home for me and Emme Ya, my kitty. Check out more about me on my page or at http://www.jayalove.com.

Please call or email at yes@jayalove.com, as I don't plan to check all the tribes I post this to.

Thank You!
Jaya
510-227-0092

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pooh

karinlzbth — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:14:43 GMT

hello,
my sister emailed me and said she was on day 4 of her cleanse, which was a combination of three products she bought at the co-op...she hadn't poohed in some days before, and when she wrote was incredibly constipated, feeling sick, and not knowing what to do. i searched here for recommendations based on what she told me, and wrote back to her with what everyone had to say, including dropping the fiber plus thing she was taking, and i encouraged her to drop dairy (she's veg already but loves her cheese) and drink lots of water, drink herbal teas, eat mostly or all raw fruit and greens until it passes. here she is, a week later, having had little results but nothing significant and still feeling pregnant (not possible, incidentally)....

she's asking me if she should drop the cleanse she's on, get a colonic or what? any ideas?

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liver gallbladder flush - epsom salts or "Natural Calm"?

uncontrollable_laughter — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:54:29 GMT

If anyone is familiar with the liver/gallbladder flush, is it OK to use "Natural Calm" instead of the epsom salts? I've heard it is, but I wonder if it's as effective?
Thanks!

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Whole food supplements I think are best.

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:16:43 GMT

When I first started studying herbs for the sake of my health problems, I came accross the statement that whole foods supplements were best.. Really didn't understand the difference back then between those synthetic vitamins available and stuff more natural.

But now I try to take as much whole food supplements as possible my two favorites are brewyers yeast, and alfalfa. Which I believe everyone should take, the first helps control blood sugar, plant protein, B12 vitamins, kills live yeast cells, it's so uncelebrated.

The next, so many minerals, it's like eating a couple of salads a day, helps with being regular, that's good too. The newest one I came accross was blue green algae, not spirulina, which is great too. But something called AFA, I started taking this capsule which comes from an extract.

The buzz is that this concentrated AFA helps your body release stem cells from your own bone marrow. Now there is research behind this, which I feel everyone should read to be informed. I have heard such great things about it from people who are suffering with several ailments. I have noticed increased energy and less joint pain.

I don't know what else it will do, but I really look forward to living a more normal life again. If you want to know where I got this stuff from, look on my profile under the first link listed. They will send you more information about this stuff, and a free e-book about it also. I am really excited about this new whole food supplement.

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Just tried Triphala "wow" What was your experience with Triphala =)

~Sunny~ — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:58 GMT

I would love to read what your experience was like .... I just started

More articles at Planetherbs.com

The Wonders of Triphala:
Ayurvedic Formula for
Internal Purification

Dr. Michael Tierra L.Ac., O.M.D.

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The most popular herbal remedies in the health food industry are those which promote bowel movement. The reason is quite simple since the most common problem of so many individuals is constipation and bowel irregularity. Consider how tremendously valuable a formula is that not only regulates bowel movement but at the same time does the following:

improves digestion,
reduces serum cholesterol,
improves circulation (potentiates adrenergic function),
contains 31% linoleic acid,
exerts a marked cardio-protective effect,
reduces high blood pressure,
improves liver function,
has proven anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties,
expectorant, hypotensive.
Sound like a panacea? Well, it is practically just that.

Triphala, as it is called, is the most popular Ayurvedic herbal formula of India, since it is an effective laxative which also supports the body's strength. The constitution of vegetarian Hindus cannot tolerate harsh laxatives anymore than vegetarians in other countries. Because of its high nutritional value, Triphala uniquely cleanses and detoxifies at the deepest organic levels without depleting the body's reserves. This makes it one of the most valuable herbal preparations in the world.

How is Triphala different from other kinds of laxatives? There are two primary types of herbal laxatives. One is called a purgative and includes herbs such as senna, rhubarb, leptandra, buckthorne and cascara. These often contain bitter principles in the form of anthroquinones which work by stimulating the peristaltic action of the intestinal lining, either directly or by promoting the secretion of bile through the liver and gall bladder.

The second type of laxative is a lubricating bulk laxative, including demulcent herbs such as psyllium and flax seed. This is more nutritional and usually does not have any significant direct effect on either the liver or the gall bladder. Rather, these work like a sponge by swelling and absorbing fluid, thus acting as an intestinal broom.

Triphala combines both nutritional as well as blood and liver cleansing actions. It has little function as a demulcent or lubricating laxative, however. It possesses some anthroquinones which help stimulate bile flow and peristalsis. The nutritional aspect is more in the form of its high vitamin C content, the presence of linoleic oil and other important nutrients which it makes more of a tonic.

People who are in need of purgatives are those whose bowel irregularity is caused by liver and gall bladder congestion usually accompanied by some degree of blood toxins. Those in need of demulcent laxatives are those with intestinal dryness caused by a variety of metabolic factors including a nutritional deficiency as well as a condition of excess hypermetabolic energy. Triphala will prove useful for all kinds of constipation except that caused by a lack of vital energy or chi. Even for the latter type, it will not further deplete such an individual and can be made to work well if it is combined with other chi, blood or yang-warming tonic herbs such as ginseng for chi tonification, tang kuei for blood tonification and prepared aconite for yang tonification.

Herbal healing is largely a matter of strategy. One approach may emphasize tonification while another emphasizes elimination. The problem with overemphasizing tonification is that it can lead to further stagnation and congestion in an excess condition. Emphasizing elimination through the overuse of purgatives in an already deficient individual can further deplete the body's store of minerals and essential B vitamins as well as imbalance beneficial intestinal micro-organisms. The result is weakness with a likely tendency towards chronic fatigue and anemia. Since the body is always simultaneously involved with maintaining and gaining strength through good nutrition as well as eliminating waste, Triphala is unique in that it is naturally able to support both vital processes simultaneously.

Because of its high nutritional content, Ayurvedic doctors generally do not regard Triphala as a mere laxative. Some of the scientific research and practical experience of people using it down through the ages has demonstrated that Triphala is an effective blood purifier that stimulates bile secretion as it detoxifies the liver, helps digestion and assimilation, and significantly reduces serum cholesterol and lipid levels throughout body. As a result, it is regarded as a kind of universal panacea and is the most commonly prescribed herbal formula.

A popular folk saying in India is, "No mother? do not worry so long as you have Triphala." The reason is that Indian people believe that triphala is able to care for the internal organs of the body as a mother cares for her children. Each of the three herbal fruits of tTriphala takes care of the body by gently promoting internal cleansing of all conditions of stagnation and excess while at the same time it improves digestion and assimilation.

We herbalists believe that the longevity and innate power of herbs such as those of Triphala are, when ingested, energetically absorbed and imparted to our reserves. This belief exists with herbs such as wild ginseng, where specimens that have "weathered" decades of climatic stress have been found to contain the highest concentration of ginsenosides. The Ginkgo tree is another of those long lived plants whose evolution extends back over millennia to the time of the dinosaurs.

The three fruits of Triphala (Harada, Amla and Bihara) each correspond to the "three humours" or "tridosha" of Indian Ayurvedic medicine. According to Ayurvedic theory, the body is composed of three doshas or humours. Vata is sometimes translated as "wind" which corresponds to the mind and nervous system. Its nature is dry, cold, light and activating. The second is pitta which is also translated as "fire" or "bile." It is responsible for all metabolic transformations including the digestion and assimilation of food as well as assimilation and clarity of thought and understanding. The nature of pitta is primarily hot, moist and light. Kapha is sometimes translated as the "water" or "mucus" humour and is responsible for all anabolic or building functions such as the development of muscle and bone tissue. Its nature is cool, moist and heavy.

Harada, having a bitter flavor, is associated with the vata humour as well as the air and space elements. It treats imbalances and diseases of the vata humour. Harada possesses laxative, astringent, lubricant, antiparasitical, alterative, antispasmodic and nervine properties. It is therefore used to treat acute and chronic constipation, nervousness, anxiety and feelings of physical heaviness.

Among Tibetans, Harada is so highly revered for its purifying attributes that it is the small fruit that is depicted in the hands of the "medicine Buddha" in their sacred paintings or tankas. Of the three fruits, Harada is the most laxative and contains anthroquinones similar to those found in rhubarb and cascara.

Amla has a sour flavor and corresponds to the pitta humour and the fire element in Ayurvedic medicine. It is a cooling tonic, astringent, mildly laxative, alterative, antipyretic. It is used to treat fire imbalances that include ulcers, inflammation of the stomach, intestines, constipation, diarrhea, liver congestion, eruptions, infections and burning feelings throughout the body. In various studies, Amla has been shown to have mild anti-bacterial[1] properties, pronounced expectorant[2], anti-viral[3] and cardiotonic[4] activity.

Amla is the highest natural known source of vitamin C. Having 20 times the vitamin C content of an orange, Amla is also uniquely heat stable. Even when subjected to prolonged high heat, as in the making of the Ayurvedic tonic formula called Chyavanprash, Amla, as the primary herb comprising 50% of the formula, hardly loses any of the vitamin C that is present when it is freshly harvested off the tree. The same is true of Amla that has been dried and kept for up to a year. This age and heat stable form of vitamin C in Amla is due to the presence of certain tannins that bind and inhibit its dissipation.

Bihara is astringent, tonic, digestive and anti-spasmodic. Its primary flavor is astringent and the secondary is sweet, bitter and pungent. It targets imbalances associated with the kapha or mucus humour, corresponding to the earth and water elements in Ayurvedic medicine. Specifically Bihara purifies and balances excess mucus, treats asthma, bronchiole conditions, allergies and hiccoughs.

Ama is a term denoting a substance associated in Ayurveda with chronic disease patterns and symptoms of aging. It is described as a kind of sticky buildup of material that clogs the circulatory channels. In many ways it is nearly identical to the accumulation of excess cholesterol and blood lipids described in the West. Both conditions seem to contribute to a wide variety of circulatory disorders ranging from senility, rheumatic conditions, cancer and heart disease. It is interesting that in Traditional Chinese Medicine there is also a pathological condition associated with the heart called "invisible mucus" that is similar to the descriptions of both excess cholesterol and ama in Ayurveda.

One of the body's reactions to coping with stress is to increase the production of corticosteroids. The accumulation of these stress hormones can also contribute to the formation of cholesterol. Internal stress and the resultant buildup of cholesterol can be caused by the abuse of stimulants, spicy, hot foods such as garlic and cayenne, excessive aerobic exercise and repression of the emotions. It is interesting that an excess of some of those very substances and activities that lower cholesterol in some, when not utilized in a holistic, balanced manner, can act as a stimulant and add further stress that would precipitate the further accumulation of cholesterol. Triphala is one of two[5] Ayurvedic formulations that are specific for eliminating Ama and cholesterol from the body.

Triphala is a completely balanced energetic formula, being neither too cold, nor too hot. When taken regularly over a long period, it gently effects the elimination and purification of Ama from the tissues of the entire body. The three fruits have been scientifically studied and confirm some of its known traditional benefits. These include the lowering of cholesterol, reducing high blood pressure, benefiting circulation, improving digestion and regulating elimination without causing any laxative dependency.

One Indian study reported by C.P. Thakur, demonstrated the enormous value and effectiveness of Amla, reducing serum, aortic and hepatic cholesterol in rabbits[6]. In another study[7], extracts of Amla fruit were found to decrease serum free fatty acids and increase cardiac glycogen. This helps to prevent heart attacks by providing significantly greater protection and nourishment to the heart muscle.

