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I just want to expand on that post with a couple more things:

1) A strict water fast will force every cell in your body to relinquish its stores as your body goes through the fast. After about 7 days, you enter the healing phase, where your body starts to really focus all it's energy on fixing whatever is wrong with it, such as killing cancers, repairing tendon damage, eliminating arthritis, etc.

2) As the cells begin to relinquish the stored up goods, the bads are released first. This detox is super-intense, happens at the 48 hour mark, and lasts about 6 to 8 hours. It feels like an intense flu, accompanied with extreme nausea, watering mouth, dizziness, etc. It will pass. It's a good thing. It only happens once, on your first fast. You're relaseing poisons and toxins into your bloodstream that you have been carrying since you were a child.

3) Fasting is a natural human condition that our bodies are designed for. We are built to go extended periods without food. Don't let Burger King fool you. When animals are critically wounded or sick, they will fast and heal. Fasting heals the body and kills any and all diseases.

There are a ton of books out there on this.

[AnIInWon]

I just want to expand on that post with a couple more things:

1) A strict water fast will force every cell in your body to relinquish its stores as your body goes through the fast. After about 7 days, you enter the healing phase, where your body starts to really focus all it's energy on fixing whatever is wrong with it, such as killing cancers, repairing tendon damage, eliminating arthritis, etc.

2) As the cells begin to relinquish the stored up goods, the bads are released first. This detox is super-intense, happens at the 48 hour mark, and lasts about 6 to 8 hours. It feels like an intense flu, accompanied with extreme nausea, watering mouth, dizziness, etc. It will pass. It's a good thing. It only happens once, on your first fast. You're relaseing poisons and toxins into your bloodstream that you have been carrying since you were a child.

3) Fasting is a natural human condition that our bodies are designed for. We are built to go extended periods without food. Don't let Burger King fool you. When animals are critically wounded or sick, they will fast and heal. Fasting heals the body and kills any and all diseases.

There are a ton of books out there on this.

So you only drink distilled water for a week?

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Correct, and absolutely NOTHING else (Not even toothpaste or chewing gum).

A week won't do you any good though, other than cleansing your colon. But other than that it will be fruitless.

After one week, your body is JUST STARTING to enter into the healing phase, and you need to give it at least a week in that phase if you have tennis elbow or whatever. It depends on the severity of the afflictions, plus remember that your body will be healing things inside you that you don't even know about.

[barsikjal]

I'm starting to feel better, but I have a headache which I can only assume came from detoxing.

It could be caffiene withdrawal. I used to get a headache every Sunday and couldn't figure out why. When I decided to stop drinking pop with my lunch at work, I got a terrible headache for 3 days and then felt much better. I never thought I was addicted to caffiene until that helped me put two and two together.

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If you are addicted to caffiene, you can avoid the headaches by jumping fully into a pure water fast. You will not get headaches from caffiene withdrawl.

Sorry, just sayin...

But first time fasters have to remember the detox that hits about 48 hours into their first fast.

[barsikjal]

[quote]Avoid all sweeteners completely unless it is the following:


<ul><li style="">Raw honey<li style="">Grade B organic maple syrup<li style="">Stevia (herb and concentrate forms only) <font color="#ff0000">

[mpzoFeJs]

It could be caffiene withdrawal. I used to get a headache every Sunday and couldn't figure out why. When I decided to stop drinking pop with my lunch at work, I got a terrible headache for 3 days and then felt much better. I never thought I was addicted to caffiene until that helped me put two and two together.

Yep!

Coffee, tea, most soft drinks, if used regularly and then stopped, will give most a headache for a few days of withdraw.

[barsikjal]

If you are addicted to caffiene, you can avoid the headaches by jumping fully into a pure water fast. You will not get headaches from caffiene withdrawl.

Sorry, just sayin...

But first time fasters have to remember the detox that hits about 48 hours into their first fast.

I actually quit pop because of the sugar and the easy calories that go with it. I had no idea I was addicted to caffiene. I had no other symptoms. At least none that I recognized.

I've been planning to try a modified paleo diet this summer. I will do the water fast first to start with a clean slate.

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Well you are doing yourself a favor Horseshoe. Search out info on HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and you will never want to drink pop again. I look at every pop like a can of poison.

They should put a skull and crossbones on the cans/bottles afiac.

[treawittelf]

Well you are doing yourself a favor Horseshoe. Search out info on HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and you will never want to drink pop again. I look at every pop like a can of poison.

They should put a skull and crossbones on the cans/bottles afiac.

So true! Soda has either HFCS or the diet has aspartame. Both horrible for you. We haven't bought soda in over a year and I never drank it much anyway. I love water!!!

FYI, they have gum at sprouts with no aspartame.

[Yarmark]

How about homemade molasses from organically grown sweet sorghum? We are going to try making some this fall - if we get enough rain to grow the sorghum.

Molasses is the one sugar that is up in the air. I have heard some intelligent people say it's good, and others say it's bad. I take a little in supplement form, and use it in very small amounts here and there, but since I'm unsure about it I didn't list it.

