And by house, we mean the temple and by temple, the body comes to mind. The new year is upon us and it is time to meet this 2012 change in vibration extravaganza with gusto. It is time to blow this year out of the water, and of course any old buicks or cadillacs that are hanging about with all that gum from grade school in my colon. Ugh, not a pretty picture, or notion, probably one best left behind a locked bathroom door, in a basement, in a house with no address. The inception of the cleanse idea predates the holiday season and has now come to the reality phase. Last year, I ended up sugar addicted after Christmas, no that is no cocaine under my nostrils, I am snorting powdered sugar, don't judge me. This year to top off the sugar addiction, oh evil peppermint bark of wanton doom and cellulite, we add the fact that I ate the state of Maine while on vacation. It was lovely, tons of coastline, but you will never get to see it, I seem to have eaten the whole thing. I didn't mean to, but breakfast at Elsa's Bed and Breakfast was unbelievable, grapefruit royal, baked apples and pears, gingerbread pumpkin waffles, the day started with a blood sugar spike. Then of course by lunch, after great pancreatic exertion, somehow we managed hunger again, just to be assaulted with American feed trough portions for lunch, and some alcohol, we are talking vacation after all. Then just when we were pounding on the door of situational diabetes, along came dinner time with Pavlovian regularity, bells and drooling and about 2000 more good ole' US dinner calories. Lord help us, now we shall cleanse.
Both Frank and I grew up in cities, have been raised on Flouridated water and easy breezy air pollution as well as our fair share of antibiotically enhanced, hormone raging, irradiated meats and shiny pesticide covered fruits and veggies. This was our menu unawares, and though we are drastically changed in diet and food sourcing at this time and have been for years the cold truth is that we have accumulated a wealth of molecules, particles and chemicals that sit in tissues from fat cells to spinal fluid, synovial sacks to epithelial cells and possibly even our DNA and RNA. The foreign, engineered, imbalanced, toxic or just overdosed fat soluble vitamins will continue to take up space in organs and indeed most of our body's fluids until we help escort them out. The immediate sensation pushing my personal push broom is that of being bloated, moody, hungry, sugar craving, salt craving and water retaining. That is a 6 dwarf day, Snow White may now gasp, grab skirts and run away in fear. All sensible people know any more than a 3 dwarf day makes humans intolerable. So at this time motivation is high for change, time to capitalize on it.
To begin this personal health odyssey, we will start by fasting, this allows the body to take a break from the chore of digesting food. There is no known indigenous culture that does not embrace fasting for one reason or another. Clarity, spirituality, awareness, as well as weight control, digestive disorder, grief, and gratitude are but a few of the reasons listed in cultures that range from Arctic populations to those in the South Pacific. What we hope to achieve by fasting first and foremost is a reduction in inflammation. Digestion of foods, especially the winter diet heavy on protein and cooked carbohydrates and cooked vegetables and fruits is an acid forming diet, it is also a very intensely demanding diet for the pancreas to keep up with. More fats and sugars create a huge demand for the regulation of blood sugar levels and the ability to produce insulin. Step one in any dysfunctional relationship (i.e. my relationship with food right now) is to take a break, gain a bit of perspective, everyone take one giant step back. So we will fast. My goal is for 3-5 days, maybe 7. I did make it to 7 last year and felt quite a bit better for it. To aid in our fast we will be taking a pea sized amount of bentonite clay daily as well as a fasting tea featuring burdock root, and drinking lemonade made of fresh juice and maple syrup. We will also take a tablespoon of apple cider kombucha and a bit of raw honey daily. The lemonade is a 3-4 glass a day commitment with 1-2 glasses of water for each glass of lemonade drunk. The viatamin C from the lemons will help keep the kidneys open and flowing, the bentonite clay and ACV will help prepare and condition the GI tract for cleansing and the maple syrup contains many water soluble vitamins as well as enough sugar to help wean the body back to a more sensible blood sugar level without terrible crashing and burning.
The theory is to start with a opening of the digestive tract, then cleanse the stomach to the colon, while nutritionally preparing the kidneys and liver. Then the long term, 6 week organ cleanse begins and we will then move to the cleanse of the brain and spinal column. So we begin on a Monday, nobody likes a Monday.
By the way, today was Napoleon B. Cow's one month birthday! He celebrated by keeping out of the wind and cold in his barn and some good milk from mom. He also found some way through a gate and took an evening romp across the driveway but very kindly headed right back to the pasture when asked.
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