Studies of the fruit of Bihara[8] found that it contains up to 35% oil and 40% protein. The oil is used in soap making and by the poorer classes as a substitute cooking oil for ghee. The sweet smelling oil is 35% palmitic, 24% oleic and 31% linoleic. Linoleic oil is an essential fatty acid important for increasing HDL cholesterol, associated with a healthy state and reducing LDL cholesterol, considered to indicate a higher-than-average risk for developing coronary-heart disease.

One of numerous studies of Harada[9] demonstrated its anti-vata or anti-spasmodic properties by the reduction of abnormal blood pressure as well as intestinal spasms. This confirms its traditional usefulness for heart conditions, spastic colon and other intestinal disorders.

With all the virtues of the three individual herbs, Triphala has many wide and varied uses as a therapeutic herbal food. Before considering pathological indications for which Triphala would be appropriate, we should never ignore the value of taking it on some regular basis whether once daily or once or twice a week simply for health maintenance. Triphala, having great nutritional properties, will help to prevent sickness.

I remember meeting a yogic master who was in his late eighties and staying in Santa Cruz for a few months. Being clear of mind and body, he could out walk anyone, both in terms of speed and distance. Besides his practice of meditation, he considered the fact that his remarkable fitness and health was primarily due to the fact that his diet consisted primarily of Kicharee (mung beans, rice, ghee and spices, i.e., cumin, coriander, turmeric and salt) and a daily dose of Triphala as the primary herbal tonic.

I have numerous reports of individuals with chronic constipative tendencies who were able to regulate their bowels with the use of Triphala. One patient with a history of bowel irregularity was suffering from pyorrhea. After taking Triphala twice a day for three months, she was completely cured. Another patient who was at least 40 pounds overweight began taking Triphala and lost 20 pounds in a month with hardly any modifications in her diet. The reason is that such severe obesity is usually accompanied by congestion of the internal organs of elimination, including the liver and bowels. As a result, digestion is compromised with the poorly assimilated food contributing to the organ congestion. For such conditions, Triphala can be highly effective in removing stagnation of both the liver and intestines.

Regardless of any other herbs used, Triphala can be prescribed singly or adjunctively whenever there are symptoms of inflammation, heat, infection, obesity and other conditions of excess. Because of its combined tonic and eliminative properties, it is generally quite safe to give even for deficiency diseases including anemia, fatigue, candida, poor digestion and assimilation. Unlike other eliminative and cleansing herbs, Triphala is safely taken for symptoms of wasting heat that frequently accompanies diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and AIDS.

There are two ways to take Triphala, as a powder or tablet. Traditionally Triphala is taken as a churna or powder. One would stir in two or three grams of the powder with warm water and consume the entire amount each evening or divided into three doses throughout the day. Since for most it does not possess a flavor that one would look forward to experiencing, it is convenient that Triphala is available in tablet or capsule form. Generally the dose is from two tablets 1-3 times daily or four to six tablets one time daily. Children may only require one or two tablets in the evening.

The larger dose is more laxative while the smaller dose tends to be more gradually blood purifying. A smaller dose might be one or two tablets three times daily. One should increase or decrease the dose according to one's bowel movements. Since there are no problems in using Triphala, the dose can be adjusted upwards from the suggested amount.

Triphala is also widely taken for all eye diseases including the treatment of conjunctivitis, progressive myopia, the early stages of glaucoma and cataracts. For these conditions, it is taken daily both internally as described above, as well as externally as an eye wash. Steep one tablespoonful of the powder or six tablets in an 8 ounce glass of water overnight. In the morning, strain the infusion through a clean cloth. The resultant tea is used to sprinkle over the eyes or used in an eyewash in an eyecup that can be readily purchased at most drug stores. One can drink the remainder in one or two doses, morning and evening. Taken in this way for at least three months, Triphala becomes an herbal eye tonic.

As stated, there can be different reactions to the same dose of triphala. For some it causes too loose bowels while in others it may have little or no effect. As a result, it may take two or three days to regulate the dose that is best. After the constipative tendencies are removed, usually within 15 days of daily application, it will no longer cause loose bowels.

Presently Triphala is distributed and available in the US from a few different sources. The powder can be purchased in most Indian food import stores in larger cities. Tablets are currently manufactured and distributed by Planetary Herb Formulas as well as a few other companies.

I have used Triphala as a regular part of my clinical practice for at least ten years. I know that other Ayurvedic doctors both here and in India also regularly prescribe Triphala for most of their patients to be taken at least once each evening. For centuries, Triphala has been known and used as a standard household health supplement much as vitamins are in the West. In many households, Triphala is taken on a weekly basis by all family members to prevent disease and maintain health.

In India, Triphala is considered the greatest and most versatile of all herbal formulations. With the presence of such a vitamin C rich herbal food as Amla, it possesses unique nutritive tonic and eliminative properties. Both the public and therapists of all disciplines should be able to benefit from its unique therapeutic virtues.

Planetary products was the first to introduce Triphala to the US herb market. It is no wonder that it is one of the best selling formulas in the entire line. Triphala is traditionally taken and works best when taken as a powder. The average dose is from one to two teaspoons of the powder in a little water once in the evening or three times daily for blood and general body purification. It can also be taken regularly once a week with great benefit since it promotes balanced cleansing and detoxification. The tablets are for convenience since many find the powder too have too unpleasant a flavor for the more spoiled tastes of westerners. Triphala has been found to be very effective for helping to control weight gain, chronic constipation and as an adjunctive treatment for many chronic degenerative conditions.

Triphala Internal Cleanser is available from Planetary Formulas Online Store

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First time cleansing: some questions

Kristin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:01:14 GMT

Hey Everyone, so I have never intentionally cleansed before and am setting aside a week for some cleansing. I am planning on doing the master cleanse, but have been doing a little research and getting a bit confused by all the conflicting advice out there to what is the healthiest way to cleanse. Basically, I want to be really gentle with my body during this cleanse and do it in the healthiest most cleansing way possible any basic advice? does anyone have opinions on the master cleanse?
Thanks for any advice,
Kristin

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Oxy-Powder experiences?

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 04:36:16 GMT

i was thinking of getting it for my dad and perhaps myself.
anyone like it or hate it?

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Ayahuasca - la purga

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:58:17 GMT

This might be the most effective cleansing medicine discovered, but I find no results when searching this tribe about it. Does anyone here have experience with it? I have only taken it once and although I felt intensely cleansed afterwards, I knew that nothing can instantly and thoroughly get rid of everything unhealthy inside me, that I need to pursue this path of purification, and that ayahuasca is only one tool to assist me in that.

http://www.ayahuasca-info.com

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Enema Info please

jessieq — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:04:45 GMT

I'm looking for guidance on using enemas for detox as well as replenishing EFA's. Does anyone have recipes or know of where I can find some? I've heard that flax and hemp oils are good to add to an enema, but how much?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

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liver..

karinlzbth — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:50 GMT

looking at the epsom salt cleanse...think it's okay to extend to three days?

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Master Cleanse Question

eylon — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:48:00 GMT

Hi,

I want to start on the master cleanse asap and do not have the book but don't want to wait until I get it. Is there any web site that is good enough with recipe and schedule so ?I can start using only that? Also how important is using grade B (vs. Grade A) maple syrup?

Thanks,
Eylon

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natural colon cleanse: advice please!

JessetheVessel — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:15:07 GMT

drinking 3 litres of orange juice is how we used to do it in peru, but that's way too acidic...

does anyone have a suggestion for an effective, natural colon cleanse?

thanks!!

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Wheat grass on Master Cleanse?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:01:56 GMT

I am on day five of the master cleanse and very tired. i have to make it to a class after work and perform. I'm thinking of a shot of wheat grass. Otherwise i may not make it. has anyone taken wheat grass on the cleanse. for all the hard core cleansers i know it's not the "pure cleanse" if i do this but otherwise i'll probably throw in the towel. Any one taken a shot of wheatgrass. Did it help. I heard it makes some people sick.

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Spring Cleaning Detox.... Let's Cleanse!

folkmaiden — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:25:36 GMT

I am so excited about getting my package of liquid zeolites. I just ordered a 3 pack and am going to start detoxing! A friend of mine is trying it with me.

Pretty much everyone I know is experiencing at least some of the typical symptoms of a toxic burden. I know I need to get my energy, mental clarity and youthful glow back! Yah, the doctor tells me I look healthy, but I don't feel as well as I should.

I am frightened by the staggering statistics of pollution in our environment… it's in the air we breath, the water, food supply, its everywhere! People don't even realize it. However, I don't want to drive myself crazy trying to be a purest that won't touch anything thing that might have toxins. So, I've decided to start taking the purest form of Liquid Zeolites out there, called “ZNatural”. It is the only brand I've found to be totally pure liquid zeolites, there are no contaniments in this product.

Liquid Zeolite is a negatively charged, natural, volcanic crystal that helps remove heavy metals and positively charged toxins out of the body. It balances PH. Parasites, anarobic bacterias, and candida yeasts, can't survive in an alkaline environment. It is not really thought of as a panacea or cure-all, but the more I read about the “downstream” affects of Liquid Zeolites, the more I see how broad the benefits are. People have even lost weight using it. There is a very logical explanation for that. The body sequesters toxins in fatty tissue. Getting rid of the toxins, the body no longer needs to hold onto the fat!

I am also planning to do a 7 day cleanse using the “Dr. Miller's Tea” and “Systemic Cleansing Capsules” in conjuction with the “Znatural” for a deeper, parasite removing cleanse. I hear it is easy and you don't have to fast, so I'm all for that. If anyone wants to try it with me… we can compare parasites! haha. No really, I'm waiting for like a foot long tapeworm to come out of me…. I travelled in India, so it's possible!

I signed up last night be be a distributor for Trilogy Essentials, so if you are interested in the “Znatural”, “Dr. Miller's Tea”, or “Systemic Cleansing Capsules, go to www.trilogyrx.com/100369 to take a look at the products. You can sign up to be a distributor for free if you want to pay wholesale and save money.

If this is the first time you are hearing about Liquid Zeolites, get the full scoop at this website : www.wordonthestreet.ws/Possible...ions.html

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Candida help!

whitnizzle — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:25:25 GMT

Hello all

Aria, for a the concentrated mineral electrolye supplements, would you recommend VITAMINERAL GREENS? I have been battling candida for some long time now, and I am also dealing with the brain fog, so I am just trying to get it all figured out here...

I also just did a 7 day fasting cleanse of clay and psyllium, greenlife, vit. c, whole beet plant supplements and wheat germ oil (through VIT-RA-TOX, V.E. Irons, I do recommend) and I had a colonic every day for the 7 days, and 5 days after my cleanse is over, the candida nd inconsistent bowel symptoms are still there! but boy did I sure get out A LOT of mucoid plaque, feet and feet worth. I did a very strict anti-candida diet this past spring and was better, FINALLY, by June but then I enjoyed good foods too soon after, and I totally relapsed. I am so sick of putting all of my energy into this and I don't feel grounded. it's been very frsutrating esp since I have worked so hard, and I know many of you understand this, Just looking for any other bits of good information...maybe I should try a liver cleanse?

Oh, alsi in a 3 day stool test I had, I had a malabsorbtion of fat, so I was taking oregon grape but I also heard that can through off the balance of your intestinal flora, so who knows...thanks!!!

I appreciate any help.
Blessings,
Whitney

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Friends Who Cleanse

folkmaiden — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:33:44 GMT

Many health professionals are now saying that 95% of all diseases are caused by toxic pollution.

"Friends Who Cleanse" is a new tribe dedicated to understanding the impacts on our health of environmental pollution, toxins, chemicals and pesticides in our food and everyday household products. Lets discuss solutions! Let's talk about cleansing, detoxing, and prevention through diet, supplements and other holistic therepies. Let's give testimony to the symptoms we are experiencing that are related to the toxic overload in our bodies. Let's be a supportive, informative tribe ready to transmute illness into harmony and joy... let's be "Friends Who Cleanse!"

