carol rustin

I had to go back and edit something I wrote yesterday. You cannot substitute honey for the syrup…my bad. Also, laxative tea is what you use at night if youre going to do a salt water bath in the morning. I did the tea last night and woke up from stomach pains at 2:30 am. I was in the bathroom until 4 am (yes i talk about poop. its an important part of this cleanse).  Needless to say, I decided to snooze until 8:30 instead of waking up at 7:30 and doing the salt water bath. I’ll do my salt water bath later today. It needs to be done on an empty stomach so I’m going to finish my juice around noon and then do the chug at about 2:30 or 3 (whenever i get home from work). More later!

Later:

i did my salt water bath about 20 mins ago. now we play the waiting game. i read that you’re supposed to wait until you simply cannot hold it anymore to go to the bathroom. fun, huh?

i went to whole foods today to stock up on lemons and limes. tomorrow will be the first day we try the juice using limes instead of lemons. i wonder if it will be good–ive never had limeade before. i imagine its going to be similar. the cayenne is going to taste better with the lime though i believe–makes more sense than the lemon. cayenne pepper has actually been known for its healing power for thousands of years. cayenne pepper extract is known to help heart attack victims. you’re supposed to spoon feed the person having the heart attack a teaspoon of the extract every 15 mins or a teaspoon of the powder mixed into a shot glass of hot water. its pretty interesting all the good cayenne peppers do for you. read all about it here.

for those of you who are confused or think we are “starving” ourselves, the juice we make is actually liquid food. lemons and limes contain the richest source of vitamins and minerals of any food. maple and cayenne are also full of vitamins and minerals so your body doesnt feel hungry when you’re on this cleanse. the cayenne re-builds the bacteria in your stomach that dies when youre on it. when you eat solid food, your body is so busy breaking it down it never has a chance to clean itself out. this cleanse is just giving your body the time it needs to clean itself. i am a strong believer that people are not meant to eat red meat. our bodies simply arent equipped to break it down. your little insides are working their butts off trying to break down that burger you ate for dinner last night. they’re tiring themselves out–dont you think they deserve a little break and some “me time”? it takes about 72 hours to break down red meat. if you’re eating red meat everyday, where does it get stored when its waiting in line to get broken down? a recent study has shown that 30-40% of people with colon cancer eat red meat or processed meats daily. avoiding colon cancer means giving up red meat? fine with me…the choice is pretty simple actually. not only does red meat put you on the fast track to cancer but its also LOADED with saturated fat.

i feel great. im not hungry and i have a lot of energy again. im really happy we decided to do this cleanse–its already change my life and im only half way though!