cleansing Irene

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Irene,

Just a little fuss here. Maybe I didn't explain my analogy real well but I

use it all the time to help people understand that you can't tear up the

intestines and then also not rebuild them and expect good results. Please

be careful about being too defensive about what others say and thus

misunderstand the point they are trying to make.

With all due respect

Kathy

s wrote:

> Cleansing is fine, sort of.

???

> My analogy --- Your lawn is in bad shape and the grass is over run by

weekds

> and bare patches, so you dig it all up, clear it away,

Doing that with the body would require you to remove the intestine and

get a transplant just because the cells of the intestine are in poor

health. Great if you have an identical twin on standby who does not need

their intestine and can give it to you.

But if you want to get real here, you have only the one set of

intestinal lining cells that are there - it's what's there, however

badly you damaged it with junk food and drugs.

The ONLY healthy option is to repair it, not dig it up!! The cells

there are delicate and they are easily damaged. No chemicals or resting

states will help them feel better.

> and you now have good

> clean soil.

Bad analogy. The gut cells can not be " weeded " - they have to be repaired.

> To then have a healthy lawn you need to sow grass seed, cover

> it, water it and pamper it for a whole season.

With the intestines you have to do this right away - without the

weeding/trasnsplant step :-)

> If not you end up with the

> same mess you tried to clean up.

Huh?

If you put junk in your intestines yes you will more damage - whether

the junk is a " cleanse " or bad food - but if you put nutritious things

there, they will repair and be healthy and resist damage.

> So. You have cleansed but have you reestablished the good bacterial

> balance. Usually a bad balance with the bad food is why you need to

> cleanse in the first place.

No. It's why you need to replace the bad food with the right food. Any

delay such as a " cleanse " is only going to damage the cells even more

and make it harder to repair them, not easier.

> Maintain a good bacterial balance and every

> thing works right.

Yes. But no cleanse does that.

You have to do it with diet and supplements.

> Acidophilus

> FOS

> Glutamine

> Rice Bran

> etc.........

> to rebuild proper digestion.

Right.

Rebuild - not cleanse!

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Cheers,

Kathy