detox/cleansing necessary?

[Guest guest]

This is an issue which thoroughly confuses and frustrates me and I am

wondering if there is even a definite answer or if it is all just

relative to an individual. It seems that colon cleansing and detoxing

are being promoted as the panacea of health these days. People like

Trudeau (I know, he's no doctor, just a " messenger " ) and Donna

Gates are emphasizing the importance of cleaning out all the supposed

junk we all have built up. I have read it in other places, too, but what

I am wondering is if it is true. Does absolutely every adult in the US

who grew up on SAD have like 10lbs. of fecal matter built up so much

that we are not absorbing ANYTHING of the foods we eat now? I mean, I

for one have only been eating NT for a year and a half, but in the 28

years before that I wasn't a total junkaholic. My mother was

conscientious enough to know that whole foods are good and to limit the

junk (but I guess even some junk out weighs the good foods, huh?) Am I

just throwing money down the toilet by investing in high quality raw

dairy, grass fed meats, organic and locally grown produce, or wasting my

time and energy trying to make my food as digestible as possible and

adhering to the principles as closely as possible of discontinuing the

use of refined anything and not consuming anything in a package or

loaded with chemicals or sugar because maybe I am just not really

getting any nutrients out of any of it??

What really is irritating, and I know I am no expert, is that when they

list the possible symptoms that a blocked colon or liver can cause there

is inevitably one or two on the list that I have experienced recently or

am at the moment and how am I to know whether this is what is causing it

or the myriad of other things it could be, i.e. thyroid, adrenals.? Can

I just take probiotics, eat cultured foods, maybe some chlorella, and be

okay? Or do I need to go through the rigors of colon cleanses and detox

diets and invest in other supplements to help my liver etc. until I

think I am " clean " and ready for a fresh start? I mean, who doesn't want

to wake up in the morning and have such fresh breath that teeth brushing

is unnecessary or not get gray hair when they are past their prime

because they are fully functioning inside.it sounds too good to be true!

I know I sound a little out of control, lol. But maybe there is some

insight out there I just have not thought about.

amanda

[Guest guest]

When I started the salt/c protocol for lyme many were doing the

colon cleanses, enemas, etc. but I never did. Granted, salt does

improve digestion immeasurably and I did overdo the c a few times so

that my colon was emptied, but now I have no symptoms of liver

problems, and think my digestion is working very, very well. Which

is to say I don't think it's necessary to do anything too extreme to

get healthy liver and bowels. I do now belive that salt is a very

important and often overlooked element to good nutrition. Our

healthy ancestors used to eat between 20 and 40 grams of salt a day!

If you're eating healthy and not seeing the expected benefits after

awhile, I guess then it's time to wonder what may be congested or

not working.

>

> This is an issue which thoroughly confuses and frustrates me and I

am

> wondering if there is even a definite answer or if it is all just

> relative to an individual. It seems that colon cleansing and

detoxing

> are being promoted as the panacea of health these days. People like

> Trudeau (I know, he's no doctor, just a " messenger " ) and

Donna

> Gates are emphasizing the importance of cleaning out all the

supposed

> junk we all have built up. I have read it in other places, too,

but what

> I am wondering is if it is true. Does absolutely every adult in

the US

> who grew up on SAD have like 10lbs. of fecal matter built up so

much

> that we are not absorbing ANYTHING of the foods we eat now? I

mean, I

> for one have only been eating NT for a year and a half, but in the

28

> years before that I wasn't a total junkaholic. My mother was

> conscientious enough to know that whole foods are good and to

limit the

> junk (but I guess even some junk out weighs the good foods, huh?)

Am I

> just throwing money down the toilet by investing in high quality

raw

> dairy, grass fed meats, organic and locally grown produce, or

wasting my

> time and energy trying to make my food as digestible as possible

and

> adhering to the principles as closely as possible of discontinuing

the

> use of refined anything and not consuming anything in a package or

> loaded with chemicals or sugar because maybe I am just not really

> getting any nutrients out of any of it??

