Colon cleansing and liver flush: Conclusion

Hello friends,

First, a little joke about farting.  Who doesn't like a good fart?  Sure feels good.  Although it can clear the room, it is always good for a laugh...

It has been a week since my liver flush.  Overall, I liked the results of the cleanse and plan to do it again in a month.  

I plan on doing a more effective "pre-cleanse" this time around - this time there will be no "un-cooking" class to go to (I hope!) to possibly distract me from a cleansing dietary protocol which is essential for good results and comfort.  

I do feel it is time for me to do a Parasite Cleanse - there are so many protocols out there right now and I am researching different options for myself.  I tend to experiment on myself - this is just m

y style and I don't necessarily recommend that for others.  I did spend a lot of time in India and other parts of Asia and some "muscle testing" told me that I may have parasites.  Yum!  

And of course, as with any cleanse, and particularly with a Parasite Cleanse - COLONICS are essential, as is an impeccable diet.  Ho hum.  I do eat well but I do have my vices.  Currently that is Organic Dried Mangoes (HEAVEN) and Dried Mulberries.  I love to soak my mulberries in blended apples that I blend in my awesome Vitamix.

Here is a basic recipe:

Mulberry YUM

1 cup mulberries, soaked in 2 or more blended apples, soak overnight or for at least four hours

Scoop some in a small bowl and add:

1 or more tablespoons of Organic Shredded Coconut

A splash or two of nut milk (I use homemade mouthwatering Vanilla Brazil Nut Milk)

A sprinkle of vanilla powder (optional - if using Vanilla Nut milk, not needed)

Mix (I like mine chunky) and then:

 I love to top this with freshly ground flax seeds, either golden or brown 

Eat and ENJOY!

For more decadence, I like to add a dollop of Fig Prune Cream (soaked figs and prunes blended into a smooth cream).

This is so good, I can't even describe the taste sensation waiting to dance in your mouth!

Getting back to the subject of toxins and before and after...

Which brings to mind certain famous people that were once lean and looking healthy and who now are so bloated 

- I see gas pressure that has built up in their system straining to find a way out 

(hence the puffiness and bloating)

and think, If they were willing to have colonics it could change their whole life.  Look at Vince Vaughn!  John Travolta, Tom Hanks, and a range of others share that similar appearance of puffiness, bloating, weight gain, etc.  These are toxins trying to find a way OUT.  Colonics and dietary improvements  could change all that.  

When we are younger  we have more room for error, but as we get older, that room for error diminishes, and which why good eating habits and food choices are so essential.  That, coupled a with a good attitude (which is KEY)

 and good COLON HEATH (PS,

  COLON HYDROTHERAPY!) are the secrets to a vibrant and healthy long life.

Vince, Tom, John, please seek out your nearest Colon Hydrotherapist!  

Onto other things - I have been promising the POO RATING SYSTEM which is a sure crowd pleaser, and I PROMISE that I will write about that next - maybe even tomorrow!

Until then, I wish you health, happiness, and a good bowel

 movement (there is nothing like it!)

Colon Irrigation and Liver flushing, right here in Connecticut!

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!  :)

We don't know squat!

I found that title - just wanted to own up to that right away - but loved it, so I am using it for this post!  If you click on the title, it will take you to a WONDERFUL website that will educate you fully on the benefits of squatting and how it can help prevent all kinds of ailments and disease.  They also sell a pretty cool "squatter".

It has been days and days since I have properly posted - for those of you impatiently waiting :), I apologize.  It has been a very hectic week.  

Okay, so here goes - I start with this quote:

"Fecal stagnation is the major cause of colon disease."

YIKES!  :0

And since this is the case of so many people, I present an article on the benefits of

 "squatting", as promised.  I will offer a bibliography at the end for those who want to read more about this area of health.  This

 is an area often ignored but is SO IMPERATIVE to know about.  

Squatting should be our birth right, but we are trained out of it at a very early age.  It is amazing how far off of nature we have gone.  

Up until the 19th century or so, humans used the squatting posture for elimination.  In fact, we squatted repeatedly throughout the day as dictated by a ground based living environment - to socialize, work, and defecate.  