Please Join us! http://tribes.tribe.net/friendswhocleanse

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Blessed Herbs Colon Cleanse?

Katy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:43:27 GMT

Hello everyone. I am trying this for the first time and was wondering of anyone has gone through the cleanse and what they thought of the results. I am going for the 5 day juice fast, which should be no problem as I have done the master cleanse for up to 12 days. But I am wondering about the urgency of bathroom trips as I am a massage therapist and can't just walk out during a session to empty!!! Well wish me luck and I would live any feed back or ideas that have worked for them.

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herbs to support cleansing of liver, speen, gallbladder and kidneys?

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:35:41 GMT

any reccomendations.......

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Acne help

Inner — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:27:56 GMT

Hello everyone I had suffered from acne for a long time since my teenage years. I did a year long of cleanses (with breaks to let my healthy bacteria and body restore itself and I was very gentle on my body) which where great but some how my skin never got better. I threw away all of my skin products and now use little to no soap (if I do it's organic and very gentle) just water works best and organic oatmeal for black heads. Mix a little organic oatmeal with green tea or a detox tea and scrub away. Use about twice a week. I also started a supplement I 3 C. I took it for 3 months. Within the first month my skin was completely clear. It felt lke a miracle. Try it you won't be disapointed.

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kim chi

Aura — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:14:28 GMT

I had tried the salt water quart one time, and was so thouroughly disgusted, that I quickly thought of an alternative...I make my own kimchi, and always have a lot of brine left over that I will occasionally sip for added digestion. So I have used this to replace the salt water...it definitely has the same effect, and is much more palatable. I have been doing this to start my once a week fast day-one quart. ~Aura

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Healthy Cells, Healthy Body

wilburn — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:11:35 GMT

The body has many defenses against bacteria and viruses. The mucous membranes in the nose and lungs are one of the first.

If invading organisms manage to infiltrate these, and if not intercepted by the immune system at this point, those which reproduce in intracellular fluid head straight for weak cells, break-in and if the pH is also disturbed, use the cell as a place to clone themselves by the thousands.

As they multiply, they use nutrients and oxygen meant for the cells, and produce waste substances that are harmful to body tissues. Once inside the body, invading organisms take over cells that have been weakened by lack of electrolytes.

Lowered osmotic pressure and altered pH of these cells makes it easy for a virus to “break in” and reproduce.

As the viral organisms increase the cell burst and they escape to invade and multiply in other weak cells.When cells are healthy—we are healthy.

This is the keep to health and longevity and protection against cancer, viruses, pollutants, chemical and all forms of radiation. Keeping the cells, immune system, organs, elimination and the body’s production of antioxidant nutrients at maximum capacity will enable us to survive under the assault of whatever the twentieth century throws at us.

Electrolytes are the primary factors for cell and immune system health.

They keep cell membranes strong, raise their osmotic pressure, so that no virus or bacteria can enter, and maintain correct pH in intracellular fluid so that no virus or bacteria can enter, and maintain correct pH in intracellular fluid so that invading organisms cannot survive.

Healthy cells are kept round by osmotic pressure or osmotic equilibrium—an opposing fluid pressure between the minerals on the inside of the cell and the mineral on the outside of the cell.

It is a critical balance and protects the autoimmune system in two specific ways:

1. Bacteria or viruses cannot enter a healthy cell as the walls are strong and impenetrable.

2. Trace minerals ensure that the pH of the cell is unfriendly to invading micro-organisms.

The body must receive and adequate mineral supple to maintain in each cell, what is know as osmotic equilibrium. Approximately 5 percent of each cell should consist of minerals.

According to Dr. Jerry Olarsch, “As we become deficient in trace minerals, the cell walls weaken and become irregular in shape, and their pH is upset.

As the cell wall pressure breaks down, a virus can attack the weak spot and break in.

If the cell’s pH is unbalanced it becomes host to the virus.

Bacteria and so on, and this is the beginning of disease, whether it is a cold or cancer.

Electrolyte balance is the critical factor. There is nothing else in nature which keeps cells round and strong.

The body’s pH and cell health, in addition to immune system strength, is the ultimate weapon against disease.

This can only come through mineralization of the body. We have overlooked the most basic thing in our diet and as a result are running after a million cures.

We can’t see the forest for the trees. When electrolyte balance is re-established in the body the cells become round and impenetrable.

Reestablishing electrolyte balance has significant and enormous potential to prevent and eliminate disease.

Dr. Bernard Jensen writes, “It is time for scientists to realize that there is something deeper in a man that has to be cared for.

We cannot heal a person through symptomatic relief.. We must go to the root of the problem—to the cell itself—where electrolytes are at work giving life.

It is here that real healing can begin.”

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master cleanse question

Aura — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:10:26 GMT

I do not do maple syrup, or any sweetener other than stevia...what do you all think of a variation of master cleanse that is basically just lemon water?

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short time

Shechantre — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:00:15 GMT

I have 4 days to cleanse, what do you reccomend? My intention is to focus my energy on healing activites by simplifying a eating adiction and gain some insight into what I'm needing, rather than angrily stuffing down whatevers in the fridge and clogging my emotional expression. I hope to declog as much as I can in 4 days

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14 day Lifefood Nutritional and Liver Cleanse Blog

jaya — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:12:17 GMT

reposting my blog here so it can be of use to all us cleansers! if you respond here i may not answer, but if you message me personally on tribe as well, i'll get the message. thanks!

Aloha Friends and Family,

I am a Cleansing Superhero!

I am currently on day 10 of the Jubbs 14 day Lifefood Nutritional Fast. This is an intensive cleanse that I have done once before about 2 years ago full-length and one 5 day version last spring. This is a cellular rejuvenation cleanse focusing on the upstream. Upstream cleansing is above the diaphram (liver and gallbladder). It is important to get the liver and gallbladder, the main sewage plant cleared before trying to achieve a lasting colon cleanse. if you cleanse the colon first, it won't last because the toxified organs up the digestive stream just help to create more of the problem conditions in the colon.

The cleanse involves eating only Lifefood blended into soups, smoothies, drinks, and drinking some medicinal teas. Wearing castor oil packs on liver/gallbladder and ascending, transverse, and descending colon 2 times a day. Drinking apple cider vinegar 4 times a day. Eating powdered wildcrafted vital herbal formulas on slices of fruit (to activate them with parotid hormone in saliva for better digestion.) 3 days of liver/gallbladder flushing by drinking 4-6 oz of olive oil and 4 oz of lemon juice wtih coffee enema after.

I have been studying to become a certified Phoenix Fastician with Dr. David Jubb, PhD in new york and have been learning lots about this cleanse, the herbs, and how to read a person like a book in a health reading with cleanse and nutritional support. This is a True Healing Theraputic. There are many cleanses out there, but most miss the boat in some respect. Most don't look much to optimum nutrition during the cleanse and just offer suppliments to take. Most don't focus on the most important organ, the general, the most overworked and over toxified Liver. The Jubbs Cleanse takes care of all that. Because of the amazing nutrition, you are gently supported instead of stripped down like many cleanses like the Master Cleanse. If you're already in optimal health that might be ok, but most of us need the gentle support. It can be devistating to water fast or master cleanse to those with weakened immune systems.

So now that I've studied a bit with the Dr., it's amazing to see how much improvement is showing in my cleanse since last time. I feel like a rock star of cleansers! I've been able to be much more positive in my outlook, enjoying the cleanse much more. The hightened clarity i've received is such a gift. On the 5-day one i did last spring and definitly on this one, I am understanding my body's messages so quickly and clearly. The ones I'm getting big time are that my colon is sluggish and to never eat late at night. I ate late at night one night and paid for it with more outbreak of hives and feeling kind of groggy and slightly hungover. it all makes sense now. don't fill up your system with food and make it work while you're trying to rest at night! it's a total aggrivation to the system and makes symptoms worse!

I've also learned to fine-tune the cleanse with kundalini yoga, and sound healing with gong, tuning forks, & singing bowls. I'm also committing to percussion to the liver and gallbladder and massage of the gallbladder and colon. this was instrumental to a productive harvest of nasty little gall stones and some disgusting intestinal mucus. if you're brave and want to look at the pics, here's a link. www.flickr.com/photos/663...3715299990/

this cleanse has really offered me a chance to organize and discover the power of making all your own super nutrition food at home. with lifefood (raw food without hybrids like carrots, beets, bananas, corn, dates, legumes, grains) it's all about organization. i'm going to make cheat sheets to hang in the kitchen for things like timing of doses, reminders to soak nuts/seeds for milking, timing of cracker dehydration, etc. i'm so grateful to have found my new little hobbit healing temple. i have my own place wich means my own kitchen and bathroom. i have been wanting this for a while now so that i can do this cleansing and heal up old health issues. to my abounding health!

It's amazing how the body, mind, emotions, and spirit are linked! When I'm flushing out the stones and feeling kind of queezy all kind of crummy emotions come up. sometimes i will literally detox something out. last time i detoxed out the "wheel of fortune" theme song! it just looped over and over in my head till a shaman kitty came and massaged it out of my colon when i did the 5-day at Eden Hot Springs last summer. This time i have been working through feelings if incapability and insecurity as well as fear of death. also, on day 3, while feeling fiesty and superpowered, i received a call that brought an opportunity to test my spirituality, courage, and compassion. it all went well, i made a new friend, and helped to empower a sister going through a hard time! Jah works in gloriously mysterious ways always in perfect time!

all in all, the cleanse has been a wonderful boost to my energy, health, self-esteem, courage, discipline, willpower, flow and clarity of communication, inspiration, motivation, and intuition. I have realized that i am indeed making room for the light in my life by clearing out the toxins. all the emotions that are coming up represent the old me that clings (literally) to my insides making me sick. It's so refreshing to look in the toilet and poke around at my shit, literally and figuratively! Don't think for a second that all that crud coming out doesn't have an emotional, psychic, and spiritual component. the chinese know what they're talking about. supprisingly, i haven't dealt with too much anger this cleanse, wich is what the liver is connected with. some minor frustrations, that's all. i stand by my theory that it doesn't matter which comes first the chicken or the egg. that is to say, cleanse either your mind, emotions, spirit, physical body, and the rest will naturally catch the momentum of the first. just do it and get the ball rolling. gotta start somewhere!

if you have questions or would like to do this cleanse, please let me know. i am glad to be of service as i have time. it is good for me as a phoenix fastician in training to field some questions.

Learn more by buying these two books. the first is a recipe book with recipies for the cleanse that goes over an older version of the cleanse (still powerful and no buying of herb formulas.) the second is a scientific book with info on blood formation, cellular rejuvenation, powerful therapies nobody talks about, the underlying cause of dis-ease. it has an updated super-powered version of the cleanse.

www.amazon.com/LifeFood-R...pd_bbs_sr_1

www.amazon.com/Jubbs-Cell...pd_bbs_sr_2

Thanks for reading this long blog!

Love You!
Jaya Ellora Jah
www.jayalove.com

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beginning/craving

bartholomew — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:54:44 GMT

Fasted before, been a while, I understand the tapering, what about the beginning? Any suggestions on the mental/physical craving at the beginning? It's been 4 days, I start fasting but by nighttime I'm eating pork chops. Okay, I'm disgusting, forgive me, but I'm staying with my mother for this, there's entennman's crumb cakes all over the place. Okay, I'm being silly, but really....Hoodia? Is there a food that anyone finds to be good transitionally? XX

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'forced' juice fast

benjamin — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:03:35 GMT

Hey, half my tooth fell off and i didnt go see that dentist for quite some time ! ....

