Therapeutic Fasting

Therapeutic Fasting and Detoxification - Internal Cleansing - Optimum Health Through Fasting and Natural Hygiene

Detoxification is a normal body process of eliminating or neutralizing toxins through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph and skin. Fasting is the world's most ancient and natural healing mechanism. Fasting triggers a truly wondrous cleansing process that reaches right down to each and every cell and tissue in the body .


Patricia Bragg Ph.D.- "Proven throughout history for physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation, fasting promotes cleansing and healing; helps normalize weight, blood pressure, cholesterol; rebuilds the immune system; and helps reverse the aging process. If we are to get these poisons out of our bodies we must fast. By fasting we give our bodies a physiological rest. This rest builds Vital Force. The more Vital Force we have, the more toxins are going to be eliminated from the body to help keep it clean, pure and healthy." Hippocrates - "Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness." Hippocrates, Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC)
Benjamin Franklin - "The best of all medicines are rest and fasting"
Dr. Herbert Shelton MD - "It is estimated that fasting for the alleviation of human suffering has been practiced uninterruptedly for 10,000 years. No doubt it has been employed from the time man first began to get sick. Fasting was part of the methods of healing practiced in the Ancient Asculapian Temples of Toscurd Guido, 1300 years before the time of Jesus. Hippocrates, the mythical Greek "Father of Physic," seems to have prescribed total abstinence from food while a "disease" was on the increase, and especially at the critical period, and a spare diet on other occasions. Tertullian has left us a treatise on fasting written about 200 A.D. Plutarch said: "Instead of using medicine rather fast a day." Avicenna, the great Arab physician often prescribed fasting for three weeks or more."  more
Dr. Joseph Rodrigo M.D - "Almost all diseases begin in the digestive track.  This includes diabetes, asthma, cancer, alzheimer's, heart disease, memory loss, fibromyalgia, MS, and too many to even list here.  If you are seeking health, and you have not found the answers to your recovery and healing, start here. Your intestinal track is the origin of disease, and it is also the origin of your healing.  I cannot emphasize enough how important the cleansing of your digestive system is, to your health."
Evart Loomis M.D. -"Fasting is the world's most ancient and natural healing mechanism. Fasting triggers a truly wondrous cleansing process that reaches right down to each and every cell and tissue in the body. Within 24 hours of curtailing food intake, enzymes stop entering the stomach and travel instead into the intestines and into the bloodstream, where they circulate and gobble up all sorts of waste matter, including dead and damaged cells, unwelcome microbes, metabolic wastes, and pollutants. All organs and glands get a much-needed and well-deserved rest, during which their tissues are purified and rejuvenated and their functions balanced and regulated. The entire alimentary canal is swept clean.  By rebuilding immunity, health is naturally restored and disease disappears. If health and immunity are thereafter conscientiously maintained, the individual is no longer vulnerable to disease and dieting become unnecessary. Surely one of the most overlooked and yet most valuable modes of healing that will be rediscovered in the future of the new medicine is the fast. This is because of the increasing interest in looking to oneself for healing powers. For the fast is an inward process and cannot be entered upon only from an outer approach with any expectation of a lasting benefit. The person must invariably be involved with the overall results. This therapeutic encounter is in direct contrast to the usual non-involvement in the physician-directed, disease-oriented medical practice of today."
Adventures in Therapeutic Fasting 
by Lonny J. Brown, Ph.D.
Although nowadays the common response to illness is usually to "take something," it may be advisable to try the opposite. Therapeutic fasting is an excellent self-healing practice. It induces metabolic changes that are inherently cleansing and repairing. The organs empty and rest, conserving energy, promoting the elimination of waste and accumulated toxins, and making cell regeneration much more efficient. Fasting is mankind's most ancient healing strategy. Many traditional cultures, including Oriental, east Indian, and Native American, have long regarded it a dependable curative and revitalizing personal health measure. Hippocrates prescribed fasting, as did Galen and Paracelsus, and it was practiced by Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Mahatma Gandhi. In modern Europe, reputable clinics that support therapeutic fasting are quite common. In Sweden it's practically a national sport.
Proponents of fasting offer thousands of testimonials from recovered asthmatics, arthritics, insomniacs, and ex-sufferers of migraines, skin and digestive disorders, and dozens of other ailments. They maintain that - with the exception of serious conditions like tuberculosis, ulcers, diabetes, hypoglycemia, blood, liver, kidney and heart diseases- systematic voluntary abstention from eating is almost always a healthy first response to illness. Dr. Bernard Jensen, author of "Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management" has supervised over 50,000 fasts at his center in Escondido, CA."
Therapeutic Fasting
An Introduction to the Benefits of a Professionally Supervised Fast By Dr. Alan Goldhamer
Fasting-And Eating-For Health : A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease by Joel Fuhrman MD
"I was overweight, plagued with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high tryglicerides and diabetic. Treatments by some of the "best" physicians (with medication) in Israel and in California resulted in no significant improvement. Three years ago I started to do my own research and got across Dr. Fuhrman's book. Well written to be understood by layman and with scientific evidence. Since applying Dr. Fuhrman's recommendations, I lost 70 pounds in 5 months (the first 40 in 6 weeks). All indicators went back to better than normal after two weeks into the program. I later experienced 20 days fast. It was the best experience in my life. Since then, I bought more than 3 dozens of the book and gave it to everyone I care about. This book is my new bible. It is a great reading material for understanding and reinforcement. If practiced by everyone, physicians' rows will be cut by 90%. Not to be missed if you serious about your health, your well being and those around you." an amazon.com reviewer
Do you have a question about fasting or need guidance? contact Shirley or call 206-984-3009 or 323-389-0560