Chair like toilets had only been used by the royalty and the disabled.  When the throne like toilet was invented, the designers had no knowledge of human physiology and sincerely believed they were improving people's lives.   They overlooked the fact that the sitting position makes elimination difficult and incomplete, and forces one to strain!

The full squat results in compression in the lower abdomen from the thigh.  The right

 thigh will compress the cecum (the origin of the colon), mechanically pushing the feces uphill into the tranverse colon, while the left thigh compresses the descending colon, moving feces into the sigmoid colon and ultimately the rectum.

Seven Advantages of Squatting:

1. Makes elimination faster, easier and more complete.  This helps prevent fecal stagnation, a prime factor in colon cancer, appendicitis, and inflammatory bowel disease.

2. Protects the nerves that control the prostate, bladder and uterus from becoming stretched and damaged.

3. Securely seals the ileocecal valve, between the colon and the small intestine.  In the conventional sitting position, this valve is unsupported and often leaks during evacuation, contaminating the small intestine.

4. Relaxes the puborectalis muscle, which normally chokes the rectum in order to maintain continence.

5. Uses the thighs to support the colon and prevent straining.  Chronic straining on the toilet can cause hernias, diverticulosis, and pelvic organ prolapse.

6. Squatting is a highly effective, non invasive treatment for hemorrhoids, as shown by published clinical research.

7. For pregnant women, squatting avoids pressure on the uterus when using the toilet.  Daily squatting helps prepare one for a more natural delivery.

People in developing countries who primarily  use the squatting posture for elimination suffer rarely from the following diseases that are so prevalent in the Western World:  appendicitis, colon cancer, prostate disorders, diverticulosis, bladder incontinence, hemorrhoids, and inflammatory bowel disease.  

It is so simple to just start squatting.  Everything you could read about points to the natural intelligence in this.  Yet so many people feel this is "radical", when in actuality, sitting on a toilet is radical!  Just because it is what we are used to or how our culture does it, doesn't make it right or ideal.  

It is often suggested, and I suggest this to some clients, to use a step stool to place under the feet to mimic the posture of the full squat.  It is an improvement over sitting, to be sure, but is still far from ideal, as having the feet elevated pushes the weight back into the buttocks as opposed to having direct weight on your feet, which is where you want the weight to rest to facilitate full elimination and the use of the thighs pressing against the colon.  

Being a yoga teacher, I know that many people have a very difficult time with the squat position.  We can train our muscles to open so that squatting becomes comfortable again.  For people challenged by the full squat, a foot stool is a good start as long as you lean forward to mimic the pressure on the colon and weight on the feet.  I will be posting a link where you can purchase an attachment to your toilet to so you can fully squat on the toilet comfortably, or you can do what my husband has been doing for years, and which  I also use:  squat directly onto the toilet seat and enjoy nature's wonder!

Remember, elimination should take ten seconds, and require no strain.  Straining can potentially cause all kinds of issues, and squatting will naturally prevent this.  Of course, improvements in diet - eating a whole foods diet that is ideally free of processed junk will start you on your way to better health, and of course, regular COLONICS and CLEANSING programs a few times a year is like a tune up to the body.  You don't have to do it but your engine will run much smoother and you will feel so much better as a result.

Excellent health is your birthright.  Why don't you start right now?  Start squatting today!  You can fit this in several times a day, start to open up the joints, the muscles, use a wall if you need to lean on something, place a blanket underneath your heels, and practice placing more and more weight on the four corners of your feet.

There is so much more I could write, and I did not even touch upon Dr. William Welles' wonderful article on the benefits of squatting, so do some google searches and enjoy educating yourself on squatting and watch your health improve as a result.  

PLUS, squatting is great for stretching the lower back!

Bibliography:

William Welles, DC, The Biomechanics of Squatting

Paul Check

Nature's Platform website (see link on title)

Helen Wood

Gino Codato

Colonics 101: Squatting - the ideal elimination posture

My next post will be about squatting and why it is an essential posture for elimination.  Those of you who practice yoga (and those who do not) should consider adding this posture to your daily routine.

I will go into more detail in the next day or two - stay tuned!  Prepare to be very enlightened.

Squatting may very well change your life.

