Breastfeeding and the master cleanse (agave vs honey)

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At Tue, 18 Jul 2006 it looks like Amanda Feagin composed:

 

> " Only do it if you wish to toxify the milk. "

>

> This is absurd. Of course I would never want to toxify my milk. I know a lot

of people have had success with the cleanse and I merely wanted to know if it

would be safe for my baby. Obviously from your response you believe it would be

harmful. I would never want to jeopardize my child's health, so I will not do

the cleanse. Thank you for your insight.

>

 

Has anyone used agave and lemon vs the maple and lemon in this

cleasne, and if so, what was their feedback on it?

 

I've done the maple_syrup and lemon juice version and upon looking

at the sugar content of the maple syrup, wondered if I was living

off of the sugar of the maple syrup or...

 

So, I wonder if agave would keep one going for ten days or not.

 

TIA

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Bill...

 

it's been several years since I did any of these cleanses....

and at the time, I did do an analysis of the calories being consumed;

yes, the high percentage of the calories are coming from the maple

syrup.

 

I've never tried the agave...and I think, more to the point, the

learning that I've had over the last several years is that the

" flushes/cleanses " are never doing what they purport to be doing.

A nice analogy I heard recently was comparing it to throwing either

sand or lemon juice in your eyes, and then commenting on how they

caused so much mucus to be excreted from the eyes. When in reality,

what we've done is to irritate the eyes, and the body continues, as it

always does, to use mucus to transport contaminants from the body.

 

In the Master Cleanse the " irritating " ingredient is cayenne pepper,

if I recall the formula correctly (1 qt.water, 1 Tbls.maple syrup, and

either 1/8 or 1/4 tsp. of cayenne....). We can easily see what this

is doing to us by leaving out the water, and the maple syrup, and just

" eat " the cayenne. (I used to even go to the extreme of making sure I

had really " fresh " cayenne - ordered it from some place special...)

Once we've " eaten " just the cayenne, we can monitor what our body has

to say to us about that substance - I used to be able to tolerate the

1/4tsp. cayenne, these days I doubt I could stand a tiny fraction of

that, without some violent reaction - massive hiccups, massive burning

of the esophageal tract, burning in the stomcah, etc...etc..

This formula knows full well, that it includes enough " sweet " , in the

form of maple syrup, to help get the cayenne past our senses.

 

I don't remember the length of time exactly, and I'd say in the

neighborhood of 20 - 30 days, that I've used it exclusively. It

*never* lead me toward Health.

 

I've had much better experiences learning about, and working with,

various essential elements of Health -- several of which Elchanan

mentioned in one of his most recent posts: Rest, Fresh Air, WAter,

and a diet of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic plant and vegys. I've

found that my body, and my health, respond much better to these

elements than they ever did to any flushes/cleanses.

 

Hope this is useful.

 

best,

 

Bob

 

 

rawfood , Bill Schoolcraft <Bill wrote:

>

> At Tue, 18 Jul 2006 it looks like Amanda Feagin composed:

>

> > " Only do it if you wish to toxify the milk. "

> >

> > This is absurd. Of course I would never want to toxify my milk.

I know a lot of people have had success with the cleanse and I merely

wanted to know if it would be safe for my baby. Obviously from your

response you believe it would be harmful. I would never want to

jeopardize my child's health, so I will not do the cleanse. Thank you

for your insight.

> >

>

> Has anyone used agave and lemon vs the maple and lemon in this

> cleasne, and if so, what was their feedback on it?

>

> I've done the maple_syrup and lemon juice version and upon looking

> at the sugar content of the maple syrup, wondered if I was living

> off of the sugar of the maple syrup or...

>

> So, I wonder if agave would keep one going for ten days or not.

>

> TIA

>

> --

> " If you turn your headlights on while going

> the speed of light, does anything happen? "

>

[Guest guest]

At Tue, 18 Jul 2006 it looks like Bob Farrell composed:

 

> Hi Bill...

>

> it's been several years since I did any of these cleanses....

> and at the time, I did do an analysis of the calories being consumed;

> yes, the high percentage of the calories are coming from the maple

> syrup.

>

> I've never tried the agave...and I think, more to the point, the

> learning that I've had over the last several years is that the

> " flushes/cleanses " are never doing what they purport to be doing.

> A nice analogy I heard recently was comparing it to throwing either

> sand or lemon juice in your eyes, and then commenting on how they

> caused so much mucus to be excreted from the eyes. When in reality,

> what we've done is to irritate the eyes, and the body continues, as it

> always does, to use mucus to transport contaminants from the body.

>

> In the Master Cleanse the " irritating " ingredient is cayenne pepper,

> if I recall the formula correctly (1 qt.water, 1 Tbls.maple syrup, and

> either 1/8 or 1/4 tsp. of cayenne....). We can easily see what this

> is doing to us by leaving out the water, and the maple syrup, and just

> " eat " the cayenne. (I used to even go to the extreme of making sure I

> had really " fresh " cayenne - ordered it from some place special...)

> Once we've " eaten " just the cayenne, we can monitor what our body has

> to say to us about that substance - I used to be able to tolerate the

> 1/4tsp. cayenne, these days I doubt I could stand a tiny fraction of

> that, without some violent reaction - massive hiccups, massive burning

> of the esophageal tract, burning in the stomcah, etc...etc..

> This formula knows full well, that it includes enough " sweet " , in the

> form of maple syrup, to help get the cayenne past our senses.

>

> I don't remember the length of time exactly, and I'd say in the

> neighborhood of 20 - 30 days, that I've used it exclusively. It

> *never* lead me toward Health.

>

> I've had much better experiences learning about, and working with,

> various essential elements of Health -- several of which Elchanan

> mentioned in one of his most recent posts: Rest, Fresh Air, WAter,

> and a diet of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic plant and vegys. I've

> found that my body, and my health, respond much better to these

> elements than they ever did to any flushes/cleanses.

>

> Hope this is useful.

>

> best,

>

> Bob

>

 

Thanks Bob,

 

Actually tonight, after coming home from the gym, I picked up a few

watermelons, one for me and a few for a loved one and had some very

nice memories of what really tickles ones mouth with pleasure!

 

As a matter of fact, just typing the above makes me want another

slice now

 

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