By the time i did it hurt a hell of a lot, i told i have a tooth abscess, basically a bacterial infection that has spread into my same side jaw muscle and lymph gland, worried by its sudden spread and a few horror stories on the net re abscesses, i decided to take the antibiotics they offered, though i apologise to my body for doing so.

However i found myself unable to open my jaw or chew.....
as eating is recomended with these drugs and my diet very raw, i think i will do a juice fast to help.

never done this before so its not as intense as water fasting, would anyone reccomend or warn against this?
(also using goldenseal for its antibiotic effect)

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Winter cleansing

bartholomew — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:56:25 GMT

I'm in NYC, it's December, I feel compelled to start a fast, maybe the master cleanse. What do you folks have to say about cleansing in cold weather months. I will be indoors the first few days, but then it's out in the snow, cold weather, etc.. Any advice on this?

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best detox/fast for acne/candia

Yosefa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:15:32 GMT

my acne is not going away! it developed after taking a months worth of PEP HIV meds ( i do not have HIV) --long story--- and the infectious disease doctor said it would go away after i got off the medication. my acne got worse- went to a homeopathic doc who said i had candida- have been on candida diet for month- no change! at all! Dermatologist wants me to go on antibiotics but i refuse...acne red and painful...im ready to fast..what do you recommend for someone who has acne and maybe candida? thank you!

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Need Kombucha Mine has gone stale

jujubird — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:51:06 GMT

Greetings
Stored my Kombucha Mushrooms in a Gallon Jar and left in a friends frig for about 2 years. Now they won't reproduce. Does anyone have one they can spare. . I’am in Miami, Fl. If your not ; I’ll pay for the shipping .
Thanks Jujubird
disc

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need cleanse ideas please

missyb — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:08:37 GMT

i am helping to create a little menu so to speak for someone doing their first cleanse... he says he wont have trouble doing all juice, no solids.
he has been battling alcoholism and is creating this as an impetus to a lifestyle change

does anyone have any ideas?

i wanted to provide him with some recipes, so any of those would be helpful - and he hates beets.

i figure i can make him a jug of lemon ginger cayenne agave juice for carrying around, apart from that.. i don't know a whole lot, besides my standard recipe of celery spinach kale with either lemon and ginger or apples

looking to be a contribution to a fellow human.
thanks for any input.

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Dr. Natura Colonix program?

urbaneezer — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:16:32 GMT

I have a good friend that is thinking about spending some dough on this program and was curious if anyone here has any experience with this program.

Their website seems kinda hucksterish, but my friend is dead-set on ordering it and I am attempting to keep an open mind. I've recommended the MC to him...but perhaps this cleanse works well also.

Thanks in advance for any input.

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sluggish gallbladder

Rondah — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:29:52 GMT

Anyone know the best way to cure a sluggish gallbladder? Thanks

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Ultimate Cleanse - Belize Fasting Retreat

rwsniadach — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:23:13 GMT

VIDA CLARA
Two Week Fasting Retreat
January 23 - February 6, 2008
in the pristine tropics of Belize!
with
Dr. Robert Sniadach and Marcelle Muller, MA, MFT

The retreat begins with a water fast*,
followed by luscious tropical fruit and veggies.
Immerse yourself in the daily program of health education,
body awareness, meditation, and emotional healing.
After your fast, enjoy the amazing eco-tours of Belize,
or just bask in the healing power of nature.

*Please see http://www.vidaclara.com for more information

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Gross!

qpuncturist — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:08:56 GMT

Has anyone ever used the Colon Cleansing Kit by Blessed Herbs???

www.blessedherbs.com/

Thanks!

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Ridiculously Tired..Help

euonym — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:55:24 GMT

Soo.. I have no idea what is going on inside of my body...every time I eat I get ridicuosly tired, like my body just shuts down. It has been going on like this for 3 months. I am a recovering Bulimic and have had many teeth pulled out. I eat extrmemely clean and healthy. I am not sure what the best viable option for testing what is wrong so i can heal it...

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nervous system

catsday — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:54:13 GMT

Hello, I have a rare syndrome called complex regional pain syndrome. I am wondering if any one has any idea as to what I can do for my self to overcome this disfunction. I am currently taking a multi and mag/cal reverse ratio, pantothinic acid and B complex. I have made an herbal mixtute of three parts. 1.Austragulus, valarian, siberian gensing, and licorise. 2.St. johns wart, ginkco. lemon balm, scullcap, chamamile, oat straw. 3.Spiriment, chamimile, and hybiscus. The last set is just to make it taste yummy. I do physical therapy too. It is the nervous system overreacting and affects my circulation. The body does not recieve enough oxygen either. I know it is rare, but if any one has either known someone, or has worked with someone , please let me know what you or they have tried that seemed to work. Thank you and blessing.
Catherine

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cleansing the organs

Zip — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:21:04 GMT

i have been eating mostly whole foods this summer with lots of greens and fruits.

i am about to complete a ten day liver flush that i talked about in the previous post.

i am wondering where to go from here. i feel pretty toxic - so i don't want to over do it.

i quit smoking cigarettes a year and some months ago - and eat lots of sugar - otherwise im pretty good.

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Raw Food Festival Oct. 12-14 Sedona AZ

ButterflyTribe — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:21:41 GMT

Just wanted to share information regarding the Raw Spirit Festival happening in Sedona, AZ next month. My family will be attending. Hope to see each of you there! Click on the link below for event details. Also, please forward this email to others who you think might be interested!

http://www.rawspiritfest.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=331

Dishonne

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What's your favorite cleansing program?

Le4Life — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:33:00 GMT

I am new to this so I'm just trying to gather as much info as possible. Here is what I've tried/read about so far...

Paul C. Bragg - he is a bit sensational and he isn't a very good writer either. His fast also consists of strictly distilled water which sounds harsh. But since reading his book I have been good about drinking distilled water as often as I can.

Carol Cherom - Fuck I might have her name wrong but she is basically a famous juicing lady. I have two of her books at home. I tried a juice fast last weekend. I lasted three days but I couldn't do it during the work week and after drinking nothing but juices for a few days I couldn't take it anymore and since then I've been eating like I used to. Bad idea but I will go back to it I'm sure. Besides the fucking beet juice I made got my throat burning. Beet juices are apparently bad for your vocal cord even though they cleanse your liver :(

Dr. Schultz - He has a pharmacy here in Southern Cali and i am taking his supplements right now, one of which is powered by cayenne peppers. I've been shitting better since taking that but I suspect my constipation needs more remedies than that. I have a feeling that my bowel movements will just stop after I get off the supplements.

Also my brother-in-law is an acupuncturist and is mixing up some herbs for me soon. Not sure what they are called but if anyone is interested in learning more I can ask him.

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Juice fasting and have a question

violetjade — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:42:44 GMT

I am doing a three day juice fast for the first time and was wondering if floating stool is good, bad or normal?
I've never had it before so I know my body is doing something, just not sure what.

Thanks for your help!

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21 Day Detox Group Forming..Free Meeting

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:21:34 GMT

21 Day Guided Detoxification and Allergy Elimination Diet

Summer 2007 Detox Group
Free Meeting: August 15, 6:00 PM

Our 21 day cleanse is a healthy and sane approach to detoxification. You can choose to join a group or meet one on one with a doctor. We provide you with the guidance and information you need to safely detoxify your body and identify hidden food allergies.

Detoxification is appropriate for anyone who is looking to take control of their health to increase overall vitality; as well as for those with food allergies, candida, autoimmune diseases, and environmental burdens such as heavy metal and chemical exposure.

The Benefits of the 21 Day Cleanse

* Permanently remove toxins from your body
* Discover hidden food allergies
* Naturally replace harmful candida in the gut with beneficial organisms
* Reduce inflammation in the GI tract
* Establish positive eating habits
* Look and feel great

We rely on whole foods, herbs, nutrients and cleansing practices such as hydrotherapy to encourage the natural detoxification processes in our body. You are not required to buy any products or supplements. Your course fee does not include and supplements, herbs or food but we do carry products such as protein powders and herbs to help support your body during the detox.

While not intended as a weight-loss diet, many participants will find that our 21 Day Cleanse helps to establish healthy eating patterns, improves digestion and nutrient absorption, and identifies foods that the body cannot properly digest.

The 21 day Cleanse is guided by Dr. Murphy or Dr. Yoon, both California licensed Naturopathic Doctors who have extensive training and experience in natural detoxification. Natural Medicine Works has helped hundreds of people to safely complete this detox and unleash their full vitality.

Pricing

Group-The fee to participate is $75. This includes 3 follow-up meetings of 45 minutes and access to our Yahoo group where we can answer your questions. You can join a group (see below) or form your own group of 2-5 people.

Individual-An individual session costs $300 and includes an initial visit of one hour and three follow-ups of 20 minutes which can be either in the office or by phone/email. We provide you with access to our Yahoo group where we can answer your questions.

We create a supportive environment for you and medical guidance before, during and after the detox. Upon registration you will be provided with a detailed information packet that contains recipes for every meal during the entire 21 day period, food shopping lists and a generous amount of information to help support you in the detoxification process.

To Find out More
Please come to a FREE information session at one of the following locations:

Summer 2007 Detox Group
Free Meeting: August 15, 6:00 PM
--AT--
Natural Medicine Works
207A Sanchez Street (at Market)
San Francisco-94114

RSVP a MUST!
p 415.513.7270
drmurphy@natmedworks.com
http://www.natmedworks.com/detox.html

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HELP! Constipation

euonym — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:12:32 GMT

Not sure what the hell is going on in my body. I have been eating 80% raw for the past 2 months , no meat, no dairy, rarely any grains and not a large maount of fruit. First I kept getting these horrible pressures inside my head an now i cannot S_H_I_T! It sucks, really. I have drank epsom salts, psylium husks, coconut water, magnesium, lemon water.. allin the same day and nothing. I am a frim beleiver in colonics and enemas but I do not want to rely on them.. Anyone have any ideas or diagnoses?

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Liver detox recipe - any opinions?

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:38:43 GMT

Hi all,

This is my first post in this tribe, I feel giddy ;) I'm planning on doing a liver flush next weekend and found the following recipe. Has anyone done anything similar to this? Anything good or bad you'd like to share? Any additional tidbits of information would be greatly appreciated as well.

Thanks,

Avtar

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Liver- Gall Flush Recipe

Day 1

-am only fruit, toast, jam

-lunch only cooked vegetables (no oil, or anything else)

-anytime- water, as desired

-6:00pm 1T Epsom salts in 3/4c water

-8:00pm 1T Epsom salts in 3/4c water

-bedtime (10:00pm or sooner)
1/2c virgin olive oil + 1/2-3/4c grapefruit juice (fresh squeezed)
-shake well, drink*, and go straight to bed- lie on your right side, or your back

Note: do everything you need to do before you drink your juice-oil drink- brush your teeth, make your bed, put on your PJ’s, and anything else you do before bed, because as soon as you drink the mix, you lie down to bed; right away. This is important

Day 2

am, as soon as you wake up; 1T Epsom salts in 3/4c water

2 hours later 1T Epsom salts in 3/4c water

1 hour later eat only some fruit

1 hour later eat as desired, with small portions

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psyllium tip for easy consumption

sun — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:51:53 GMT

I have always hated getting psyllium down the hatch. it tastes like chalk and dry hay. So one day in a flash I threw it into some orange juice and blended it with a hand blender. I have no idea why but it is 80% easier to swallow after I blend it. It even works when I blend with water....try
it and let me know...good luck

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Kitri cleanse

joannasunshine — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:08:43 GMT

Hi!
I did a kitri cleanse a while ago but lost the recipe, does anyone know it?
:)
Joanna

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21 Day Detox Group forming in SF

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:24:50 GMT

***This is not the Master Cleanse!!!!! We don't advocate limiting protein and believe detoxing should be approached with great caution and support. Cleansing is a serious process that requires an entry and exit strategy, not to mention medical support for the duration of the cleanse.***

21 Day Guided Detoxification and Allergy Elimination Diet
http://natmedworks.com/detox.html

Free Intro Meetings: July 16 and Aug. 15, see below!

