The continuation of my detox procedures to show that I would not ask you to do anything that I wouldn’t do myself was put to the test this past weekend. The two day cell cleanse was very tough for me to endure. My metabolic type is not exactly suited to the procedure of the cell cleanse. i.e. it involved using foods that one would not find on my own allowable food list. The cell cleanse consists of a TWO DAY FAST - if I’m honest the thought of two days without food was a helluva lot worse than the thought of doing an enema! No food and no exercise for two days? My life’s been turned upside down!
March 19, 2007
You put coffee where?
Yes if like me the first time you heard the words coffee and enema strung together in a sentence your mind went foggy and legs began to wobble, then worry not as I believe you are in good company. Any body who has been fortunate enough to engage in conversation with me about this subject has nine times out of ten uttered the words "Coffee?? Enema?? You'll not catch me doing that in a million years!" Well my million years surely ran out as I enrolled on the detox programme for Metabolic Typing Level Two.
Having not had much chance to blog recently, I should let you know that at the time of writing I have carried out three or four of these (admittedly pleasant!) procedures. i am going to report on the first of these which can only be described as both 'the best and worst experience of my life'.
Why coffee enemas? During the first world war, warm water enemas were given to soldiers who were experiencing pain and illness from life in the trenches. One day, a nurse - obviously hyper and wired from drinking too much of the stuff - decided to add coffee to the enemas since if it made her feel better, why wouldn't it benefit the soldiers? So World War One soldiers were administered coffee enemas for the first time - and soldiers reported that their 'ablutions were doing some good and that their pain was much relieved'. So how does it work?
March 13, 2007
Detox skin cleanse #1
So the detoxification process began this week as I mentioned in an earlier blog post. If you didn’t catch it, I am proving that I walk my talk and don’t ask clients to do that which I would not do myself!
This week I have had to carry out a dry skin rub prior to bathing or showering as a means of detoxification via the skin. The skin is the biggest organ in our body and it acts as a third kidney, meaning it has a very important part to play in the whole detoxification process. Interestingly enough, embryologically, your skin grows out of your brain or put another way, your skin is your brain (which is why it feels nice to touch and may be a good reason why people make love with their clothes off – because it feels better than with the clothes on which reduces contact with the brain!) Hmm!
Other important roles that the skin plays is to:
• Act as a protective shield to the body
• Regulate body temperature
• Act as a respiratory organ
• It performs absorbtion activities by assimilating oxygen and other nutrients
• And it aids in the elimination of toxic waste from the body.
To find out how I got on, click the link below and continue reading:
March 11, 2007
The Detoxification programme
I don’t know if this is the kind of material you wanted to read… but I figured it might be a good thing to attempt to prove to my readers that I definitely do try to ‘walk my talk’. For those of you that don’t understand that terminology – Yes, I do everything that I ask you to do – so there’s no “do as I say, don’t do as I do” about my approach to your health, wellbeing and fitness.
This blog is a chance to introduce what I will be going through over the next eight to ten weeks and unless I have a considerable back lash against the content, then you should be able to follow my experiences online. Currently I have no idea of how graphic they might turn out to be. So what am I doing? Detoxing.
The second part of my Advanced level two course for Metabolic Typing is to learn all about detoxification using a variety of tools to help me detox myself. The one I’m most looking forward to sharing with you will be the coffee enema. Yup, most of you will know that I haven’t physically taken coffee orally for about 3 years now – not once, and now for the purpose of qualification, I have to stick it where the sun don’t shine for health benefits! Bet you can’t wait to read about that…
So what is detoxification? It’s a means by which the body releases toxins and heavy metals from the body cells in order to relax the stress or physiological load on the body – to prevent poor health. The presence of toxic and heavy metals in the body is inhibiting for the body and it’s processes. I have worked with many people over the years who have experienced a healing crisis and have quit on my advice because they weren’t expecting to detox so quickly and it can be a shock to the system. When you heal yourself, your body releases toxicity and it can worsen your symptoms for a time. Medication doesn’t cause a healing crisis because the toxins can remain in the cells – you simply feel artificially better.
What about celebrity detox? Oh yes, a bit of sugar (maple syrup), a few vitamins, a dodgy urine looking colour and a big celebrity smile on the label. Suffice to say I won’t be doing anything like that, rather I will keep up my optimal food diet – which on it’s own is enough to produce detoxification as good nutrition displaces toxic minerals with good healthy minerals in the cells – no going hungry and feeling weak.
With each detox, I’ll outline the benefits for you and what is expected. So if you have the good fortune to work with me over the next ten weeks you’ll be able to witness first hand if it’s doing me any good or not!!!
First detox: The dry skin rub….
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