Category: Cleansing & Flushing

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Final thoughts on Juice Fasting

Dara Dietz
fresh juice

Juice fasting is a powerful tool for clearing the body of toxic back-up before a major disease takes hold in the system.  A pure food program, eating only the best quality food for the body, is an excellent safeguard for a healthy spiritual, emotional and physical life.  That said; even with the best lifestyle there is still a degree of waste that must be eliminated.  Regular times of fasting provide the extra nutrients to clear the body of accumulated toxins.  Think of juicing as pushing the restart button on your life.  When the body begins to send weird error messages, small little strange thing start popping up in your life, it may be time to hit the restart button.

My Personal Suggestion for a Painless Juice Fast 

Here is what I do when I juice fast.

An ounce of Echinacea daily, 4 to 6 days a week, each week I juice fast.  Since I’m asking my body to detox I might as well support my immune system to deal with the “die-off”.  Supporting the immune system also aids the body to more quickly clear any issues in my Bones, Flesh or Cartilage, namely areas in my body that are in constant need of support.

Superfood, two tablespoon in fresh juice two to three times a day.  This is my meal replacement.  I add Flax seed oil to my breakfast Superfood smoothie each day.  With each glass of Superfood I swallow 5 kelp capsules; this supports the thyroid and feeds the entire endocrine system.

1 teaspoon Psyllium husk powder daily, in a glass of fresh juice or water. Use the Psyllium powder or do a bowel cleanse using the LBF #2 daily during the entire juice fast to keep the bowels comfortable while supporting good elimination.

1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar in 32 ounces of distilled water each morning.  If drinking this first thing make sure to swish first few swallows around the mouth before swallowing.  This allows the stomach to set up for what is coming, preventing any discomfort that may arise from sending the vinegar onto an unprepared stomach.

Each morning I prepare a half gallon or better fresh fruit juice which I sip on all morning.  Come noon I make a fresh pitcher of vegetable juice for my afternoon drinking.  I keep a cup of tea or glass of juice with me throughout the day.  There is really no limit to the amount of juice but all juices should be sipped slowly allowing the flavors to fill the mouth before swallowing.  (Remember: Chew your Juices for best absorption of the nutrients.)

Cleansing & Flushing, Emotional Healing, Herbal Healing

Extended Juice Fasting

Dara Dietz

fastingWhy do an Extended Juice Fast?

An extended juice fast can be done for any number of great reasons.  The longest one I’ve done lasted forty days and was all about losing weight.  It worked; I lost 47 pounds in 37 days.  The real key to losing weight this quickly and safely was drinking lots of water along with my daily supply of fresh juice.  The days I did not keep up with my fluid intake the scales did not move downward the next morning.

Juice fasting while doing the Incurables Program for any major disease or condition will provide the body with the copious amounts of nutrients needed.  Whether doing a bit of minor cleansing or clearing a major disease juice fasting while doing the flushing programs will bring the best results.

How To End an Extended Juice Fast

The real issue of an extended juice fast is not how long you continue juicing but how well you transition back to eating regular meals.  A short juice fast of anywhere from two to seven days should be an easy two or three day transition back to eating cooked foods.  Day one; eat only raw food.   Consume only raw fruits & veggies.  If this goes well on day two introduce a baked potato with the skin or cooked brown rice with steamed vegetables.  Chew your food very well.  Seldom are there issues coming back from a short juice fast.

On an extended juice fast lasting from ten to sixty days expect to spend 50% of the time of the juice fast gradually introducing raw and then cooked food back into your system.  For an example coming off a twenty day juice fast will require ten days raw food.  On the day the fast has ended eat only one raw food.  You may eat as much of the food item chosen as desired.  A good food to end a juice fast with would be apples.  On day two choose another single food, maybe grapes.  Day three try a combination of raw fruits or veggies. Continue consuming several glasses of fresh juice each day.

Why do Raw before Cooked?

