tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005169341623321582024-02-19T04:08:22.722-06:00 Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy.comDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366472895131023578noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300516934162332158.post-27764976985781733912013-02-10T19:07:00.000-06:002013-02-10T19:07:06.086-06:00A Reader Asks: Tips to Lower Cholesterol Naturally?<h1 style="text-align: center;">
A Reader Asks: Tips to Lower Cholesterol Naturally?</h1>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week a reader messaged me on the new Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy Facebook page, asking the following question:</span><br />
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<i style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">based diet it is high. And I can't take statins - I've tried several and I feel like I've been poisoned when I take them. Just curious if you have any suggestions. Thanks!!!</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">I do have suggestions!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">First, I want y'all to watch the video I created just for this reader. I talk about several </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">on a plant based diet, which means she is a vegan and does not eat animal products such as </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">that is needed- simply lower the amount of animal fat and raise the amount of fruits and </span><br />
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Is high cholesterol genetic?</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">She says the high cholesterol problem is hereditary. It runs in the family. As I mentioned in </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.991477012634277px;">my video, above, I want y'all to watch this short video by Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D., one of the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So even though there may be a family history or a genetic predisposition for high cholesterol, that does not mean this reader is stuck with these genes or that she is just doomed to have high cholesterol levels.</span><br />
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What is cholesterol?</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now I want to teach all of my readers what cholesterol actually is. We hear the word thrown around all the time, but many of us do not really know what cholesterol is or how it is "good" or "bad."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cholesterol is fat. Some of it is good cholesterol- the kind our livers make and we need to assist in digestion, help absorb fat soluble vitamins, and manufacture hormones. Other cholesterol is found in processed foods and animal products such as meat, fish, milk, cheese, ice cream, and eggs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's it! It's not the only kind of fat in the body, but it's the fat, or lipid, referred to the most in modern medicine. It looks like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When cholesterol builds up in the walls of blood vessels, it looks like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is athereosclerosis- hardening of the arteries and veins. The blood vessels become hardened with cholesterol (fat). It's basically the same grease we remove from meat when cooking- image by <a href="http://eatingacademy.com/">eatingacademy.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A lot of people do not realize that when the blood vessels are full of fat (cholesterol) like this, the rest of the organs and tissues in the body are, too. Compare these images of a healthy v. fatty liver:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note the fat (cholesterol) cells under the microscope and the size and color differences in the fatty liver- image by <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/IM03725" rel="nofollow">Mayo Clinic.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's an excellent slideshow by WebMD.com describing <a href="http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/ss/slideshow-cholesterol-overview" rel="nofollow">what your blood serum cholesterol level numbers mean, and how to get yours lower</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to lower cholesterol naturally</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So now that we have a better understanding of what cholesterol actually is, and that our genes and family history do not dictate that we will experience the same poor health as our forefathers and mothers, how can we lower cholesterol naturally? Here are a number of tips:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Regardless of whether we are obese, thin, or somewhere in between, we all *must* adopt a healthy food program (most of us do not like the word "diet") which will help nourish our bodies and remove unwanted fat (cholesterol) and other toxins. My video details the ones I prefer. Keep going until you have achieved the health and energy you desire. Usually this takes several years.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Start drinking green smoothies and freshly squeezed or juicer-juiced fruit and vegetable juices, herbal teas, and pure water. Quit drinking everything else. For any of my readers who are clinically obese, this is better and more nutritious than any Slim Fast type liquid weight loss shake you could have. It tastes a lot better and fills you up, too.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Start taking the hottest cayenne powder or tincture you can find. Cayenne stimulates the blood flow like nothing else, which will deliver fresh nutrients and oxygen to ever part of the body and help to remove toxins more quickly. Start with a pinch in hot fresh lemon water and build up to a tablespoon per day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Go 100% raw vegan or as close to it as possible. I highly recommend <a href="http://meganelizabeth.com/ns/" rel="nofollow">Megan Elizabeth's Easy to Be Raw recipe books</a> and <a href="http://www.vivalaraw.org/living-foods/to-live-for-recipe-book" rel="nofollow">Eric Rivkin's To Live For raw gourmet recipe book</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are within 50 pounds of your ideal weight, and do not think you could eat a 100% raw vegan diet, consider either a high raw vegan diet which includes some cooked foods such as beans, brown rice, and baked sweet potatoes or even veggie burgers and <a href="http://www.amys.com/" rel="nofollow">Amy's brand food products</a> OR, if you eat meat, the <a href="http://whole9life.com/" rel="nofollow">Whole 9 Paleo diet</a>. If you do eat meat and other animal products, I gently ask that you do so consciously.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have fun moving your body! Isn't that a better phrase than "exercise?" Push yourself while having fun for an hour every day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once you hit that "final 50 pounds" mark, start doing the herbal cleanses I recommend here on Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy. I will teach you how to make your own herbal remedies in order to empower you and save you some money. Hopefully I will make and sell these, myself, in the near future. These herbs will really help you clean out your colon, liver, kidneys, and cardiovascular system.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the American Medical Association lists 200mg/dL as the highest healthy "normal" level of total blood cholesterol, striving for 150mg/dL or lower is a much, much healthier and safer number. To do this while eating animal products, one must stay at or under the recommended 3oz or "deck of cards" serving of met per day. This is not anywhere near the "fill the entire platter with meat" custom of many restaurants and their patrons.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strive for a greater than 60mg/dL of "healthy and happy" HDL cholesterol, and if you can, strive for a lower than 70mg/dL of "get it lower" LDL cholesterol, the cholesterol most people call "bad" cholesterol. In reality, this cholesterol is not "bad" until the number gets out of control. There is also VLDL cholesterol, which is talked about less often. It is also considered a "bad" cholesterol.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eat lots of raw, uncooked garlic- three cloves a day, chopped and either eaten by itself or in your salad.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">De-stress however you can. I take long, hot baths with Epsom salts, plan to practice yoga every day, journal to release pent up frustrations, watch funny movies and videos, allow the time I need for projects, and try not to take life so seriously. Go get a massage, walk in the park, play with your kids, hoop and holler at football games, whack some golf balls at the driving range, or whatever you need to do to unwind. Release people from your life who are unkind or unloving to you, or are huge complainers and "drama queens." Keep your spirit uplifted.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One other thought: HOORAY to this reader for not taking statin drugs! She is absolutely right in believing these are poisons. Doctors give these drugs to people who do not want to change their diets or lifestyles, and would rather take risky drugs than give up their daily "heart stopper" triple meat hamburgers with a side of fried cheese sticks and a Big Gulp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Y'all, you really can lower your cholesterol levels naturally by taking these action steps. Change your diet, cleanse your body, exercise in fun ways, find ways to reduce stress, and love yourself always.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey y'all! Today I am going to teach you how to do a liver flush!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A couple of weeks ago I posted an article on <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-is-function-of-liver.html" rel="nofollow">liver function</a>. You may want to review that article before moving on to this one, just to refresh your memory on what the liver actually does (answer: a lot!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because the liver is vital, and can actually keep us alive with only 10-25% of it functioning, it is essential that we keep our livers in optimal condition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first step in keeping the liver clean and functioning well is to perform seasonal liver flushes. If you have a chronic or "incurable" condition, you may elect to do one of these every two weeks, alternating with kidney and bladder flushes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The basic premise for doing liver flushes is to remove small gallstones from the gallbladder. While some medical doctors state that gall stones can never leave the gallbladder, the clinical science is there to support the fact that some gall stones do leave the gallbladder and are eliminated through the gastrointestinal tract. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gall stones and bile stones are the same thing, just located in different places in the body. They are not made of "rocks," but rather are a collection of cholesterol buildup and possibly calcification over time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At greatest risk for gall stones are obese females over the age of fifty with high blood serum cholesterol levels who take (or took) birth control pills. Rapid weight loss is another risk factor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gall stones can slip into the bile duct, causing a blockage and disease. If this happens, the flow of bile is obstructed, and there is nowhere for the bile to go but "up." This can cause jaundice, since bilirubin from the bile is reabsorbed back into the bloodstream. The entire biliary tree can become infected, or potentially fatal acute pancriatitis can set in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10-20% of humans have gall stones, according to <a href="http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/diseases/common-bile-duct-stone-choledocholithiasis-cholangitis-obstructive-jaundice/191" rel="nofollow">Virtual Medical Centre.com.</a> Of people with gall stones, 10-15% experience gall stones slipping into the bile duct.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The controversy surrounding liver flushes are mostly due to photos such as this one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are several liver flush recipes out there. My favorite one is Dr. Richard Schulze's, because it is mild and contains no potentially unsafe ingredients. It is explained in the <a href="https://herbdocblog.com/article/Video/make-it-easymy-5-day-detox-programs/" rel="nofollow">video at this link</a> (seen best with Firefox).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This actually tastes pretty good. Right now, grapefruits are in season and I am enjoying those. Three large grapefruit make about 12 oz. juice. I prefer this amount to the recommended 8 oz juice and 8 oz water in the recipe, because I teach school and am not allowed to leave the classroom to go to the restroom until my lunch break at noon. In my case, it might be a good idea to start the five day flush on a Wednesday and go through Sunday, so I could have two days where I was able to do this "right."</span></div>
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Hey y'all! Get ready for another Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy info bomb! This one is on the benefits of quitting caffeine, getting off coffee, breaking the coffee addiction, any other way you want to quit drinking coffee! I did it, and so can you! On to the good stuff...</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">As promised, I want to share with you a bundle of information on coffee and caffeine in general, for those who are addicted to Cokes as I once was (Dr. Pepper in my case- I still like it) and energy drinks (oh boy!).</span></div>
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<i>Consumer Reports</i> states that an 8 oz. cup of coffee has roughly 100mg caffeine in it. However, this depends on how the coffee is brewed. <i>Consumer Reports </i>measured 8 oz. Starbucks coffee and discovered their brews average 165mg caffeine.</div>
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<li>While <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18834663" rel="nofollow">coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk if certain kinds of cancer</a>, drinking too much <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20358464" rel="nofollow">coffee increases the risk for bladder cancer</a>, especially in men.</li>
<li>As far as dehydration goes, coffee is dehydrating if a person does not drink it daily However, medical science has proven that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html?_r=2&" rel="nofollow">coffee is no more dehydrating than water in habitual coffee drinkers.</a></li>
<li>Medline Plus offers an informative list of <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002579.htm" rel="nofollow">symptoms of caffeine overdose</a>. Interestingly, the website calls caffeine a "medication," and lists the emergency contact number for Poison Control.</li>
<li>While it is virtually impossible to drink enough coffee to acquire a lethal dose of caffeine, patients who are on prescription SSRI antidepressants such as Luvox or fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as Levaquin or Tavanic are at risk of feeling the effects of caffeine at five times normal levels, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Main_symptoms_of_Caffeine_overdose.png" rel="nofollow">Forensic Science International</a> and other resources.</li>
<li>There is a link between caffeine consumption and osteoporosis, but not to the extent that some might believe, according to <a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/10414638" rel="nofollow">American Family Physician</a>. Vitamin D and calcium therapy (natural, of course) counters the effects of caffeine on bone tissue.</li>
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"Caffeinism" is a term coined by Stephen Cherniske in his book, <i>Caffeine Blues. </i>Cherniske explains how caffeine is a drug which causes neurons in your brain to begin firing, which triggers your pituitary gland to secrete the hormone which causes your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin. Adrenalin is the source of the "fight or flight response." Once the adrenalin high wears off, you feel exhausted, irritable, confused, and you get a headache. The more coffee sodas, or energy drinks you consume the more you keep your body in a constant state of unnecessary stress. It's like being on call for a fire emergency as a fireman or a soldier ready to be called to front line duty.</div>
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You can actually burn out your adrenal glands doing this. This is why people drink pots of coffee and six packs of sodas every day. Because caffeine is a physically addicting drug, it takes more and more caffeine for them to feel the stimulation they used to feel when they first started drinking coffee. Eventually, to be without this drug for even a small amount of time causes withdrawal symptoms. </div>
