Even on the diet mentioned, I had cold hands, feet, body most of the time.
About the gold, no not extreme, I rather say advanced as it may cause an emotional detox, and spiritual. Here is a thread about it; //www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=2023831#i
I have also been through a phase where I took too many supplements, herbs, in a desperate attempt to speed up the process. I learned by doing to simplify it, and that time is needed. Over doing things is just part of the learning process IMO.