You pretty much did break the fast by eating solid food. Dong the SWF at night is also not a good idea. It is reccomended that you do it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach for best results. As far as just eating an orange, I suppose it could be much worse. You could have eaten pizza or something equally as nasty, so an orange isnt bad at all. But, personally I would consider it back to square one. During the fast the only thing that should be going into you is the lemonaid, laxative tea, salt water and perhaps peppermint tea sometimes as well to give you a different flavour. As ...
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Ideally you would do the salt water flush everyday you are on the cleanse. Every morning when you first wake up. As for the tea, you should also take the tea every day. If doing the flush then take the tea every night before bed. If not doing the flush then tea in the morning on waking and again at night before bed. The key thing is everyday. The lemonade loosens the gunk inside you, the laxative tea and flush rinse it out. If you are on the cleanse for 10 days, then you should do 10 flushes and 10 night time laxative teas. asterix   [End]
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Finding different varieties of the salt here is a big problem. I have tried 2 already, but most are iodized and enriched with this or that. China is not big on the natural food movement yet. And can you blame them? The common diet here consists of 90% fresh vegetables and tofu with rice, and very little meat. What I would eat in Canada in one portion here is a full days meat for my family of 3. Also China has an INCREDIBLY low occurence of cancer and other disease, even among smokers. Chinese women (from the 1.3 BILLION population) suffer a less than 1% instance of breast cancer. Thats not ...
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I am certainly not against an enema, however, I dont know how in the world I could get access to one or even the materials to do one myself. I am now living in China, and enemas, the master cleanser and other such tools for health are unknown and completely unheard of here. This is a culture where the everyone eats fresh veggies everyday and very little meat and other congesting products. Its truly amazing to see children who need to be forced to finish their meat and/or desserts, but you cant stop them from eating wonderful fresh veggies. And all freshly bought every day, no cans or dried ...
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Well, your best bet is to buy the book and have a good read about the program. However the basics are available by clicking the master cleanser link at the top of this page or just click here: http://curezone.com/faq/q.asp?a=13,1787,2835&q=10 asterix   [End]
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Hmmm.... Pretty much exactly the same. However I did notice the weight loss has no dropped off. Today I was down a single pound in the morning. I am thinking that since it has been years since my last MC that I was simply dumping ALOT of gunk from my colon and bowel. Truly frightening to think that that much weight could be accounted for by waste material trapped inside me. But I am thrilled it is out. I havent noticed myself getting ”skinnier” per say, but I am thankfull none the less. My grand total now stands at 12 pounds lost in 5 days.... Not too shabby. Some of my non-supportive fri ...
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Thei is getting weird. I have not had one top to bottom cleaning from the SWF yet, and I am on day 5 now. I have tried the traditional methos and Somer’s new improved one (which is MUCH better) I have added more and less salt. I even tried a different brand of pure sea salt today. Yet still nothing. I wake up extra early in the hopes of the big explosive cleansing, but it simply doesnt happen. I get a little uncomfortable, sometimes have a small, non explosive at all, BM, but other than that all I appear to be doing is adding salt water to my system which is then absorbed. The laxative tea ...
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I would think breaking up the plaque in the arteries would be a good thing. I have never heard of in my 15+ years of following this cleanse anyone having a heart attack due to it. If anything it should dramatically reduce such possibilities. Clearing the arteries is always a good thing I think. I know men and women in their 80’s who have very successfully and happily completed 30+ days on the MC. I think if the arteries are clogged bad enough to worry that the cleaning process may dislodge a potentially life threatening piece of plaque is a better risk than letting it happen naturally, wi ...
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Ouch! I can just imagine how much that hurts...... But probably not a heck of a lot you can do at this point. Your system is not accustomed to solid food at all anymore and the stomach has likely shrunk and is unable to hold the load you have put in it. Perhaps drinking lots of water will help to flush it, but doesnt seem like much else could do anything for you at this point. Talk about a tough lesson. My sympathies go out to you, but thank you for this posting. It will certainly give any other MC’ers out there thinking of doing the same thing something to think about...... asterix
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I think that is the toughest thing about the MC, at least for me. Nobody seems willing to try to understand why we do it or what we hope to achieve. My entire family thinks I am nuts. Completely and totally. And whereas they arent ready to have a confrontation with me about it, they are standing by in the sidelines telling me how stupid it is and waiting for me to keel over and drag me to the hospital. I have been in your position, doing it on your own with no support, but now I am getting reverse encouragement everyday, which I think is worse. ”oh its good enough already” or ” 4 days is m ...
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It is now day 4. Once again last night I did the light exercise, and did my lax tea before bed. I thought I would try going to bed earlier and seeing if I woke up for the BM earlier, and I did. I went to bed one hour earlier and woke up for the BM exactly one hour earlier also. And once again this morning I jumped onto the scale and I am exactly 3 pounds lighter again.... So thats 11 pounds in 4 days. I have definitely lost some size since my pants fit better, but nothing dramatic. So it is mostly coming from inside. Not that I will complain, but is it normal to show such dramatic weight l ...
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Today is day 3 for me. So far so good. Had some dizziness earlier when walking, but I think I just didnt drink enough lemonade this morning. After 30 minutes of light aerobics last night I did another quick weigh in, and yes, the 5 pound loss had stayed exactly that, however, this morning, after the BM’s from my super laxative tea I tried again. Another 3 pounds gone. So to date, 3 days on the program and 8 pounds lighter. It warms my heart to think 8 pounds of ”gunk” is now floating into the sewage system and not stuck in my body somewhere doing all manner of nasty things to me. Still ...