Colonics and Diet, and a bit of gas

My last post I had mentioned that I would be posting about gas and how colonics can help - well, I actually already WROTE that post one post earlier!  Oops!  

Well, the truth is, I wanted to have an excuse to post that great picture - you know, the "do not fart" sign? 

Here is another one, to the right of this.

To catch up on that post, click HERE.  

I promise it is fascinating reading, especially Matt Monarch's excellent article on the Blood Gas Theory and why colon hydrotherapy is essential for taking your health to a whole new level, which I am all bout!

For more in-depth explanation of the Blood Gas Theory, you  must read Mr. Monarch's excellent book, Raw Success.

So now onto diet. 

There are so many books out there telling you about the BEST way

 to eat.  I truly believe that if you can tune

 into your body, than your body will let you know what is GOOD,  and what is NOT GOOD, or as I prefer to call it, "NOT OPTIMAL".

  

This does not mean that if you have a craving for salty chips your body needs it.  Uh uh.  Sorry about that.  It's a good story you can feed to yourself but it is not true.  Usually the body will crave imbalanced food choices if you are constantly feeding it imbalanced food - such as processed starches, sugars, packaged food, fried food, etc.  It is a vicious cycle that CAN be broken.  I have done it.  And I feel better than ever - and am much more sensitive to the NOT OPTIMAL food, wh

ich for me now is anything processed - even a rice cracker doesn't sit so well.  

For me, I am discovering that SIMPLE WHOLE FOODS, (NOT the store) are what

 my body, mind and spirit thrives on and enjoys.  My body seems to love raw fruits and vegetables the most, with small amount of nuts and seeds. 

My husband and I start our day with water with juice from half a lemon (to cleanse the liver) and then shortly after that we juice a lovely GREEN JUICE with our Omega Juicer.  I love this juicer - it is a single auger juicer that juices

leafy greens beautifully.  It is a great first juicer and very easy to clean.  I have heard the twin gear juicers are even better, so when we eventually upgrade, it will be with the Samson Kempo Juicer, which I have heard is excellent.

The benefits of juicing are too numerous to list here.  

To name a few:

1. Juicing helps you absorb all the nutrients from the veggies

2. Juicing allows you to consume optimal amount of veggies in an efficient, easy to digest manner

3. Juicing allows for plenty of VARIETY.

Explore the wonders of juicing - click HERE.

Occasionally I get harried in the morning, and that is when I whip up a heaping tablesppon of SUPER GREEN FOOD with water.  Sometimes I have the green mix with a green juice, too, for the added benefits of what is in the green powder, which usually has a base of barley grass, wheat grass, chlorella, etc, depending on the brand.  I like to switch them up from time to time.  You can see a wonderful assortment of Super Green Food Powders HERE.

The green juice tides me over, and then later we typically have a GREEN SMOOTHIE, of which I gave a few recipes in my last post.  I often add soaked CHIA SEEDS to my smoothies for extra protein, fibre and hydrating properties, and often add a nice creamy dollop of coconut oil to further my energy.

This combo stabilizes my blood sugar and can keep me going all day, and my tummy is SOOOOOOOO happy!

Okay, I want to write more but my body is telling me to get off the computer and let my eyes (and hands) rest.

I am always open to any questions and comments!

In light!

Get rid of gas with colonics!

This post is going to be short - but I wanted to to let you all know that I am coming out with a good post about gas soon(yay!) and how colonics can greatly help this often...how shall I put it - uncomfortable situation!  

In the meantime, I leave you with an old childhood song:

Campbell's Soup

Makes you poop

Down your leg and in your boot

On the floor and out the door, 

Now get ready for some more!

Yes, I sang that in kindergarten and that lovely tune has stayed with me all these years!

And now on to food:

Food tip of the day:  Include more leafy greens in your diet by having a green smoothie every day!  

I use my amazing Vitamix Prep for this - a heavy duty 3+ horsepower mother of all blenders!  For more info on these miracle machines, click HERE

Some great smoothie recipes are:

Mango Parsley

2 large mangoes

1 bunch parsley

water

YUM!

Strawberry - Banana - Romaine

1 cup strawberries

2 bananas

1/2 bunch romaine

water

delish!