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I quit coffee cold turkey. I just said, "I'm quitting now," and I have not had a drop since. I drank copious amounts of distilled water for a couple of days, either plain or in an organic herbal tea which did not contain any caffeine at all.</div>
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The first day was the roughest. I noticed a slight headache, but my primary symptom was fatigue. I fell asleep at my computer multiple times, and finally took an hour-long nap. I went to bed early, sleeping for nine hours.</div>
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My bowel elimination schedule was off, since coffee stimulates bowel activity. It took a few days to get back on a regular schedule.</div>
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On the third day, all physical symptoms were gone. I just felt an ill-defined sense of loss or lack of fulfillment, like a flat Coke. It felt strange to let go of something that has been a part of my signature for decades.</div>
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By the fourth day, I really did not miss coffee. I did notice an increase in appetite, especially in the morning when I woke up. Since this is a normal neurotransmitter response, I knew this was a good thing. I also knew I would most likely need to either increase my plant fiber intake or take an herbal supplement to retrain my intestines in how to function properly without coffee. I also think I will do a really good kidney cleanse a few times to get the residual coffee out of my kidneys and bladder.</div>
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<li><b>Kola nut-</b> if you prefer to wean slowly off caffeine, kola nut contains some caffeine but is not addictive the way coffee is</li>
<li><b>Cayenne- </b>stimulates the cardiovascular system in healthy ways</li>
<li><b>Ashwangandha- </b>the primary herb for restoring adrenal function</li>
<li><b>St. John's Wort- </b>the famous herbal antidepressant may help to keep your mood elevated until your body restores its own brain chemicals</li>
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Let's just dig right into the good stuff, and begin learning how our bodies' organs work and how to care for each one! I have talked about <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/colon-anatomy-healthy-colon-function.html" rel="nofollow">colon health</a> and <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-do-colon-cleanse-step-one.html" rel="nofollow">how to perform a great herbal colon cleanse here</a> and <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-do-colon-cleanse-step-two.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Today I want to begin a series on liver health, beginning with the answer to a question many people have. <i>What is the function of the liver?</i></div>
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First, let's look at some images of the liver, and note where the liver s located in the human body.</div>
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<b>A sheep's liver. Indexed numerically, we see: 1) the right lobe, 2) the left lobe, 3) the caudate lobe, 4) the quadrate lobe, 5) the hepatic artery and portal vein, 6) the hepatic lymph nodes, and 7) the gall bladder- image by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver" rel="nofollow">wiki</a></b></div>
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In the human body the liver is located on the right side, right under the right breast. It is parallel to the stomach and spleen in the upper abdomen.</div>
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The liver has many functions, including the synthesis (creation) of protein, detoxification, creating chemicals for digestion, storing glycogen, producing hormones, and decomposing red blood cells. The liver also helps to build and break down small molecules, and helps in the digestive process by producing bile which alkalizes acids. Bile also helps to emulsify fats and absorb vitamin K. The liver is believed to carry out over 500 different functions. Many diseases are associated with some form of malfunction in the liver.</div>
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<li>Producing fats (lipids), including cholesterol</li>
<li>Produces the factors which cause blood to clot (coagulate)</li>
<li>Produces red blood cells in unborn babies until the bone marrow is mature enough to take over the task</li>
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<li>Regulates the bone marrow's production of blood platelets</li>
<li>Breaks down insulin</li>
<li>Changes ammonia (NH3) into urea</li>
<li>Breaks down toxins, including drugs, and moves them to the kidneys or bile to be eliminated</li>
<li>Stores a number of vitamins and minerals</li>
<li>Plays a major role in immune system support</li>
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The liver is capable of regenerating itself. With even as little as 1/4 of a liver, a whole one can be grown again.</div>
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Click on the link to enjoy an interactive site provided by Toronto General Hospital Department of Anesthesia depicting a <a href="http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/VLiver/" rel="nofollow">virtual liver.</a></div>
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With so many important functions of the liver, can you see why it is important to maintain excellent liver health? Next week I will describe how to do this naturally.<br />
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Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy is having its first birthday celebration!- image by <a href="http://www.wetakethecake.com/princess-first-birthday.html" rel="nofollow">We Take the Cake.com</a></div>
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I am so excited because Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy is one year old! I launched this blog a year ago on a hope and a promise, not knowing how it would be received, or really, what the direction would be. I started the blog as a showcase for my writing talents as a search engine optimized (SEO) copy writer and owner of <a href="http://www.hotcopywritingsolutions.com/" rel="nofollow">Heart of Texas Copy Writing Solutions.com</a> (currently under a massive site revision). </div>
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I was soon blessed to receive visitors from all over the planet. My jaw just drops in humility when I realize I have had over 67,000 unique visits to Bluebonnet in a year and I am currently getting over 10,000 hits a month. This is for a little natural health blog which is only one year old and only posts new content once a week! </div>
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Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy was named a "Top Health Blog" by Wellsphere last year, and is proud to offer several affiliate products from some amazing vendors such as <a href="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/" rel="nofollow">Mountain Rose Herbs</a>, <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/" rel="nofollow">Natural News</a> (where I am a feature writer), and <a href="http://www.rawfor30days.com/themovie.html" rel="nofollow">Raw for 30 Days</a>. This year I am going to add a ton of new vendors, products, rave reviews, and maybe even launch my own line of herbal goodies for you to enjoy. </div>
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I am in the process of designing a really cool Facebook page for Bluebonnet, so y'all can meet each other, hang out, ask questions, or post links to your own businesses. Since I am a SEO copy writer, I will be learning social media management this year. I want to be able to offer this service to my business clients, so both my Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy and my Heart of Texas Copy Writing Solutions pages on Facebook will be my laboratories for learning social media management. You guys can be my guinea pigs, and help me make these pages interesting and fun. </div>
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Before I move on to what's cooking for 2013, I want to say a very special thank you to all of my readers who have left the most heartwarming and encouraging comments either here, on Facebook, or on Google+. You guys are amazing, and I love every one of you.</div>
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I even got two phone calls from readers who wanted to thank me personally for my work. One reader was a single guy who reached out to me, telling me how hard it was to be the only high raw vegan in a very small, country town. How many of you can relate?</div>
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Another reader called a week or so ago and just blessed my heart to pieces. Her name is Katherine. I know her in real life. Katherine is a diabetic. <b>She told me she had reduced her prescription medications from 33 to TEN, with the help of her doctor, by reading this blog.</b> </div>
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<i>This</i> is why I write. <i>This</i> is why I do what I do. I've got muscular dystrophy myself, and I know what it's like to have something and go all over the Internet doing research, trying to figure out a way to get better.</div>
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What's in store for 2013? Here's what I have planned:</div>
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How Bad is Fluoride?</h1>
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As promised in the video, I want to share with you some research I have done on the effects of fluoride on our bodies. While most of us have grown up believing either that 1) "fluoride must be safe, or they wouldn't be putting it in drinking water and toothpaste," or 2) "yes, fluoride is poisonous, but you would have to eat fifteen train cars of it before you got sick."<br />
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Is fluoride good for your teeth?</h2>
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Let's look the truth about fluoride and your teeth.<br />
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One of my most popular blog posts here on Bluebonnet is the one on fluoride and your teeth, specifically dealing with the topic of dental fluorosis in children. Fluorosis develops when children swallow toothpaste and other dental products containing fluoride, poisoning the children mildly. The fluoride causes ugly, mottled teeth, such as the ones in these photo images:<br />
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Mild fluorosis- image by fluoridation.com</div>
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You can see how some of the enamel has worn away and the teeth are beginning to pit.</div>
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Serious fluorosis in an 8 year old child- image by fluoridation.com</div>
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In 2010, the <i>Cochrane Database System Review</i>, which may be the most conservative medical journal in the world, posted a review of all clinical studies to date regarding <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20091645" rel="nofollow">dental fluorosis</a>. Cochrane's conclusion was that children under the age of six years old should use a low-fluoride or fluoride-free toothpaste if fluorosis is a concern to parents.<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18.88888931274414px;"><i>Future trials assessing the effectiveness of different types of topical fluorides (including toothpastes, gels, varnishes and mouthrinses [SIC]) or different concentrations or both should ensure that they include an adequate follow-up period in order to collect data on potential fluorosis</i>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.878787994384766px;">More dangers of fluoride in toothpaste and water</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18.863636016845703px;"><a href="http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/arthritis/" rel="nofollow">arthritis linked to fluoride</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.fibromyalgia-support.net/articles/flouride.htm?product=Norton%20Internet%20Security&version=19.1.0.28&layout=OEM30&partner=Toshiba%20Ams%20P1(30)&ispid=&sitename=&actstat=activated&substatus=current&ncoap=1">fluoride sensitivity in fibromyalgia patients</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/water-fluoridation-and-cancer-risk">fluoride connection to one type of cancer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/12411198">fluoride and brain damage</a> (plus DNA damage in the brain)</li>
<li><a href="https://philaleth.info/sites/default/files/EFFECT%20OF%20FLUORIDE%20IN%20DRINKING%20WATER.pdf">fluoride lowers children's IQ scores</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemical/Precursors/p42.html">Is fluoride poisonous</a>? See for yourself.<br />
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You can protect your teeth and your children's teeth simply with good brushing habits. It is the brushing, and not the toothpaste, that helps to prevent dental caries.<br />
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Here is a link to the <a href="http://ourtatefamily.com/product1a.html#tooth">Tate's website</a>. I am not an affiliate for Tate's, although I would be if they had an affiliate program. I hope you enjoy the product.<br />
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Drink Your Water!</h1>
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As promised in the video, I want to share a few links to some blog posts I write earlier this year on the importance of drinking water.</div>
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This post has a great tool for finding out the toxins in your city's water supply. This is a 2007 article, so hopefully some cities have cleaned up their water supply by now: http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/01/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-drop-to.html</div>
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This post gives some great information on fluoride in our drinking water and why it is so important to get fluoride out out of your life:</div>
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http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/02/just-how-bad-is-fluoride-in-drinking.html</div>
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And here is a post on fluoride in bottled water for babies- the news just about blew my mind:</div>
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How much water should we be drinking?</h2>
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My favorite source for the health benefits of water is a book called <i>Your Body's Many Cries for Water</i> by the late Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj. This may have been the first book on natural healing that I ever read. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how many illnesses can be reversed simply by drinking more water. </div>
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You may download a free copy of <a href="http://www.coralclubprague.ru/site/site-files/Knigy/Fereydoon_Batmanghelidj%20-%20Your_Bodys_Many_Cries_%20for_Water_eng.pdf">Your Body's Many Cries for Water</a> by clicking the link. It's a pdf file.</div>
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"Dr. Batman," as he was lovingly called, among any number of professional athletes and health professionals, will state that we should drink a minimum of half our body weight in ounces of water. So if we weigh 120 pounds, we should drink 60 ounces of water, or roughly a half gallon (2 liters). If we weigh 240 pounds, we should drink a whole gallon of water as a minimum (4 liter).</div>
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This is pure water, not the equivalent liquid in coffee, sodas, tea, energy drinks, or sports drinks.</div>
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As I said in the video, I knock out 16 ounces (a half liter) first thing in the morning, and I have already lost a pound by doing it. The water gets into the colon and kidneys, and starts loosening up toxic waste. It plumps up every cell in the body, so each one can do a better job. </div>
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Hopefully by continuing this habit I will lose more weight, have more energy, and improve the texture of my skin.</div>
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Please leave a comment and let me know what positive changes you experience by drinking more water.</div>
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Epsom Salt Baths, Restful Sleep, and the Wonders of Magnesium</h1>
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Hey y'all,
Watch my video above for my explanation on how to do Epsom salt baths. Here are the basic steps:
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<li>Fill the bath tub all the way with the hottest water you can stand- people with MS or adrenal issues will want to start with comfortably warm water</li>
<li>Add between 1 cup to 1 pound of Epsom salt to the bath water- start with 1 cup per week</li>
