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Full Moon Colon Cleansing

Guess what I’ve discovered this week? That I needn’t be so strict about my diet when taking herbs and psyllium fiber to cleanse old layers of accumulated gunk off the walls of my colon. Yippee!

After reading Robert Gray’s Colon Health Handbook 17 years ago, I was sure that eating a completely non-mucos-forming diet was necessary during a colon cleanse. But, recently, I’ve been getting great results (clearer skin and feeling lighter and more energized), in simply taking the herbs and psyllium fiber with PLENTY of water (at least 70 ounces/day), but continuing to eat some of my usual foods which are definitely mucos-forming, but which strengthen and fuel my system; quality meats, nuts & seeds, and fats & oils.

The reason, they say, for avoiding these kinds of foods during colon cleansing (especially the highly mucos-forming foods like dairy products and refined flour products), is because the herbs you take to slough off the old sticky layers of pooh, get caught up in mucos instead of being able to reach the walls of your colon. Colon cleansing can also be done via a series of enemas or colonics, but I much prefer eating the herbs and psyllium.

I started my colon cleanse last Tuesday, about 3 days before the full moon, and I’m continuing to get lots of old, dry matter out of my colon, regardless of including butter, coconut oil, eggs, nuts, and some quality meats as about 20% of my diet. The other 80% of my diet, of course, is steamed & raw vegetables, whole grains like buckwheat, millet and amaranth, beans, and winter fruits like apple and kiwi. One cleansing principal I’ve found to be totally right-on, is that, at full moon, there is way more gravitational pull on the body which aids any kind of cleanse. This may be why this cleanse has been so effective for me, even though I haven’t followed the classic colon cleansing diet guidelines. In the past, when I have followed an extremely cleansing diet, I’ve supplemented 2tsp/day of spirulina powder as as a strength-building and hunger-satiating protein source.

In case you aren’t aware, the reason for cleaning out the old layers of pooh from the colon, is because this thick accumulation clogs the colon’s ability to keep our entire system free of toxins. You see, the colon works with the liver and lymphatic system to keep our bodies free from toxic accumulations. Every time we’ve eaten mucos-forming food, a layer of sticky matter adheres to the walls of the colon. Over time, the layers build up and the passageway through the colon gets smaller and smaller, and the layers get harder and dryer. These layers block the body’s systemic cleansing action, and we then experience lethargy, headaches, distended abdomens, irregular bowel movements, acne, and a whole host of other symptoms. For me, after I did my first colon cleanse 17 years ago, I dropped 30 pounds, my skin cleared up dramatically, I finally had energy and stamina throughout the day, and my moods evened out so I was happier and more calm. 

The colon is the very first organ you’ll ever want to cleanse, so that there’s a clear pathway for toxins to leave the body when you decide to do a liver or gallbladder cleanse. If you have a plugged colon and you try to do any other kind of cleanse, toxins will be broken loose and circulate around and around in your system, causing headaches, joint pain, fatigue, flu-like symptoms, and intense mood swings. For those coming off the Standard American Diet, colon cleansing is one of the most important first steps on the road to vitality.