Water The Great Healer and Detoxifier! The Miraculous Health Benefits of Earth's Most Essential Resource No matter what the specific health or fitness goal, one cannot achieve the maximum benefit from any health program without drinking the right kind of water in the proper amount. All experts agree, that next to the air we breathe, water is the most important thing we will ever put in our bodies. It is surprising that so much time and money is being spent on supplements, organic foods and natural remedies but little attention is given to the quality and effect of the water with which those items are taken. 
The Mayo Clinic had pronounced Lloyd Palmer, of Minnesota, as incurable. Since 1965 he had suffered from excruciatingly painful arthritis of his spinal column -- ankylosing spondylitis. His spine twisted and lost movement until, he says, he became a "walking comma." He suffered pain for 31 years, until he started to drink water and take salt. He writes: "I continue to be pain-free with my ankylosis spondylitis one year after starting the water/salt regime. My blood pressure is normal as well. I thank God every day for allowing me to finally be pain-free."
The Quality of Water can positively or negatively affect one’s health. Depending on what part of the country one lives in, it is easy to find trace amounts of nitrates, pesticides, heavy metals, radioactive compounds, petrochemicals and parasites coming from the local municipal water supply. The toxins and free radicals in these waters are made significantly more toxic to humans by the addition of chlorine -- a compound mandated by the public health department.
Water therapy (hydrotherapy) has been used for centuries to heal the sick.  Hydro- and hydrothermal therapy are traditional methods of treatment that have been used for the treatment of disease and injury by many cultures, including those of ancient Rome, China, and Japan. Water therapy has been around for centuries. The ancient Greeks took therapeutic baths. Water is an important ingredient in the traditional Chinese and Native American healing systems. more F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. - "Every function inside the body is regulated by and depends on water. Water must be available to carry vital elements, oxygen, hormones, and chemical messengers to all parts of the body. Without sufficient water to wet all parts equally, some more remote parts of the body will not receive the vital elements that water supplies. Water is also needed to carry toxic waste away from the cells. In fact, there are at least 50 reasons why the body needs sufficient water on a regular, everyday basis. Without sufficient water to constantly wet all parts, your body's drought-management system kicks into action. The histamine-directed chemical messenger systems are activated to arrange a new, lower quota of water for the drought-stricken areas. When histamine and its subordinate "drought managers" come across pain-sensing nerves, they cause pain. This is what I discovered in my research that I mentioned earlier." 
Our bodies have an amazing capacity to  self-heal if we restore balance to them and support them with the proper nutrition. Ionized/alkaline water nourishes us with an abundance of antioxidants, high alkalinity, oxygen and super hydration. It rids the body of acid waste which compromises our health. 
Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D. - "Water has the ability to attract and accumulate bio-energy. It also stores an energy memory of harmful or helpful vibrations to which it was exposed in the past.  Chlorinated tap water is polluted with non-biological chemicals and negative energy imprints. It is also devoid of bio-energy and so may be regarded as being badly polluted as well as 'dead'. Alkaline living water is regarded by a growing number of health care professionals as the best water to drink and is listed as a medical device in Japan for the treatment of degenerative diseases." 
Note from Shirley: 
I NEVER drink plain water when I fast. During my water fasts, I always add Himalyan Crystal salt to my energized, alkaline microwater. When water and salt combined, they form a new dimension, Sole (So-Lay). Sole is Alive! It’s the fundamental mineral infusion for your body. You can replace electrolytes and balance your energy simply and naturally by drinking a Sole solution each day. The sole is an excellent product for balancing the pH factor of your body. With the sole, one can also get rid of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, amalgam and calcium because the crystal salt is able to break up their molecular structures. Mankind originally emerged from the sea. So we, so to speak, still carry sea water in our veins; the chemical and mineral composition of our blood and saline fluids have an amazing similarity to sea water. And when we are an embryo in our mother's womb, we are encased in a sack filled with a saline fluid which is in some ways identical to sea water. Sea water contains 84 mineral elements. These same 84 mineral elements are found in our bodies. Salt Deficiency: the cause of many serious diseases I may also alternate a little or Calcium Montmorillonite Clay or earth made fulvic minerals with the Crystal Salt. The salt, clay or fulvic in water help draw out toxins and rejuvenates the body. When organic, unrefined salt lack in your diet, weakness and sickness follow
Fasting: an educational website
My First Water Fast by Dr. Stanley Bass
Fasting Can Save Your Life
Why Fasting?
Directory of World Wide Fasting Retreats
List of fasting articles
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Fasting for health in holistic veterinary medicine
A powerful animal healing practice "A sick animal retires to a secluded place and fasts until tis body is restored to mormal. During the fast it partakes only of water and the medicinal herbs which inherited intelligence teaches it instinctively to seek" Juliette de Bairacli Levy
William Pollak D.V.M. on fasting: "Many experts on canine nutrition recommend occasional fasting, such as one day without solid food per week or month, to simulate the natural conditions in which these animals evolved. Fasting gives the digestive organs an opportunity to rest and helps the body repair itself. In the wild, predators alternate between gorging themselves and going for one or several days without food, so a once-a-week or once-a-month fast is both beneficial and easy for most dogs to adjust to." 
Bill Winter DVM - "To this day I do not believe that I have ever discovered a healing technique quite as powerful.  I have recommended fasting for 10,000 to 20,000 animals and have seen true miracles over these years of practice." Juliette de Bairacli Levy says that the two most important aspects of natural animal rearing are: fasting and raw diet." more about holistic animal health and nutrition
In her marvelous book, Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn From ThemCindy Engles, Ph.D. documents how injured and sick animals retreat in an isolated place to rest and fast until healed. 
"Often the first indication of sickness is that an animal goes off its food - an observation that has led many traditional herbalists to conclude that fasting is a natural and beneficial response to sickness... This lack of appetite can be an effective way of speeding recovery. Bacteria need iron, and the body makes many adjustments to reduce the availability of iron during an infection. If an animal keeps eating, any iron in its food also feeds the pathogens, so force-feeding a sick animal or patient can be counterproductive. Fever reduces appetite, so if a fever is artificially suppressed with drugs and appetite returns, not only do we lower temperature but the increased iron intake can keep the infection going longer. The traditional dictum 'Starve a fever' is medically sound advice."  Cindy Engel " 

JUICE-FASTING The powerful healing therapy that no-one ever uses.
"When you don't feel well, stop eating and go to juices." The first thing an animal does when it is sick is stop eating. They fast themselves. Likewise, the first thing we need to do when we don't feel well is: stop food. 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. 
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Green juice is my lifeline by Shirley, author of this website
"Wheatgrass juice is the nectar of rejuvenation, the plasma of youth, the blood of all life. The elements that are missing in your body's cells - especially enzymes, vitamins, hormones, and nucleic acids can be obtained through this daily green sunlight transfusion." --Rev. Viktoras Kulvinskas, MS, author Survival into the 21st Century  This is the daily juice program that I use to daily detoxify my blood and to maintain my excellent health and vitality.
Juice Fasting and Detoxification : Use the Healing Power of Fresh Juice to Feel Young and Look Great : The Fastest Way to Restore Your Health by Steve Meyerowitz
The human body has an incredible capacity for healing and longevity. Within it is an innate intelligence more powerful than any drugs or a surgeon's knife. Fasting gives your body a well deserved vacation and the potential to repair itself. The power that made the body can heal the body. Fasting and juice therapy revamp your health from the inside out. This book shows you how to tap that power and how to fit it into a busy lifestyle. It's easier than you think. Even just one fast day per week provides 50 rejuvenating days per year. Give your cells and yourselves the opportunity to cleanse, nourish, rejuvenate and heal. Fasting helps increase energy and improve mental alertness; Heal chronic ailments without drugs; lose weight without the hassle of diets; maintain stamina with absolutely no hunger. Fast at home or at work---it's perfect for a busy lifestyle and all the while enjoy dozens of quick and delicious juice recipes.
Do you have a question about fasting or need guidance? contact Shirley or call 206-984-3009 or 323-389-0560

