So I completed the liver/gallbladder flush a couple of weeks ago. Can I just say M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E??? Good heavens, it was a disaster!! For those of you asking about my results, I needed to distance myself from the trauma of the experience before I could write reasonably about it. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating. But just a [...]
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Liver/Gallbladder Flush Results
Posted in Health, My Health Journey, Natural Remedies, tagged gallbladder flush, liver flush on October 28, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Benefits of Juice Fasting, Part 2
Posted in Health, My Health Journey, Natural Remedies, Uncategorized, tagged fast, fasting, gallbladder, juice fasting, liver on October 15, 2008 | 10 Comments »
As a continuation of yesterday’s post, here are two more reasons I am enjoying juice fasting.
Extra Time
I spend a lot of time every day preparing food, eating it, and cleaning up afterwards. I am more aware of this than ever, now that I don’t have to do it! I’m also amazed by how much of my energy [...]
Benefits of Juice Fasting, Part 1
Posted in Health, My Health Journey, Natural Remedies, Uncategorized, tagged fast, fasting, juice fasting on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I never thought I could do a juice fast. Go without food? For days? Not on my list of fun things to do! Contemplating it, I even felt a little panicky. But this is my second juice fast, and I’ve discovered it’s quite a unique experience — one that I’ll continue to seek out in [...]
Liver/Gallbladder Cleansing and Hormones
Posted in Health, My Health Journey, tagged liver, hormones, cleanse, juice fast, apple juice fast, gallbladder on October 13, 2008 | 16 Comments »
It may be Monday, but I’m not working on a menu plan for the week. For the next five days, my husband and I will be consuming nothing but unfiltered apple juice.
Sigh.
I started this fast on Friday, and my husband started on Sunday, after he finished off the contents of our fridge. (What a helpful fellow!) [...]
Low-Glycemic Smoothies
Posted in My Health Journey, Recipes, tagged food, diabetes, hypoglycemia, diabetic, hypoglycemic, raw milk, smoothie, coconut oil, hemp on September 23, 2008 | 22 Comments »
I ruled out smoothies as a reasonable part of my diet quite some time ago. With my hypoglycemia, all of the bananas, mangos, pineapple, and raw honey were decidedly counterproductive. Blood sugar crash guaranteed. I also discovered that soy protein powders weren’t a good option because of my hypothyroidism and female hormone imbalances. Not to mention that [...]
A New Frugal, Productive Co-Hobby: Gardening
Posted in Avoiding Toxins, Family, Green Living, My Health Journey, Saving Money, eating locally, tagged eating seasonally, farmers' markets, gardening, hobbies, vegetables on September 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Besides raising safety concerns for ourselves and others, hurricane Ike ruined Justice’s and my plans for a special date night yesterday. With posts on gardening and its wonderful fruits flooding the blogosphere lately, my increasing interest in eating seasonally (spawned by the farmers’ markets), my mother-in-law’s recent success growing just a handful of spinach plants, [...]
Reflections on Nutritional Challenges & Experiments
Posted in My Health Journey on August 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I have been floundering a bit recently with my nutritional approach. Now that many peripheral health issues have been resolved, I’m noticing a few things in my diet that are not working for me. One of the most obvious is the inclusion of grains. Brown rice hates me. Even gluten-free, Body Ecology Diet-approved grains like buckwheat, quinoa, and millet torment me. I’ve been [...]
