Detoxing (Was: The Master Cleanse Diet)

February 24, 2006

What *I* need to come up with is a way of detoxing that does not

involve an extended fast. I'm on meds for my heart that ain't

friendly to the idea of fasting period, bet it water, juice,

or " lemonade " . I'm doing a one day water fast at the moment and my

doc ain't too thrilled about even that. LOL

Does anyone have any suggestions on detoxing without fasting?

February 25, 2006

Hi,

I did a Ejuva body cleansing program. It's a herbal based body cleansing

program. It's done in four phases. The first phase is to take one dose of

herbs without doing any fast i.e. continue your regular diet. This does very

slow cleanse. The second phase is to take out a breakfast and replace it

with another dose of herbs. This increases the speed of cleanse. There is

third & fourth phase where you replace one meal each with a dose of

hurbs which speeds up the cleanse even more. It's recommended in David

Wolfe's book - Sunfood diet success system. It's available on the

rawfood.com website. One can control the speed of cleanse as per

presonal need. It's recommended that the people with blood pressure

do a slower cleanse as it the detox increases blood pressure (as per

David Wolfe in his book). The slow clease will take longer but it doesn't

aggravate the condition - I understand your doc's position.

Here is an excerpt from his book -

During Detox, the blood pressure may increase as thick, soupy materials

pass out of the lymph into the blood. This will pass over the time on a

natural

diet as the lymph & blood unburden themselves and normalize. An elevated

blood pressure is caused by obstructions in the blood vessels, an increased

thickness of the blood, and/or a constriction of the arteries due to stress,

all

of which cause the heart to work harder to push blood through the vessels.

Nutritionally, the blood pressure can be quickly decreased by adding garlic

blubs

and onions into the diet. These foods help thin the blood so as to lower blood

pressure.

The Ejuva cleanse package is around $400.

Hope this helps !

- Hemant.

Noctaire <noctaire wrote: What *I* need to come up with is a

way of detoxing that does not

involve an extended fast. I'm on meds for my heart that ain't

friendly to the idea of fasting period, bet it water, juice,

or " lemonade " . I'm doing a one day water fast at the moment and my

doc ain't too thrilled about even that. LOL

Does anyone have any suggestions on detoxing without fasting?

February 25, 2006

There are tons of ways to detox, but a water fast is probably the

fastest and best. During a water fast you probably do not need any

medications. If I took a blood pressure med. If I took blood pressure

meds, it would lower my pressure too much.

Best Regards, Robert

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf

Of Noctaire

Friday, February 24, 2006 6:33 PM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Detoxing (Was: The Master Cleanse Diet)

What *I* need to come up with is a way of detoxing that does not

involve an extended fast. I'm on meds for my heart that ain't

friendly to the idea of fasting period, bet it water, juice,

or " lemonade " . I'm doing a one day water fast at the moment and my

doc ain't too thrilled about even that. LOL

Does anyone have any suggestions on detoxing without fasting?

February 25, 2006

> There are tons of ways to detox, but a water fast is probably the

> fastest and best. During a water fast you probably do not need any

> medications. If I took a blood pressure med. If I took blood pressure

> meds, it would lower my pressure too much.

While I could go off the diuretic and BP pill, the beta blocker is another

matter. Going cold turkey off those for more than a couple days can lead to

a rather unfortunate final conclusion.

February 26, 2006

I haven't ever gotten up the nerve to fast. I've been eating raw for

more than eight months now and have had some detox symptoms but not

many (my hair fell out briefly and I had a lot of mucus drainage). I

believe that cleaning up my diet and eating good raw food with 80%

carbs, not more than 10% fat on average, and 6-10% protein cleared out

most of my problem areas. My skin is clearer, my hair is growing back

in and I have lots of energy. A fast would have probably made it

happen sooner but I'm chicken. As for the cleanse methods, if I can't

make myself fast, I sure can't go through a cleanse. I did used to do

a gallbladder cleanse every few months but it isn't a sure thing that

it works, plus it would take three days to do it and it was a

traumatic experience for my body. I would experience chest pains

frequently when I was on vegetarian SAD. I don't know if they were

because of my heart, my gallbladder, or indigestion because I never

told a doctor about them. I haven't had any since except for once when

I ate a lot of fatty raw food. For me, I believe that a good,

nutritious raw food diet is the answer.

Good luck!

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

rawfood , " Noctaire " <noctaire wrote:

>

> What *I* need to come up with is a way of detoxing that does not

> involve an extended fast. I'm on meds for my heart that ain't

> friendly to the idea of fasting period, bet it water, juice,

> or " lemonade " . I'm doing a one day water fast at the moment and my

> doc ain't too thrilled about even that. LOL

>

> Does anyone have any suggestions on detoxing without fasting?

>

February 26, 2006

> I haven't ever gotten up the nerve to fast. I've been eating raw for

> more than eight months now and have had some detox symptoms but not

> many (my hair fell out briefly and I had a lot of mucus drainage). I

> believe that cleaning up my diet and eating good raw food with 80%

> carbs, not more than 10% fat on average, and 6-10% protein cleared out

> most of my problem areas. My skin is clearer, my hair is growing back

> in and I have lots of energy. A fast would have probably made it

> happen sooner but I'm chicken. As for the cleanse methods, if I can't

> make myself fast, I sure can't go through a cleanse. I did used to do

> a gallbladder cleanse every few months but it isn't a sure thing that

> it works, plus it would take three days to do it and it was a

> traumatic experience for my body. I would experience chest pains

> frequently when I was on vegetarian SAD. I don't know if they were

> because of my heart, my gallbladder, or indigestion because I never

> told a doctor about them. I haven't had any since except for once when

> I ate a lot of fatty raw food. For me, I believe that a good,

> nutritious raw food diet is the answer.

I did a 1 day water fast Friday. I was actually quite surprised at the

effects of just water fasting for 1 day.

Over the coming week, I'm going to work more raw foods into my diet. I'm

considering doing a weekly water fast since a single day doesn't freak the

doctor out and the effects were substantial. Hopefully the combination of

that with more raw foods will do the job of detoxing over time.

James

February 27, 2006

Whatever yo say doc. Tell us after you try it.

Best Regards, Robert & Chloey Ratliff La Chorrera De Panama

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf

Of Noctaire

Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:00 PM

rawfood

RE: [Raw Food] Detoxing (Was: The Master Cleanse Diet)

> There are tons of ways to detox, but a water fast is probably the

> fastest and best. During a water fast you probably do not need any

> medications. If I took a blood pressure med. If I took blood pressure

> meds, it would lower my pressure too much.

While I could go off the diuretic and BP pill, the beta blocker is

another matter. Going cold turkey off those for more than a couple days

can lead to a rather unfortunate final conclusion.

February 27, 2006

It seems you are in need of a detox. The more symptoms you have the more

the need to cleanse. Saying you CAN'T do it is a cop out.

Best Regards, Robert & Chloey Ratliff La Chorrera De Panama

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf

Of jerushy1944

Sunday, February 26, 2006 9:11 AM

rawfood

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