Okay so anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a fan of enemas, colonics or salt water flushes (SWFs). It's not my thing... and although I feel this way, I have been told by many people that it's very important to do these when you are fasting or feasting for any length of time... especially during extended fast/feasts.
Well I have just read, probably the most interesting article on enemas and why you should NOT do them.
I have been saying for awhile now that:
1) if we needed to have our colons flushed out then our bodies would do that on their own... just like our uterus is flushed out naturally every month.
2) our bodies are perfect and do not need assistance to heal - other than fasting which is normal in the animal world.
And here it is... in writing:
Dr. Herbert Shelton... on fasting and enemas. Frickin' blew me away reading this!
Ya it's a long read... but it's soooooooo worth it. It's a study which was done in the early 1900's/1930's regarding enemas.
So... I won't be doing enemas, SWFs or colonics during my 92 day juice feast... and I feel great about that decision! I feel like I am listening to my body, to my heart in this. I have never felt it was a wise decision and was really questioning myself on this because so many raw foodists believe so strongly in the power of the enema. They also believe that toxins are re-absorbed when we don't use an enema while fasting. Dr. Shelton proves them wrong.
By the way Mahatma Gandhi reportedly relied on Shelton's writing about fasting.
Dr. Shelton was a prominent American health educator, vegetarian, and advocate of fasting cures. His fasting clinic, the Dr. Shelton Health School was in San Antonio.
What a great way to end a stress-filled day.
namaste'
namaste'!!!
Update: Day 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13 (the only day my BM was a little hard and took longer to pass from the body), Day 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22... all natural BMs. I'll keep adding this as my Juice Feast progresses. These are all without any assistance... no enemas, colonics or herbal assistants. All of these movements have been a minimum of 6" in length and most are 8" in length. Easy to pass, fully formed but soft.
: Day 24, 25, 26, 28 - The texture of my BMs have changed. Very mucous covered. Slips out of the bowel without any effort. Day 26 & 28's movements were small 'chunks'.
: Day 31 - Long rope-like BM
: Day 32 - BM - smaller pieces - very floaty
: Very very very emotional week. No BM till I did 30 oz of apple juice with a touch of lime - within 30 minutes had an enormous BM. This was on Day 36
: formed but mushy BM Day 38 - then lots of the 'fibre' type coming out all evening. Had extra cayenne and chili today in my juice... I believe that's what is moving this 'fibre' out of my body. Happy to see it go!
: Day 39, 41 and 42 - thin strings of BM. 1/2 cup maybe. (ya I know... too much information LOL)
: Day 44 - 3 BMs!
: Day 45 - huge BM twice today! - Last day of Juice Feasting!!!
No enemas, colonics or other herbal assistants used during this feast and as you can see... my bowels did just fine on their own!!!
Okay so anyone who knows me, knows that I am not a fan of enemas, colonics or salt water flushes (SWFs). It's not my thing... and although I feel this way, I have been told by many people that it's very important to do these when you are fasting or feasting for any length of time... especially during extended fast/feasts.
Well I have just read, probably the most interesting article on enemas and why you should NOT do them.
I have been saying for awhile now that:
1) if we needed to have our colons flushed out then our bodies would do that on their own... just like our uterus is flushed out naturally every month.
2) our bodies are perfect and do not need assistance to heal - other than fasting which is normal in the animal world.
And here it is... in writing:
Dr. Herbert Shelton... on fasting and enemas.
Frickin' blew me away reading this!
Ya it's a long read... but it's soooooooo worth it. It's a study which was done in the early 1900's/1930's regarding enemas.
So... I won't be doing enemas, SWFs or colonics during my 92 day juice feast... and I feel great about that decision! I feel like I am listening to my body, to my heart in this. I have never felt it was a wise decision and was really questioning myself on this because so many raw foodists believe so strongly in the power of the enema. They also believe that toxins are re-absorbed when we don't use an enema while fasting. Dr. Shelton proves them wrong.
By the way Mahatma Gandhi reportedly relied on Shelton's writing about fasting.
Dr. Shelton was a prominent American health educator, vegetarian, and advocate of fasting cures. His fasting clinic, the Dr. Shelton Health School was in San Antonio.
What a great way to end a stress-filled day.
namaste'
namaste'!!!
Update: Day 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13 (the only day my BM was a little hard and took longer to pass from the body), Day 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22... all natural BMs. I'll keep adding this as my Juice Feast progresses. These are all without any assistance... no enemas, colonics or herbal assistants. All of these movements have been a minimum of 6" in length and most are 8" in length. Easy to pass, fully formed but soft.
: Day 24, 25, 26, 28 - The texture of my BMs have changed. Very mucous covered. Slips out of the bowel without any effort. Day 26 & 28's movements were small 'chunks'.
: Day 31 - Long rope-like BM
: Day 32 - BM - smaller pieces - very floaty
: Very very very emotional week. No BM till I did 30 oz of apple juice with a touch of lime - within 30 minutes had an enormous BM. This was on Day 36
: formed but mushy BM Day 38 - then lots of the 'fibre' type coming out all evening. Had extra cayenne and chili today in my juice... I believe that's what is moving this 'fibre' out of my body. Happy to see it go!
: Day 39, 41 and 42 - thin strings of BM. 1/2 cup maybe. (ya I know... too much information LOL)
: Day 44 - 3 BMs!
: Day 45 - huge BM twice today! - Last day of Juice Feasting!!!
No enemas, colonics or other herbal assistants used during this feast and as you can see... my bowels did just fine on their own!!!