A Note on Detoxification

[Guest guest]

Detoxification is extremely demanding on me, I know that much. I'm

in a healing crisis. I'm motivated by health but more so by mental

health. I have a firm belief in my goals, which is to not take a

bite of anything besides raw plant food, ever. I have very strong

negative emotions right now. My symptoms of detox are probably not

in the very severe category because I'm relatively healthy and have

been trying to be raw for a long time, such that I've been raw a lot

of the time since the early 90's. My only physical symptom is weight

loss. Anger, anxiety and depression are pretty high for me though.

I believe " these are good signs and as uncomfortable as they may be "

I certainly wouldn't want to " surpress these signs of HEALING. " I

guess I keep my liver/kidneys open by not drinking.

 

Rich

 

From www.thefruitarianlife.com:

 

Detoxification.

 

Welcome.

 

Healing crisis.

 

Detoxification and how you react to it is the key to attaining health

and wellbeing, in the begining the process of detoxification is

EXTREMLY DEMANDING on the mind and body due to the sudden release of

not only your recent toxic waste but the old nasty stuff that's been

stored inside you for years, this process is called a HEALING

crisis, be very carefull, your body may release more toxins than it

can get rid of, which is why you must keep every channel of

elimination open, your body will take any chance it gets to rid

itself of toxic waste, you have to really be sure you are motivated

by health and have a very firm belief in your goals to get through

this period, so by taking action to change your eating habits from a

Standard American Diet to an all FRUITARIAN diet you must be aware

that while transitioning your often going to face very strong

negative Emotions as well as strong detoxification symptoms, as a

rule of thumb the condition of your body dictates how strong the

detoxification symptoms will be, if you've been living a life of

indulgence taking in all of what the Standard American Diet can offer

with a history of serious illness then your going to be in for a REAL

HARD time! if you're life has been one of moderation with no serious

illness then your still in for a hard time but the symptoms of detox

won't be as severe, YOUR detoxification symptoms should NEVER be

taken lightly and should not be viewed as a short term thing as it

can take several years to reverse the lifelong destructive effects of

a cooked food diet, YOUR symptoms may include: HEADACHES, BAD BREATH,

NAUSEA, WEIGHT LOSS, COLD SYMPTOMS, DIARRHEA, HOT FLASHES, RASHES,

DROWSINESS and LIGHT HEADEDNESS etc, you will also taste old food and

medicine as well as experience a high level of ANXIETY, DEPRESSION

and other imbalances as your body purges itself, believe it or not

these are good signs and as uncomfortable as they may be try your

hardest not to surpress these signs of HEALING. As you gradually go

through your transition to an all FRUITARIAN diet depending on the

condition of your body your eliminative organs will get the chance to

do what comes natural and purge so it is vital that you make sure

that all channels of ELIMINATION which include the MOUTH, BOWELS,

SINUSES, SKIN and LIVER/KIDNEYS are kept open so the toxic waste is

not re-absorbed.