| Fasting is not for everyone who wants to cleanse, | | | | - It makes you feel full so you can even lose weight |
| for a variety of reasons: | | | | - It also reduces cholesterol |
| - They don't want to go through that 3 day funk | | | | What is it? Soluble fiber. What foods consist of |
| - Its too difficult to run a family and cook for others | | | | soluble fiber? Oats and oat bran, nuts, barley, flax, |
| - The initial low blood sugar crashes are too | | | | oranges, apples, and carrots to name a few. |
| inconvenient | | | | But one of the best things you can take as pure |
| - The readjustment in eliminations are too | | | | soluble fiber for the mere purpose of a good cleanse |
| uncomfortable | | | | is psyllium. Psyllium is a fibrous seed and often made |
| - They can't afford to loose stamina at work | | | | in the form of a powder for cleansing. |
| - There is no support system in place | | | | Do you know that psyllium was used in ancient Egypt |
| This is not to say that fasting isn't beneficial, I think | | | | and was described in the Ebers Papyrus (medical |
| it's great and it has some awesome benefits for | | | | documents of 1500 BC)? It was used for its laxative |
| health and beauty. | | | | and antidiarrheal properties. What does that tell you? |
| But I would rather eat and cleanse, than not eat and | | | | It tells you that it can have both effects, so |
| cleanse. | | | | therefore it is "balancing". |
| I attended a two week intensive cleansing retreat | | | | Other early Old World uses of psyllium seeds were |
| last March in Southern California where we alternated | | | | to treat sores of the mouth and throat, stop |
| raw foods for 4 days with 3 days of juicing fasting. I | | | | nosebleeds, treat complications of the liver, and help |
| lost so much weight that I really didn't want to loose | | | | to fix loose teeth. Psyllium was administered to |
| (10 pounds in the first 3 days) and when I got home | | | | assuage complications from scurvy and worms. |
| I ended up eating more food than I normally eat, and | | | | The plant itself is 'plantago' and other parts of the |
| gained all the weight back plus more. I think my body | | | | plant are known to be medicinal as well. Native |
| went into a starvation mode and my metabolism | | | | Americans and Aztecs used plantago husks and |
| stepped down a few notches. | | | | leaves as cough remedies, for wounds, insect bites, |
| So, from that experience I decided to delegate part | | | | and headaches. |
| of my daily intake to substances and foods that will | | | | Where do we get psyllium? Many cleansing products |
| continuously cleanse my body. | | | | on the market contain psyllium. One of the most |
| Now, if I were to tell you there was something we | | | | popular products found on grocery store shelves is |
| could eat every day that will help take toxins out of | | | | Metamucil - but that has other stuff in it including lots |
| your body, would you be interested in finding out | | | | of sugar. |
| what that was? | | | | Here are two sources for a more natural and healthy |
| First, let me describe to you its features: | | | | psyllium product: |
| - It was used by the Egyptians for cleansing | | | | - Trader Joes Store (if you are lucky enough to have |
| - When we eat it it doesn't get digested | | | | one near you) has a product of pure psyllium call |
| - It's not absorbed into the bloodstream | | | | Secrets of the Psyllium. |
| - It absorbs water and swells up | | | | - Young Living has a product called ICP Multiple Fiber |
| - It becomes like a gel that also absorbs toxins | | | | Beverage along with oat bran, aloe, flax and fennel, |
| - It slows down absorption of sugar so it keeps | | | | and some other things including essential oils that are |
| blood sugar down | | | | good for the digestive system. |
| - As it moves through your intestines, it 'scrubs' the | | | | One very important thing to remember when you |
| walls of your intestinal tract | | | | take psyllium: Drink Water! |