Fasting Can Save Your Life by Herbert Shelton
My First Water Fast, a testimonial by Dr. Stanley Bass
The Beginner's Guide to Fasting 
The Miracle Results of Fasting 
The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental and Spiritual Rejuvenation Directory of World Wide Fasting Retreats
List of fasting articles
Why Fasting?
Need support? Have fasting questions? Visit the fasting forum
Vida Clara Fasting Retreats
You can learn:
  • How fasting affects the mind, providing a clarity that most of us haven't experienced in years because we've been overeating of the wrong foods for so long. If you've ever wondered why so many religious figures fast, once you finish reading these two books, you'll wonder no more.
  • A theory on the unity of disease and cure that helps people break free of the diagnosis game that drives so many individuals to the poor house. With fasting, the body does the healing... not some drug with terrible side effects.
  • The difference between fasting and starvation. You'll learn when to start and when to stop fasting.
  • Preparation for the fast. If you don't know how to prepare physically, emotionally, and mentally for a fast, you shouldn't start one.
  • Symptoms during the fast. Many people start a fast but then bail out in a hurry when the first symptoms show up. Well, forewarned is forearmed and with the H and B Fasting Classics Collection you'll know the symptoms to look for... and the ones to act on.
  • How to break the fast. Coming off the fast is as important as going on it, and if you break the fast incorrectly you can undo all the good you did during your period of non-eating.
  • Diet recommendations for after the fast, including a controversial diet developed by Upton Sinclair for his body after strict veganism failed him. Learn why this happened and why he made the changes he made. 


    • Toxaemia and Internal Cleansing Dr. Mercola - "Every act of every cell in the body produces waste. This waste is poisonous, it is incompatible with the life of the cell..." "The cells throw their waste into the lymph that carries it back to the blood. The blood takes the waste to the excretory organs mentioned above for elimination." "Normal elimination keeps the blood and lymph clean. Toxaemia is hence the aftermath of Enervation. Enervation in brief is the sum total of all our expenditures of nerve energy involved in our day to day living. When the sum of our daily expenditure is greater than we can or than we do recuperate daily, we become enervated. When an enervated individual is saturated with toxins, any additional enervating influence that puts an added check to elimination will cause the toxaemia to be pushed above the point of toleration, and will precipitate a crisis, a process of compensatory elimination through channels whose main work is not elimination, e.g., en mucous membranes (colds, catarrh, inflammation and skin eruptions)."
    "Medical science is founded on a false premise. Namely, that disease is caused by extraneous influences"  Dr. Tilden 1926 "Toxemia Explained
    "Autogenous self-generated poisoning is what we call Toxaemia."Natural Hygiene holds that the one cause of all disease is the toxic saturation at the cellular level of the bodily tissues, bloodstream, and fluids brought on by the depletion of Nerve Energy reserves through wrong living habits. This state of self-poisioning is alternately termed "Auto-Intoxication," "Toxicosis," and "Toxemia." Every act of every cell in the body produces waste. This waste is poisonous, it is incompatible with the life of the cell..." "The cells throw their waste into the lymph that carries it back to the blood. The blood takes the waste to the excretory organs mentioned above for elimination." "Normal elimination keeps the blood and lymph clean. Toxaemia is hence the aftermath of Enervation. Enervation in brief is the sum total of all our expenditures of nerve energy involved in our day to day living. When the sum of our daily expenditure is greater than we can or than we do recuperate daily, we become enervated. When an enervated individual is saturated with toxins, any additional enervating influence that puts an added check to elimination will cause the toxaemia to be pushed above the point of toleration, and will precipitate a crisis, a process of compensatory elimination through channels whose main work is not elimination, e.g., en mucous membranes (colds, catarrh, inflammation and skin eruptions)." "Natural Hygienists know the cause and they also know how to remove it. Fasting will enable the body to rid itself of toxins and hygienic living will prevent  their recurrence." Doctor Keki Sidhwa

    "There is really only one disease of the body. It is called Toxemia. Many doctors of natural hygiene have proven this in their work, but common knowledge of the way the body works, along with common sense, will also support this statement. In his book "Toxemia Explained" Dr. John Tilden explains the definition of Toxemia as natures effort to eliminate toxins from the blood." Paul Nison
    The science of Natural Hygiene is about enhancing physical, emotional and mental well-being through education.  It provides us with a simple, straightforward system for regaining and maintaining superb human health and beauty. Hygiene is personally empowering and liberating. It teaches independence and rational action. It banishes fear and ignorance regarding human health and how to keep it.  Ultimately it is about freedom. Optimum Health Through Natural Hygiene
    There is really only one disease of the body. It is called Toxemia. Many doctors of natural hygiene have proven this in their work, but common knowledge of the way the body works, along with common sense, will also support this statement. In his book "Toxemia Explained" Dr. John Tilden explains the definition of Toxemia as natures effort to eliminate toxins from the blood.   Click here for Herbal  formulas to cleanse and purify 

    The Importance of a Clean, Healthy GI Tract

    Several factors linked to modern civilization threaten your internal health, including unsafe vaccinations, environmental toxins, pollutants, the overuse of antibiotics (all the foods they contaminate), and even chlorinated and fluoridated water. Add to the list the burgeoning consumption of alcohol and drugs (prescription and recreation) plus poor diets, and you have only a few of the modern-day enemies endangering your gastrointestinal health!  Autointoxication or "self-poisoning" from the bowel was a recognized cause of disease in the early 1900s. Dr. H. H. Boeker stated in 1928, "It is now universally conceded that autointoxication is the underlying cause of an exceptionally large group of symptom complexes."9 Recent research seems to support these earlier conclusions about intestinal toxemia. Virtually every state of health is affected by the GI tract. In addition to processing nutrients as the principal pathway of the digestive system, the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract.)  is a prominent part of the immune system, providing various levels of defense against pathogenic microorganisms and potentially toxic substances throughout the path of digestion. If these waste products are not regularly eliminated, they begin to poison the body and blood. Unchecked, this autointoxication may ultimately lead to disease and even death.
    Dr. H. H. Boeker believed that over 90 percent of diseases are caused or complicated by toxins created in the intestinal tract by unhealthy foods that are not properly eliminated." Autointoxication occurs when, due to poor elimination, certain toxins escape from the bowel into the blood stream and poison the body, causing a silent form of self-poisoning. Sixty to 80 percent of the lymphatic system is in your small intestine. Called the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), it is almost synonymous with the term immune system. The gigantic task of your GALT is to discriminate between nutritious components and possible antigens passing through your bowel. 
    Substances that are toxic to our bodies come at us from all directions: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, the cleaning products we use, and the metabolic waste produced inside us. Toxins build up in the body faster than they can be removed, contributing to premature aging and chronic and degenerative diseases. 
    Dr. Miller's Detox Tea - formulated by Dr. Bill Miller Ph.D. -  is a unique herbal blend of safe, all-natural ingredients designed to gently cleanse the digestive tract and detoxify the body. Its name is taken from the traditional name of one of the ingredients, a widely-used medicinal herb known as Holy Thistle, and is not intended to imply any religious significance - although grateful users who experienced remarkable health improvements after drinking Holy Tea often thank God for this gift of healing! 
    Other books:
  • Toxemia Explained : The True Interpretation  of the Cause of Disease by J. H. Tilden
  • What Is Toxemia by J.H. Tilden
  • Article: What is Normal Bowel Activity? Herbert M. Shelton MD