Pineapple Spinach Celery Dream - my personal fave

1/2 cup or more of low glycemic berries

1/2 cup fresh pineapple (can use the core)

1 to 2 cups baby spinach

1 or 2 sticks celery

water or coconut water

Blend until smooth and ENJOY!

For longer lasting satisfaction, throw in a tablespoon of gorgeous Virgin Coconut Oil and be transported in to BLISS.

Be creative!  And remember, you can mix fruit with all kinds of leafy greens for wonderful food combining benefits (I would skip the mustard greens, though!)

Until next time...

Colonics and Gas-Spring is the perfect time for cleansing!

IT'S SPRING!!!

The change of the seasons is an ideal time to cleanse and do a series of colonics.

Why is this?

The change of the seasons often has us eating differently, changing our physical activity, and son. Spring has traditionally been a time to cleanse the liver and many people are known to do liver flushes at this time, along with colon cleansing, using either oxygen

supplements such as Colosan

or herbal cleansing programs.

As always, colon hydrotherapy is an adjunct to any cleansing program and to a healthy lifestyle.

The sense of relief one gets simply from the waste and gas being moved out of the system is IMMENSE, and for those embarking on a journey towards greater health and vitality, colonics are essential.

Colonic Irrigations allow you to develop a personal relationship with what you eat and the effect it has on your body, and on your organs of elimination - primarily, the colon.

I quote (and paraphrase) my favourite blogger, Matt Monarch:

"Colon Hydrotherapy IIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS my speciality. Ladies and Gentlemen, YES...my passion in life is telling people to, "Shoot water up their bums". This is not an ego thing, by any means...I get no personal benefit from "preaching" this.

Dr. Fred Bisci has seen over 25, 000 clients in his 50 years of experience. Thousands and thousands of people have had tremendous results and not one of the

m has run into s SINGLE problem. We have both seen people just SLIGHTLY improve their diet and do masses of colon cleansing, and heal from degenerative diseases. In my opinion, it is the number one thing anyone can do for their health and the most important thing to do to heal from degenerative disease. If you can get a chance, study the blood gas theory here. AND YES, in my ~!!!!!!Passionate!!!!!!!~HEART-F

ELT opinion, it is COMPLETELY SAFE.

I can give you emails from hundreds of people who will state that enemas and colonics saved their life.

Enema dependency is, in my opinion, an absolute falsehood. Dr. Norman Walker and Ann Wigmore both state that enemas and colonics STRENGTHEN, rather than weaken, peristalsis. I personally have been experimenting with this sort of thing for 8 years and I don't have a problem having a bowel movement (Xell: I have had the same experience - in fact, pooping has become nearly a spiritual experience!!! :D). There could be confusion around this sort of thing because people don't understand what is happening to them.

Sometimes after someone gets a colonic, they don't need to go to the bathroom for 48 hours, which is completely normal and okay (Xell: for some, it can be even longer than this, as it will reflect your own transit time). You just cleaned out this 5 to 6 foot receptacle of waste. Very soon, you will be eliminating normally again. Many fasters (eating no solid food for extended periods of time) doing regular enemas or colonics report solid waste coming out of them the entire time period of their fast!

Where is all is this solid waste coming from???

This issue doesn't lay in becoming DEPENDENT on enemas. When someone does enemas, they can get addicted to that blissed clean feeling...AND...they cleanse more rapidly than others....the cells are much more c

ontracted on a "cleaner" person, especially someone who practices colon cleansing frequently; they have less margin for error in their consistent food choices. Their hundreds of trillions of thousands of cells are in s small, contracted state with less internal obstruction than the majority of people. Therefore, they are affected by fermentative gas produces by certain foods more, because there is less space for this gas inside their structure, while someone with bigger cells won't notice a thing with the same amount of gas. Read the Blood Gas Theory for a deeper understanding here.

A lot of interesting things to mull over!

I recently posted about Coconut Oil

and so many of you know how much I love it. A friend recently asked me which ones I recommended - I love to try different brands and I have to say that my top favourites are Nutiva Virgin Coconut Oil and Wilderness Family Naturals. The taste of both brands is exquisite and works wonders as a face and body moisturizer, as well. Other great brands are Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil and Cocopura Virgin Coconut Oil.

I promised the poo rating system - that will be the next post! :)

Until next time...