>

> What really is irritating, and I know I am no expert, is that when

they

> list the possible symptoms that a blocked colon or liver can cause

there

> is inevitably one or two on the list that I have experienced

recently or

> am at the moment and how am I to know whether this is what is

causing it

> or the myriad of other things it could be, i.e. thyroid,

adrenals.? Can

> I just take probiotics, eat cultured foods, maybe some chlorella,

and be

> okay? Or do I need to go through the rigors of colon cleanses and

detox

> diets and invest in other supplements to help my liver etc. until I

> think I am " clean " and ready for a fresh start? I mean, who

doesn't want

> to wake up in the morning and have such fresh breath that teeth

brushing

> is unnecessary or not get gray hair when they are past their prime

> because they are fully functioning inside.it sounds too good to be

true!

>

> I know I sound a little out of control, lol. But maybe there is

some

> insight out there I just have not thought about.

>

> amanda

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

First of all, only a health practitioner (a good one!), will be able

to tell you what specific things you need to do to get well. On the

other hand, if you want to improve your overall health and body

function, a colon cleanse program is an excellent idea. And yes, most

people nowdays will get some benefit from a colon cleanse due to past

diets, sedentary lifestyle, stress, etc....

If you look at all the great natural healers, the absolute first thing

that they did was clean the colon. Then they worked on the liver.

Just getting those functioning well can resolve many other unrelated

issues. I got rid of chronic neck pain with a colon cleanse. Not

just a colonic, mind you, this is a whole cleanse program like

Schulze or Bernard Jensen's.

Yes, you could be spending all this money on great food and not be

getting the most out of it. Lots of factors involved....

We live in a totally different world than Weston Price's world. What

it took for natives to stay healthy is not what it's going to take to

get us well. Sorry, but this is the brutal truth of the matter.

Look at all the pollution and chemicals we are exposed to. Just the

air in any major city is horrendous.

The effort that you choose to go to (colon cleanses, liver flush,

etc..) totally depends on how happy you are with your current level of

health. I personally believe it can be well worth it. I have eaten

mostly raw food for a while because the benefits are so great. (And

yes, I don't have to brush my teeth in the morning!) But it takes

effort to get there and a knowledgable practitioner. Alot of people

try to do resolve their health isssues on their own (using mostly food

and supplements), but things are so complex that it makes it VERY

difficult. So a good cleanse would be helpful if you want to take

your health up a few notches... There are many different ones to

choose from...the individual organ cleanses all the way to the whole

body cellular cleanses. It is up to you and how you feel about your

current level of health...

Becky

>

Does absolutely every adult in the US

> who grew up on SAD have like 10lbs. of fecal matter built up so much

> that we are not absorbing ANYTHING of the foods we eat now? I mean, I

> for one have only been eating NT for a year and a half, but in the 28

> years before that I wasn't a total junkaholic. My mother was

> conscientious enough to know that whole foods are good and to limit the

> junk (but I guess even some junk out weighs the good foods, huh?) Am I

> just throwing money down the toilet by investing in high quality raw

> dairy, grass fed meats, organic and locally grown produce, or wasting my

> time and energy trying to make my food as digestible as possible and

> adhering to the principles as closely as possible of discontinuing the

> use of refined anything and not consuming anything in a package or

> loaded with chemicals or sugar because maybe I am just not really

> getting any nutrients out of any of it??

>

> What really is irritating, and I know I am no expert, is that when they

> list the possible symptoms that a blocked colon or liver can cause there

> is inevitably one or two on the list that I have experienced recently or

> am at the moment and how am I to know whether this is what is causing it

> or the myriad of other things it could be, i.e. thyroid, adrenals.? Can

> I just take probiotics, eat cultured foods, maybe some chlorella, and be

> okay? Or do I need to go through the rigors of colon cleanses and detox

> diets and invest in other supplements to help my liver etc. until I

> think I am " clean " and ready for a fresh start? I mean, who doesn't want

> to wake up in the morning and have such fresh breath that teeth brushing

> is unnecessary or not get gray hair when they are past their prime

> because they are fully functioning inside.it sounds too good to be true!

>

> I know I sound a little out of control, lol. But maybe there is some

> insight out there I just have not thought about.

>

> amanda

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