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    The Ancient Path of Cleansing: The History of Colonic Hydrotherapy Colon Hydrotherapy (enema) is a gentle internal massage and bath using warm, purified water that can help to eliminate stored fecal matter, gas, mucus and toxic substances from the colon.  Death begins in the colon. The history of Colon Hydrotherapy reaches far into the past.  Reports about enemas were found on ancient Egyptian papers dating to 1500 B.C. The Chinese Medicine used Colon Hydrotherapy even earlier than that.  Cleaning the colon also plays an important role in Ayurvedic medicine.  Until the beginning of the 20th century Colon Hydrotherapy was a well-known therapy.  Today's sophisticated technology promotes both the safety and sanitation of this popular cleansing practice.
    The historians tell us that the practice colon hydrotherapy, or in its more basic form, the enema, was passed down from the Gods to the Egyptians. There are numerous reports of the frequent use of the enema by the Egyptians, with all of them referencing a papyrus of the 14th century B.C., that is stored in the Royal Museum of Berlin.
    Use of the enema was not limited just to Egyptians. Information on the use of enemas was recorded on the cuneiform inscriptions on Babylonian and Assyruan tablets, as early as 600 B.C., and there are references recorded in Hindu medical texts such as the Susruta Smhita, the work of Susruta, the father of Hindu surgery. Susruta describes the use of "syringes and bougies as well as a rectal speculum." 
    From the eleventh century to the fifteenth century, the early enema syringe was still relatively unknown and was not available to the masses. The preferred and most readily available apparatus remained a tube made of bone, reed or metal connected to a sleeve or animal bladder called the "clyster purse". The bag was emptied by squeezing it between the two hands. Dr. Russell reports that in Spain, the method was called "playing the bagpipes". During the middle ages, information on the enema continued to grow and the use of the enema became the popular vogue of the wealthy and even reached to the highest levels of the royalty. With this growth in popularity, the evolution of the apparatus had to follow.
    Dr. Herbert M. Shelton MD. - "The colon has been accused of being lazy; it has been claimed to be superfluous and its removal advocated; it has been blamed as the source of almost all the so-called diseases with which man suffers. As a consequence of this, it has been goaded and pricked with laxatives, cathartics, and purges, cut with knives, filled by injection, with plain water, soapsuds, molasses, oils,and other substances to force it to act. It has been filled from above withstand, wheat bran, rough, bulky vegetables, psyllium seed, agar-agar, mineral oil, olive oil, etc. All of these and many more agents have been employed to force the colon to empty itself. They have been employed by those who cannot trust the functions of life to the laws and forces of life, but who feel that they must constantly interfere with the functions of life if life is to continue. They either irritate the bowels and cause them to act vigorously to eject the source of irritation, or fill them so full of bulk that they are forced to "move" to make room for the succeeding load of bulk. This plan works on the same principle as that of the hay bailer. One bail of hay is forced out by the one that comes after. It is a plan of remedying sluggish bowels by giving them more work to perform."
     Natural Approach to Constipation - Hydrotherapy and Enema,
    “One of my more significant cases was Tommy, an eight-year-old boy with the most awful constipation anyone could imagine,” says former general surgeon and emergency medicine specialist Paul Flashner, MD, of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Observing their superior results for his patients, Dr. Flashner has more recently adapted his treatment techniques almost completely to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Most definitely, he has incorporated colon hydrotherapy as a regular CAM technique. 
    “Tommy’s constipation was really bad. He never had a bowel movement for a week at a time. Recognizing the dangers of physiological toxicity, his parents took their son for consultation with numerous gastroenterologists. The child had been subjected to colonoscopy a dozen times, but nothing could be found as the source of his blockage. Laxatives hardly helped at all. There was no diagnosis except that he suffered severely from constipation,” confirms Dr. Flashner. “Then the parents found their way to me so that the boy might undergo examination and treatment one more time. They described their eight-year-old’s condition. “I improved the child’s diet and removed all junk foods. Then I instigated an exercise program, had him drink lots of water, balanced his colonic flora, and added fiber food supplements. But most vital for Tommy’s welfare is that he took colon hydrotherapy under my prescription. The beneficial effect was dramatic, for within six months he was experiencing a natural and normal bowel movement every day. No laxatives were involved in his progress,” states Dr. Flashner. “Now the child does not need to consult me anymore; still, he continues his colonic cleansing by having colon hydrotherapy. He did this once a month for six months, and currently he undergoes the cleansing just four times a year. It’s been two years that Tommy remains in excellent physical condition
    “Colon hydrotherapy is the perfect specific procedure to eliminate constipation and restore normal bowel function. My approach to medical practice is to balance the GI tract using stool testing. I find various pathologies relating to bacteria, yeast, parasites, and other organisms of this nature. A lot of disease comes from imbalances in the colon, as manifested by inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, autoimmune diseases, allergies, multiple sclerosis, and certainly constipation. Such imbalances can be corrected by means of colon hydrotherapy, herbal supplements, and diet,” says Dr. Paul Flashner. “There is no question about the huge difference a health professional can bring to the patient by utilizing colon hydrotherapy plus other associated complementary and alternative methods of healing.” 