Our 21 day cleanse is a healthy and sane approach to detoxification. You can choose to join a group or meet one on one with a doctor. We provide you with the guidance and information you need to safely detoxify your body and identify hidden food allergies.

Detoxification is appropriate for anyone who is looking to take control of their health to increase overall vitality; as well as for those with food allergies, candida, autoimmune diseases, and environmental burdens such as heavy metal and chemical exposure.

The Benefits of the 21 Day Cleanse

* Permanently remove toxins from your body
* Discover hidden food allergies
* Naturally replace harmful candida in the gut with beneficial organisms
* Reduce inflammation in the GI tract
* Establish positive eating habits
* Look and feel great

We rely on whole foods, herbs, nutrients and cleansing practices such as hydrotherapy to encourage the natural detoxification processes in our body. You are not required to buy any products or supplements. Your course fee does not include and supplements, herbs or food but we do carry products such as protein powders and herbs to help support your body during the detox.

While not intended as a weight-loss diet, many participants will find that our 21 Day Cleanse helps to establish healthy eating patterns, improves digestion and nutrient absorption, and identifies foods that the body cannot properly digest.

The 21 day Cleanse is guided by Dr. Murphy or Dr. Yoon, both California licensed Naturopathic Doctors who have extensive training and experience in natural detoxification. Natural Medicine Works has helped hundreds of people to safely complete this detox and unleash their full vitality.

Pricing
Group-The fee to participate is $75. This includes 3 follow-up meetings of 45 minutes and access to our Yahoo group where we can answer your questions. You can join a group (see below) or form your own group of 2-5 people.

Individual-An individual session costs $300 and includes an initial visit of one hour and three follow-ups of 20 minutes which can be either in the office or by phone/email. We provide you with access to our Yahoo group where we can answer your questions.

We create a supportive environment for you and medical guidance before, during and after the detox. Upon registration you will be provided with a detailed information packet that contains recipes for every meal during the entire 21 day period, food shopping lists and a generous amount of information to help support you in the detoxification process.

San Francisco Groups meet at Natural Medicine Works
207A Sanchez Street (at Market)

Summer 2007 Detox Groups
Free Meeting #1: July 16, 6:00 PM
Free Meeting #2: August 15, 6;00 PM

Fall 2007 Detox Groups
Please Call or Email to be notified when Fall dates are announced.

RSVP is Mandatory

For more information and to register, please contact:
Natural Medicine Works
Dr. Coleen Murphy, ND
drmurphy@natmedworks.com
Phone: 415.513.7270

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1st Annual Mt. Shasta Living Foods Expo! Come to the Mystic Mountain!

jaya — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:02:11 GMT

Aloha Tribsters!

My friend Shalomar is putting on this amazing first time ever event. Many amazing leaders in the raw foods movement will be there including the elusive Dr. David Jubb! You can check out the updated lineup at:

http://shalomarproductions.com/First%20Annual%20Living%20Food%20Expo%202007/livingfoodexpo2007.php

It will be held in the beautiful Mt. Shasta City Park where the crystal clean water comes right out of the mountain after 300 years of filtration through the mineralized earth!

Also, there will be 3 hour workshops for $25 each on Monday after the event by Viktoris Kulvinskas, Dr. David Jubb, the Tree of Life family, and Victoria Boutenko

I will be there providing a healing booth with massage, sound healing, and hypnotherapy!

Love,
Jaya

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Breakthrough Discovery in Nutritional Immunology

Mike — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:05:49 GMT

Dear Colleagues:

I was reviewing some of the postings on this site and I noticed someone who said that they took I3C as a supplement and it helped to clear the acne on their skin. This is very interesting as I3C turns into DIM in the stomach (the stable metabolite) and DIM has recently been shown at UC Berkeley to significantly modulate the immune system with potent anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer properties. As acne is usually caused by an infection, this discovery explains the earlier posting on this site about the person who took I3C. Physicians do not recommend I3C as a supplement as it turns into a lot of metabolites that have not yet been fully studied, but DIM has been taken as a supplement for a long time with significant clinical studies attesting to its effectiveness and safety.

More info about this discovery is available at the following links:

http://www.activamune.com/

http://www.diindolylmethane.org/

Regards,

Mike

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good fasting/cleansing retreats?

joplin_7_7_7 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:33:17 GMT

I am wondering if anyone knows of any good cleansnig or fasting retreats that are reasonably priced...Thanks!

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Sugar causing skin problems (thinning, cracking, splitting, blisters)

ombass — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:26:45 GMT

When I eat sugars, the skin on my hands (palms + fingers) first manifests little blisters, then if I keep up the sugar begins to break down - thinning (fingerprints disappearing), cracking. Eventually breaks will occur, and the skin will split and peel (and bleed and hurt like crazy). From what I read online it sounds like severe eczema.

My first thoughts are candida, but I have never seen these symptoms described by candida sufferers.

Does anyone have any ideas why this would be occuring? Is it just candida? Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia? I have suffered from this condition on and off for my entire adult life, but only recently have traced sugar down to being the main culprit.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated - I am losing my mind with this stuff! :-/

Thanks!

_jason_

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clay and psyllium clense?

easter — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:57:57 GMT

Has anyone tried it?
what do you think of it?

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Day 1 of a detox cleanse - any tips?

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:56:33 GMT

I started a juice detox/cleanse today based on stuff I found on-line. Basically all I'm consuming for three days is fresh juice, pancreatin (10 times a day), fibre supplement (3 times a day) and lots of water. Juice for now seems to consist of a combination of apple, pear, grape, lemon, carrot, beets, celery, parsley, lemon juice and whatever other organic produce I can get my hands on :P I wanted to lose as little weight as possible so I chose the more high calorie fruits and try to drink a glass every 1 1/2 hours.

Does anyone have any tips for me? Or share any soup recipes that I could use when I break the fast?

Thanks!

Avtar

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Brand New Beginner

Walker — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:48:22 GMT

okay, so I am interested in cleansing because removing mucoid plaque sounds like a good way to maintain general health while preventing development of dis-ease, cancer, parasites, et cetera...

being a beginner, I have a few questions

1. how long would one expect to be cleansing?
2. is excreting the mucoid plaque painful? time-consuming? (honestly, 10 feet ropes....sounds like it could take a while, and it might hurt)
3. is there a discernable difference in overall feeling in the body/mind/spirit?
4. what invaluable advice can you offer? any must-do's? and must-not's?
5. what food should I eat in preparation/during/after?

just so you dont feel obligated to write at great lengths, I am fairly acquainted with the lingo and some of the process and products used (ie psyllum husks (sp?), bentonite clay, drinking tons of water, et cetera)......

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breastfeeding and cleansing?

abstractedcactus — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:42:01 GMT

I am new to this cleansing thing but have been really feeling the need to detoxify my system. However, I am afraid if I try to cleanse my body, toxins will exit any way I excrete thus getting into my breastmilk. Do any of you have information on this or suggestions as to a cleanse I could safely partake in? I think in the longrun my baby and I will both be grateful!

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working full time should I do this?

meg — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:41:37 GMT

Hey all,
I have been interested in cleases for awhile now, but haven't done one yet. I would be interested in suggestions for first time cleansors. One other problem I have: I work full time during the week, and I've read that one should be on vacation while cleansing. Is this true? My job requires full mental awareness(I work for a financial institution) so would it be best that I do something like this during a vacation? I don't want to wait that long....hence the question. And also, what's the master cleanse? it sounds very inspiring! and good for you to everyone who's currently cleansing. I wish you power!

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how can you tell if if a reaction to a food is a sensitive reaction?

Claire — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:29:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm doing an elimination cleanse. I'm having a hard time distinguishing a normal reaction to eating a food vs a sensitive reaction to eating a food. i was wicked gassy after eating lentils for the first time in a while yesterday. but is that just normal? i got more post nasal drip too. and today i ate goat cheese and got a lot more post nasal drip. but what i'm really worried about are the foods that will give me acne and make me puff up or gain weight. how can i tell if for instance lentils and goat cheese are those kind of foods? is post nasal drip indicative? i'm just the kind of person who gets lots of post nasal drip anyway... i guess the question is... how long till you see a reaction? thanks for your help!

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WHAT is MUCOID PLAQUE?????

wilburn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:55:48 GMT

Answer: From the works of Richard Anderson, N.D., N.M.D.

"The intestines can store a vast amount of partially digested, putrefying matter (as well as drugs and other toxic chemicals)-for decades even. Some intestines, when autopsied, have weighed up to 40 pounds and were distended to a diameter of 12 inches with only a pencil-thin channel through which the feces could move.

That 40 pounds was due to caked layers of encrusted mucus mixed with fecal matter, bizarrely resembling hardened blackish-green truck tire rubber or an old piece of dried rawhide. I call this mucoid plaque. This mucoid plaque, when it is removed during an intensive colon cleanse, often shows ropelike twists, striations, overlaps, folds, creases-the shape and texture of the intestinal
wall.

Mucoid plaque may vary considerably, depending on the chemical conditions in a person's intestines. It may be hard and brittle; it may be firm and thick; tough, wet, and rubbery; soft, thick, and mucoid; or soft, transparent, and thin; it can range in color from light brown, black, or greenish-black to yellow or grey, and sometimes emits an intensely foul odor.

One client I know, in the course of a month-long colon cleanse, passed a single length of mucoid plaque 15 feet long; another client excreted a total of 11 pounds of mucoid plaque during a cleanse. It is not unusual to pass a total of 35 to 45 feet of plaque, often in the last week. In our clinical experience of monitoring thousands of intensive colon cleanse programs over the last 14 years, most people pass a staggering amount of this strange substance.

I coined the term mucoid plaque, meaning a film of mucus, to describe the unhealthy accumulation of abnormal mucous matter on the walls of the intestines.

Conventional medicine knows this as a layering of mucin or glycoproteins (made up of 20 amino acids and 50% carbohydrates) which are naturally and appropriately secreted by intestines as protection from acids and toxins.

However, mucoid plaque is different from the mucosal lining (mucosa) of the gastrointestinal tract. The latter acts as a necessary buffer to the gastrointestinal wall and as a lubricant for peristalsis; it is also responsible for the secretion of mucins which comprise mucoid plaque. The cells of the outermost layer of the mucosa (the epithelium) stay fresh and vital, renewing themselves every four to seven days.

It sounds paradoxical, but medical research indicates that mucoid plaque is a normal self-defense measure-natural protection from unnatural toxins.

Evidence indicates that mucoid plaque, with the possible exception of that found in the stomach, is unnatural to the healthy body and is found only after the body has moved away from perfect health and into a diseased state. The theory goes that if you were completely healthy, your system would produce no mucoid plaque because it wouldn't need to.

When the body has been chronically subjected to (or put under attack by) drugs (such as aspirin or alcohol), salt, heavy metals (including dental mercury), toxic chemicals, parasites, harmful microbes and their toxins, and circulating immune complexes (immune cells locked onto undigested particles or foreign substances in the bloodstream), it produces mucoid plaque to protect itself.