<li>When you get to the point you are so relaxed that you can fall asleep in the tub, that's your personal amount of Epsom salt</li>
<li>Soak and sweat profusely in the tub for 20-30 minutes- use an egg timer if you like</li>
<li>Cover as much of you body as possible- you may need to change positions</li>
<li>If the water cools down, add more hot water</li>
<li>If the water leaks out through the drain-out, put some duct tape around the drain-out to seal it</li>
<li>Feel free to add aromatherapy candles, soothing herbs, peaceful music, cucumber slices on your eyes, etc.</li>
<li>Quickly rinse off with cold water when you are done</li>
<li>Do these 1-7 times a week to relax tight or sore muscles, reduce anxiety and depression, detox emotionally, "escape," wind down, and sleep well and deeply</li>
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Do you have a magnesium deficiency?</h2>
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You may have a magnesium deficiency if you experience the following:</div>
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<li>Hyperexcitability (feeling hyper" or anxious, "wired")</li>
<li>Dizziness or feeling as if you might faint or black out</li>
<li>Muscle cramping or spasms</li>
<li>Muscle weakness</li>
<li>Fatigue or feeling wiped out</li>
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If you are severely deficient in magnesium, you may also be depleted in calcium, potassium, and may retain sodium. Often, retaining sodium can manifest high blood pressure, heart palpitations, and edema (swelling) in the ankles, feet, or hands. You may get the "shakes," lose your appetite, feel nauseous, or experience mood swings.</div>
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What does magnesium do?</h2>
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Magnesium is responsible for many functions in the body, including muscle function, blood clotting, nerve signal transmission, calcium absorption, and even heart failure.</div>
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<a href="http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/">Dr Russell Blaylock, MD</a>, says that diabetics and cardiac patients have the lowest magnesium levels of all. He says that people who are low in magnesium are at a greater risk for heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest, and when they do have a heart attack, it is harder to resuscitate them.</div>
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Benefits of magnesium include:</div>
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<li>Restful sleep and a peaceful calm during the day, as I mentioned in my video</li>
<li>Regular bowel movements, since magnesium relaxes smooth muscle tissue, making it a natural, gentle, and inexpensive laxative</li>
<li>Relief from hyperactivity, irritability, anxiety, migraines, heart palpitations, and PMS</li>
<li>Relaxed muscles after a strenuous workout, or for those with muscle cramping and pain issues</li>
<li>Increases DHEA (the "youth hormone") levels, which increases sex hormone production, when absorbed through the skin</li>
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Yes, we can get magnesium from our food. All of the leafy green vegetables contain magnesium. Rice bran is full of magnesium, as are a variety of seeds, nuts, blackstrap molasses, and the woman's favorite, chocolate. However, many people are not eating enough of these foods. In addition, so much of our commercial farmland has been stripped of essential minerals that the nutrient content in our produce is lacking.</div>
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I suggest that if you are having trouble getting to sleep or suffer from anxiety issues that you try the Epsom salt baths. If you do, please comment and tell the Bluebonnet community about your experience.</div>
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From deep in the Heart of Texas,<br />
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I love you all.</div>
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I'm going to start doing videos on Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy and the first one is called <b>"How to Get Enough Sleep."</b><br />
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Let me share some interesting things about sleep.<br />
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First, here is a chart from the <a href="http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need" rel="nofollow">National Sleep Foundation</a> showing how much sleep each person needs by age:<br />
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What happens when we sleep?</h1>
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While we are snoozing in the Land of Nod, our body is still very busy. Sleep is the time for:</div>
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<li>Muscle repair</li>
<li>Memory consolidation</li>
<li>Growth hormone activation</li>
<li>Appetite hormone activation</li>
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If we do not get enough sleep, we cannot concentrate fully, we cannot make good decisions, and we have trouble engaging socially with others. We may also feel hungrier, because our appetite control hormones have not had enough opportunity to work properly. A lack of sleep may actually contribute to unwanted weight gain.</div>
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How does sleep work?</h1>
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75% of the night is spent in four sleep stages:</div>
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<li>Falling asleep; disengaging from surroundings; body temperature drops; heart rate and breathing are regular</li>
<li>Deep sleep; blood pressure drops; breathing is slower; muscles relax; muscles repair and grow; energy is restored; hormones are released</li>
<li>Same as #3</li>
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25% of the night is spent in REM sleep. This first occurs about 90 minutes after falling asleep, and recurs about every 90 minutes. As the night progresses, the time between REM cycles lengthens.</div>
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During REM sleep, the following things are observed:</div>
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<li>Muscles relax and the body becomes immobilized</li>
<li>Cortisol levels drop, and elevate when it is close to time to wake up</li>
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I think I will do a couple of videos and blog posts on natural ways to prepare for sleep and how to deal with insomnia naturally. I'll share a really nice herbal recipe I have and talk about some herbs that may help you wind down.</div>
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As I mentioned in the video, feel free to <span style="color: red;">leave a comment</span> and tell me how you feel after getting eight hours of sleep. Maybe you could also share how you rearranged your schedule and life to <i>get enough sleep. </i></div>
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How can we maintain a healthy, raw food lifestyle in the real world?- image by wiki commons</div>
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Hey y'all,<br />
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I want to ask your opinion about something and get your input. You know how sometimes you have a question you can't answer and then all of a sudden, God (or the universe, depending on your frame of reference) just delivers the answer on a platter for you? I think that may have happened for me, and I want to see what you think.<br />
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I love raw foods. Right now I am nowhere near being a raw foodie, or even a vegan or vegetarian. But I'd like to be high raw. Every time I have done a 30 day raw food challenge, like the one I have advertised on the side bar, I have felt fantastic. I have lost weight, I have had my digestion and hormones balance out, my skin clears up, my eyes sparkle, and I have this spiritual "connection" with Nature that I don't feel when I eat junk.<br />
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If you are a raw foodie or are high raw, you know what I'm talking about. Raw foodies use the word "ecstatic" a lot, which seems extreme to non-raw foodies, but if you are high raw or 100% raw, you are probably smiling right now, because you know exactly what I mean.<br />
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I brought "raw tacos" to a family gathering last month, inspired by one of my Facebook friends,<a href="http://www.rawchefpaige.com/" rel="nofollow"> raw chef Paige Brummet.</a> They were a hit, so easy and fun to make, and a great way to get guests to eat "vegetables" without the "eeeewww."<br />
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I got into raw foods starting back in 2004 when I did Dr. Richard Schulze's <a href="https://www.herbdoc.com/index.php/Our_Products/Incurable-Program" rel="nofollow">Incurables Program</a> for a month because I have a rare form of muscular dystrophy the experts are calling scapular perineal syndrome and I am looking for a cure. Even though the doctors say it is incurable, they don't really know, because they really don't know anything about this disease other than that it obviously exists.<br />
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I did a more intense, hard core version of the Incurables Program in 2008, utilizing 30 and 45 day juice fasts/feasts, enemas, hydrotherapy, affirmations, herbs, and a ton of other stuff, and y'all, I got a little stronger. I have no idea what would have happened if I could have done the Incurables Program longer.<br />
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I love what I did back then. Eventually what I learned through that experience led to me writing for Natural News.com and some awesome clients. It also led to where I am now with Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy. It's all a part of the journey.<br />
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I've been kinda frustrated- OK, very frustrated- because I have never been able to recreate what I did back then. Yet, I feel like I was healthier, or at least moving in a healthier direction, when I did it.<br />
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Here's where y'all come in.<br />
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I have noticed that quite a number of folks who are into raw foods, herbs, and sustainable living live a completely different life than me. They live in Costa Rica rain forests or in eco-communities in Sedona, Arizona, or in some large urban area like Chicago where there are a number of raw food restaurants to choose from.<br />
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I live in Waco, Texas. Not the same.<br />
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What's cool though, is that I have met a lot of folks who say "I'd love to do raw foods" and "I'd love to get into herbs" but they don't know how to fit it in with regular, every day life.<br />
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So I thought we might figure it out together.<br />
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I found out about this blog yesterday: <a href="http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2012/02/im-woman-with-plan-and-routine-and.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Parents Messy Kids</a>. It's wildly popular on Pinterest, and has been featured on a ton of websites. In the link I share with you, the blogger makes this dream organization list. The punch line at the end is that it was a dream and not reality. Then she says, "Hey, why not make it a reality?" So basically, she used this list as her affirmations to create the world she wanted to live in. She stated her intentions clearly, and the universe is delivering them to her in real time.<br />
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Why can't we do something on the same order with Bluebonnet?<br />
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Why can't we take health back from the medical community and bring it home? Why can't we learn how to heal our entire lives? Sure, there are times when things are too complicated or dangerous for us to attempt to heal at home, but why can't we learn how to heal most things by living a healthy lifestyle?<br />
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Why couldn't I write about my ideas and attempts to become healthy in every area of my life, and show you what I'm doing? And y'all could share tips about what you're doing that works?<br />
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What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know!<br />
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I am so excited today and have so much to share with you!<br />
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Yes, it's true! I was named a<b> "Top Health Blogger"</b> by the Wellsphere blogging community for my work on Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy! I was shocked and delighted!<br />
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OK, if you are a blogger yourself, you know that there are blogging rings and networks in whatever niche you are in. For instance, my daughter-in-law Sarah is a fashion blogger (check her blog,<a href="http://www.thedailysophisticate.com/" rel="nofollow"> The Daily Sophisticate, out here</a>). She is in the Bloggers Do It Better fashion blog network.<br />
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Since I am a natural health blogger, of course I follow other health blog sites (P.S.- comment below and leave your link to promote *your* blog site) to not only learn, but to pick up fantastic ideas for how to make my little baby blog better and more interesting to y'all, my readers.<br />
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I had seen the Wellsphere symbol on a couple of blog sites and decided to see if they would allow me to be a member.<br />
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Imagine my surprise when they not only said yes, but named me a "Top Health Blogger!"<br />
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Me!<br />
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Yes, I was a co-moderator of one of the top, most cutting edge health forums on Curezone.com a couple of years back, and gained a ton of knowledge from the awesome folks there.<br />
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Yes, I am a feature writer for Natural News.com and a staff writer for Progressive Health.com. But Bluebonnet is still in its infancy! I only started it in January 2012! I had no idea it would be considered "top" anything!<br />
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So, thank you, Wellsphere... it is an honor to be a part of this community of health bloggers.<br />
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I am really just beginning to learn how to be a good blogger. I have big plans to turn Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy.com into a "go to" site for teaching you how to become responsible for your own health and life, really, as I learn how myself.<br />
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So you are welcome to grow with me. Please know how deeply touched and honored I am to have you- all of you all over the world, to visit me on Bluebonnet and decide to become a part of the Bluebonnet family. <br />
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I send you all the love and light I have, from deep in the heart of Texas.<br />
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<b>Donna</b><br />
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Free Acid Alkaline Food Charts</h2>
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Learn which foods will heal your body with these acid alkaline food charts- image by <a href="http://healingthenations.webs.com/" rel="nofollow">healingthenations.webs.com</a></div>
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Hey y'all!<br />
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I am running late today and am noticing that my body is fighting the flu, so today's post will be short but hopefully very valuable to you.<br />
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I found this cool website which has several alkaline and acid food charts on it.<br />
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<a href="http://www.essense-of-life.com/moreinfo/foodcharts.htm" rel="nofollow"> Essene of Life.com</a><br />
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There are charts for a "target diet," acid and alkaline levels for various foods, a comparison chart for the degrees of alkalinity in a variety of raw foods, and several "foods to avoid charts."<br />
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They are all free, but there are also some charts available for purchase if you want a handy reference to put on your refrigerator.<br />
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This is a really interesting and informative website. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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Now off to guzzle down some juices and teas...<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Garbage in, garbage out: the nitty gritty on environmental toxins</span></h1>
Hey y'all!