    Enemas can be used by those who have problems with a sluggish, irregular or under active bowel. Enema is proven as the best natural method for a clean colon. It is a tremendous remedy for all kinds of bowel problems. Many ingredients can be added to enema water to increase its effectiveness in some specific manner. Coffee enemas help detoxify the liver. Flaxseed tea enemas relieve inflammation in the bowel. Bentonite, a clay water, when added to enema water assists in absorbing and mobilizing toxins from the bowel wall. Acidophilus culture taken orally is helpful in detoxifying the bowel and in building friendly bacteria. Acidophilus implants can also be inserted rectally over night. 
      I've received reports from people suffering from constipation who are using small enemas every morning and evening to help empty their bowels. They squirt  a little warm water from a rubber ear syringe into the rectum while sitting on the toilet. Within 5 to 30 seconds that little bit of water can help wash out or expell fecal matter. 
    2000-year history of the ear syringe and its relationship to the enema
    More on Enema
    The chia seed is one of the richest source of omega-3 oil and other essential nutrients and they do wonders for constipation! .  They were the power food of the ancient Aztecs. According to Spanish manuscripts, the Aztecs ate the Chia seeds to improve their endurance - they called it their "running food" because messengers could purportedly run all day on just a handful. more
    What is Normal Bowel Activity? Herbert M. Shelton MD
    Colon Cleanse: an educational website
    Colonic Hydrotherapy
    What goes in must come out - colon cleansing - Death begins in the colon
    Detoxification comes in many forms and refers to many different programs that cleanse the body of toxins
    Water therapy has been used for centuries to heal the sick   A Bavarian monk, Father Sebastian Kneipp helped re-popularize the therapeutic use of water in the 19th century. There are now many dozens of methods of applying hydrotherapy, including baths, saunas, douches, wraps,  packs, and colon hydrotherapy.

    “Death begins in the colon” 
    Americans have the highest incidence of Colon-Rectal Cancer of any nation in the world, and it is now KILLING more Americans than ever before in history.
    Colon Cleanse Your Way To Better Health gives you the low down on all the cleansing options out there so that you understand the pros and cons, know what to expect and can choose the method that's best for you. Of course, you can enhance any cleansing regeime by changing the food you put into your body, you can't underestimate the role diet plays in the health (both now and in the future) of your colon. This information will guide you toward making better food choices, showing you what's helpful and what's not, plus explaining the role of fiber and different types of diets that can be used to detoxify your system. Discover The TRUTH About Detoxing Your Body! more
    What Goes In Must Come Out 
    By: Marge Hartwig, Master Herbalist 
    Modern lifestyle has taken its toll on our digestive and elimination organs. Refined, processed, low fiber foods and animal fats, a lack of exercise and an ever increasing level of stress have all contributed to our current gastro-intestinal health crisis. According to the latest edition of The Merck Manual, the medical industry's standard text for dianosis and treatment of disease, almost 1/2 of American adults over 50 have herniated pockets in their bowels which is called Diverticulosis. Due to sluggish bowel movements, these "bowel pockets" fill with old fecal material which can be reabsorbed back into the bloodstream. This can infect the entire body causing all types of toxic reactions.
    A sluggish bowel can retain pounds of old, toxic and poisonous fecal matter. Many times the real cause behind sickness and disease is this retention and reabsorption of these toxic wastes. Is it any wonder that in 1992 the most common cancer among men and women in the United States was Colon-Rectal? What is the normal frequency of bowel movement in a healthy person? There has been a great misconception among the public and most medical professionals on just what is considered normal. For years, doctors have thought that once a day to, maybe once a week was perfectly normal. Yet a study of more primitive people and people living in the third world of nations tell us quite a different story. They eliminate within 20 to 30 minutes following each meal. We believe "normal" is eliminating once for every meal you eat, and we also find that we don't feel very good if we don't. 
    Through the careful buying of organically produced veggies, avoiding foods that contain perservatives and reducing your consumption of animal foods, you can make a major change in your body's health. But if you don't clean out this excessive waste build up, you've only done half the job and maybe even the wrong half. The first step in anyones health program is to stimulate, clean, and tone all the elimination organs, and the bowel is the best place to begin. You feel better and you look at the life better. It's easier to tollerate life's little problems and therefore you simply get along with your neighbors better. Maybe we could have a better world just by giving all the bad guys a colonic? See pictures of elimination's here
    The Ancient Path of Cleansing:  Colonic Hydrotherapy (Enema) Corrects Constipation
    The herbal tea blend formulated by Dr. Bill Miller can assist the body in eliminating waste, toxins and compacted fecal matter from the colon in a simple, yet effective, easy-to-use but low cost method.
    The Colon Cleansing Kit
    Most people have 5-10 pounds of matter stored in their Colon... According to autopsies, John Wayne had 40 lbs and Elvis had 60 lbs Reported in the January 11, 1999 issue of USA Today
    The Colon Cleansing Kit is formulated specifically to cleanse the entire digestive system including the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine (colon). After years of eating food it is common to build up a layer of "mucoid plaque" on the inside walls of the intestines. This plaque greatly reduces our ability to absorb nutrition as well as leading to countless health problems. This colon cleanse kit can absorb and pull the plaque from your intestinal walls and carry it out of your system. It is a 5 day program and contains 4 items and a User's guide. Learn More
    View Pictures of mucoid plaque eliminated during Colon Cleansing
    Internal Cleansing Kit  The Internal Cleansing Kit is a twenty-one day comprehensive whole body cleanse that has over 90 herbs that are potent allies to release, absorb and eliminate stored toxins. Once cleansed, the energy previously used for toxin storage is now available for your body's deep healing and rejuvenation.
    The Colon Cleansing Kit  This kit is formulated specifically to cleanse the entire digestive system including the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine (colon). After years of eating food it is common to build up a layer of "mucoid plaque" on the inside walls of the intestines. This plaque greatly reduces our ability to absorb nutrition as well as leading to countless health problems. This colon cleanse kit can absorb and pull the plaque from your intestinal walls and carry it out of your system. It is a 5 day program and contains 4 items and a User's guide. View Pictures of mucoid plaque eliminated during the Colon Cleansing
    Do you have a question about fasting or need guidance? contact Shirley or call 206-984-3009 or 323-389-0560


