In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

7. Regarding colon hydrotherapy, my biggest concern is that is clears out the good stuff along with the bad. By good stuff I mean beneficial gut microbes. I observe many colon hydrotherapists don't even suggest a probiotic formula to their clients...?? Also, sorry but if somebody needs to get their colon blown out 2 - 3 times a week for a year, that tells me the treatment isn't working. Once every few months is a different thing.

8. In my experience, I have found health to have much more to do with getting the right stuff in, rather than getting the wrong stuff out. This is the crux of my argument against anything which places undue focus on fasting, "detoxing", and strict taboos on certain substances. Think about it. What kind of thought process is this approach based on? Negating a negative? That kind of thing doesn't usually work out too well. This is not to say there is no benefit whatsoever to these things, so please, don't go there. It is about the thought process involved.

As to the efficacy of what you say about testing, and not following a "guru," that makes sense to me.

My response to:

7. I wasn't referring to a colon irrigation, or "high colonic." I was referring to a gentle, slow cleansing using herbs and psyllium to clear out the digestive tract. I certainly would not propose one did this, or would need to, a few times a year. I have done it approximately once in ten years. Of course you replenish with probiotics and healthy food afterwards.

8. We all eat junk at some points. We breathe polluted air and drink questionable water. So, an occasional cleaning out might be a good thing. And what's wrong with detoxing? Our bodies do it by sweating, the lymph system. And there is the idea that when we are instigating the cleanse on a physical level (which sets intention); might it not follow that we cleanse on other levels as well?

I agree that what you put into your body is the prime concern; hence this thread about eating meat.

I see your concerns as a wellness practitioner (you are an ND?) and they are valid. But not everybody is a fanatic about things, and not everybody obsesses. I consider myself a pretty balance individual (except that I probably work too much ), and when I consider my health and what to do about it, I do it with discernment, research, and logic, aside from whatever intuitive messages I've gotten.

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Based on some responses to my posts, I can see that I haven't really much credibility on this forum.

I wouldn't say that. Personally, I respect your training and experience!

It might help to remember that this forum is populated by people who generally don't accept anyone as authorities on anything. Remember, most of us have shed the shackles of mainstream religion. Many have shed the shackles of mainstream medicine too.


So please understand that it's nothing personally directed at you, if some members of this forum question some things that might seem 'fact' to you.

I agree with Monica .

Isn't part of our awakening thinking for ourselves, and discerning for ourselves? It doesn't matter who or what tells me something, I always research myself and make up my own mind . Please don't take it personally.