The question arises, Why all the drama?  What is wrong with stopping the fresh juices and making a big pot of pasta for dinner? Simply put your body will reject the cooked food if introduced too quickly.  A system that has been using only fresh juices for an extended period of time will treat any cooked food as it would a poison.  Either the meal will be vomited out or the bowels will become crampy and sick.  It is important to ease back into cooked foods.  Progress as quickly as your system allows, if you begin feeling poorly slow down, continue eating raw a few days longer.

Cleansing & Flushing, Emotional Healing, Herbal Healing

The Wisdom of Juice Fasting

Dara Dietz

Juice Fasting sounds like such a great idea.  Anyone wanting to know what Juicing is all about need only watch, “Fat Sick & Nearly Dead,” for the inspiration to get on the juice fasting band wagon.  Everybody would benefit from juice fasting one day each week.  Take a single day and consume only water, fresh fruit and veggie juices all day.  Unless there are blood sugar issues one can drink freely of any and all juices, no limit, drink all you want.

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A one day juice fast requires no real preparation.  Under most conditions a body can wake up and just decide today is the day I’m juice fasting.  Ok, so now you do have to hustle a bit.  Your juicer needs a little help producing the nutrient rich juices your body will be thanking you for all day.

My favorite morning juice requires a little planning so an early morning trip to the local store may be in order.  For one day I’d get a five pound bag of apples, two pears, one pineapple, and a bunch of Kale, one honeydew melon or cantaloupe for my morning fruit juice.  The afternoon vegetable juices will need a five pound bag of carrots, head cabbage and 1 beet. There are books full of great juicing ideas out there.  Discover the mixes that best appeal to you.

A one day juice fast, yes, you can do this.  Now comes a little juice fasting wisdom.  First, do NOT gulp down your juices.  Drink one swallow at a time.  Swish each mouth full around in your mouth before swallowing.  It sounds a little weird but you need to “chew” your juices.  This allows your body to begin digestion in the mouth and set up for what is coming so it will be properly handled when it reached your stomach.

Secondly, never give in to hunger before slowly drinking a full glass of juice.  It will normally take at least ten minutes to properly “chew” your glass of juice down.  Many a time I have decided, “I’m finished with this juice fast,” after letting myself get too hungry.  Before eating anything I keep the promise to myself to have one last glass of juice.  Drinking slowly I find myself completely satisfied by the time the glass is empty, the heady sick way I was feeling has cleared, no need to eat.  The truth be told I don’t really want anything else.

We will discuss longer juice fasting in our next newsletter along with a few tidbits of wisdom for first timers to juicing.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

Understanding Bowel Cleansing

Dara Dietz
Bowel Cleansing

So much can be said for the benefits of bowel cleansing.  One of the biggest reasons I hear for not doing a good cleanse is fear of losing control.  This has never been an issue when using the LBF #1 & the LBF #2.  With a good understanding of how these two formulas work you will be in complete control of your bowels.

The LBF #1 increases the output of waste by stimulating the peristaltic waves in the bowel.  This formula does not work on the content of the bowel but goes to the bowel structure supporting the function of waste removal.  When the chemistry in these herbs comes in contact with the bowel wall they cause the squeezing, kneading motion of the peristaltic waves to work more effectively.

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There are those who say a body can become addicted to the herbal laxatives.  I have always understood an addiction to be a negative action causing a debilitation to the area affected.  In the case of these herbal supports they are actually strengthening the bowel over time.  As the herbs affect the muscles to contract with greater strength the muscular tone of the bowel become stronger. Over time the peristaltic action will work effectively without the use of the herbs.  Many who have used these herbal supports have, after several years, strengthened their bowels to the place where they no longer need to use the LBF#1.  Their bowels inability to properly remove waste has been cleared.  This is not the action of an addictive substance.  The need for the LBF #1 will go down over time, not increase.

The LBF #2 is a bowel vacuum.  This formula has the bentonite clay and charcoal, powerful drawing herbs.  It also is binding, which makes it an excellent herbal support for any issues that result in loose bowels.