    Detoxification comes in many forms and refers to many different programs that cleanse the body of toxins. Today, our environment is toxic and the foods we eat, even the air we breathe and the water we drink is laden with chemicals foreign to our system. Therefore, everyone is undergoing some type of detoxification to maintain life and health. Although basic detoxification begins with diet, detox programs may include nutritional fortification for the liver, lungs, kidneys, bowels and blood.  Detoxification for the body may refer to the cleansing of the bowels, kidneys, lungs, the liver or the blood, since these are the organs involved in detoxification of chemicals and toxins from the body. The liver acts as an in-line filter for the removal of foreign substances and wastes from the blood. The kidneys filter wastes from the blood into the urine, while the lungs remove volatile gases as we breathe." Dr. Ted H Spence, DDS, ND, PhD/DSc, MPH -   Learn the different home-base methods to detoxify 
    Herbal  formulas to cleanse and purify 
    The herbal tea blend formulated by Dr. Bill Miller  can assist the body in eliminating waste, toxins and compacted fecal matter from the colon in a simple, yet effective, easy-to-use but low cost method.  (more information on healing tea)
    The following are  wild botanicals are sustainably harvested in the lush, virgin terrain of the Amazon Rainforest. They undergo a rare and superior preparation technique to retain their full essence and bioavailability.
  • Fiberzon is a synergistic blend of fibers and botanicals recognized for centuries for their cleansing properties. As an internal cleansing program, this special formula’s blend of 15 organic rainforest herbs supports the body's intestinal hygiene, which is paramount to optimal health. Fiberzon works like an intestinal broom to gently cleanse and eliminate unwanted waste.  Designed as a detoxifying, energizing, and revitalizing program, it supports overall intestinal health and digestion, timulates bowel movement for proper elimination and helps maintain healthy intestinal flora.
  • Envirozon  Purify your body. Assists the body's natural ability to cleanse and restore balance after exposure to environmental impurities. We deal with toxic exposure on a daily basis. Down loading and detoxifying environmental challenges is an integral part of optimizing health. Rainforest botanicals include Jerubeba, Quebra Pedra, and Una de Gato. Jerubeba facilitates the body's ability to reduce toxic excesses. Quebra Pedra fortifies the body's natural filtering organs while stimulating the immune system. Una de Gato's reputation as an overall cleansing agent is well known and documented.
  • Gravizon  -  An enhanced immune, circulatory and lymphatic formula. It contains the whole-leaf spagyric extract of graviola. Graviola is a small evergreen tree from the Amazon. Rainforest natives have a rich history of using this herb for its profound healing properties – among them, immune, circulatory and lymphatic support. Research since the 1940s has validated and expanded understanding of this herb and its unique phyto-nutritional qualities. 
  • Digestazon Plant-based enzymes.  -  Improve digestion-a key to good health. Aides the body's natural process of digestion and nutrient absorption. Efficient digestion is considered to be a major factor in radiant health. Sluggishness, heavy or bloated feelings after eating may all be associated with inefficient digestion. Try 20 drops of Digestazon after your next meal, you'll be glad you did. Includes Carqueja, Boldo, Anise, Peppermint. Carqueja helps support the healthy functioning of the stomach and intestinal system. Boldo helps promote good health through the urinary and digestive systems creating balance and encouraging waste elimination. Anise was originally used in ancient Egypt and encourages overall digestive comfort.
  • Detox herbal/homeopathic remedy  Assist in the elimination of toxins in the body
    • Marine Phytoplankton Dr. Jerry Tennant, MD  - "The high density of nutrients found in marine phytoplankton algae is extremely important to maintain human cell membranes in structure and function. This is vital for cell detoxification, and for the overall metabolism of human cells."
    WHAT ON EARTH IS THE GRAPE CURE?
    You overeat and overwork and overstress, and then you wonder why you feel bad. Johanna Brandt's classic "Grape Cure" will give your body a physiological detox that'll help you feel the best you've felt in years. 

    Urine therapy (Uropathy) Uropathy is one approach to health that is 100% safe to use, it is extremely effective, has never harmed anyone and it is absolutely free of charge. It cannot be controlled and you truly benefit from using it. Thousands of urine therapy advocates certify that this is a healing modality that activates de lymphatic system which detoxifies the body and starts the true process of healing and regenerating the body

    The secret to good health lies in the friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract The secret to good health lies in the friendly bacteria in the intestinal tract. Lactobacillus bacteria form a significant part of the natural intestinal  flora. Large populations of this, and other lactic acid producing  bacteria, regulate the levels of friendly bacteria and reduce the  levels of toxic pathogens that cause ill health. The reproduction ability of the bacteria in the gut is the single most important factor in a probiotic product. The bacteria must be in their natural state and alive so that once they arrive in the gut they can multiply and produce all the sub- strains necessary to maintain a healthy intestinal flora. Common warning signs of a bacterial imbalance: 
    • Allergies and food sensitivities 
    • Difficulty losing weight, sugar/carbohydrate craving 
    • Frequent fatigue, poor concentration 
    • Frequent constipation or diarrhoea 
    • Faulty digestion, acid reflux and other gut disorders 
    • Sleeping poorly, night sweats 
    • Painful joint inflammation, stiffness 
    • Bad breath, gum disease and dental problems 
    • Frequent colds, flu or infections 
    • Chronic yeast problems 
    • Acne, eczema skin and foot fungus 
    • Extreme menstrual or menopausal symptoms  learn more
    Discover the Incredible Health-Promoting Benefits of Kefir
    Exceptional Enzyme and Probiotic Support

     

    Dr. Jensen's Guide to Better Bowel Care : A Complete Program for Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management by Bernard Jensen
    "I have successfuly overcome Crohn's disease for many years and have ready numerous books on bowel management. This is by far the best book I have found on cleaning and feeding the body for optimium health."an amazon.com reviewer: Pam Collins from Halifax, Nova Scotia:
    "You will find this book to be filled with important content about how we can strengthen our immune systems to allow our bodies to heal themselves naturally from diseased conditions. I used this information as a cornerstone of a natural healing program I used to recover from a serious illness several years ago. Highly recommend this for anyone interested in optimal health or natural healing." an amazon reviewer
    Edgar Cayce's Guide to Colon Care : The First Step to Vibrant Health by Sandra Duggan
    The importance of colon health, and how to achieve and maintain it, from the Edgar Cayce psychic readings. Covers all facets, including the effects of different foods on the colon, how and when to do colonics, what to do about constipation, etc.
    Is there an easy way to free yourself of chronic aches and pains and feel healthier and more energetic than you've ever felt before? There is. It's called detoxification, a process that stimulates your body's natural ability to cleanse itself. Inside this book, you'll discover an easy, seven-day detoxification program that rids your body of harmful toxins cell by cell and leaves you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Created by nationally respected naturopathic doctors Peter Bennett and Stephen Barrie, this revolutionary programs has helped many people like you improve resistance to disease, reduce symptoms of a wide variety of chronic health problems, normalize weight, and increase physical and mental stamina. Detoxification programs are quickly gaining popularity and acceptance throughout the world of medicine. 
    Do you have a question about fasting or need guidance? contact Shirley or call 206-984-3009 or 323-389-0560

    Optimum Health Through Natural Hygiene 
    The science of Natural Hygiene is about enhancing physical, emotional and mental well-being through education. It provides us with a simple, straightforward system for regaining and maintaining superb human health and beauty. Hygiene is personally empowering and liberating. It teaches independence and rational action. It banishes fear and ignorance regarding human health and how to keep it. Ultimately it is about freedom. Natural Hygiene holds that the one cause of all disease is the toxic saturation at the cellular level of the bodily tissues, bloodstream, and fluids brought on by the depletion of Nerve Energy reserves through wrong living habits. This state of self-poisioning is alternately termed "Auto-Intoxication," "Toxicosis," and "Toxemia."
  • Natural Hygiene : The Pristine Way of Life by Herbert M. Shelton
  • An Introduction to Natural Hygiene by Herbert M. Shelton
  • The Natural Hygiene Handbook by James M. Lennon 
    • You may feel worse before you begin to feel better...
    The Road To Better Health may begin with a Healing Crisis  A healing crisis is also known as the Herxheimer Reaction which occurs when the body is detoxifying too rapidly and toxins are being released faster than the body can eliminate them. As you move toward better health with natural healing programs and better nutrition, healing begins to occur. As part of the healing process the body will begin to discard toxic residues which have built up in your body over the years. The healing process usually does not occur without repercussions. During the initial phase of healing, as your body begins to clean house, (detoxify) and your vital energy begins to repair and rebuildinternal organs, you may experience headache, uneasiness, flu like symptoms and fatigue.