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2011
Unhealthy Foods: SWEET Poison

"Aspartame poisoning & aspartame side effects. Are you killing yourself with the artificial sweetener aspartame? "
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If you think you are saving on calories by using aspartame, you may be. But, you will be shortening the quality of your life if not putting your life in serious harm’s way. Please read this article as it is very important that you understand what you are putting into your body. Though aspartame has been approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), it is considered one of the most unhealthy foods you can consume.
What is aspartame?
Some of you may know it better as an artificial sweetener (a replacement for sugar) by the brand names of NutraSweet, Equal, Same, or Spoonful. All of these brands are unhealthy foods and subject your health to aspartame poisoning.

What products contain aspartame?
It is in 6,000+ ingestible products around the world. Avoid these unhealthy foods:

• carbonated soft drinks
• powdered drink mixes
• chewing gum
• confections
• gelatins
• dessert mixes
• puddings and fillings
• frozen desserts
• yogurt
• some vitamins
• sugar-free cough syrups and cough drops

Why is aspartame so harmful?
Since it’s release in mid-1983, aspartame side effects have increased from 10-80 percent depending on which disease it is. It is most notable in mimicking diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and Systemic Lupus which are both autoimmune diseases. Multiple Sclerosis affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) while Systemic Lupus attacks the body’s cells and organs caused by chronic inflammation. Most of the clinical and reported symptoms aspartame is attributed to are neurological or are connected to the nervous system. Please see this report by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS):


When aspartame was fully marketed in the United States in 1983, many Americans switched from regular sugar-laden sodas to the zero calorie diet drinks believing that they were doing something good for their health. Six months later, there was an extreme rise in disease: 10 percent brain cancer, 30 percent diabetes, and 60 percent lymphomas. The statistics are staggering according to Dr. Jim Bowen, Biochemist. Further, those statistics were from 1984 when 6.9 million pounds of aspartame were consumed. Currently, 90+ million pounds are being consumed in the United States per year.
Experts on the product:

• Dr. H.J. Robert, Board Certified Internist, says that in 1988, 80 percent of voluntary complaints to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) were on food and additives that contained aspartame. (These are complaints that did not need to be submitted.)

• Dr. Ralph S. Walton, Psychiatrist, says that aspartame impacts biogenic amines, or neurotransmitters in the brain. Essentially, it looks like this:

ASPARTAME + CARBOHYDRATES = LESS BRAIN SEROTONIN

• Arthur Evangelista, FDA Investigator, states that aspartame causes a slow accumulation of toxins that disrupt normal brain activity and endocrine and within the endocrine system (which is also controlled by the brain).

• Dr. Russell L. Blaycock, Board Certified Neurosurgeon, says that some people are more resistant than others to its obvious toxic effects, but even the resistant ones will build up a subtle toxicity where over many years will produce obvious diseases. He also states that:

Aspartame is a POISON that affects:PROTEIN SYNTHESISBRAIN SYNAPSE OPERATIONDNA Why is aspartame so dangerous?
It is a very highly crafted poison, a chemical or molecule made up of three different components:

1. Phenylalanine Isolate = 50 percent is a POISON that floods the brain lowering the seizure threshold and depleting seratonin.
2. Methylated Aspartic Acid = 40 percent is an extreme excito-toxin, implemented in vast brain damage, including the common neuro-degenerative diseases.
3. Methyl Esther-Formaldehyde-Formic Acid-Carbon Monoxide Toxic Axis = 10 percent, when swallowed, becomes methyl alcohol, also known as methanol or wood alcohol. The methyl quickly converts to formaldehyde in the body which causes severe damage to the neurological system, the immune system, and the DNA (even in low doses)

What can I do if I've been using aspartame?
First of all, you can ban the product from your body. Say “no” to any foods that contain it. When you shop for foods, be smart and read labels. If the product contains the chemical, try to find another product that is a healthier choice. There are natural sweeteners that are much less harmful to your body such as Stevia. It comes in powder and liquid and is a natural herb that contains no calories and does not affect blood glucose levels like aspartame. Live healthy by avoiding aspartame poisoning.


LINK:
http://www.911bodyrescue.com/Unhealt...e-Effects.html

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Victoria Inness-Brown’s family was addicted to diet soda. After researching the effects of aspartame, she strongly believed the artificial sweetener might one day lead to their illness or even their early deaths.
So she decided to perform her own aspartame experiment -- with 108 rats for 2 years and 8 months. Daily, she fed some of the rats the equivalent, for their body weight, of two-thirds the aspartame contained in 8-oz of diet soda.
Eleven of the females who took aspartame -- 37 percent -- developed tumors, some of massive size.
For details and photos of Inness-Brown’s amazing experiment, click the link below. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar....aspx?aid=CD12

[WordofViagra]

i recently had a discussion with a super liberal friend where i argued that the market could provide better consumer protection than the fda, and he told me the fda "basically protects us from ourselves". Wow, i need to show him this video.

fuck him.

[preachadaq]

Within 48 hours of stopping ALL aspartame consumption, my internals feel gutted with occasional sharp pains. But I'm starting to feel better, I've been flushing my system with gallons of water. I'm leaving for training in 100+ heat, so I'm going to keep hydrating.

Consider trying Bikram Yoga.