Total Body Cleanse?

Michele · Senior Member

RE: Total Body Cleanse?

crystal · Guru

For the parasite cleanse, the worms and such don't necessarily COME from the intestines. They can live in the liver and other organs, but they come out the digestive tract when they die. I have never done a long parasite cleanse, and mine aim at yeast, so I have not seen any of those gross things. I'm guessing it happens, but is rare to pass a huge ass worm. I think it is pretty common to pass smaller ones though, at least from the stories I have read (maybe not true?), but I have never examined my poop, lmao.

3s_a_crowd · Guru

muffy wrote:
3s_a_crowd wrote:

CoffeeQueen wrote:
crystal wrote:
A parasite cleanse is just a mix of herbs that kills worms, yeast, and other parasites that may be sucking your energy. You can get kits at whole foods or probably GNC. The Hulda Clark parasite cleanse is popular. She sells the herbs, but she also tells you the doses so that you can just buy them yourself.

Note to self. Do not look up parasite cleanse online. I almost vomitted. OMG, that shit is in my body. I have anxiety now.

I always wanted to do a cleanse, but I have to work. Can you do these and still work?
You know I am honestly skeptical about these. I have had multiple colonoscopies and have had to be completely cleansed in my colon and have never seen any of that.
I wonder if its something in the cleanse itself and people think they are seeing results. I havent looked into it too much so I dont konw but thats my thought

Tracey- it's more than just a quick colonoscopy. To feel good, you need to change your diet- no caffeine, salt, sugars, meats, processed foods- and the longer without the better. When I fast, even though it is for 10-14 days, the entire process takes a month, and my diet is changed after to limit the above mentioned things fir as long as possible after. I do know that your body heals itself of many health issues while fasting- inflammatory problems, skin probs like eczema, allergies, rheumatism, to name a few. Plus, when your digestive tract is cleaned, it absorbs vitamins better and more quickly- another reason why it's important to eat healthy, non salty, non processed foods after.

ITU that a colonoscopy wont do some of those things. HOwever Im talking about seeing the worms or parasites. Im not saying a one day clean out will make your body more energetic or you a healthier person.

Michele · Senior Member

crystal wrote:
For the parasite cleanse, the worms and such don't necessarily COME from the intestines. They can live in the liver and other organs, but they come out the digestive tract when they die. I have never done a long parasite cleanse, and mine aim at yeast, so I have not seen any of those gross things. I'm guessing it happens, but is rare to pass a huge ass worm. I think it is pretty common to pass smaller ones though, at least from the stories I have read (maybe not true?), but I have never examined my poop, lmao.

Don't you think you would know or feel differently if you had a parasite in your body? I guess I go to the doctor way more than the common population and have enough stuff done that it seems they would have detected something along these lines in all the testing. I've had all my liver function tested and had CT scans of my abdomen and had colonoscopies and many, many more tests and nothing odd has ever shown up. Like I said I asked about parasites once years ago I was told it is not common at all in the USA, unless you travel out of country a lot of course. I'm not saying it's not possible. All it takes is some undercooked pork and you can get some I'm sure.

Supafly · Guru

Michele wrote:
On a complete flip to the topic, Supa, I saw or read an article in a health magazine quite a few months ago (6+ mos) about a man who had such severe UC and his docs wanted him to start remicade and he just refused. He heard about people actually introducing some sort of parasite into the digestive tract to heal it and he requested they allow him to in some sort of trial he read about overseas. Of course they told him they wouldn't do it with him so he went to Thialand or somewhere and bought the eggs and ate them and got infected and his UC started to clear up. His doctors were amazed and did a colonoscopy and saw all the worms in there. When he started to flare again they did another one and found less worms so he went and got more worms (again on his own) and his UC went into remission. So now the doctor I believing are preparing some sort of limited trial like this for UC people here in the USA. I can't remember what book I read this in - maybe in a doctors office magazine.

Yes, there are people trying that on my UC board-whipworms. I am not terribly interested in trying that at this point-yuck, but It is sort of facinating!!! It is strange what people figure out when they are ill, isn't it???

crystal · Guru

Michele wrote:
crystal wrote:
For the parasite cleanse, the worms and such don't necessarily COME from the intestines. They can live in the liver and other organs, but they come out the digestive tract when they die. I have never done a long parasite cleanse, and mine aim at yeast, so I have not seen any of those gross things. I'm guessing it happens, but is rare to pass a huge ass worm. I think it is pretty common to pass smaller ones though, at least from the stories I have read (maybe not true?), but I have never examined my poop, lmao.
Don't you think you would know or feel differently if you had a parasite in your body? I guess I go to the doctor way more than the common population and have enough stuff done that it seems they would have detected something along these lines in all the testing. I've had all my liver function tested and had CT scans of my abdomen and had colonoscopies and many, many more tests and nothing odd has ever shown up. Like I said I asked about parasites once years ago I was told it is not common at all in the USA, unless you travel out of country a lot of course. I'm not saying it's not possible. All it takes is some undercooked pork and you can get some I'm sure.

