Day #4 of my detox cleanse. Let me back up to the beginning 8 weeks ago I decided to clean out my system. It all started when I read a fascinating book called "Cancer Step Outside the Box" by Ty Bollinger. It pushed me to want to take better care of my body now while its healthy not wait until its so broken I am in a desperate state at the mercy of some new medicine or some new fad. Based on all the studying I did I needed to start with a parasite cleanse first, one that was made up of a concoction using three herbs: Wormwood, Green Black Walnut Hulls, Common Cloves. I was able to find it at the following site http://www.drclark.com I liked the convenience of this tincture (I despise taking pills) the benefits of a liquid vs. solid medicine is that liquids are immediately sent to your blood stream whereas solid has to be broken down in your digestion losing many valuable benefits so I knew I was right on the money choosing this parasite cleanse. It was an eight week journey filled with many gassy days, I will spare you the details of what I may or may not have seen in my waste, I did have a huge increase in the amount of bathroom trips I took. I will say that if you consume meat you have about a 90% chance of having worms. I read several articles on the matter & was disgusted that there was even the slightest chance these things were alive in me, thriving in my body. Check this article out for more facts you've got worms. So alas I finished the parasite cleanse & knew that my blood, kidney & liver were next on the list. I went to my local health store & began my research again I knew I wanted something easily digestible I was willing to take a pill as long as it was food based. I found Standard Process Cleanse while taking this you must follow a very strict diet for 7 days. Fruits & veggies only, raw needed to make up over half my consumption. Water & herb teas are allowed. I thought this would be easy I mean for those who know me I eat & live what I would consider a healthy lifestyle. Smoothies, juicing, organic, local meats, raising my own chickens, exercising you name it I do it. I had no idea what giving up bread, sugar, dairy, meat, beans, rice, nothing processed, nothing canned would actually mean to me. So after fasting the day before starting my detox to jump start the whole process, I didn't feel too bad as the first day came and went. On day two however I thought I was starving literally, the hungry pains were bad but the fatigue was just as bad if not worse. Do you have any idea how fast raw carrots, celery & broccoli are digested & how hungry you can be within an hour of eating them? I knew for dinner I would have to get creative, I came up with sweet potatoes, quinoa (which has been a life saver I could do an entire blog on that stuff) and okra. Another meal was eggplant, bell peppers, garlic, tomatoes, onion & zucchini sauteed up in some olive oil with a side salad. Another night we had lettuce wraps filled with guacamole, quinoa & salsa. Also on the menu will be stuffed mushrooms not sure what else yet. So far all is well I found a great uplifting food & if I could pick only one food to add to your own diet it would be avocado when I added in the guacamole I felt a burst of energy from the fat which has sustained me a lot. I do however really miss cheese, chocolate and beans. I could live without the meat and be fine except for the occasional piece of fried chicken! Hey I am from the south you know. Some results for me I have noticed my hormonal acne has cleared up, I sleep sounder, I feel calmer & have lost about 2 lbs so far. If anything I feel like this diet has forced me to take a long hard look at my body & how I take care of it just how much food do I need to consume, am I eating to live or living to eat? Born and raised in the USA has its pros & cons. People here have no idea what its like to go without things we want and most can't even fathom being hungry going without something they need to survive. We live in such a world of excess sometimes we get consumed by all the extras and lose the one thing we actually need to survive. What kind of food is my body designed to handle, what kind of food is my body made to gain nutrition & sustainable energy from? Packaged processed easy grabs, fast food? No way, God designed the human body to thrive off herbs & fruit bearing trees. It is my personal belief that God has provided us everything we need to survive on the Earth long before man created anything. Stop to think about that it may just change your whole outlook on medicine & food who knows what else. This post started about getting rid of parasites & other toxins that may be polluting my body but what else could I apply this to my spiritual life? Yes things have slowly crept there way into my life and taken house inside me over the years, possibly pride, selfishness, jealousy, envy, non thankful, un-forgiving, to name a few and you know what I have allowed them to stay for too long, this sort of stuff can corrupt your spiritual body faster than a parasite can destroy your fleshly body. I leave you with this thought for all those that believe on the living God, "What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?"
Happy Detox!
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