A rounded teaspoon of the LBF #2 powder shaken in six ounces of water or juice will quickly clear an issue of loose stool.  It will also do wonders when the lower bowel is crampy and uncomfortable.

When the bowels have turned to water a good dose would be one tablespoonful of the powder shaken in twelve to sixteen ounces of water or juice.  This can be done for each watery movement.  Except for the worst cases of food poisoning it will normally solidified the bowel in only one or two doses.

Bowel Cleansing Program

Food Poisoning

The worst instance I ever cleared was a case of food poisoning where the woman passed water from her bowels every hour or so all night long.  We went through nearly a whole eight ounce jar of the LBF #2 that night.  At one point she took two heaping tablespoons of the stuff in twenty ounces of water.  Around five in the morning she finally passed solid waste.  The bowel was back to normal.   There was no after effect from using such large amounts of the LBF #2.  Her bowels just normalized, she did not even need an extra dose of the LBF #1.

Doing the Bowel Cleanse

When using these formulas in a bowel cleanse you are in complete control.  Take one of the LBF #1 capsules with your dinner the first night.  The next morning if you don’t have a, “WOW,” bowel movement, take two capsules with dinner that evening.  Continue to increase by one capsule each day until your bowels are open and working well.

That first evening you might want to do a castor oil pack over your bowel.  This will soften up harden waste clinging to the walls of your bowel, allowing the peristaltic waves to flush the bowels more effectively.

Once the bowels are moving well it is time to take an extra capsule or two of the LBF #1 with your regular dose.  It is time to begin using the LBF #2 or bowel vacuum.  This formula is binding to the bowels so it is necessary to increase the amount of LBF #1 capsules to compensate for this effect.

This is where understanding these two formulas are the control you need to do an effective cleansing without undue stress or discomfort.    Here it is:

The LBF #1 will make the bowels move.  This formula will cause the muscular movement of the bowel wall to work more effectively.

The LBF #2 binds up the bowels.  This formula will slow down the muscular movement and solidify the contents of the bowel.

There you have it.  If the bowels are backed up, not moving well, take an extra LBF #1 Capsules.  If your bowels are over active and crampy take a heaping teaspoon of the LBF #2 to bind up the problem.  The LBF #2 will work in minutes to clear an uncomfortable bowel.

At dinner time each day count out the number of LBF #1 you need to use.  If you bowel were too active that day drop a capsule, if they were a bit sluggish add one.  You are in control.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing, My Opinion

Thought on Bowel Cleansing

Dara Dietz
Dara Dietz

As humans most of us have little understanding beyond what we have experienced and feel is normal.   I believed it was normal and healthy to have only one bowel movement each morning.  This is how it had always been for me.  The healing journey I had begun that year was going to teach me many things I did not even know to question.  The Father and I were to take this journey together joined from time to time by other also on this path.  Looking back at the beginning of what is not yet finished, I have been privileged to know so many who have shared freely with me from their own experience.

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My First Bowel Cleansing

My introduction to Bowel Cleansing and the LBF #1’s was pretty normal.  My bottle of Capsules arrived with detailed instructions from my friend who had introduced me to all things natural healing.  As I unloaded the box I put all the items away one at a time.  She had sent Superfood, the #2 formula, Echinacea extract and the LBF #1’s.  I quickly started the Superfood and Echinacea but never touched the Bowel Cleansing products.  Two weeks later when it was time to begin the liver cleanse I still had not taken my first #1 capsule.  Why?  I figured my bowels were doing just fine and the bowel cleanse was optional.  Wrong!

I’d been walking around for years with a roll of poop setting right under my bust line.  I looked five months pregnant.  Of course I didn’t know that roll around my middle was a stuffed bowel.