Well, a lot people do the cleanse because they aren't feeling well, you know? People claim it makes them feel better after killing the parasites. It could be placebo though.

Nicole · Veteran Member

Tell me more about this water fast.... how does it benefit? I am having a terrible time losing weight. I work out like crazy and eat next to nothing. I need to find a happy medium where I see results but am able to eat somethign here adn there....

My diet is hard boiled eggs, yogurt and granola or fiber cereal in it. And lots of water. I do drink my coffee I can't give up my coffee.... I just love my coffee...:) I was looking forward to this cleanse helping get a head start on my weight lost, getting no where adn have only about 5 days left of it to take.... Can I jump into another cleanse?

Juni · Guru

Nicole wrote:
Tell me more about this water fast.... how does it benefit? I am having a terrible time losing weight. I work out like crazy and eat next to nothing. I need to find a happy medium where I see results but am able to eat somethign here adn there....
My diet is hard boiled eggs, yogurt and granola or fiber cereal in it. And lots of water. I do drink my coffee I can't give up my coffee.... I just love my coffee...:) I was looking forward to this cleanse helping get a head start on my weight lost, getting no where adn have only about 5 days left of it to take.... Can I jump into another cleanse?

You're not going to lose if you're not eating much. Have you heard of myfitnesspal.com? It's a good place to get good info about calories you need and how to change that depending on the amount of exercise, your size, how much you want to lose, etc.

muffy · Guru

Nicole wrote:
Tell me more about this water fast.... how does it benefit? I am having a terrible time losing weight. I work out like crazy and eat next to nothing. I need to find a happy medium where I see results but am able to eat somethign here adn there....
My diet is hard boiled eggs, yogurt and granola or fiber cereal in it. And lots of water. I do drink my coffee I can't give up my coffee.... I just love my coffee...:) I was looking forward to this cleanse helping get a head start on my weight lost, getting no where adn have only about 5 days left of it to take.... Can I jump into another cleanse?

I have a Russian friend who taught me how to water fast 10 years ago. It is a serious process. These days there is more info on the Internet. Some links I like are... ( on the first 2 site, look at the left for more website content about fasting. It's all a good read) http://www.freedomyou.com/fasting_book/water%20fasting.htm http://www.allaboutfasting.com/water-fasting.html I caution fasting to lose weight- after fasting you need to eat healthy, drink lots of water, and exercise more or you will quickly put all the weight back on. http://www.falconblanco.com/health/fasting.htm

CoffeeQueen · Guru

nicole, your body could be starving and holding all your calories. I would track what you eat and see how many calories you are actually taking in. It allows you to track your exercise too, and adjusts the calories based on activity. Use the myfitnesspal.com, like Megan said above. Fasting is not good to do while doing heavy work outs.

muffy · Guru

CoffeeQueen wrote:
nicole, your body could be starving and holding all your calories. I would track what you eat and see how many calories you are actually taking in. It allows you to track your exercise too, and adjusts the calories based on activity. Use the myfitnesspal.com, like Megan said above. Fasting is not good to do while doing heavy work outs.

The ONLy exercise you should do while cleansing ir fasting is a walk. Your body is concentrating on healing itself. Workout us a stressor- it should be avoided. Nicole, looks like you need guidance to help you understand your goals and how to get there. A water fast more than 2 days should be under medical supervision, at least the first few times. None of these should be taken lightly. A diet of eggs, granola, and yoghurt is, IMO, nit good and not a cleanse. Eggs are rich in cholesterol. Granola, especially if not homemade, is full of sugar and calories. Imo, You should change to only raw fruits and vegetables. Go fir a few days of only fruit and veg juice ( natural, nothing else added). No animal protein or dairy. Add in brown rice and quinona and healthy grains. Yoghurt too. Shop in a health store, not a normal grocery store. Buy Joel fuhrmans fasting book. You can find on amazon. It will give you a lot of help about eating healthy.