Have you noticed how many people are getting sick these days?
My best friend's mother has colon cancer.
A friend of a friend's son has brain cancer.
My uncle died recently from diabetes complications, two friends and a relative have diabetes.<br />
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I have at least seven friends with fibromyalgia.
I have muscular dystrophy.
Every day it seems like there is someone else to put on the prayers and positive intentions list.
Why?<br />
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Honestly, I think it's a combination of our culture and environment. Our bodies were just not designed to handle all the <b>environmental toxins</b> and stress we have introduced since the 1960's. We are poisoning ourselves inside and out.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Environmental toxins in our homes</span></h2>
Think of household<i> environmental toxins</i> alone. There are:<br />
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<li>Unfiltered showers and baths, through which we absorb fluoride and chlorine via our skin</li>
<li>Bath soaps, hand soaps, and body wash, by which we lather in toxic chemicals, petrochemicals (mineral oil), and the fat of roadkill (tallow)</li>
<li>Body lotions, which contains<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifreeze#Propylene_glycol" rel="nofollow"> propylene glycol</a>, the same chemical as antifreeze</li>
<li>Toothpaste, which adds more <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/02/fluoride-conspiracy-yes-i-said.html" rel="nofollow">fluoride</a> to our bodies via the inside skin of our mouths if not by swallowing it (note to my readers: the idea that Hitler used fluoride in the water to pacify Jews in concentration camps is just an urban myth or Internet meme- I do fact checking as a part of my job and strive to always deliver the truth to you... the Soviets did not do it, either)</li>
<li>Aspartame in diet sodas, sugar-free foods, and children's vitamins (also a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame_controversy" rel="nofollow">controversial chemical</a>- The FDA states that the<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070102024642/http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_sugar.html" rel="nofollow"> safety of aspartame is "clear cut</a>," and scientific research abounds which confirm the FDA's stand. Over 100 regulatory agencies have deemed aspartame as <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12180494" rel="nofollow">safe for consumption</a>, yet there are still concerns over safe levels for children)</li>
<li>Aluminum, found in deodorants, cooking utensils, and beverage cans, has been positively linked to <a href="http://ukpmc.ac.uk/abstract/MED/2680008/reload=0;jsessionid=cSwsNgcMnH9QBC9XFJ4D.0" rel="nofollow">Alzheimer's disease.</a></li>
<li>Pesticides and fertilizer for our yards and non-organic food, such as Roundup</li>
<li><a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/01/roundup-and-roundup-ready-foods-are.html" rel="nofollow">Roundup Ready</a> corn, soy, and other <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/037315_Monsanto_GM_corn_breakfast_cereals.html" rel="nofollow">GMOs in our food</a></li>
<li>Preservatives and nitrates in foods, with strong links to cancer</li>
<li>Automobile exhaust and other forms of air pollution</li>
<li>Prescription drugs, both consumed and <a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-10-drugs-tap-water_N.htm" rel="nofollow">found in city drinking water</a></li>
<li>Antibiotics, growth hormones, and<a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10834725" rel="nofollow"> permeate</a> in commercial milk</li>
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How to detox from environmental toxins in our homes</span></h2>
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<li>Switch to Dr. Bronner's soap or Mountain Rose herbs bath and body products for bathing and handwashing (see sidebar ad)</li>
<li>Switch to something like Miracle II products for dishwashing and laundry</li>
<li>Dry clothes in the sun as often as possible and eliminate dryer sheets</li>
<li>Switch to cleaning with simple vinegar and baking soda</li>
<li>Switch to an all organic, high raw diet- either vegan or Paleo</li>
<li>Take cold water fish oil for the omega-3 essential fatty acids and Vitamin D</li>
<li>Do a thorough colon cleanse (<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-make-your-own-herbal-colon.html" rel="nofollow">part 1</a>) (<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-do-colon-cleanse-step-two.html">part 2</a>)</li>
<li>Add superfoods</li>
<li>Switch to either<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/01/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-drop-to.html" rel="nofollow"> reverse osmosis or distilled water</a>, and drink half your body weight in ounces of water every day</li>
<li>Switch from body lotions to coconut oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, and/or wheat germ oil (check out Mountain Rose Herbs on the side bar... I get my coconut oil from Tropical Traditions)</li>
<li>Switch from perfumes to essential oils (Mountain Rose Herbs has some gorgeous ones)</li>
<li>Exercise or play in the sun if possible every day</li>
<li>Get off addicting substances like alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and sugar</li>
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<span style="color: red;">Do you know of other household environmental toxins and natural alternatives to them? Please like and comment below!</span></h3>
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Just say no to Effexor anti-anxiety medication</h3>
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Just one woman's experience withdrawing from <u>Effexor</u><br />
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Hey y'all,<br />
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It's time to start getting real. I want to start telling you little parts of my story, so we can connect on a deeper level. I want you to understand why I started becoming interested in natural healing as opposed to allopathic medicine.<br />
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It may have started with my experience with <b>Effexor.</b> Back in April 1989, I had a miscarriage. It was my fourth baby, a baby I really wanted and had prayed for. I lost the baby at seven weeks gestation, about two weeks after I had found out I was pregnant.<br />
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I was so happy to learn that I was going to have another little one, and was already in love with it. I never knew if my baby was a boy or a girl. That has always bothered me, even to this writing.<br />
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That miscarriage changed my life forever. I didn't understand why I didn't get to keep that baby. My baby.<br />
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I lost the baby the day before Easter. My parents were visiting for the holiday. I had been spotting and cramping a little bit the day before, but with company coming along with a huge Christian holiday my other three children were really looking forward to, I ignored how I felt and kept working.<br />
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I lost the baby during the night in my bathroom, cramping, hemorrhaging, crying, and<i> nearly losing my life.</i> I stayed in the bathroom all night, not wanting to wake anyone up. In the morning, I told my husband and parents. I felt like I had failed as a woman and a mother. I thought somehow I had killed my baby.<br />
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My Daddy was my baby's pall bearer. The local garbage truck was the hearse. My baby was laid to rest in a Louisiana landfill. We planted a young sapling in the back yard as a memorial.<br />
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I called my OB/GYN with the news. She chewed me out for not coming in as soon as I started experiencing symptoms. I should have called an ambulance. I could have died last night. Stupid woman. Come in for a D & C to make sure we got it all.<br />
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Got it all?<br />
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Unfortunately, words were said by others to suggest I hadn't taken care of myself, and I did kill my baby. I had been varnishing a coffee table with toxic chemicals the week before. Maybe that killed the baby. Maybe I hadn't been eating right or getting enough sleep and that killed the baby.<br />
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Whatever it was, it was my fault that my baby was dead.<br />
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I went into a deep, dark depression. I was grieving the loss of my baby, but I noticed that some women were able to jump right back and have another baby within a few months. I couldn't do it. I felt like my flesh had been torn out of my womb.<br />
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I wanted to die myself. I absolutely felt like I was a complete failure and did not deserve to live any more.<br />
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I finally told my doctor, who immediately put me on Effexor.<br />
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It took three weeks for the medicine to kick in. I hated being on it. I hated the fact that my kids said I was happier now. I hated the fact that I needed a pill to be happy. I wanted to be happy by myself.<br />
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Even though I was "happier," it wasn't true happiness. It was medicated happiness. It was a lie. I wanted to deal with my problems on my own, and live a life free from drugs. I decided to get off the Effexor without telling anyone, and face life like a grown up.<br />
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I was on Effexor for a total of six months. I had no idea that there would be withdrawal symptoms. I had no idea that the way I felt after I quit taking Effexor were withdrawal symptoms. I just figured that the Effexor had been masking these symptoms, and that this was the true state of my health.<br />
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WebMD lists the following as possible withdrawal effects of Effexor:<br />
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<li>Nausea</li>
<li>Vomiting</li>
<li>Headaches</li>
<li>Electrical zaps in the brain</li>
<li>Muscle twitching</li>
<li>Shaking</li>
<li>Sweating</li>
<li>Mood swings</li>
<li>Nightmares</li>
<li>Crying for no reason</li>
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People weaning off Effexor say they feel like they are dying. I wanted to die, and the only thing keeping me going was the fact that I wanted my children to have a good mother. I even thought about killing myself so my husband could find a better mother than me. But my children wanted me.</div>
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I did get off Effexor by myself in order to save face. It was hard.</div>
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It took me a whole year before I was willing to consider having another baby. Losing my baby showed me the preciousness of human life. I went on to have my other four children. If I hadn't had that miscarriage, I never would have had seven children.</div>
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There are very safe alternatives to antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications such as Effexor. </div>
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Magnesium is one of them. You can pour 1-2 cups of Epsom salt in your bath water every night and allow the magnesium to soak in through your skin. You can stir in a pinch of Epsom salt into your drinking water. It works as a mild laxative and helps keep your calcium to magnesium ratio balanced.</div>
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I may write a blog post about how wonderful and essential magnesium is in the future.</div>
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One of many rainforest waterfalls in Costa Rica- image by <a href="http://www.costaricatrees.com/">Costa Tica Trees</a></div>
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Hey y'all!<br />
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I'm going to break from my normal boring but factual and informative natural health articles to tell you a story I think you're going to love.<br />
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Remember how I told you that Finca de Vida, or Farm of Life, down in Costa Rica showed up on my radar a few months ago?<br />
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If you don't remember that story, here it is:<br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/finca-de-vida-raw-food-healing-retreat.html">Finca de Vida: Raw Food Healing Retreat</a><br />
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Two friends of mine are down there at Farm of Life right now, finishing up a 30 day raw food detox. I am so extremely happy to report that one of those friends got, to put in his exact words, "healthy as hell" during the raw food healing retreat!<br />
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I may even ask him to write a guest blog post for y'all. Natural healing is the bomb!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got a really nice comment from a reader in France in response to my post on <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-do-colon-cleanse-step-two.html">making an herbal colon cleanse recipe yourself.</a> Here is the comment:</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Thank you for the quality of your blog that I have just discovered (I live in France ), and especially for this post.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">I have two questions :</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Is it possible to fast during this cleanse? Or is it better to eat ?....</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Thank you for your answer.</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b><i> </i>"</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">First, thank you for your kind words. I hope I can always provide quality information for all of my readers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I answered that juice fasting during a colon cleanse is amazing, and the fastest way to see results. However, if you want to go slow, then eat. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Let me share a fantastic article explaining juice fasting to you. This is an interview with Dr. Richard Schulze, a famous master herbalist, from almost ten years ago. I have edited the piece slightly for copyright reasons and to make the article easier to read. I continue with a few comments afterwards. No copyright violations are intended, and all credit is given to the original authors of this post:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"When you don't feel well, stop eating and go to juices."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: The first thing an animal does when it is sick is stop eating. They fast themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Likewise, the first thing we need to do when we don't feel well is: stop food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">There are a lot of reasons for that. Food takes a tremendous amount of energy to digest--and that's blood and energy. Our digestive system, basically the muscles and the tissues, fill with blood. When you stop eating, your digestive system rests, and all that blood and energy can be put somewhere else to heal you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">People have said to me, "What do I do for this particular disease?" Juice fasting. "What do I do for degeneration?" Juice fasting. "What do I do for heart disease?" Juice fasting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Juice fasting is for the incurables. Juice fasting is the answer, because it allows your body to rest - and it lets your body choose what it wants to heal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">If you just keep cramming food down your mouth, you'll just get more tired. Your body has to digest large amounts of food, and it's the opposite of what you should do when you're not well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"One of my first patients had lost a tremendous amount of blood from surgery--and doctors wanted to do a transfusion. In 24 hours on juices, I brought her blood levels back up."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">A glass of fruit and vegetable juice takes very little digestion, if any. It goes right into your body. We look at juices in the same way a doctor would look at an I.V It's something that can go right into your bloodstream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">One of my first learning experiences was a woman patient who was undergoing a surgery, a female surgery. The doctors nicked an artery, and she had tremendous hemorrhaging and bleeding. By the time they got her patched up, she was in intensive care, and had lost a tremendous amount of blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">And I said, "Sure," and I got the juicer out and juiced some juices. I made some carrot juice and some beet juice. I took it to the hospital and said, "Just let the doctors give you 24 hours."