Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? Best health to all, Tim Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I candled my ears, and didn't see too much there, just a fine dust. My brother, who eats SAD, candled his ears, and when we opened the candles up, there was a whole LOT of semi-liquid waxy stuff in the candles. Very gross. He drinks a lot of milk. And I can add another reason to my list why I will never touch the stuff again. Nicole rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: > > For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: > Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? > > Best health to all, > > Tim Campbell > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yes Nicole...My sister & family eat the SAD and when her kids were little she had to run them to the ear (ENT) Dr. for fairly regular clean-outs. Once she started using ear candles on the kids the trips to the ear Dr. ended...Far better though, as you point out to avoid the sludge to begin with. Tim sci_lite <sci_lite wrote: I candled my ears, and didn't see too much there, just a fine dust. My brother, who eats SAD, candled his ears, and when we opened the candles up, there was a whole LOT of semi-liquid waxy stuff in the candles. Very gross. He drinks a lot of milk. And I can add another reason to my list why I will never touch the stuff again. Nicole rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: > > For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: > Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? > > Best health to all, > > Tim Campbell > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Try burning the candle without putting it in your eat at all. You'll notice the gunk still builds up on the candle. Janet rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? Best health to all, Tim Campbell Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around [Non-text portions of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I had a friend who had a piece of the wax fall in her ear. It really messed her up and it was NOT pleasant! Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 True, but what is interesting is that when I used to sometimes " candle " the ears of my neice and nephews the amount of " gunk " in the candles would vary from child to child. Also, I tend to have somewhat impaired hearing in my right ear and for some reason when I candle my ears the candle I use on my right ear always has more gunk in it afterwards. So, yes, some of what is in the candle after burning is from the candle itself but some of it is also from the ear... Tim ps, I candled my ears a couple days ago and yesterday I had to turn the volume down on my computer/TV headset by about a third; with my cleaner ears it was too loud... Janet FitzGerald <waxplanet wrote: Try burning the candle without putting it in your eat at all. You'll notice the gunk still builds up on the candle. Janet rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? Best health to all, Tim Campbell [Non-text portions of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 LOLOL I am REALLY laughing out loud!!!! Unless it's a dripless candle. How funny ... and true!!! _____ rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Janet FitzGerald Monday, October 22, 2007 9:44 AM rawfood [Raw Food] Re: Raw diet apparently lessens build-up in ears Try burning the candle without putting it in your eat at all. You'll notice the gunk still builds up on the candle. Janet rawfood@ <rawfood%40> .com, Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to clean out your ears: Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? Best health to all, Tim Campbell http://mail. <> [Non-text portions of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 It makes sense to me. The SAD diet is acidic, and as anyone who's ever made their own cheese knows if you add acid to dairy , you get stuff that looks like what came out of my bro's ears. Curdy nasty gunk. rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: > > Yes Nicole...My sister & family eat the SAD and when her kids were little she had to run them to the ear (ENT) Dr. for fairly regular clean-outs. Once she started using ear candles on the kids the trips to the ear Dr. ended...Far better though, as you point out to avoid the sludge to begin with. > > Tim > > sci_lite <sci_lite wrote: > > I candled my ears, and didn't see too much there, just a fine dust. > My brother, who eats SAD, candled his ears, and when we opened the > candles up, there was a whole LOT of semi-liquid waxy stuff in the > candles. Very gross. He drinks a lot of milk. And I can add > another reason to my list why I will never touch the stuff again. > > Nicole > > rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell@> wrote: > > > > For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles > to clean out your ears: > > Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have > been eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes > out of my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than > when I have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? > > > > Best health to all, > > > > Tim Campbell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 > The safest and most effective cleaner for the ears is one's > own urine. It used to be used extensively by our > grandparents and beyond. > > -- > the kneeling fool > While I'm sure you will be rudely and gratuitously mocked for volunteering information that a few find uncomfortable, I am not surprised by this at all. Thanks for sharing, and for being one of the few not intimidated into silence on this entire group----guilty only of having a " differing opinion " . Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 On Monday 22 October 2007, Tim Campbell wrote: > True, but what is interesting is that when I used to > sometimes " candle " the ears of my neice and nephews the > amount of " gunk " in the candles would vary from child to > child. Also, I tend to have somewhat impaired hearing in > my right ear and for some reason when I candle my ears > the candle I use on my right ear always has more gunk in > it afterwards. So, yes, some of what is in the candle > after burning is from the candle itself but some of it is > also from the ear... > Tim The safest and most effective cleaner for the ears is one's own urine. It used to be used extensively by our grandparents and beyond. -- the kneeling fool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 True confessions here... Years ago, I developed a ringing in my ears upon returning from cannery work in Alaska. Every time some one closed a door, I'd hear distortion crunching in my ear. After about a year of trying oils, drops, and even ear candles, I went to a ...shhhh...(whispers)a doctor ....SHHHHH! An ear, nose, throat doctor, that is. He got out a long tool I was better off not noticing and proceeded to pull out a chunk of resin too big and hard to EVER come out any other way (I may be wrong about that). It was a painful procedure, but WORTH IT. I think this is a situation where going to a doctor to get the ears checked out is useful. Prevention is better, but sometimes immediate relief (ok, a year isn't exactly immediate) is worth its weight in gold. The chunk that came out of my ear looked good for setting in a big ring like amber. It probably had a bug in it to boot! Any wax an ear candle can get out of the ear can be extracted through other means. They are expensive and completely unnecessary, imo. And, I'm not convinced they work in the slightest. Different candles will show different amounts of residue...candle wax residue. Janet rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell wrote: > > True, but what is interesting is that when I used to sometimes " candle " the ears of my neice and nephews the amount of " gunk " in the candles would vary from child to child. Also, I tend to have somewhat impaired hearing in my right ear and for some reason when I candle my ears the candle I use on my right ear always has more gunk in it afterwards. > So, yes, some of what is in the candle after burning is from the candle itself but some of it is also from the ear... > > Tim > > ps, I candled my ears a couple days ago and yesterday I had to turn the volume down on my computer/TV headset by about a third; with my cleaner ears it was too loud... > > Janet FitzGerald <waxplanet wrote: > Try burning the candle without putting it in your eat at all. You'll > notice the gunk still builds up on the candle. > > Janet > > rawfood , Tim Campbell <jtcaell@> wrote: > > For those of you raw fooders who may occasionally use ear candles to > clean out your ears: > Have you noticed the follwoing? I have found that when I have been > eating raw for a few months the amount of material that comes out of > my ears during a " candling " session is considerably less than when I > have been eating a more " sludgey " diet? > > Best health to all, Tim Campbell > > > [Non-text portions of this > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 " I went to a ...shhhh...(whispers)a doctor > ...SHHHHH! An ear, nose, throat doctor, that is. He got out a long tool I > was better off not noticing " OMG! LOL! This was really funny. I won't tell anyone.... " They are expensive and completely unnecessary, imo. Whether people use them or not, they really are very cheap, actually. " But like I mentioned, my friend had a medical issue caused by one! Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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