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Perhaps you have an ulcer already which is being aggitated by the lemon juice or cayenne. It could be a reaction to the cayenne pepper, especially if mixed too strong. It could also simply be hunger pains. In any case I don’t think you need to worry about an ulcer after only 3 cups. That would have to be the fastest ulcer in history. As for the others here who have made some mention of problems they are having, you have to keep in mind, most of what you see here will be problems and people looking for advice. I doubt there would be enough room if everyone who was happily doing the MC poste ...
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Oh yeah, they left me, so far....... I am a food addict for sure. Most of my problem is night time eating, has been since I was a child. Breakfast and lunch I could always do without, but hold me back after 8pm.... I had a very difficult time the week prior to the fast simply trying to curb the night time cravings, to prepare for the fast to come. It was sometimes so difficult I considered taking up smoking again, which I havent done in years. But thats how extreme the cravings were, even though I was eating regular meals during the day. I also remember the past couple MC’s and the crav ...
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Hi there, in my experience everything is more effective after a cleanse, including alcohol. I believe that after a cleanse your stomach and intestinal linings, not caked with old bile and food simply absorbs the alcohol faster. I could well be wrong, but that what it seems like to me. I dont drink alcohol much at all, perhaps one or two drinks a year, but I sure notice the first caffeinated coffee or tea after the cleanse. I had my first coffee, 4 days after coming off the fast last time, and I couldn’t have been more high on caffeine if you had injected it directly into my bloodstream. ...
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I have done the fast several times and read tons of material about it.... What exactly is a P&B shake? I have never heard reference to it before.... thanks asterix   [End]
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Wow! Thats the best sounding method I have heard yet! I will give it a try in the morning! Thanks Somer! asterix   [End]
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Hi all. Today is day 2 for me, and let me say, I was very suprised and somewhat shocked when I hopped on to the old scale this morning. I weighted myself last night as I started a diary to keep track of the MC. The SWF wasnt effctive on day one, nothing came out, but I did continue with the laxative tea last night. This morning I was awakened at 4am and was on the throne for 1 hour. At 5am I was able to go back to sleep for another couple hours. But while getting ready for work I thought I would hop on the scale and see if I saw a pound or two difference after the quite ”intensive” BM’s ...
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I have read tons of info, forum posts and every bit of info I could about the SWF and I really beleive I am doing it right. I mix 1 level teaspoon of sea salt into 500ml of water, and drink 2 of those. That should be the 1litre/2 tespoon requirement I beleive. But after a few failed attempts, nothing was coming out as I expected. I tried some light exercise, and again it felt like something was going to happen, but once again, nothing. So essentially I have consumed a litre of salt water, that now, 2.5 hours later is still inside me somewhere or absorbed. My question is, should I add a ...
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Hi all. Not sure if I did or not. Please use this place to email me if you want to chat live on MSN about how things are going. I will add everyone who emaisl and will share that info with the group if you wish. I really hope to talk to some of you live. It has been years since I did this and I am sure I will appreciate talking to someone who knows exactly what I am going through. Ihave never tried support in that way before. asterix   [End]
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Wow, I am so sorry to hear about your distress. I had the exact oposite reaction when I did the MC for the first time. I was having nothing but trouble and pain with bleeding ulcers, which even under a doctors medication and care had me vomitting blood. I did the cleanse for 10 days and never looked back. At first the cayenne was a little hard on my ulcers, but that went away after day 3. After that it was smooth sailing. On coming off I fond the bleeding had stopped altogether and I never had a pain again. My doctor, needless to say, was utterly baffled as to why I wasnt needing refill ...
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Please forgive me if this next bit is a little vulgar or distasteful in some eyes, but it is very true and happens only when I am doing the MC. My strange habit is paying much closer attention to my bowel movements. It never ceases to amaze me what comes out when there is nothing but liquid going in. It hardly seems possible. But oddly enough I find myself everyday, examining my ”work” to see what kind of changes are occuring and more importantly, just how much ”solid” material is being loosened and removed from my system. kinda gross, but true........ asterix   [End]
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Interesting. Would it be the same as starting from day 1 again? I certainly dont think it is cause to quit altogether, but it may just negate some of the bensifts you have achieved so far. I would keep going myself and add some extra (or 5) days to the end. But thats just me..... asterix   [End]
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It is after all supposed to be a miracle cleanser and antioxidant itself. I love the stuff and have made it a regular part of my day since coming to China. I wonder if it would be ok to drink a little of that during the fast. Any ideas? asterix   [End]
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Great stuff! Glad to see people interested already. MSN is easy, and dont worry, you canuse any email to sign up for a passport, once inside you can pick enchantedonyx or any other nickname you like. I just now mixed up a couple days worth of the brew, but as i suspect the neighborhood store did not have sea salt. I will have to get that tomorrow at a specialty market. It may be China, but I really can get everything I need here, including pure maple syrup. Surprizingly the hardest thing to get locally was the pepper powder, as most people/places simplyuse fresh peppers. But upon mixing up ...
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Hi all, I have done the cleanse several times before. I do truly enjoy the effects and benefits, but even moreso I love the reaction I get when I tell people about it! It never ceases to amaze me how they think I will drop over dead on the spot. This is my first time in years trying the cleanse. I now live in China with my wife who has never seen or heard of the cleanse and I can see already is HIGHLY skeptical and nervous about this. I doubt I will be able to get much support other than her reccomending I stop and go back on solid food again. It will be interesting though to see the ef ...
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