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">This was my first realization of the power of what juices can do to build the blood up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Oh, I went to the hospital too. I juiced the juices, put them in quart canning jars. Fresh beet juice, fresh beet greens, fresh carrot juice. I took it right to her hospital room and she drank it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">That's all she had for 24 hours and not only did her blood hemoglobin go up, but it went over the top of the scale for a man. The doctors said they were shocked, they had never seen anything like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: I had a man who had a colon cancer and he basically refused to do anything, but he said he would stop eating and go on juices. This was early on in my practice, too. These were learning experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">He started on a multitude of fruit and vegetable juices and, I remember it was about a month later into his long juice fast, he pooped his cancer right out. It was 18" long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">It looked like a rope with figs attached to it. I had seen things like that before in pictures and books - but that was the first time I ever saw one come out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Yeah, it was like a rope with sacs on it, they were about the size of figs. And, he actually eliminated his cancer just through juice fasting. He wasn't using any herbs or doing anything else, something I wouldn't recommend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Juice fasting, through my experience and his, is more powerful than just water fasting. Juices not only fill you with nutrition - but they empty you out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Juices contain gigantic amounts of enzymes. And a lot of people nowadays are taking enzymes because of the benefits, but you don't have to, they're in the juices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Enzymes are heat sensitive, meaning that when you cook food, you destroy all the enzymes. Now, when you eat that food or juice, it's okay. Your body will produce enzymes in order for you to digest that food. But when your body does that - it can't do something else. It only has a limited amount of energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">So, one of the things that juices do, because they are loaded with enzymes, is they give your body a vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Most of us live enzyme-free diets. If all we eat is cooked food, there are no enzymes in it. By supplying your body with high doses of enzymes, it gives many of your organs like your pancreas, your liver, your digestive system a holiday, because they don't have to try to manufacture chemicals that are coming in through your juices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Yes, an enzyme holiday. And it also thins your blood. This is a major key.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">But our body is trying to pump around mud - and it can't get there. Thinning our blood is one the greatest keys to getting healthy. It increases our circulation because the blood becomes more like water than molasses. The bottom line is, juice fasting thins your blood. That allows your circulation to get deeper in your body into the vital areas, into the capillaries that were filled with fat and all clogged-up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">"Juice-fasting allows your body to balance its hormones and replace chemicals it is deficient in."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Many people are sick because they don't produce enough insulin in their body. Or, they don't produce enough thyrox in their thyroid. Or, they don't produce enough interferon or immunoglobulin for the immune system to be strong. They don't produce enough estrogen or progesterone or testosterone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Those chemicals are all built from nutrition. One of the things that juice fasting does is, it supplies your body with a tremendous amount of nutrition. So it balances your metabolism, balances your hormones, balances your endocrine system, your thyroid, your pancreas, and your reproductive organs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Let me tell you, it's just the opposite of what you think. If you want a gigantic change, stop eating for a couple days. It will feel like the fog is cleared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You will be amazed at your sense of smell, your sense of taste, your eyesight, your perception, your thoughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">All through history, from the Greek and Roman writings, to the Egyptians, from Jesus to Shakespeare, people talked about fasting for better mental clarity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">We are drunk on food. Overeating makes you dull. Your blood, instead of going to your brain, is going to your digestive tract.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You read it in the Bible, Jesus going to the woods for his fasting. Everybody, throughout history, would go out of the city and go onto juices and water, and fast. Fasting clears the mind, and so it is a physical and emotional cleanse, and maybe even a spiritual cleanse when you stop your food from coming in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">No-one realizes how powerful juice-fasting is- until they do it. Then they will never live without it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Everybody should do this periodically. I guarantee everybody who is reading this, if they just do a fast, for a couple of days, they will be amazed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: Yes, in fact many people came to me and they were worried about the first week, or a difficult part of the movie that they were having a problem with, or that they were worried about, "Can I do this?", or, "Is it going to go okay?", and I would suggest the five-day program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The five day program is 2 days of light eating of fruits and salads only, with 2 days of juice fasting in the middle, and one day of fruits and salads at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">And, I would say, "Yes you can. It will be less stress when your body is using all its blood and energy to help you do what you need to do, and figure it out, and not be loaded down with food."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">And those that would do it came back to me and said, "Oh my God, thank you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">She had to go out for four interviews during the week and these were the most interviews she had been to, in a long time. She said, "What should I do?" and I said "Fast." She said, "That sounds horrible. I need all my strength and energy." I said "Believe me, fast."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">She fasted and got all four parts that she went out for. I've always seen it happen with all my clients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I remember as a kid, I used to eat a big meal, thinking it was going to make me feel stronger. I felt more tired. So, I'd eat more and I felt more tired. And I'd eat more, then I felt more tired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I've done many fasts - short fasts. I've done two thirty day fasts and one sixty-day juice fast. We can go months without food - - as long as we're getting our nutrients.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">And I had endless amounts of strength. This is something we have to get away from - the idea that fasting weakens you. It's not true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Sometimes when you fast, you have a little less body heat. So take a sweater with you when you go out. Every once in awhile, you may feel a little colder and it's because it is calories from heat units in food that warms up our body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">So, since you are reducing your food and you're on juices only, dress a little warmer and have a little blanket in the car or a sweater with you. That's one thing I tell people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The other thing is, you have energy lows. And what that is, when you're fasting, is all of sudden, you might feel, especially if you're doing a longer fast, like a week or more, you might feel like, oh my gosh, I have no energy at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Don't pay any attention to that--because it will be gone in ten minutes. This is very common as your body is used to a solid fuel and now it's on a liquid fuel. And just like a machine, if you change its fuel, it adjusts a little bit. We have to make adjustments and once we make those adjustments, it's fine. So don't pay any attention to that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Most of the time they're not real. All of a sudden, you have a dream or a vision of a baked potato covered with sour cream and chives. If that's real, you'll still have the urge in three or four hours. So, one of the ways to get by that, is just to ignore it and it will go away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Most people think a fast means deprivation. I see it differently. A fast is a flush - a flush with liquids. Okay?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Well, when I started cleaning out my bowel years earlier, my hemorrhoids went away and I hadn't noticed any hemorrhoids for years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: They might have to grow their own wheat grass, and actually purchase a wheat grass juicer, or something they can juice with. If they don't have a wheat grass juicer, just soak the wheat grass in water and blend it up in your blender and drink it, grass and all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Anybody can grow wheat. You grow wheat and it just grows into grass. You can grow it yourself. It's very easy to grow yourself. You just buy wheat, and you take organic wheat kernels, and you soak them for a few days until they actually sprout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You can soak them for about 24 hours and then put them into a damp cotton cloth for another two or three days, until the wheat sprouts, and then you can just make them like other sprouts. Rinse them in water two or three times a day until they have tails on them about an inch long, and then you can go ahead and plant them right in the soil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Some people plant them right away and then just keep the soil damp the first couple of days, and you grow your own wheat grass. Now you have what looks like your front lawn in a tray in your house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">What do you do with it? Well, you can run it through your juicer. A lot of people think you have to have a wheat grass juicer. A wheat grass juicer just gets more juice out of the wheat grass. There are hand-operated ones and there are electric ones. The hand-operated wheat grass juicers are about $70-80, and the electric ones are usually $300, but you could run the wheat grass right through your Champion juicer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You can just cut it up and even soak it with water and put it in a blender. I've had many patients in areas just take the wheat grass, cut it up and put it in a blender, fill that blender with water and blend it up and you'll get a greenish water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Or, you can run it through your juicer with other things like carrots, and it gets caught up in your juicer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">So wheat grass is something that everybody should consider as a medicinal cleansing and building juice, very bitter tasting. Start out with a little bit. I suggest people start out with an ounce a day and don't take it on its own. I like an ounce of wheat grass with 16 ounces of fresh carrot juice. It just gives the carrot juice a little greenish tint and it's very palatable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">There is also what I consider the wheat grass cocktail, which is a base of apple juice with, say, about 12 ounces of apple juice, a couple of ounces of lemon juice, a thumb size piece of ginger and an ounce of wheat grass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Oh, my gosh. I was down at Dr. Jensen's and they had some organic watermelon and I said "Okay, I'm just going to have watermelon tonight." I cracked open one, about the size of a basketball, and I ate that really quick, and I thought I want another one, so I ate one of those red-meated ones, and I basically went to bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Watermelon juice, watermelon itself and watermelon seeds are all diuretic and disinfecting. When you're juicing the watermelon, a lot of people just juice the meat, but you want to juice the rind too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The rind has the minerals. You run it through the Champion juicer. You run the watermelon and the rind right through there, and it is delicious. You can taste the salt, the sodium, in the rind, and the minerals in the rind - very cleansing to the kidneys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: I think because they don't juice the rind, and I think that a lot of the watermelons today are seedless. And I would suggest that people do not buy the seedless. Juice the watermelon, seeds and all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: No, it's an intense one. The problem is that people only make tea out of it. When you just pour boiling water over dried parsley you're going to get a little bit of the essential oils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">It's like the herb plantain. Dr. Christopher talks about plantain for blood poisoning. You can make a little plantain tea, or mash up a plantain leaf. Or, you can take plantain and run it right through the juicer. If you've got blood poisoning, who the heck wants to worry about making plantain teas with a little boiling water over it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You can even pick the pods off, or use the radish leaves or sprouts, but radishes of all types stimulate the liver and clean it out. As far as bad digestion, I've seen a lot of people helped in their digestion with celery and cabbage juices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">In some studies, I've seen the beets and beet greens analyzed. They have three times the iron in the beet greens than in a beet root, and sometimes, I've seen it the other way around. But greens are loaded with different minerals than the beets have. Together, they are a perfect food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">The beet and the beet greens, added to the carrot juice, is the one that I use with patients that have had either a lot of blood loss due to surgical trauma, or from cancer, where the body won't build blood any more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">When you start getting that beet and beet greens in, along with the carrot juice, you see a big change. Now if you want to build the blood, the extra juices to remember, the fruit ones, are the dark blue, red and purple - that would be raspberries, blackberries and blueberries or prunes, plums and cherries - these are all the super blood builders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">They are loaded with iron, and you start getting a blue purple juice, and you start drinking that, and now you have the fruit blood builders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: The way I got the kids started was making apple juice in the juicer - and just throwing one carrot through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You start out with about 90 percent apple and 10 percent carrots and the kids will eventually start drinking that like it's perfect. When they really get used to it, then go up to 20 percent of carrot and 80 percent apple and just work that ratio till you get it about 50-50.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">A lot of people might say that is a vegetable and a fruit combination, but every juice specialist seems to agree that the one food combining exception with fruits and vegetables is carrot with apple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: Wouldn't a juice fast be bad for people who are underweight?