Hi everyone!
Before I start, since I am talking about cleansing, I want to include a disclaimer:
The information contained in this blog is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes.
Sorry for that - in this day and age that kind of thing is necessary.
Okay - so long time no post - I have so many things I wish to share but right now am in the midst of a Liver and Gallbladder Flush following a tweaked protocol from the wonderful book, The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush by Andreas Moritz. It is intense and tonight is the flush. Eeeek!
I am doing this with my husband, which is SO helpful, and we prepared by following a very simple raw foods diet for the week. I juice fasted the first two days but knew I had a Raw Prep Class (kind of like a cooking class without the cooking!) with the wonderful Michael Perrine (of Gravity East Village in NYC - he is a raw food vegan chef as well as a detox consultant and fellow Colon Hydrotherapist) so I went back to a simple, cleansing diet and enjoyed the feast on Friday...omg his Pist
achio Fudge is to die for and not the best thing to have on a pre-liver flush cleanse!
But it was SO good.
Anyway, the day after that, back to the protocol. I started feeling weak on Saturday, and already looking forward to the end of the cleanse, which is Thursday. We started juice fasting on Monday, received COLONICS to flush out any solids in the system, and continued juice fasting today, Tuesday. By 2pm, no more juice! I am definitely feeling low in energy today, which is why it is advised to be sure to have nothing scheduled the two days of the actual flush, so we took it easy today, starting our day with a green juice and a lovely walk in the sun at the beach close to our house. So I got some Vitamin D the best way possible - soaking in the rays!
6pm was our first dose of epsom salts mixed with water. I had always been told how awful tasting this is and I have to say, I was very surprised that it really was not so bad. I used a tip I had read to first chill the mixture, which we had done, and after drinking the 6 ounces of liquid, follow my sucking briefly on a lemon. Let me tell you, that lemon juice was ecstasy. It almost felt like FOOD! Which I get to have tomorrow afternoon! In the form of a "Broom Salad", which is a mixture of cabbage, romaine, c
elery, fennel, carrots and can be seasoned with olive oil, lemon, celtic sea salt (the best salt to have due to its high moisture content and electrical charge - this is a truly living salt) and herbs. I am salivating just thinking about it.
Anyway, 8pm we will have another dose of the delish (NOT) espom salt mixture, and then at 10pm, we have our olive oil/grapefruit juice mix, which sounds so tasty to me right now. You drink at least half a cup of olive oil mixed with the juice, and then you immediately have to lie down and place a castor oil pack on the liver to help draw out toxins and encourage the release of stones from the gallbladder.
Tomorrow morning we do two more doses of the espom salts (two hours ap
art), then a dose of bentonite clay, then an hour later psyllium husks with a TON of water, then two hours or so after that, our first VEGGIE JUICE of a day, at least 32 ounces of it. THEN, two or so hours after that, we get to eat our BROOM SALAD. AHHHHH, I am counting the minutes until then.
Okay, it is 8pm, here goes my second espom salt mix.
Eck! Thank goodness for the lemon wedge (supposed to just suck the wedge, not drink the juice...)
Apparently many people release these green like "stones" which supposedly come from the gallbladder. I have heard that often, many of the stones are actually a congealed mix of the olive oil/grapefruit mix that you drink.
BUT anyhooooo, I do know that cleansing is great and I know I will feel better afterwards.
I do find that for my own body type, I tend to do better with cleansing/detoxing that involves food rather than liquid cleanses such as juice fasts. I am fine for a few days but then get bored, antsy, and somewhat lower in energy. Of course, regular co
lonics, at least every three days, is a must with any cleanse to help unload the burden on the organs as you are detoxing.
I have been doing that and it has helped.
I am already looking forward to some of the lovely concoctions I will be making with my awesome blender, the Vitamix!
Coming soon, more recipes, I promise. I plan to talk about my latest crazy of dried mulberries - heavenly.
Well, that is all for now. I will be back to report my results!
WISH ME LUCK! :)