The trouble is once the mucoid plaque is created, for whatever biologically important reason; it is not routinely excreted from the intestines. Instead it lodges in the numerous folds and crevices of this large organ and can remain there for many years. Over time, the mucoid plaque grows thicker, firmer, and more widespread-colonizing, as it were, the tennis court-sized interior of the intestines. Old feces adhere to the plaque and are not removed during a normal bowel motion.

The plaque slows down intestinal action, both waste excretion and nutrient absorption. It can harbor pathogens, including bacteria and parasites, which actually hide underneath the plaque; it may block the normal outflow of lymph and mucin drainage. It binds toxins to itself and contributes to bowel toxicity, slowly emitting toxins into the bloodstream. Finally, plaque creates a friendly environment for disease, in some cases for colon cancer and gastric carcinomas.

Gradually your immune system is weakened as the chronically toxic bowel environment destroys useful bacteria. Your liver becomes overburdened by the unprocessed intestinal toxins, and nerve meridian points in the intestines related to hundreds of other parts of the body are compromised.

A toxic bowel results in toxic blood and lymph, toxic organs and cells, and toxic function. The bowel "feeds" every organ, tissue, and cell in our bodies, so when the quality of feeding from the digestive system is contaminated or of poor quality, the cells and organs elsewhere in the body will be compromised and grow sluggish and inefficient.

So while mucoid plaque is "natural" in that the intestines produce it, it is most unnatural in that the presence of a large amount of it indicates a high degree of intestinal ill health. When the intestines are ill, you will be ill. "

Dr. Anderson is the founder of Arise & Shine Herbal Products, a company that produces the Cleanse Thyself Program a colon cleanse and full body detoxification system. Dr. Anderson is also the author of Cleanse and Purify Thyself , Books One and Two (Christobe Publishing, 1998). More information can be found on his website at www.cleanse.net

Mucoid Plaque by Richard Anderson, N.D., N.M.D.
The trouble is once the mucoid plaque is created, for whatever biologically important reason; it is not routinely excreted from the intestines. Instead it lodges in the numerous folds and crevices of this large organ and can remain there for many years. Over time, the mucoid plaque grows thicker, firmer, and more widespread-colonizing, as it were, the tennis court-sized interior of the intestines. Old faeces adhere to the plaque and are not removed during a normal bowel motio

The plaque slows down intestinal action, both waste excretion and nutrient absorption. It can harbour pathogens, including bacteria and parasites, which actually hide underneath the plaque; it may block the normal outflow of lymph and mucin drainage. It binds toxins to itself and contributes to bowel toxicity, slowly emitting toxins into the bloodstream.

Finally the plaque creates a friendly environment for disease, in some cases for colon cancer and gastric carcinomas. Gradually your immune system is weakened as the chronically toxic bowel environment destroys useful bacteria. Your liver becomes overburdened by the unprocessed intestinal toxins, and meridian points in the intestines related to hundreds of other parts of the body are compromised.

A toxic bowel results in toxic blood and lymph, toxic organs and cells, and toxic function. The bowel "feeds" every organ, tissue, and cell in our bodies, so when the quality of feeding from the digestive system is contaminated or of poor quality, the cells and organs elsewhere in the body will be compromised and grow sluggish and inefficient. So while mucoid plaque is "natural" in that the intestines produce it, it is most unnatural in that the presence of a large amount of it indicates a high degree of intestinal ill health. When the intestines are ill, you will be ill.

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Starting a cleanse today!

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:22:19 GMT

I bought this kit from Blessed Herb which has these herbal detox supplements and clay and psyllium packets. Today is my first day. You decrease food by one 4th for the first three days while taking the detox and cleanser and then for the next five days you take the clay and supplements whith organic apple juice while fasting completely. if I have enough ingredients left over to do it for a few extra days i might do the fasting part for seven. Has anyone else done this cleanse? Advice?Things i should know? Results? Any info would be appreciated.

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The food that is the foundation of our being is Minerals and Elements.

wilburn — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:24:36 GMT

Our LIFE force, or Being,
The food that is the foundation of our being is Minerals and Elements.

The blood that flows thru our veins is the fuel that gives us LIFE.

When the blood in our veins is perfect, the blood will take on the shape of a doenut and this doenut is full of oxygen, nurturance, and minerals and elements. When the doenut is out of shape the being is starving from the lack of these precious life giving elements.

When the blood is perfect, the immune system will take over and start healing the body, mind and soul.

Trace Minerals are the Foundation of Health

Chemical balance within the body is facilitated by the manipulation of minerals and elements. An abundant and replenished mineral nutritional supply is essential to excellent health. Always remember that the body can use minerals without vitamins, but it can’t use vitamins without minerals and elements. Minerals and elements are the solid foundation upon which all nutrition is built. As important as vitamins are, minerals and elements are even more important. Many vitamins and other complex chemicals needed by the body are actually manufactured within the body itself. The minerals and elements, however, which are the basic building blocks making up these complex substances, must be nutritionally present, or the system is lacking its essential ingredients. When this happens the body tries to live off the toxins.

The body has many systems to keep in balance for health. While minerals and elements do the majority of the heavy work, the trace minerals and elements can be compared with the small weights on a balance beam. These tiny weights, though small, are absolutely vital for achieving optimum health. When complex systems are being considered, it is the fine tuning that leads to optimal performance.

If the mucoid plaque is not cleaned out of our colons we are rob of our nurturance, minerals and elements. Our systems will just recycle the toxin that is trapped in the mucoid plaque. The toxins are like a poison that is robbing us of our God given life force.

This is what Dr. Leonard Smith, MD, of Florida had to say about toxicity in the body.
“Even if we lived in a pristine world with no chemicals, no pollution, pure water, and pure food, still, with the passage of time we would experience cellular toxicity.”
The very air we are breathing is full of toxins.

The liquid that flows thru our entire body and around very cell is the life force that feeds our cells and gives our body, mind and soul life.

The ocean in our cells is the same as the ocean of our Mother Earth.
The water inside our Earthly Mother is the same water as our Mother Earths womb.
We laid in this water for 9 months when we were conceived.
That is if our Earthly Mothers were eating healthy and living a clean life.

The ocean of our Mother Earth is pure Minerals and Elements. Even thou the ocean is as polluted as it is, it is steal cleaner then the blood of most humans.

On the BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS of seawater, when blood was not unavailable; Doctors would injected seawater in the veins of patients, who recovered on the seawater just as well as patients having had blood transfusions of plasma.
(Linda Clark).

In order to use the Ocean as a cleanser you MUST know how to collect, purify and filter it or you could have some serous problems. The water in our taps is full of all kinds of pollutant, like chemicals or lead acetate and has to be purified or it will end up causing us serous problems. I think there is only one plant in our universe that man has not polluted yet and that is because it is to hot to get to. (Sun)

By using the minerals and elements as a bowel cleaner to remove the mucoid plaque, not only will you be cleaning out the mucoid plaque from the colon, but at the same time will you be feeding your body with the minerals and elements and at the same time you are reviving your immune system.

Connected to your colon is these veins called portal veins. The pores in our colon are connected to the portal veins and these portal veins takes the minerals and elements straight to the liver and our liver then turns the minerals and elements into pure blood. ( Live foods = high-test, processed foods = unleaded) Our bodies are very fine tune machines.

The body needs good blood in order to work properly and to feel good and alive. When your blood is toxic the bowels become acidic and then the body becomes tired and sick. An acidic colon is a open door for disease.

In order for all this to work properly fasting is necessary. Until we let go of the world, the world will not let go of us. The mucus in our bodies is a must, the mucus is there to help the feces to pass thru the colon. But when this mucus becomes thick with toxins, it becomes so thick that it blocks us from getting our life giving oxygen, nurturance, and minerals and elements and becomes what is called mucoid plaque and then comes the body snatchers (parasites) come and suck more of our life force out of us.

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day one...

juliabreese — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:23:02 GMT

of the wild rose cleanse. anyone have advice for me? anyone else here done it? i get allergies really bad this time of year and i am hoping this cleanse will help reduce congestion. i have only ever done a cleanse once before and it was hell. i am hoping this one goes a bit smoother.

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Room for rent in Burke, VA

leshislove — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:56:25 GMT

Looking for a like minded individual to share my townhouse with me in Northern VA. Raw food/veggie friendly.
kristalmoore@gmail.com

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cleansing caution

Buc — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:10:04 GMT

hi cleansers,

just wanted to throw a caution flag out there for y'all

i did a cleansing diet for a few weeks. i was 'run down' but i didnt really realize it, i didnt get enough sleep a couple nights, got a cut and it quickly got infected, swelled up, etc etc.

anyway i'm on the mend now, but i realize
* i dropped weight too quickly
* i went too long without getting enough protein and that slowly made my system and defenses weaker

note that i was eating citrus, drinking lemon and water, eating veges, getting exercise, and thought that everything was fine - i know i was getting lots of vitamin c so that wasn't the issue. but its like all my reserves were getting used up, and then when i needed them they weren't there and my body crashed. i'm still eating a clean diet (no sugar, white flour, etc) but i'm making sure to get enough protein. i realize that protein is a controversial issue, but for me, its something that i need.

the longer i experiment with diet, the more i'm convinced you cant make up any rules that will apply to all people. so the flip side of this is that you should read what everyone says, but you have to listen to your own body and please not do anything too radical, or it will end up hurting you more then helping.

my other tidbit since you've read this far, is i think its ok and probably natural for your diet to go in cycles. so maybe there are periods when you eat a 'heavy' diet, and then times when you eat a light diet, and then time for cleanses as well.

hth

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mucoid plaque

heatherns — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:57:52 GMT

ok...
so apparently....
mucoid plaque is a myth ... ?

then WHAT is it?!?

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A good reason to cleanse out to tubes.

wilburn — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:03:37 GMT

Aloha Cleaners

It's not the natural food that’s killing us.

It's not the stool that killing us.

It's the excess or toxins of the stool that doing this to our Holy Temples.

When we are a baby, the mucus starts to line our bowls, it’s natural, the mucus has to be their for the stool, the stool needs the mucus as a lubricant so it can pass through the colon. The excess is a thin film that sticks to the mucus and as we grow bigger, the mucus grows bigger and thicker.

The mucus then blocks us from getting the nutrient we truly need.

Another way to say this is; The beast gets 90% of the nutrient and we get the scraps.

There are these vein connected to the colon called inferior mesenteric vein. These veins are the one that take minerals, elements and nutrients to our liver so it can be turn it into pure blood, live foods with minerals equal pure blood.

Pure blood will make the immune system kick in, once this happen the hole being starts to rebuild itself from the ground up.

But the first thing that one must do is remove all this mucus from the bowls.

Pila.

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Who Needs Internal Cleansing?

wilburn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:44:24 GMT

Do you experience:
Constipation, diarrhea, sluggish elimination, irregular bowel movements
Frequent headaches with no apparent cause
Skin problems, rashes, boils, pimples, acne
Frequent congestion, colds, virus
General aches and pains that migrate from one place to another
Low back pain
Lowered resistance to infections
Low energy, loss of vitality for no apparent cause
Needing to sleep longer at night
Flatulence and frequent stomach disorders
Bad breath and foul smelling stool
Allergies, intolerance to certain foods, especially fatty ones
Premenstrual syndrome, breast soreness, vaginal infections

If you have severe symptoms or any serious disorders, of course seek the attention of a health care professional. The above list is meant only to indicate some of the symptoms of autointoxication. It is safe to say that most people would definitely benefit from periodic internal cleansing, especially if you live in an urban community.

