11-03-2021, 04:07 PM
(11-02-2021, 09:36 AM)Diana Wrote:(11-02-2021, 12:03 AM)pat19989 Wrote: My digestive system has been giving me great trouble these past couple weeks, feel like I need to fast, but am a little afraid to go all in with it. I'd like to go at least a couple days on the lemon juice, cayenne, water, and maple syrup mixture. Does anyone have any experiences with these types of fasts or similar? My main goal is to give my digestive system a break and to challenge my ego.
I have done the lemonaide diet for a couple of weeks at a time few times. I felt fine while on it. I even traveled once while on it to Seattle for a long weekend, and brought containers of the mixture with me. I have to admit that I did have coffee while there, as the the hotel I was in was on a city block, and that block had a coffee cafe on every side of the block wafting delicious coffee smells.
I have done many cleanses as well while eating and fasting. The most important foods to avoid while doing a cleanse are meat and dairy (due to the toxic reaction the human body has to these foods). These cleanses—I can highly recommend Robert Gray and Arise and Shine as I have done both and they both work really well—include herbal supplements to soften trapped materials in the digestive tract, such as sludgy or blocked ducts as well as clearing out the intestines, etc., and psyllium to pull out those materials, and more things to optimize the cleanse such as bentonite clay and probiotics afterwards to replenish flora.
Another idea from a friend as part of her spiritual practice is to give the digestive tract a rest by water fasting one day each week.
Thank you so much for the resources! I think I will start the lemonade diet this sunday, and see how it goes. I will check my local wellness stores for the supplements you mentioned!