Two weeks after receiving my package I was scheduled to fly to my friend’s clinic for a month’s stay.  When I arrived she wisely started me on the bowel cleanse routine.   Fourteen days into the program and my bowels were still not working well.  The thirteen capsules I swallowed each night had started something moving but it was not enough to clear thirty eight years of constipation.  My friend arrived in my room that evening with a castor oil pack.  She placed it over my colon, covered it with a towel and said good night.

The next morning I could not believe how much poop was still in me after fourteen days of juice fasting and an enema in the morning and evening.   Under my breast I had been carrying a roll for years, now half the roll was gone.  That’s right; half my stomach was flat the other half looked five months pregnant.  Another castor oil pack was placed over my colon again that night with similar results the next morning.  My stomach was now flat.  The roll I had assumed was fat all those years was my colon filled with poop.

Staying open and willing to be taught can be the hardest part of healing.  All the answers do not lie within us, we must be willing to continue to learn and grow.  As long as there is life there is learning to be done.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing, My Opinion, Weight Loss

A Summary of My 2012

Dara Dietz

December 31, 2011 I began what I hoped would be a sixty day juice fast. I had been inspired to do this after watching the movie, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”.  The juice fast was going very well; I had made it to day 37 and had lost a total of 46 pounds.   My energy was through the roof, I felt emotionally great, everything was looking up, I was sure I could do the whole 60 days.  Day thirty seven was a Sunday, my regular massage day.  Neither Darlene nor I thought to question the wisdom of a massage while doing such an intense juice fast.  The next morning I was feeling quite sick. My kidneys were kicking me hard for way too much abuse.  The weight loss had been all they could handle now with the added toxins needing to be processed from the massage they were over whelmed and I was in a world of hurt.

Monday & Tuesday I drank the kidney flush drinks and supported my kidneys with the herbals they liked the most.  Tuesday afternoon I went to bed and was out for several hours.  I woke up around 9 pm to find my husband working on his computer in the lounge next to our bed.  I struggled to the bathroom and then back to the bed where I slept until 2 am.  I woke needing to make a fast run for the bathroom, it was all good.  My kidneys no longer hurt, I felt all better.

Wednesday and Thursday I felt great.  Friday I woke up with thick green puss coming out my eyes and nose.  My vocal cords were so coated with the stuff I could not make a sound.  My head was full of that sticky green stuff.  It took several weeks and a couple of ELF’s to clear the worst of my symptoms.  Even so I was weak as a kitten.  The day before my crash I had easily done two miles on my treadmill.  Over the next few months I continued to be very weak, I could not go more than a quarter mile on the treadmill without my knees buckling and feeling totally exhausted.

I kept expecting to begin feeling better but as the months slipped by my condition was growing worse.  I regained all the weight I’d lost plus a few pounds.  Motivation for doing a healing program with lacking, the idea of exerting myself in any direction required extreme effort.  Whatever had infected me in February still had a hold in my system.  December arrived and I was determined to do something to help myself feel better so I decided to begin by going on a raw food program.  I lasted for a couple of weeks before modifying to a low carb mostly raw food program.   Simply put I cut out all bread, pasta’s, and processed foods.  I also started doing an ELF once a week.

With only those few minor changes I started feeling a bit better.  My energy was moving up the scale.  Then in January a friend needed help with his incurables program.  We all decided it would be a great idea for him to stay here and do it with me.  I needed the support and he needed someone to show him how it was done.

Last week we did our first week of Liver Flushing and juice fasting.  We were not perfect.  I’m sure we will get a good rhythm to our day as we continue on the program.  This week it is Kidney Flushing and we are eating raw.  Finding time for all our drinks and programs is the real challenge.

The year that began with such promise floundered in the middle but ended on an upswing.  I learned a lot about myself in 2012.  Discouragement need not destroy; The Lord provides the strength I need to rise above whatever life throws my way.

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

Liver flushing

Dara Dietz

When you can smack your lips over a glass of apple juice and olive oil with a little garlic and ginger thrown in for good measure, you must be doing a liver flush.  This week a friend and I are flushing our livers together.  All year I’ve been trying to talk myself into a good cleansing season.  Several months would be great.  Just having someone here who is doing the same work is so encouraging.