    The Incredible Detox and Healing Powers of Raw (Living) Foods and Juices
    "The fastest way to restore wellness is to stop putting into the body the things that have caused the physical problem to develop in the first place, and then give the body the nutrients it needs to repair and rebuild itself. The body is self-healing when the infraction is stopped and proper nutrients provided". Rev. George Malkmus 
    Phytonutrients and Wheatgrass Juice:  wonder cleansers
    Most people who have explored the wondrously wide avenues of self-healing have heard about wheatgrass. Wheatgrass juice has been proven over many years to benefit people in numerous ways: cleansing the lymph system, building the blood, restoring balance in the body, removing toxic metals from the cells, nourishing the liver and kidneys and restoring vitality. One ounce of wheatgrass juice has the vitamin and mineral equivalent of 2.2 pounds of fresh vegetables. It contains most of the vitamins and minerals needed for human maintenance, including the elusive B12. Many of the benefits of wheatgrass juice stem from the fact that it is a living food, which is a complete protein with about 30 enzymes and is approximately 70% crude chlorophyll. 
    To detoxify my blood and to maintain my excellent health and vitality I drink daily 6 to 8 ounces of freshly pressed mixture of wheatgrass, parsley, cilantro, bitter-melon-vine/leaf,dandelion, and other green leafy veggies. I mix in one tablespoon of bee pollen. one ounce of  fulvic minerals ,  one ounce of marine phytoplankton, 2 ounces of Goji juice (rich in glyconutrients) and 1/4 teaspoon of shilajit.  I also drink Dr. Miller's Detox Tea.   I grow my own wheatgrass in flats by my windows (view instructions). Wheatgrass played a major role in my health recovery of severe lifelong illnesses. I use the Handcrank juicer (rust proof stainless steel) specifically designed to get the maximum juice from leafy plants or grass. (most other juicers shred the grass or leaf causing a huge mess and no juice.) Shirley detailed step by step what I do everyday to detoxify my blood and to maintain optimum health and vitality
    Certified Organic Whole-Food Sea Vegetables are nutrient rich super foods that respectively contain the highest levels of easily digestible vegetable protiens, amino acids, beta carotene, mixed carotenoids, vitamin B-12, iron, trace minerals, the essential fatty acids GLA and linoleic acid, phycocyanin, polysaccharides, chlorophyll and sulfolipids. Emerald Sea contains a special blend of seven (7) certified organic sea vegetables, sustainably hand-harvested and carefully sun-dried  to retain all the natural raw food benefits of these amazing plants.
    NOTE: I recently noticed that ordinary Supermarkets, Trader Joes, and 7-Eleven stores are now selling Superfood Green Juices which contains wheatgrass and barley grass, chlorella, spirulina, blue-green algae, vegetables and fruits. Although these commercial juices such as Naked's Green Marchine or Trader Joe's green juices are flash pasteurized at 160 degrees fahrenheit (which destroys much of the enzymes and other important nutrients) and are not made from organically grown veggies, they can be a second best choice for busy people who do not have the time to drink home-made fresh green juice. 

    Power Juices Super Drinks : Quick, Delicious Recipes to Prevent and Reverse Disease

    Reaching for Optimal Wellness
    An outline by  Dr. Joseph Mercola The following information took me over 7 years to compile. It is not something I came up with after a bad dream. It is a document that is in a constant state of evolution. I have used it for thousands and thousands of patients and I see the miracles it performs on a daily basis.
    I do recommend that you read the longer detailed version of this outline daily for two weeks to fully understand all that I am trying to communicate. If you follow all the hyperlinks (blue underlines) you will find that the document is a book of about 300 pages long.
    There is no charge to you for this information. It is provided solely for your benefit.
    The diet works, NOT because I am sort of super nutritional doctor, but it is because I listened to the people who entrusted me to take care of their bodies. When a recommendation did not work or made people worse, or new information came out, I revised the program. 
    Nearly half of the detailed guidelines are written by the experiences of the people I have cared for. 
    This diet program does NOT work for everyone, but about 85% is a very good percentage of success.
    It is hard to follow, and you will be a social outcast with most of your family and friends. But then again only you can make the tough choices it takes to change the food you put in your body to release the wonderful healing power that God has given to each and every one of us.
    All you have to do is follow the 
    follow the program with all its cautions and most of you will see miracles occur. The chronic health problems that you have suffered with for so long will be gone, as will be the medications you have taken to control the symptoms.
    My chief therapist, Jody, has compiled an excellent series of steps you can apply to practically develop goals to implement the program. The goals are taken from one of my all time favorite books, Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy. 
    Food Changes
    AVOID:
  • Sugar - Limiting sugar is CRITICAL 
  • Aspartame (NutraSweet or Equal)
  • Sucralose - (Splenda)
  • Trans fatty acids (all fried foods and margarine)
  • MSG (may not be listed in ingredients)
  • All artificial preservatives and chemicals, if possible
    • H. J. Roberts, M.D.  "I have observed severe intellectual deterioration associated with the use of aspartame products (NutraSweet/Equal/Spoonful/Canderal/Benevia, etc.)  It was usually manifest as great difficulty in reading and writing, obvious problems with memory and grossly impaired orientation to time, place and  person." 
    • Ralph Walton, M.D. "Aspartame has a profound effect on mood and cognition....depressed mood, anxiety, dizziness, panic attacks, nausea, irritability, impairment of memory and concentration." 

