Guest guest Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 When I quit smoking.....about 6 years ago, my nose started running non-stop 3 days after my last cigarette. I knew it had something to do with not smoking anymore, but didn't know what it meant. Then I went to the doctor who told me it was allergies and put me on antihistamines which didn't work very well and my mucous level didn't change for a full year. Then I knew it wasn't allergies. That was when I started using the internet to look for answers to my health stuff and stumbled into this raw vegan diet thing. I learned to manage the mucous by my water intake. When I get even slightly dehydrated, it comes back.....I get congested and my nose runs again. So, when I get that way, I know to drink a lot of water. That clears it up. That is, by the way, just clear, clean, purified water with nothing in it. I aim for at least 3 quarts a day, but know that 4 or 5 quarts is too many for me because it seems to mess with my chemistry in such a way that if I drink 5 quarts, I am still thirsty all the time. Someone told me once that I was flushing out all my electrolytes..... I wouldn't know, but cutting back to 3-3 1/2 quarts a day seems to work really well for me. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 Mucous is simply a means the body uses of encapsulating toxins so they don't contaminate the body, and then transporting them out in the mucous. Just leave it alone, and trust that the body is doing the right thing, and protecting us with mucous. It's a means of " detox " . Deluging the body with water, or any other means designed to " flush " out or stop mucous, is counter to the health of the body, overworks the kidneys, possibly rids the body of electrolytes, etc. Gimmicks designed to produce a certain effect in the body are never a good idea. It's best to just eat a diet of our natural foods, which have a high water content, and they have just the right proportion of liquid for our bodies. We are not habitual water drinkers by design. I personally never drink water at all unless I'm fasting, and then I only drink as much as my body wants; or if I'm away from home and fruit is unavailable and it's a particularly hot day, I may drink some water if I'm thirsty. The only thing I drink on a regular basis is the juice of oranges which I squeeze, though many rawfooders don't even drink anything at all. Zsuzsa rawfood , " ninavitus " <ninavitus@h...> wrote: > When I quit smoking.....about 6 years ago, my nose started running > non-stop 3 days after my last cigarette. I knew it had something to > do with not smoking anymore, but didn't know what it meant. Then I > went to the doctor who told me it was allergies and put me on > antihistamines which didn't work very well and my mucous level didn't > change for a full year. Then I knew it wasn't allergies. That was > when I started using the internet to look for answers to my health > stuff and stumbled into this raw vegan diet thing. I learned to > manage the mucous by my water intake. When I get even slightly > dehydrated, it comes back.....I get congested and my nose runs > again. So, when I get that way, I know to drink a lot of water. > That clears it up. That is, by the way, just clear, clean, purified > water with nothing in it. I aim for at least 3 quarts a day, but > know that 4 or 5 quarts is too many for me because it seems to mess > with my chemistry in such a way that if I drink 5 quarts, I am still > thirsty all the time. Someone told me once that I was flushing out > all my electrolytes..... I wouldn't know, but cutting back to 3-3 > 1/2 quarts a day seems to work really well for me. > > Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 > Mucous is simply a means the body uses of encapsulating toxins so > they don't contaminate the body, and then transporting them out in > the mucous. Just leave it alone, and trust that the body is doing > the right thing, and protecting us with mucous. It's a means > of " detox " . - This is absolutely correct. So why do we treat mucous as toxin? Because it's secretion is evidence that we have foreign matter in the body that the body is trying to reject. So we want to get the mucous out, taking the toxins with it, not just dry up the mucous source. To be mucous free is to be clean, but Zsuzsa is spot on about not just medicating it away; > Gimmicks designed to produce a certain effect in the body are never > a good idea. Clear the toxins and the mucous will take subside, but loosening up the flow helps the entire process. Moderate extra water, warm teas [not hot], lemon juice, ginger and cayenne are a few things that aid the cleansing process and increase mucous flow thus clearing mucous conjestion. We may aid the process but not inhibit it. rusty - - " southladogs " <southladogs <rawfood > Monday, May 17, 2004 9:32 AM [Raw Food] Re: mucous > Mucous is simply a means the body uses of encapsulating toxins so > they don't contaminate the body, and then transporting them out in > the mucous. Just leave it alone, and trust that the body is doing > the right thing, and protecting us with mucous. It's a means > of " detox " . Deluging the body with water, or any other means > designed to " flush " out or stop mucous, is counter to the health of > the body, overworks the kidneys, possibly rids the body of > electrolytes, etc. > > Gimmicks designed to produce a certain effect in the body are never > a good idea. It's best to just eat a diet of our natural foods, > which have a high water content, and they have just the right > proportion of liquid for our bodies. We are not habitual water > drinkers by design. I personally never drink water at all unless I'm > fasting, and then I only drink as much as my body wants; or if I'm > away from home and fruit is unavailable and it's a particularly hot > day, I may drink some water if I'm thirsty. The only thing I drink > on a regular basis is the juice of oranges which I squeeze, though > many rawfooders don't even drink anything at all. > > Zsuzsa > > > rawfood , " ninavitus " <ninavitus@h...> wrote: > > When I quit smoking.....about 6 years ago, my nose started running > > non-stop 3 days after my last cigarette. I knew it had something > to > > do with not smoking anymore, but didn't know what it meant. Then > I > > went to the doctor who told me it was allergies and put me on > > antihistamines which didn't work very well and my mucous level > didn't > > change for a full year. Then I knew it wasn't allergies. That > was > > when I started using the internet to look for answers to my health > > stuff and stumbled into this raw vegan diet thing. I learned to > > manage the mucous by my water intake. When I get even slightly > > dehydrated, it comes back.....I get congested and my nose runs > > again. So, when I get that way, I know to drink a lot of water. > > That clears it up. That is, by the way, just clear, clean, > purified > > water with nothing in it. I aim for at least 3 quarts a day, but > > know that 4 or 5 quarts is too many for me because it seems to > mess > > with my chemistry in such a way that if I drink 5 quarts, I am > still > > thirsty all the time. Someone told me once that I was flushing > out > > all my electrolytes..... I wouldn't know, but cutting back to 3-3 > > 1/2 quarts a day seems to work really well for me. > > > > Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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