Criteria for a Cleansing Program

In my 25 plus years of clinical experience in nutritional counseling and internal cleansing I found it necessary to develop essential guidelines for an effective cleansing program that could meet the following minimum standards:

Clear toxic waste and mucus out of the body, which is a problem source that may develop into a difficult disease process.

Give clients foods (herbs) that are of the highest vibratory quality that can rebuild the vital parts of the body.

Provide herbal formulas and corrective aids to facilitate the healing and regeneration of the whole body.

The foundation for natural healing to take place is that you must thoroughly cleanse your organs of elimination and your bloodstream before you can expect anything else to work!

PILA - It must be easy to use and convenient.
There should not be any cleansing reactions.

What to expect during a mineral cleansing.

When we start using minerals and elements, we can expect some startling occurrences within a few days. The minerals and elements goes to work immediately by loosening the hardened feces on the walls of the large intestine and gradually sweeping it out of the body. If we are not repulsed to look at what’s leaving our body, we’ll be surprised to see a lot of mucus and all the different colors of debris. It’s hard to believe that all these things could actually be lurking inside us. What’s even more shocking is that among the different colors and shapes people often notice various forms of parasites.

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“Death Begins In The Colon”. Truth!

wilburn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:47:09 GMT

Tired? Depressed? Irritable? Overweight? Do you endure chronic health complaints? Has your health and general feeling of well-being diminished over the years? A 30 or 40 day intestinal cleansing program may be a big first step to improving how you feel by eliminating the toxins, because that is most likely the source of your problems.

It is according to a discussion of 57 leading physicians held before the Royal Society of Medicine of Great Britain. Their conclusion was that nearly every known chronic is either directly or indirectly linked to the more than 35 bacterial poisons absorbed though the intestines. Technically called alimentary toxemia, you could call it a toxic colon. Most people probably wouldn’t connect their headaches, depression, or heart trouble to a toxic colon; but in fact, this is exactly what the Royal Society of Medicine suggests.

PARASITES the hidden Devils and demons that rob you of your life force from within. They can’t live in a clean body.

Suffering an unexplained stomach ache? Unexplained skin eruption? Persistent diarrhea? You may have parasites. Parasites are organisms that live inside other animals.

When they live inside us, they feed off metabolic processes and drain our inner resources.Parasites infect more than two BILLION people worldwide. Persistent skin problems, digestive difficulties, constipation and a wide rang of other complains may be linked to parasites. In some cases, parasites kill. And, while researchers at Ohio State University estimate that 400,000,000 people worldwide are infected with parasites known as pinworms the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta estimates that 76 million Americans Have them.
This is unfortunately a lot more frequent than most would like to believe. According to United Nations data: “Overall, about 1.5 billion people have roundworms, making it the third most common human infection in the world. Whipworm infects 1 billion people… More than 1.3 billion people carry hookworm in their gut, and 265 million people are infected with schistosomes.

It is true that most of these infections occur in developing countries, but the rate of parasitic-related disorders in North America is skyrocketing. An astounding number of people would test positive for parasites. This is from the Parasitology Department of the University of Cambridge, England: “Pinworm. An extremely common nematode infection, particularly in temperate areas such as Western Europe and North America… It has been estimated that the annual incidence of infection is over 200 million, this probably being a conservative figure. Samples of caucasian children in the USA and Canada have shown incidences of infection of 30% to 80%, with similar levels in Europe.”

Humans can actually play host to more than a hundred different types of parasites, ranging from microscopic ones to tapeworms that are several feet long. Contrary to popular belief, parasites are not restricted to our colon alone, but can be found in any other part of the body - in the lungs, the liver, in the muscles and joints, in the esophagus, the brain, the blood, the skin and even in the eyes!

“Parasites are the missing diagnosis in the genesis of many chronic health problems, including diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and endocrine system. Most individuals would be truly amazed if they knew the extraordinarily high number of Americans who are unknowingly infected by parasites…” – Dr. Hermann R. Bueno, Fellow of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene of London

It is extremely easy to come in contact with parasites. Contaminated water, undercooked meats, improperly washed fruits and vegetables, are just some of the common sources of infections. Transmission from pets or other infected persons is also quite common. Overuse of antibiotics further adds to this problem as this can interfere with normal intestinal flora and lower the body’s resistance.

Fiber supplements help to get rid of parasites, but they are not enough. We need to use specific herbal formulas to deal with this issue. Some of the most potent herbs for parasite cleansing include; Minerals and Elements, Black Walnut hulls, Wormwood, Pau D’Arco, Garlic, Yellow Dock, Pumpkin seed, Male Fern root, False Unicorn, Fenugreek, Grapefruit Seed extract and Prickley Ash bark.

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COLON PLAQUE - MUCOID PLAQUE

wilburn — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:57:31 GMT

The following articles contain information on "mucoid plaque":

Sir Arbuthnot Lane MS, FRCS, surgeon for the King of England, made the following statement: "There is but one disease and that is deficient drainage." Dr. Lane spent many years specializing in bowel problems.

He was an expert in removing sections of the bowel and stitching it back together. He taught this work to other doctors and gained an international reputation for his efficiency.

During the years of this work, he began to notice a peculiar phenomenon. During the course of recovery from colonic surgery, some of his patients experienced remarkable cures of diseases that had no apparent connection with his surgery.

For instance, a young boy who had had arthritis for many years was in a wheelchair at the time of surgery. Six months later, this boy had recovered entirely from arthritis. Another case involved a woman with a goiter.

When a specific section of the bowel was removed in surgery, there ensued a definite remission of the goiter within six months. These and similar experiences impressed him deeply, as he saw the relationship between the toxic bowel and the functioning of various organs in the body.

After much thought about this relationship, he became very interested in changing the bowel through dietetic methods and spent the last 25 years of his life teaching people how to care for the bowel through cleansing and nutrition, and not surgery. Sir Lane said, "All maladies are due to the lack of certain food principles, such as mineral salts or vitamins, or to the absence of the normal defenses of the body, such as the natural protective flora.

When this occurs, toxic bacteria invade the lower alimentary canal.
The poisons thus generated pollute the bloodstream , causing every tissue, gland, and organ of the body to gradually deteriorate and be destroyed.

Lane made the statement that arthritis could not develop in the absence of intestinal toxemia, that there is clinical and x-ray evidence of stasis44 in such patients, and that the symptoms disappear and patients recover sometimes with startling rapidity when the condition of stasis has been effectively dealt with.

Sir Lane reports a connection between intestinal toxemia and "several changes in the thyroid" such as "adenomatous growths." He also made this statement to the staff of John Hopkins Hospital and Medical College, "Gentlemen, I will never die of cancer. I am taking measures to prevent it. It is caused by poisons created in our bodies by the food we eat....

Dr. Harvey Kellogg, M.D. of the Kellogg Sanitarium said, "Of the 22,000 operations that I have personally performed, I have never found a single normal colon, and of the 100,000 that were performed under my jurisdiction, not over 6% were normal."

Dr. Kellogg said that he knew of many cases in which operations were prevented by cleansing and revitalizing the bowel. He maintained that 90% of the diseases of civilization are due to improper functioning of the colon Dr. George C. Crile, head of the Crile Clinic in Cleveland and one of the world's greatest surgeons, said: "There is no natural death. All deaths that come from so-called natural causes are merely the end point of progressive acid saturation.

Many people go so far as to consider that sickness and disease are just a 'cross' or an element that God gave them to bear here on this earth. However, if they would take care of their body and cleanse their colon and intestines, their problems would be pretty much eliminated, and they could eliminate their 'cross' by proper diet, proper exercise, and, in general, proper living."

Many doctors had proven that the bowel was the key to health or disease and the most important part of our physical anatomy to take care of in order to achieve successful healing. The following cases were obtained from medical journals Dr. H. J. Bartle found in a study of 50 cases of intestinal toxemia that 72% of those cases Another Case:

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FDA trying to control or eliminate alternative medicine. Action needed by April 30.

Andrea — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:34:35 GMT

The FDA is claiming regulation rights on ALL products recommended by alternative health care practitioners. All herbs and supplements would be defined as untested drugs.

If they succeed, they could ban or require prescriptions for vitamins, minerals, amino acids, EFAs, enzymes, probiotics, protein powder, herbal or homeopathic remedies, and CLEANSING PRODUCTS, basically everything on the shelves at your local health food store.

To read background info and sign the petition, go here:
http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc

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Here is the message from Dr. Rima Laibow of the Natural Solutions Foundation, who has been valiantly leading the fight against implementation of Codex Alimentarius:

There is a crisis in health freedom. On April 30, 2007 the FDA will close the public comment period on a "Guidance" which will classify every alternative practice as medicine so that only licensed physicians can carry out the procedure AND vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc., will suddenly become "untested drugs" which will be forbidden.

Bad? Real Bad! But public outcry can stop this assault on your health and your freedom.

Spread the word! Tell everyone in your Circle of Influence, professionals, alternative practitioners, nutrient and herb companies, everyone! Let them know how important their participation is to make sure the FDA backs off from this repressive course.

Please share this link with them and urge them to take action: http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc

Yours in health and freedom,

Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director
Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org

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To read the actual FDA “guidance”, go here:
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/06d-0480-gld0001.pdf

If you don’t have time to read it, here is my summary:

* The FDA is, in fact, attempting to claim “regulation rights” to every sort of alternative healthcare modality, in five major categories:
- biological-based practices (plant- or animal-derived extracts) (would include herbs and homeopathics, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, pre-biotics, pro-biotics, “whole diets,” “functional foods”)
- energy medicine (both machine- and human-generated)
- manipulative and body-based practices (any hands-on bodywork)
- mind-body medicine (specifically includes meditation, yoga, spirituality!)
- “whole medical systems” (e.g., Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Naturopathy).
* The FDA is, in fact, attempting to claim “regulation rights” to ANY products or devices used in the provision of ANY of these therapies if any health benefits are claimed.
* There is language that would define all untested herbs as drugs or “new drugs.”
* There is specific language that would define vegetable juice as a drug IF therapeutic benefits were claimed.
* There is language that would claim regulation rights to any food additives (such as botanicals or enzymes), unless they were commonly used in foods prior to January 1, 1958, or have since been scientifically tested safe.
* There is language that would classify the bacteria in probiotics in the same category as vaccines and viruses, and therefore require a license to transport them across state lines.

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Here’s what Dr. Jon Barron has to say about FDA regulating supplements and therapies:
http://www.jonbarron.org/blog_published/2007/04/fda_labeling_guidelines.html#more

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Please read “Winning the Health Freedom War”
http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php/?page_id=363

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Sounds wacky, but Mike Adams has backup for his statements:
New FDA Guidelines Threaten Religious Freedoms: Holy Water could be regulated as “drugs” and rosaries as “medical devices.”
http://www.newstarget.com/021792.html

More from Mike Adams:
FDA attempting to regulate supplements, herbs and juices as “drugs”
http://www.newstarget.com/021789.html

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The Cleansing Power of Tobacco

BrettFromTibet — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:35:05 GMT

When I am doing a fast and drinking psyllium husks, or I feel clogged up, I sometimes use the medicinal power of tobacco to stimulate a bowel movement. I don't normally smoke, but when I do, it find it causes my bowels to contract and move. Has anyone else noticed this?

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EATING LIFE WILL GIVE LIFE

wilburn — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:25:03 GMT

When Jesus was asked, "tell me , please, why sayest thou, do not eat the flesh if animals….? "Jesus' beautiful answer to him was; "Behold this watermelon, the fruit of the earth" Jesus then broke open the watermelon and said: "See thou with thine own eyes the good fruit of the soil, the meat of man, and see thou the seed s within, count ye them, for one melon maketh a humdredfold and even more.
If thou sow this seed, ye do eat from the true God, for no blood was spilled, nay no pain nor outcry sis ye hear with thy ears or see with thine eyes. The true food of man is from the mother of the earth, for she brings forth perfect gifts unto the humble of the land. But ye seek what Satan giveth, the anguish, the death, and the blood of living souls taken by the sword. Know ye not, those who live by the sword are the ones who die by the same death? Go thine way then, and plant the seeds of the good fruit of life, and leave ye off from hurting the innocent creatures of God."