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: No - it's how I brought people's weight back, even when they had AIDS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I had a man come to see me that had a complete turn around and he had a T-cell count which would fluctuate between five and twenty-five, depending on when they took it. That's about as low as it gets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">He had loads of opportunistic AIDS infections. We started him on juice fasting right away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">This is one I want to talk about - because he was quite thin and a lot of people think "I can't juice fast or I'll lose weight." I've had people gain weight on juice fasting and this man was one of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">He started juice fasting and started gaining weight and people asked, "How is that?" It's very simple. A lot of food that people eat, they can't assimilate. When you are sick, your digestion, your assimilation and elimination doesn't work very well. But, you start putting juices in your body, and you'll see the weight come back. This is why I call juices "the natural healers IV."--it's like a hospital I.V. naturally. Within a couple of weeks, from juices and the other programs I used, the man's T-cell count was over a thousand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: I think he gained about 15 pounds in the first couple months, and he was mainly on a liquid diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: You would think he'd lose twenty-five pounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Absolutely. But now he was getting nutrition that he couldn't get, so I think the main thing I've really come to see is that juice fasting builds blood, and I believe personally that it turns on the bone marrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br />SCHULZE: The bitter oils in citrus are big time liver cleansers. They disinfect and create more bile flow. And you have to get in the rind, which contains pectin. Run that rind through your juicer or your Vita-Mix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I look at citrus more as kidney and liver cleaning. It's also very effective for cleaning the blood and joints, like with arthritis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: I remember my first bowel cleanse, because I didn't know about herbs yet. I drank two quarts of apples, fresh squeezed apple juice, and a quart of fresh made prune juice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Not only did I have parasites, but I had casing from my colon. I also had all sorts of dark flecks of things of old come out of my bowel. That was my first bowel cleanse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Just from fruit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: No, they don't. Take two quarts of apple and a quart of prune as your juice for the day on a juice fast and you will notice a dramatic bowel cleanse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You can also make fig water by just taking figs and putting them in a blender with water. The problem is that a lot of people eat dried prunes and dried figs. They are constipating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">On a juice fast you should only have the juices that come out of the juicer. You should have no pulp at all. The pulp that's in most fruit is fiber that's not digestible. All it does in a juice fast is it might cause your digestive tract to work a little bit more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: Okay, so a juicer would be slightly preferable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Yes, it would. If you're doing your fast to really shut down your digestive tract and to really put all your body's energy into healing something, yes- avoid the pulp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">However, if you are using a juice fast to clean your bowel out, you're better off with the pulp, because it activates the digestive system, and, of course, this will give you bowel movements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: Why do so many people fail to get results on juice-fasting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: It's because they don't cleanse their colon before they do it. Every day, have that bowel flushed out, and a person might want to use herbs for a couple of days and then do it with enemas; see the difference; see what happens and experiment that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">High enemas are also something to do during a juice fast, to get all the pulp and solid bits out of our system and they work very nice too. But, the main thing is, during a fast you need to have your bowels work every day. They don't have to work necessarily three times a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">With some people they're bowels will work seven times a day, depending on the person, but those who have a tendency towards slower, sluggish, sleepy bowels, they can go on a fast for a week and not have a bowel movement at all, so they don't want to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Fasting can be even more powerful when people maximize their nutrition. Super nutrition can cause the body to detoxify more by flushing your body with vitamins and minerals, and it can also build your blood faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">So, I always suggest people add super foods to their juice fast. Some of the best ones are spirulina and chlorella.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">If someone can't get fresh wheat grass, you can use wheat grass powder, barley grass powder and alfalfa grass powder or alfalfa herb. They're detoxifying, and they have vitamins and minerals. I usually, once a day during a fast, tell people to add some of these particular foods to their fruit smoothie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Sea weeds are also good. You can get sea weed powders in the health food stores like Dulse or Kelp. I have many patients that have fasted using the nutritional yeast too. I've really seen the results when people have done a juice fast on just juices and a juice fast using super food powders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: You mean they feel a lot better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Well, they have a lot more energy when they do it on super foods - and it can also cause the body to purge and eliminate more. It builds the blood faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: Some people say a heart patient should never do a fast. It would be a strain on the system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: That's the first thing a heart patient should Do - a juice-fast. The first thing is stop eating, because 99 percent of the time the heart patient's blood cells are like mud and their coronary arteries are congested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">When the circulation is that bad, even becoming a vegetarian won't unclog the blood. You have to do a juice fast to thin the blood back to a healthy state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: What does it feel like when the blood is thick?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: When you feel very sluggish, you feel - full, bloated, not only in your digestion, but you run two blocks and you're sweating and you just feel full of fat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">You feel it. You feel like blood doesn't even want to pump around your body. You are breathing heavy. Then you stop eating - and it's just the greatest cure for anything, just stop eating. Stop eating food and get the juicer going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Interviewer: I know from your beginnings that you weren't always such a believer in juice fasts?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: Oh no. I took lots of vitamins and mineral pills. I didn't realize that when you thin your blood, you improve your circulation to every capillary in your body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">So, I did my first fast and didn't expect much. But when I finished, I felt so much better, I said, "Wow, this is something that is much more powerful than anyone ever told me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">I remember, I did a fast for about a week. Then one for about ten days. Then I thought, okay, "I'm going to do a thirty-day fast and see what happens."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">That was probably the biggest change that I had in my health, and this was early on, when I was living in New York, and I did that thirty-day fast. I think that after the first couple days, I never felt a heart palpitation from that point on. I never felt my heart dysfunctioning. It was like the missing link in my health program that I hadn't seen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Many people are afraid to fast. They are afraid of the one treatment that can cure them. We have this old American idea, that we need to have that bacon and eggs breakfast to get us going, and, of course, that's one of the things that gets us dead. I always called that the heart attack plate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">SCHULZE: That's right. Everybody in America, we have this conveyor belt that's going from the health food store or the herb shop into our mouth, and we think, "Well, it's chromium and kola nut."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Or it's goldenseal. Or it's garlic. Or it's cayenne. Or it's a colonic. We're all looking for something more, but very few people actually stop eating. The old herbalists didn't have the juicers. Juicers weren't a common household item back then. But nowadays - everybody should have a juicer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">But doctors are unbelievable. According to them, drugs are the foundation of healing. And according to the healthfood people, vitamin tablets are. They're all wrong. Food is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just want to say that I've done several juice fasts. My longest one was 45 days long, although I did nibble on a piece of fruit or a handful of organic raw nuts on some days, I drank a vegetable broth with some added sea salt, and drank herb teas as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every time I have gone on a juice fast, I have felt amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nobody has to go on a juice fast in order to do a colon cleanse, but if you want to see some fast, eye-brow raising results, go right ahead!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks again for the great question! Keep them coming! Please feel free to leave a comment if you have experience with juice fasting or just want to say hi!</span><br />
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Hey y'all,<br />
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Today I want to get personal with y'all. Yesterday I got news that a dear loved one had been stricken with Stage IV cancer.<br />
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There is no Stage V.<br />
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When you get news like that, what is your first reaction? It's a huge shock, isn't it?<br />
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Everything you believe in gets questioned. You want to rush in to help, to love, to nurture, to support, and to please God, make it go away. Your spiritual beliefs get challenged. Who do you trust, really? Doctors? Herbalists? Foodies? Yourself? God?<br />
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Decisions have to be made, and some decisions *must* be left alone to the person who is fighting cancer.<br />
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"Good" doctors will be honest about the prognosis. It must be tough to tell someone how long they can be expected to live. I know it's tough to hear that a loved one has an expiration date.<br />
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We all have an expiration date. News like this makes me evaluate the life I am living right now. What am I doing with the time on Earth I have been given?<br />
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I have been studying natural healing and herbs for over ten years now. I have been intensely researching and self- teaching myself, with the guidance of some truly amazing friends for five years. I know a little, but I do not know how to cure cancer. Neither do doctors.<br />
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Like many of you readers, I strongly believe in preventing cancer and other illnesses through healthy lifestyles. I have heard some amazing and exciting stories of people who absolutely have healed themselves from every disease out there.<br />
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I am extremely impressed with raw vegan food, juicing, staying well hydrated, cayenne pepper, heliotherapy, hydrotherapy, body work such as deep tissue massage, and a long list of herbs and superfoods. I am completely convinced that our mental and spiritual attitudes and beliefs can control our physical healing and sense of well being.<br />
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With the exception of body work, I have done all of these things myself. I know they help me. I love these things as if they were my best friends. I have a personal goal of implementing all of them into my life at the same time.<br />
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If I did not believe in natural healing, I certainly would not be blogging about it.<br />
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However, each person must choose his or her own way to deal with the cancer which is attacking "their" own body.<br />
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I have watched two of my good friends from high school go the medical route and beat cancer. They are cancer- free! They are still here, alive and kicking, for their friends and loved ones to enjoy for a long time.<br />
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I have a very dear young friend my children's age who has beat brain cancer twice with the medical route. Twice. This lady can tell you a thing or two about surviving.<br />
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But I also have had a long love affair for people like Kris Carr of Crazy, Sexy Cancer, who beat Stage IV liver cancer naturally.<br />
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I've also watched loved ones slip away to the other side. They fought hard, trust me. They fought cancer with every cell of their being. Cancer is nothing to be trifled with. When someone is battling cancer, especially as the stages progress, it's a fight for life or death.<br />
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When cancer strikes a loved one, it's a call to love. Hopefully we don't judge a person because of how they choose to fight it. I think the important thing is that they are choosing life!<br />
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The medical community does not have a great track record of "saving" patients with cancer. I have no idea what the track record is for people who choose to heal their cancer naturally. I want the number to be bigger on the natural side. This is my bias. I have seen some really encouraging anecdotes on the Internet, but I don't think there are any real statistics.<br />
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When cancer strikes my loved ones, I do whatever I can to be in their support system. I pray hard, sending them all the loving thoughts and vibrations I can. Sometimes that's all I can do. Sometimes just talking about it, or giving them a hug, or bringing meals to the family so the cancer patient can rest helps. Sometimes joking helps, because everyone else is looking at them like they are dead already.<br />
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If they are open to alternative treatments for cancer, I can share what I know. And here on my blog, I will give all the scientific data and support I can find to back up my research. I do not trust hyperbole. I'm not a medical professional. I'm not a licensed herbalist. I'm a natural health writer with a passion for helping others.<br />
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Cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence. I've seen too many people beat it to believe that lie.<br />
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Regardless of the path our loved ones choose to fight cancer or any other illness, our responsibility is to respect their choices and love them through this.<br />
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<b>Please share any stories or comments regarding cancer successes below. I'm sure all of the Bluebonnet community would love to hear it.</b><br />
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I am so honored to have so many readers from all over the world. I feel as if we are all family. I hope I can continue to give you valuable information that you can actually use. Y'all make my life richer.<br />