My tail has been dragging all year.  I thought it would pass but improvement has not come.  Monday morning we began and managed to do one flush and juice all day.  Trying to stay on schedule has been the real challenge.  Today we have done two flushes and juiced all day.  Tomorrow I want to do all three.  The problem is there are not enough hours in the day to do it all.

How do I feel on day number three?  Tired, though my head feels clear, I managed to do some work on our much neglected website today.  I have also updated the liver-flushing E-book with the ELF instructions.  All this is creative work I’ve not been up to for the better part of last year.  Good things always come when you clear out the waste.

Onward and forward, it’s time for my Detox Tea!!! And then Superfood, and then a little more juice…..

Cleansing & Flushing, Herbal Healing

ELF Party

Dara Dietz

liver flush drinkSaturday night we had an ELF Party.  Several of us decided to support a friend having serious gallbladder issues.  Over the past year or more he had mistakenly believed the pains in his upper chest and shoulder areas originated from pulled or over used muscles.  Earlier in the week when he shared his story with me I suggested he try the gallbladder attack remedy.  Within minutes he was completely out of pain.

As a retired nurse he understood the varied symptoms a gallbladder attack can have.  Before coming to the “light” he had spent his nursing career in Chemotherapy, mixing and administering all types of poisons.  Mistaking a gallbladder attack for something else is not uncommon.  Anytime you are dealing with abdominal discomfort or discomfort in the chest that arises after eating, it is not hard, with the use two specific herbal combinations, to rule out or in a gallbladder problem.

Bowels Must Be Moving Well

Clearing the pain was only the beginning; he would need to clear his bowels before he could clear the gallbladder with an ELF. He had already tried using the LBF #1 unsuccessfully.  As he progressed with the bowel cleansing program the pain in his chest and shoulders had become worse.  When he could no longer deal with the pain he had been forced to discontinue work on his bowels.   With the aid of the Gallbladder Attack Remedy he swallowed six LBF #1’s without problem.  For the first time in months he slept deeply thought the night not waking until well after 10:00 AM.

Before retiring for the night he had applied a castor oil pack over his bowels.  The Castor oil pack is used externally over the bowel, liver, heart, lungs, or tumors to break up congestion.  The use of a heating pad for an hour or two before bed had encouraged the castor oil into his bowel.  A pack was applied over his colon each night that week making short work of his backed up bowel.

Doing the “Roto-rooter” ELF

Saturday evening he arrived a bit apprehensive with the idea of drinking large amounts of Olive Oil, but empowered with the ability to quickly stop the painful attacks.  He decided to join our ELF Party.  After a bit of discussion he agreed to do the “roto-rooter” version of the ELF, sixteen ounces olive oil mixed in sixteen ounces of citrus juice.

We were ready to begin.  Gloria served us each an ounce of fresh ginger juice and our glasses of oil and citrus juice mix.  The citrus-oil drink is a great chaser for the hot peppery ginger juice.  We hardly knew we were drinking the oil.  As soon as the drinks were down the kitchen timer was set for 45 minutes and we all laid down on our right sides on the living room carpet.

The floor time went quickly; it was fun lying around with friends.  Now it was time to go downstairs and kick back in the loungers with our castor oil packs over the liver and heating pads over the packs while we watch a movie.  Our detox tea continued to prevent upset tummies.  We each drank a good sized glass while we watched our movie.  During a break in the movie we all got up to stretch our legs and moved around a bit.  We quickly discovered walking around made us sick to our stomachs, so we returned back to our loungers to watch another movie before heading to bed.

Our nurse friend did very well all evening.  He had no more discomfort than anyone else, even though he consumed twice as much olive oil.  The next morning he reported another good night’s sleep and everyone reported passing gallstones by noon.

All in all no one was any worse off for having come to our ELF Party.  A good time was had by all.