In a teaching to his disciples in Lection XXXII, verse 4, of The Gospel of the Hebrews, Jesus is completely clear about his opposition to killing and eating animals:

For of the fruits of the trees and the seeds of the herbs alone do I partake, and these are changed by the Spirit into my flesh and my blood. Of these alone and their like shall ye eat who believe in me, and are my disciples, for of these, in the Spirit, come to life and health and healing unto man.

In the same section, verse 9, Jesus explains the problem of the custom of flesh-eating with an understanding of the past and a prophecy for the future return to vegetarianism for the whole world:

Verily I say unto you, in the beginning, all creatures of God did find their sustenance in the herbs and the fruits of the earth alone, till the ignorance and the selfishness of man turned many of them from the use which God had given them, to that which was contrary to their original use, but even these shall yet return to their natural food, as it is written in the prophets (Isaiah), and their words shall not fail.

In Lection XXXVIII, verses 3, 4, and 6 of The Gospel of the
Hebrews, the spiritual meaning of the awareness and practice of the oneness with all of life is translated into Jesus" teachings of vegetarianism and noncruelty to animals and all of life; His words are consistent with the awareness one would expect from someone of Jesus' great spiritual stature:

3 God giveth the grains and the fruits of the eaeth for food; and for righteous man truly there is no other lawful sustenance for the body.

4 The robber who breaketh into the house made by man is guilty, but they who break into the house made by God, even of the least of these are the greater sinners.

5 Wherefore I say unto all who desire to be my disciples, keep your hands from bloodshed and let no flesh meat enter your mouths, for God is just and bountiful, who ordaineth that man shall live by the fruits and seeds of the earth alone.

6 And whatsoever ye do unto the least of these my children, ye do it unto me. For I am in them and they are in me, yea, I am in all creatures and all creatures are in me. In all their joys I rejoice, in all their afflictions I am afflicted. Wherefore I say unto you: Be ye kind one to another, and to all the creatures of God.

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Standard Process Purification Program

oseaana — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:28:59 GMT

Hello,
I am new to this tribe and am wanting to do a cleanse. My Chiropractor suggests this program and he offers help and guidance during the process.

I am wondering if anyone has used any products from this system?

I have never done a cleanse...save for a liver cleanse a few years ago using herbal teas that a herblist friend recommended.

To be honest...I am kind of scared after seeing pictures of the things that can come out of a persons colon during a cleanse. But I am also scared knowing that these things can be rotting away inside of me.

Anyway...I am overweight and tired of feeling sluggish and run down. I want the cleanse to be the first step to a healthier way of life for me.

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks
~O

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Anyone here tried Colonix to Cleanse?

Julia — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:53:07 GMT

Has anyone here tried Dr. Natura's Colonix to cleanse their body?
I'm thinking of doing a complete cleansing regimen - colon cleansing first, parasite cleansing, candida.. maybe
even several liver flushes...

Dr Natura seems attractive b/c it offers 2 of the cleanses I mention.. but what are your opinions of it?

http://www.colonzone.org/colonix-review.php
http://www.curezone.com/cleanse/bowel/

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Gourmet LIVE cuisine

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:47:27 GMT

Hello, my name is Brian Lucas aka Chef BeLive Light.
I used to be head chef and co-owner of Organica: The Living Cuisine in San Francisco from 98-99, open 1 year. It had previously been Jeremy Saffron and Renee Underkoffler's Raw Experience for a year and before that Juliano's">Juliano's Raw Living Foods for 3 years. Jeremy Saffron and Juliano Brotman were my teachers. I learned and channeled the gourmet twist of Juliano and the LOVE energy and knowledge of Jeremy in to my own transformational intuitive exotic gourmet live cuisine. You can check out my website at www.belivelight.com and my myspace profile at www.myspace.com/brianlucas to read more about me.
I am currently doing private chef work, lessons and guest chef appearances so if you want to utilize my specialties than please contact me at belivelucas@yahoo.com and (310)460-9253. Also, if you're by chance in LA on Friday, April 13Th, please come to my guest chef appearance at Taste of the Goddess in Beverly Hills. At least tell your family and/or friends if you have any in LA area. It is going to be a 5 course gourmet Mediterranean meal from 7:00-9:30pm for $65 a person if you RSVP or $70 at door. I will be doing one at my friend Melissa's restaurant Terra Bella soon also.

Taste of the Goddess Café
Co-owned by Forest Whitaker Lawrence Zarian's, "The Fashion Guy" from the KTLA morning Show,
"One of his favorite places to Dine!"
7373 Beverly Blvd., (Nestled inside of Prive hair salon & Ona Spa)
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-933-1400
www.tasteofthegoddess.com

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Anyone here use the ThreeLac product to remove Candida?

TheFunologist — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 20:50:02 GMT

Curious as to whether anyone in the Cleansing Tribe has used this product and any suggestions for someone suffering from Candida that have worked for you.

Thanks in advance

Jay

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Master Cleanse and Candida compatibility?

rheo — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:20:08 GMT

Hi there,

I about to embark on the Master Cleanse for the third time.

Lately I have also become concerned about candida and plan to do a full candida cleanse after the master cleanse.

I intend then follow this with a full regiment of parasite and candida cleansing followed by a liver flush.

My question is.. I know you are supposed to avoid sugars on the parasite and Candida cleanses.

Will the Master Cleanse then aggravate any Candida condition I may have and feed the parasites with all the sugar involved in it?

Or will it be fine as long as i just follow with the Candida and Parasite cleanses as I intend?

When I do the master cleanse usually after a few days i get a buildup of white gunk on my tongue. Is this Candida related?

If anyone can provide and reference to information on this I would be much obliged. Otherwise opinion will do just fine. :-)

thanks!

rob

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Candida info please

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:24:48 GMT

Candida manifests in many ways - low energy, white spots on the tongue, bumps on the upper arm, reactionary anger that's not related to actual feelings of anger, sugar, alcohol and bread cravings, mood swings, crying jags...the more I read the freakier it gets - and shopping in a regular (not health) food store the foods available indicate that almost everyone is suffering from candida.

What candida symptoms & tx's have you experienced? What exactly is it okay to eat on this diet? How long do you stay on the diet? What other treatments do you use? (diet changes alone will not cure candida).

Please tell me everything!

Thanks,

Mishie

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Cleansing questions

Carla — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:02:00 GMT

Hi, would anyone know a good tonic that cleanses tobacco from the lungs and brains please, what would be a good cleanser for the brain on a holistic level to clear the mind of fungi.

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Seeking Therapists & Alt Healers & Beauty to Share Space (haight ashbury)

Aboriginal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:08:59 GMT

Seeking Therapists & Alt Healers & Beauty to Share Space (haight ashbury)

Hi

Not sure where to post this so I'm starting here.

I am a female Reiki and Herbal Massage Practitioner and Lifestyle Consultant.

I am restarting my practice after a few years break. (marriage, travel, study, etc.)

Seeking fellow therapeutic, alternative medicine, beauty practitioners, lifestyle consultants who would like to join energies and lease a nice multi room apartment in the Haight / Cole neighborhoods for session rooms.

I also have web and graphic design and marketing experience and by pooling resources and skills we could co-create a profitable spa like healing and relaxation oasis.

Licensed and Unlicensed are welcome for certain practices where legally appropriate, but must follow hygiene, presentation, allergy, and safety guidelines.

Looking for people who have funds to pool for deposits, rent in advance, advertising etc.
Rough estimates of costs and commitment per practitioner:
Suggested is $2000 each for deposits, leases, start up etc.
Monthly $650 to $850 each for rent, utilities, advertising.
2 hours each per week hand marketing (flyers, web boards, etc.).

Only serious inquiries who have funds and are reliable please.

Thank you
ozzyrubdown @ gmail . com

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Starting a cleanse

Amanda — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:49:33 GMT

Hello to all. I am new to Tribe. I actually joined to receive support and guidance through cleansing the body and spirit. I am seeking to obtain a healthy relationship with food. I am only maybe 5 pounds overweight. I walk and do pillates or dance regularly. But I find myself either overeating or undereating on a regular basis. I want to get to a point where I am eating stable amounts of food and energy. So, I am beginning the Master Cleanse in a few days. I am very excited. I also want to take this time during the cleanse to work on my emotional issues about my appearance and deal with my self-esteem levels. I know I know. That seems like a lot. But I have been slowly working on all this for years. I finaly feel at a place in my life where I am able to deal with it.

I am looking for advice/support in dealing with food cravings on the cleanse. I don't eat red-meat. Don't drink much caffeine (maybe one cup a week). But I drink milk every couple of days, eat fish, and have a MEAN sugary tooth. And I could eat wheat pasta like nobodys business. I eat a lot of cereals, yogurt, and have a suuuper hard time staying away from vegan treats (like cookies) and soy ice-cream. My goal is to break this. I just don't want to even think about sugary stuff anymore. Maybe a dessert every now and then with my boyfriend ...but not every day! Any thoughts are welcome. I am a little scared about dealing with the cravings during the cleanse. Thanks =)

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what does it mean when......?

anastasia — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:28:13 GMT

what does it mean when you're just craving all kinds of junk food? i have always been pretty concious of eating whole foods and i usually crave greens or veggies.. but right now i am just craving crappy food... is it the salt? or the fat? why do our bodies get cravings like this?

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Isagenix 9 day cleanse

joannasunshine — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:42:53 GMT

Day One

I am starting a 9 day Isagenix cleanse today. I have done other cleanses and really wacked my body out of balance so I am hoping this is going to be a good one. They say it balances the brain chemistry and helps you cleanse at the same time so blood sugar doesn't drop and because it has all of these minerals and vitamins in it the cleansing symptoms aren't as bad.

My friend read John Gray's book Mars Venus Diet and Exercize program and did it and he loved it and looks super vibrant! I just got the audio book and it is very interesting. It talks about how women are low in seretonin and men are low in dopamine and how nutrition can balance brain chemistry. I figure after years of "raving around" I need a little balancing.
(Here is a link where John Gray is talking about brain chemistry.)
http://unfoldinglove.isagenix.com/company_news_johngray.dhtml?inv=0

It was a little on the pricey side, but I signed up with them and got a discount.

I just had my first shake and I am going to go for a walk.
Wish me lots of love! I really want this to be good!

I'll let you know how it's going. I might need some extra love around Day 3.
:)
Joanna

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Master Cleanse and Birth Control

Melisande — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:23:47 GMT

Right- so I'm wanting to start the MAster CLeanse, but am wondering about taking my BC pills....??Any thoughts?

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Receding Gums

JNH — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:57:27 GMT

I've been doing some cleansing lately (10 days on soft food---lots of psilium husk and bentonite----and a liver flush on day 7--all of this was suprivised by professionals)--and I've been drinking a lot of essiac tea, and yogi detox tea, and I've been doing some other things, too.... and I was just wondering--off the top of anyones head---does anyone know of any cases where one might experience receding gums as a cleansing reaction?

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Coffee enema??

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:54:01 GMT

Has anyone done the coffee enema? I am wondering about proportions- do I mix just a couple ounces with the water- obviously won't put piping hot coffee in my tush, but as much as i've seen raves about it on tribe, 've never seen specifics. Care to offer any?? thanks.

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