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I've been sharing educational information on how to do a great colon cleanse. I strongly believe that in order to detox properly, we must open up the elimination channels first in order to get rid of the old toxic waste build up. Colon detoxification is nothing more than "out with the old and in with the new."<br />
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I was reading up on colon cleansing this week in preparation for the next batch of posts, and found some interesting notes from master herbalist Dr. Richard Schulze. He said that when our bodies figure out that the colon is cleaned out, our cells send a message to the brain to start releasing toxic waste from all over the body. I imagine it like pulling the plug out of the kitchen sink or bath tub and letting the old gray water go. If your sink is clogged, things get backed up and nasty in a hurry.<br />
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We start our colon cleanse by stimulating the muscles in the intestines to start moving in a process known as peristalsis. I describe the first step in colon detoxification in these posts:<br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/detoxing-101-role-of-colon-in.html">Detoxing 101: The Role of the Colon in Detoxification</a><br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/colon-anatomy-healthy-colon-function.html">Colon Anatomy, Healthy Colon Function, and Constipation</a><br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-do-colon-cleanse-step-one.html">How to Do a Colon Cleanse: Step One</a><br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-make-your-own-herbal-colon.html">How to Make Your Own Herbal Colon Cleanse Recipe</a><br />
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Once you have started using the first colon cleanse recipe to "go," and figured out how many capsules you need to have two or three bowel movements a day, you can start the second part of a really great colon cleanse.<br />
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The first step to an effective and thorough colon cleanse is just to get the colon moving stuff out of the body. The second part of colon cleansing is drawing the old, hard, gummy, crusty gunk out from the creases and bowel pockets that may exist in the intestines. I talk about this possibility in these posts:<br />
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<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/colon-anatomy-healthy-colon-function.html">Colon Anatomy, Healthy Colon Function, and Constipation</a> and <a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/06/diverticulosis-and-diverticulitis-two.html">Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: Two Completely Preventable Colon Diseases</a>.<br />
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Dr. Schulze calls this formula Intestinal Formula #2. In my own experience, I have noticed that a lot of people get the two recipes confused. They ask, "OK, which one does what?" So I would rather rename the recipes according to function. Intestinal Formula #1 makes us "go," and Intestinal Formula #2 gets us "all the way cleaned out."<br />
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Step two of a colon cleanse is very different from step one. Step one is a simple matter of taking some herbal capsules with dinner and then experiencing amazing results in the bathroom the next morning. Step two is a little more involved, but not hard at all.<br />
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To clean out the old toxic gunk from the deep crevices of the colon, we are going to drink a shake. Everyone knows what a milkshake or a smoothie is. This shake is made from cleansing herbs, earth minerals, and activated charcoal.<br />
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I make and use this colon cleanse recipe every time I want to do a really good colon cleanse. It tastes like peppermint. The only thing that might be the slightest bit offensive about this recipe is that it is black in color from the charcoal.<br />
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Some of my readers may recognize the "Deep Clean" part of a colon cleanse as either a "fiber shake" or a "P and B" shake. P= psyllium and B= bentonite clay. This particular recipe has more goodies in it than just psyllium and bentonite, but those are definitely two key ingredients.<br />
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What we do in step two of a really great colon cleanse is mix up and drink this "Deep Clean" shake five times a day. Like I said, it has peppermint in it and really does taste like a peppermint milkshake, except it is black. All you do is blend the ingredients together, fill an 8 oz glass with fresh juice, stir in a teaspoon or tablespoon of the black powder, and chug it down. After you finish the shake, you drink a full glass of water. That's all there is to it.<br />
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In Dr. Schulze's original instructions, he says to make and drink this shake 1/2 hour after breakfast, 1/2 hour before lunch, once before lunch and dinner, 1/2 hour before dinner, and an hour before bedtime. Make sure you stay well- hydrated while using any colon cleanse recipe. If you do not, you can get clogged up and end up getting sicker.<br />
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In my personal experience, it is not as essential to get the timing exact as it is to just get the drink "in ya."<br />
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Here is the <a href="http://healingtools.tripod.com/thn8.html#1">recipe to make "Deep Clean,"</a> or Intestinal Formula #2. Many thanks and blessings to my dear friend Tom for his tireless work to promote natural healing at <a href="http://healingtools.tripod.com/index.html">Total Health Associates</a>. If you would like to have a trusted source for activated charcoal, I highly recommend Tom's.<br />
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You can get the herbs at Mountain Rose Herbs.<br />
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One caveat: I have always purchased my bentonite clay from MRH, but not too long ago I found out they had changed their source for bentonite clay to a company associated with Halliburton- the oil rig construction company. My intuition says "this cain't be good."<br />
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A trusted and dear friend has been happy with bentonite clay from <a href="http://www.theholistichorse.com/Detox.shtml">The Holistic Horse</a>. I'm also going to check out <a href="http://www.blessedherbs.com/bulk-herbs.aspx">Blessed Herbs.com</a>. I have been quite happy with the herbs I have purchased from Blessed Herbs in the past. I will try these sources for bentonite clay and let y'all know what I think in a future post.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">NOTE: Make Intestinal Formulas #1 & #2, even if you are MISSING an Ingredient or two. Formula #2 should be used together with Formula #1 above. It will pull OLD Fecal Matter off the Walls of your Colon and out of ANY Bowel Pockets. It will also DRAW-OUT Parasites, Poisons, Toxins, Heavy Metals, and even Radioactive Materials. Formula #2 will actually REMOVE over 4,000 known Chemicals and Drug Residues.</span></span><br />
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The <a href="http://www.k12.wa.us/healthservices/pubdocs/InfectiousDiseaseControlGuide3-11-04.pdf">Washington State Department of Health</a> published a report in 2004
outlining a program for controlling infectious diseases in public
school classrooms. Other states have similar programs for their
public school systems. The classroom, with an average of twenty- five
children each, is an incubator for infectious diseases such as colds,
influenza, measles, chicken pox, oral herpes, “strep throat,”
mumps, whooping cough, head lice, meningitis, pin worms, and even
sexually- transmitted diseases. Health-conscious parents who send
their children to public schools may choose to boost their children’s
immune systems before they head back to school. Below are four tips
to help children stay healthy in the classroom.<br />
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Pack a healthy lunch and feed children nutritionally-dense meals at
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School lunches have been historically unhealthy. Because so many
public school children are on free or reduced- price lunch programs,
the cost of providing meals to them must be kept low. Fortunately,
with the passing of the <a href="http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Governance/Legislation/nutritionstandards.htm">Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act</a> in 2012,
school menus will be improving somewhat. A hot dog on a white hot dog
bun with a squirt of ketchup will be replaced with whole wheat
spaghetti with meat sauce and green beans. Health- conscious parents
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In addition, start children off in the morning with a fruit- heavy
green smoothie for breakfast instead of a bowl of cereal and milk. A
blender makes a quart (one liter) of smoothies at a time, and takes
at most five minutes to prepare and serve. All kinds of healthy
superfoods and fats can be added to breakfast smoothies to help boost
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After school, provide a healthy snack to help children re-charge
after a long day at school. If the children are involved with after
school activities, these snacks can be slipped into the back pack on
a daily basis or possibly be kept in the child’s locker at school.
<a href="http://www.prevention.com/health/brain-games/foods-boost-brainpower">Brain-boosting snack foods</a> include raw broccoli, raw nuts and seeds,
avocado slices or guacamole, berries, or even a small square of dark
chocolate.
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For dinner, consider including wild caught salmon, curry dishes, and
all manner of raw vegetable recipes to help children stay healthy
during the school year.<br />
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Hydrate your children well after school</h3>
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An alarming number of schools have adopted a policy of not allowing
children to take very many bathroom breaks. Children are allowed to
use the bathrooms before school, during lunch break, and after
school, but not during classes. To manage this policy, many children
simply do not drink any liquids at school other than the milk
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By the end of the school day, children are mentally exhausted and
dehydrated. Make sure children get a full quart (liter) or more of
pure water each day when they are at home. Keep soft drinks and
bottled drinks out of the home so children are less tempted to reach
for them after school.<br />
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Enforce strict bedtime routines for elementary school children</h3>
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The <a href="http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need">National Sleep Foundation</a> says that elementary school children
between the ages of five and ten need ten or eleven hours of sleep
every night. When a child must get up at 6:30AM to get ready for
school, this means going to bed every night at 8:30PM. Parents must
guard their children’s sleep time and adjust their own schedules in
order to make this happen. Children who do not get enough sleep
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With teens, it is almost impossible to enforce a bedtime. While teens
need an average of nine hours of sleep each night, staying up late to
work on school projects and cramming for exams is the norm in the
U.S. High school students often compensate by sleeping for long
hours on the weekends. Parents must learn to balance their teenagers’
need for sleep with the parents’ need for help with household
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The <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0005042/">National Institutes of Health</a> have published numerous clinical
studies involving the use of echinacea as an immune system booster.
Clinical evidence does exist to support the belief that echinacea
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Unfortunately, the clinical evidence is sketchy. Echinacea products
come in a wide variety of strengths and effectiveness. There have
been no long-term placebo-controlled, randomized studies published
concerning the effectiveness of echinacea. However, there is enough
empirical evidence and a few <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16437427">systematic reviews</a> to suggest that
echinacea does boost the immune system and it is safe for use with
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If you've been sticking with me for any length of time, bless your heart! This may be one of the days you've been waiting for. Today I'm going to teach you how to make your own herbal colon cleanse recipe, using the recipe of one of the world's greatest master herbalists, <a href="https://www.herbdoc.com/index.php/?c=1">Dr. Richard Schulze</a>. I make and use this recipe myself and so do my children. I can testify from personal experience that this colon cleanse recipe works, and that you will see amazing results.<br />
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If you need to get up to speed, just read this post first, entitled <a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/">"How to Do a Colon Cleanse: Step One."</a> This post gives you all the very well- researched background information on why I believe it is important that we take care of our colons. It also lists all of the herbs that are used in this herbal colon cleanse recipe, with links to some articles I have written and published in other places about each herb.<br />
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You could purchase the same colon cleanse product from Dr. Schulze himself. He markets this as Intestinal Formula #1. I used a lot of his herbal products for years before I learned how to make them myself. They are amazing herbal products, and they all do exactly what Dr. Schulze says they do. He has organic herb farmers growing herbs to his exact specifications. He has beautiful packaging and labels, and quite a number of faithful employees. I've talked to a couple of his phone sales operators and they are the sweetest ladies ever.<br />
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The only thing anyone might ever have "against" Dr. Schulze's products is that they are expensive. They are not nearly as expensive as pharmaceutical drugs! But, we all know that most people will shell out the copay for their prescription drugs because they have drug insurance. We don't have the luxury (if drug insurance could be considered a luxury) of herb insurance.<br />
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I adore Dr. Schulze's herbal products, and adore him as a person. I simply cannot afford "him." This is why I learned how to make my own herbal recipes.<br />
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How can I get by with sharing someone else's recipes?<br />
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Dr. Schulze actually encourages people to make their own recipes. Dr. John R. Christopher, one of Dr. Schulze's mentors, had a vision of every mother becoming the Family Herbalist and there being a Master Herbalist in every neighborhood. There is a sense of personal empowerment when "you" know how to become responsible for your own health.<br />
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You may be doing it for health reasons, or because you think the whole medical and health insurance community is off balance, or because you think the global economy is going to collapse and you want to be prepared for any possible scenario. Or like me, you're doing it because you are on a budget.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do I mean by a "part?" I mean that you can use any measurement tool, like a measuring cup or a coffee cup or a scoop or a bucket. It doesn't matter. Just make sure to use the *same* measurement tool in the *same* amount for every herb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You just blend the herbs together in a big metal or ceramic bowl and ta- da! Intestinal Formula #1, or as I like to call it, Go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now... how much herbs in volume should you buy? I buy a lot of bulk herbs, so I usually buy a pound of herbs at a time. However, that's a *lot* of herbs, and it may be a little over a new herbalist's or herb user's budget. So I would recommend starting with 1/4 oz. of each herb at first. This amount will still make quite a number of herbal capsules, trust me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, once you make the IF#1/Go! blend, you need to put them in capsules. Why? Because 1) the herbs taste terrible (I had to know!) and 2) they are hot (ditto)! This is the way you can get them down into your system as fast as possible without burning your mouth off in the process. I am a Texan, but there is still a limit to how much heat I can take!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where to get capsules? Mountain Rose Herbs sells them. They are vegetable gel caps, so vegans have nothing to worry about. You'll see that there are two sizes- 0 and 00. I use 0, but 00 is perfectly fine, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, to get the herbs into the capsule, you will need a little capsule making machine. I love this how to video that shows you exactly how to use the machine. It really goes just like this.</span></div>