      • (Learn about the Legal class action against aspartame. ) learn more Sugar Free Products Alert!Eat More Vegetables:
  • Kale, Swiss chard, collards, spinach 
  • Dandelion greens, green and red cabbage, broccoli 
  • Red and green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, endive 
  • Chinese cabbage, bok choy, fennel, celery, cucumbers 
  • Cauliflower, zucchini, brussel sprouts 
    • Summary:The greener the better
    AVOID:
  • Iceberg lettuce: low nutritional value
  • Carrots and underground vegetables 
  • Potatoes, beets - if you have weight problem, as they are high in sugar
  • Corn 
  • popcorn, chips
  • It is a grain, not a vegetable
  • any food that has it in top five ingredients
  • Most all grains 
  • Lower your grain intake
  • Chewing gum: 
  • wastes digestive enzymes
  • source of sugar or artificial sweetener
    • Beverages:  Water Only:
  • Spring water or filtered
  • Well water is generally OK
  • Drink water at room temperature, not chilled or iced
  • Lemon juice can be added intermittently for flavor change
  • Amount needed: one quart for every 50 pounds
    • Juices
  • Freshly processed vegetable juice
  • Green tea (very limited amounts as high fluoride content may cause problems)

    •  
    AVOID: Protein
    • Meats 
      • Grass Fed
      • Poultry: chicken, turkey, ostrich
      • Game meats: venison, buffalo, lamb
    • Eggs: organic only
    • Seeds: raw only sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, flax 
    • Nuts: raw only: cashews, Brazil nuts, almonds, pecans, but limited quantities 

    AVOID:
    • Pork: ham, most bacon, pork roast and chops
    • Shellfish: shrimp, lobster, crabs, clams
    • Peanuts
    • Bananas and oranges: highly allergenic and high in sugars
      •  
    Beans and Legumes
    • Generally excellent but not complete protein source
    • "Eat Right For Your Type" blood type selection
    • Soak beans (not lentils) for 48-72 hours
    • Rinsing every 12 hours 
    • Cook them for 8-12 hours in a crock-pot 
    AVOID: Well, What Am I Supposed to Eat?
  • Cookbook can help 
    • Available for $15. This is an electronic cookbook that you can download to your computer.
  • Menu creation is vital
  • Breakfast ideas 
    • WARNING! The above diet outline will generally cause you to lose weight. If you do not want or need to lose weight you can increase the following foods: beans, squash, fruits, nuts, brown (not white) rice, millet and yams. Stop the rice and yams if your original symptoms worsen. You can also add shredded coconut to some of your meals to add calories. 

    Lifestyle Changes

    Exercise: 
  • If you need to lose weight 60 minutes every day. 
  • Work up to this slowly and you can combine several periods to reach 60 minutes. 
    • Sleep:
  • One hour outside in sun increases melatonin
  • Sleep in pitch dark to maximize melatonin
  • Go to bed before 10 PM to improve adrenal function 
    • every minute before midnight equal to ten after midnight
  • Refer to The Optimal Wellness Guide to a Good Night's Sleep
    • Sunlight 
  • One hour of sunshine a day, preferably from 11AM-1PM
  • No glasses or contacts to maximize wavelength exposure to retina
  • Full spectrum lights in winter (florescent, not neodymium)

    •  
    Electro Magnetic Fields
    .
    AVOID:
  • Electric razors
  • AC/DC transformers
  • Electric blankets
  • Waterbed heaters
  • Automatic car door openers in pocket
  • All watches unless no battery present

    •  
    Drugs
  • Minimize or avoid whenever possible
  • Especially troublesome: 
    • Antibiotics
    • Anti-ulcer drugs
    • Birth control pills or estrogen for menopause 

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    Supplements
  • Careful of most multivitamins generally not necessary
  • Good bacteria (probiotics) benefit nearly all
  • Avoid iron unless your serum ferritin is decreased
  • If supplements smell bad to you don't use them
  • Convenient way to store many supplements small fishing tackle box 
  • Betaine hydrochloride frequently helpful--need test 

    •  
    Listen To Your Body
  • Any food or supplement makes you nauseous, or makes you sick in some way stop it immediately!
  • Use as guide to determine what is right for YOUR body. 

    •  
    AVOID:
  • Microwaved food and water
  • Root canals 
  • Fluoride toothpaste, in water or treatments
  • Unclean counters: use bleach or Shaklee Basic G
  • Immunizations
  • Non-coated aluminum cookware (Teflon coated cookware is less than optimal but is acceptable unless it is chipped. However, if you heat the teflon to high temperatures then you will liberate fluoride into the air which may cause health and environmental problems.)
  • Breathing from upper chest
  • Constipation 
    • Need 2-3 bowel movements per day
    • Magnesium can be used if necessary
    • Low thyroid frequently problem
  • Quickly eating food: chew food thoroughly 
    • Antiperspirants due to aluminum
    • can wash armpits every 12 hours with soap and water

    Disclaimer - Newsletters are based upon the opinions of Dr. Mercola. They are not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and they are not intended as medical advice. They are intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of Dr. Mercola and his community. Dr. Mercola encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
     
    The incredible Healing Powers of Living (Raw) Foods and Juices "The fastest way to restore wellness is to stop putting into the body the things that have caused the physical problem to develop in the first place, and then give the body the nutrients it needs to repair and rebuild itself. The body is self-healing when the infraction is stopped and proper nutrients provided."Rev. George Malkmus
    "Fresh, raw foods contain the highest level of enzymes. Enzymes are the catalyst for the hundreds of thousands of chemical reactions that occur throughout the body. Cooked foods and dry convenient diets have been denatured and are devoid of enzymes- life-promoting elements. While they may maintain life they do not promote optimum health or longevity!"  Alicia McWatters, Ph.D., C.N.C
    "Most human illnesses and diseases are due to a deficiency of vital nutrients. When you supply your body with the proper nutrients, in a form that your body can use, it knows how to repair itself!" American Living Foods Institute

    Free To Read "Juicing Book"
    In-depth Info On Vegetable and Fruit Juices:
    21 fruits you can juice
    54 vegetables you can juice
    57 sample recipes for you to try.
    Comprehensive nutrititional analysis's
    How to sprout nuts, seeds and beans

    Dr. Schulze's Health Programs
  • Cleansing and Immune Boosting for Health
  • Basic Colon Cleanse and Detoxification Program
  • Use of Herbal Home Colonic Formulas
  • Five-day Liver Cleansing and Detoxification Program
  • Five-day Kidney Cleansing and Detoxification Program
    • Need support? Motivation? Feedback? Join the Discussion groups for CALLSTONES 
    CLEANSE --- BOWEL CLEANSE --- KIDNEY CLEANSE 
    Learn about the success that others have experienced with holistic cures, exchange ideas, give or receivemotivation and advice. Anyone can join for support and friendship. It's easy and its free!  Rare and Unusual Books on Natural Hygiene, Health Preservation and Related Topics
    Intestinal Health Institute 
    A source of information on both intestinal health issues and colon hydrotherapy. This site also offers support and feedback with its mail list/discussion group

    Are you looking for a detoxification specialist?
    Here is an international list of doctors IAHP (International Association of Hygienic Physicians)- certified in fasting and detox diets. 

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