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It just takes two minutes or so to make 24 capsules. I suggest making 100 capsules at first, which will probably last you two weeks to a month unless you are really constipated. No one knows how many capsules you will need to take in order to get you "going" twice or three times a day.</div>
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Start with one capsule, and take it at dinner or with a piece of fruit before bedtime. Eating food with this makes it easier on your stomach. If you do not see "amazing results" in the morning, take two capsules the next night. If you still do not say "Wow!" in the morning, you can do one of two things. You can either take three capsules in the evening with dinner, or you can do what I do, and take two at night and one in the morning. Sometimes having the herbs coming in a little faster seems to get things moving.</div>
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You keep adding "Go!" at the rate of one capsule a night, splitting them up between nights and mornings if you need to, until you are having two or three BMs a day, relatively soon after a meal.</div>
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<b>If you do make this recipe, and do lose weight on it, or do see a positive change in your waist measurements, or just feel better, I would love it so much if you would come back here and post your results in the comments. If you have any questions, post them down in the comments as well. Thanks!</b></div>
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Hey y'all!<br />
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It's taken me two months to get here, but I'm finally ready to give you the "goods" on how to do a colon cleanse! A really good, thorough colon cleanse has two parts to it. The first part gets your bowels moving. That's what I will be blogging about today. The second part of a great colon cleanse acts as a broom or a vacuum cleaner to get old toxic material out of the folds and bowel pockets of the large intestines.<br />
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If you want a quick "refresher" on my Colon Detoxing 101 Course, here are the links to the titles:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/detoxing-101-role-of-colon-in.html">Detoxing 101: The Role of the Colon in Detoxification</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/05/colon-anatomy-healthy-colon-function.html">Colon Anatomy, Healthy Colon Function, and Constipation</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/06/diverticulosis-and-diverticulitis-two.html">Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis: Two Completely Preventable Colon Diseases</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/06/difference-between-healthy-colon-and.html">The Difference Between a Healthy Colon and a Diseased Colon</a><br />
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You can actually make your own herbal colon cleanse that is very effective. I make my own recipe, based on the work of Master Herbalists Dr. John R. Christopher and Dr. Richard Schulze (see links to their websites in the sidebar). I actually use this recipe myself. Dr. Schulze calls the first part of his colon cleanse "Intestinal Formula #1." If I was to market my own version of this recipe, I'd call it "Go!" because that's what this herbal blend makes you do. It makes you "go." <span style="background-color: white;">Dr. Schulze says he could make a rock "go" using this recipe. I believe him.</span><br />
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Let me make it very clear that Intestinal Formula #1/"Go!" is for constipation. If you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), leaky gut, Crohn's, diarrhea, or any kind of bowel issue where you are "going" too often or too much, you do not need this recipe. I will address your situation a little later.<br />
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Here is a list of the herbs required for a good colon cleanse. These are the herbs Christopher and Schulze used, with a little tweaking from Dr. Schulze to make it stronger. They are the herbs I use, too. I am linking to articles I have written for a website to describe some of the herbs and how they work. This week I'll write some articles for the other herbs, and link them when they get published. Check back for the full meal deal.<br />
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<a href="http://suite101.com/article/the-benefits-of-curacao-and-cape-aloe-leaf-a248707">Curacao and Cape Aloe Leaf</a><br />
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<a href="http://suite101.com/article/the-benefits-of-senna-a249075">Senna Leaf</a><br />
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<a href="http://suite101.com/article/cascara-sagrada-a-safe-laxative-herb-or-not-a250496">Cascara Sagrada Bark</a><br />
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These herbs are all dried and powdered. I blend them together in a large bowl, then put them into capsules with a little capsule machine myself. The reason I put them into capsules is because the ginger, garlic, and habanero peppers are all very hot. We want the capsules of herbs to open up in the stomach and immediately start entering into the bloodstream and small intestines to do their jobs, rather than burning our mouths and tongues on the way down.<br />
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When you are ready to start the first step of your colon cleanse, you will take one capsule of Intestinal Formula #1 (or Go!) with dinner or a piece of fruit before bedtime. The reason you take it with food is because, as I said, the herbs are hot, and may be a little hard on your stomach if you take it on an empty stomach. While these colon cleansing herbs are a dietary supplement and not a drug of any kind, I'm sure you are familiar with pharmaceutical drugs that are best taken with food for various reasons.<br />
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In the morning when you wake up, one of two things will happen. Either you will have a bowel movement or you won't. If you do "go," you may be surprised at the volume of stool you release. If you do not "go," then that night at dinner, take two capsules of Intestinal Formula #1/ "Go!."<br />
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In the morning, you will either move your bowels, or you won't. If you do not "go," then on night #3, you would take three capsules of the colon cleanse. You keep doing this until you do "go." This is how you find out the amount of colon cleanse that is right for you.<br />
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Every individual is unique. I have no idea how constipated you are or how weak your bowel muscles may be. This herbal colon detox recipe has never been approved by the FDA or been clinically tested for safety or efficacy. I can tell you things like <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/GenerallyRecognizedasSafeGRAS/GRASSubstancesSCOGSDatabase/ucm260417.htm">the FDA states that garlic is generally regarded as safe</a>, and I will definitely tell you which herbs you need to be careful with.<br />
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I never, ever write hype. I hate it when alternative health vendors do write hype, and I have to tell you I've lost some opportunities to make some money when a client wanted me to write something I had no scientific grounds for proof to show a particular statement was true.<br />
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I can state that these herbs work for me personally. I can give you all the information I have about them. I can teach you how to make them, or tell you where you can buy them. However, I'm not a health professional. I'm not a doctor. You have to make your own decisions about your health, and you shouldn't trust me at all, except to know I'll do my best to give you what I know to be the truth.<br />
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Every herb has a purpose and has to be respected. They "work," if you use them appropriately. They "work," if the herbalist makes them correctly. We all know there is junk out there that should not be on the market. One of my riding passions about Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy is teaching y'all how to make a quality product that you know you can trust.<br />
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So, while it may take me two or three capsules of Intestinal Formula #1/"Go!" for my bowels to start working and really cleanse my colon out, it may take y'all only one capsule, or it may take fifty capsules. I just don't know.<br />
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Your goal when you start on this step of the colon cleanse is to have two or three really great bowel movements every day. I know this sounds like a lot, but this is due to our conditioning. So many people "go" once or twice a week (really!), that the idea of going more than once a day seems extreme.<br />
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If you think about it, though (I know, it's a little TMI), our dogs and cats "go" soon after every meal. Birds seem to "go" all the time. We humans are supposed to "go" soon after every meal as well. We just don't, because of our work schedules and societal expectations.<br />
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In my next post, I'll give you the recipe for Intestinal Formula #1/Go! and tell you how you can order your herbs, fill your capsules, and get started on a really effective and great colon cleanse.<br />
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P.S.: I'm diligently working on my Superfoods e-book for you, and am really excited about the direction I'm moving with Bluebonnet Natural Healing Therapy. <b>If you have any topics you'd like me to discuss here, or have questions about anything, shoot me a comment or an email,</b> and I'll get right on it!<br />
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I told y'all in my last post about the <a href="http://www.bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/finca-de-vida-raw-food-healing-retreat.html">Finca de Vida raw food healing retreat</a> that I would do a companion piece for it. Here it is! I want to tell you about a new blog I'm in love with called <a href="http://raisingraw.com/">Raising Raw.com</a>. This blog is written by a young stay-at-home mother of two cutie-pie children. Lauren, the blogger, plans to homeschool/unschool her children... in Costa Rico.<br />
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Lauren is a California girl who shared the good life with her husband, Jeremy. They had it all: the big house, the pool and hot tub, the SUV, the picture perfect kids, the play dates and gym days, and activities out the wazoo... and they were miserable. Sound familiar?<br />
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Lauren's husband had grown his own business to the point where he had four employees, but he was working 14 hour days, 7 days a week to get there. He has Type I diabetes to contend with, as well. Jeremy made good money, but Lauren never saw him. She was becoming disillusioned with life in her early 30's.<br />
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She watched the DVD <a href="http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?af=1474674">Raw for 30 Days</a>, amazed that her husband's diabetes could possibly be reversed with a raw food diet. She told Jeremy, "We're doing this!" They did, and it totally transformed their lives within months.<br />
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Lauren did exactly what I am doing in my life now- questioned "everything." She asked the same questions I am asking: "What is happiness?" "What is important to me?" "How much of what we are doing in life is what we have been conditioned to believe is right?"<br />
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For Lauren and her family, this meant selling their house, packing up the car, and moving to Costa Rico to live and raise their family in Paradise.<br />
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Lauren captures on camera the gorgeous natural beauty of Costa Rico from the perspective of her family playing, hiking, and living the truly good life. She shares with her readers her thoughts, feelings, fears, and joys as she learns to live in a foreign country. Lauren is very real and easy to connect with.<br />
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I am enjoying following her journey, and believe my readers will, as well.<br />
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I'm adding Raising Raw to my Link Love List. If you're interested in Simply Raw's Raw for 30 Days DVD, I have a sidebar ad you can click through to easily get to the website.<br />
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Where has Donna been? MIA? No, just sidetracked a little bit.<br />
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I'm making some really huge life decisions at the moment. Three of my children are moving away from home at the end of the summer. Three years from now, all of my children will be gone.<br />
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Y'all don't really know me yet. Most of my story is in the free e-book I have been promising you for the past five months. The Superfoods e-book is still coming along, it has just taken me a lot longer than I had planned.<br />
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We get to that stage in life where we ask, "Now what?" I'm there.<br />
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Through this part of my journey, I reconnected with a couple of "old" virtual friends from a health forum I co-moderated a few years ago. One of them was making plans to do a raw food detox at a healing retreat center in Costa Rica called Finca de Vida- the Farm of Life. I had never heard of the place before my friend told me about it. I watched some videos, and felt like, "I would love to go there!"<br />
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My friend and I have a mutual friend, whom we both met on the same health forum. I mentioned that this mutual friend was having a lot of health issues. My friend wasted no time not only telling our mutual friend about Finca de Vida, but inviting him to go with her to heal. It took him maybe twenty minutes to say yes.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I want to post a few Youtube videos of Finca de Vida so you can drool over the place as much as I have been doing lately. I just can't get this place and the owners off my mind.</span><br />
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He lost 50 pounds in 90 days and corrected a bunch of health issues!</div>
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Click through to get to the <a href="http://www.farmoflifecr.com/">Farm of Life website</a>.<br />
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I have a companion post that I'll publish over the weekend (<a href="http://bluebonnetnaturalhealingtherapy.blogspot.com/2012/07/introducing-new-raw-blog-raising-rawcom.html">see it here</a>), and then get back to teaching you how to make your own herbal colon cleanse and do a bowel detox.<br />
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Today I want to show you the difference between what a healthy colon and a seriously diseased colon with polyps and colorectal cancer look like with a colonoscopy camera. I am getting a colonoscopy scheduled myself, because colon cancer runs in my family and I want to reduce my risk as much as possible and as early as possible.<br />
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First, here is what a healthy colon looks like, when seen with a colonoscopy camera. I want you to know what a healthy colon actually looks like, so you can visualize one in your own mind.<br />
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As noted on the video, a healthy colon begins with good bowel prep. We can do that naturally with herbs and the proper diet. I will teach you how in a future post.<br />
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A healthy colon:<br />
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Contrast the healthy colon with this one, which is cancerous:</div>
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Sweet readers, colon disease is completely preventable, and if you or a loved one have a colon disease, you can reverse the disease completely by adopting a healthy lifestyle.</div>
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