Well, I did what I said I’d do last night. I started drinking the epsom salts mixture. Let me warn you, the damned stuff is bitter. Pretty nasty. The only way to do it (you have to drink three-quarters of a cup) is to throw the stuff back. Just chug it. If you sip some water right afterwards, the water tastes sweet. So that’s pretty good, and a sip is enough to remove the taste.
At about 10:20 or so I squeezed one and a half grapefruits (a little over half a cup, a little under three-quarters of a cup) into a jar. I added a half cup of that olive oil (organic, cold-pressed, extra virgin) into the grapefruit juice (or maybe the other way ’round, I don’t remember exactly), and then shook the stuff vigorously to mix. It wound up fairly liquid. Again, the secret is to chug the stupid thing. It didn’t taste bad — a little sweet. Grapefruits are usually notoriously bitter on my tongue, but not last night. There was a hint of olive flavour though.
Right after chugging (I chugged at the bed), I lay down on my right hand side and fell asleep. Conveniently, when I side sleep, I do it on my right. I thought I felt contractions or something, but I think I was just imagining it. I slept fairly comfortably, actually. I woke up at 5, as usual, but went right to back to sleep again. I woke up at 6 as well, but by then I was feeling a little nauseated. And the flavour of olive oil kept wafting up in my breath. A little icky, that. At about 8 I got up and had another drink of the epsom salts drink. By 9:15, I started what would be the first of many forays into the, um, office.
ICKY BIT WARNINGL So, here’s the thing. They say you’ll see pea green stones or something floating at the top. Well, they don’t lie. There were thousands through the day. I was a little disappointed that I didn’t expel any big stones. I guess we’ll see in the upcoming months whether this stuff is real or just boogaboo. I’ll have my verification blood test this week (the whole gluten thing). And then the week after will be another liver cleansing, though I won’t fast for that. I will drink the apple juice, but life will go on as normal.
I’ll keep you all posted on how the next cleansing goes, and how the blood test goes next week.
Thanks for reading me, everybody 🙂
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After all this corporal mortification, do you feel physically better than before you started?
The “stones” you passed were a product of the oil/juice regimen. There may be health benefits to this regimen, but elimination of gallstones or liver stones is not among them.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673605663738/fulltext
http://www.bugmenot.com/view/thelancet.com
Nick,
That’s very interesting indeed! Finally a real comparison of those stones with actual gallstones! I guess that puts the liver cleansing issue to rest, after all.
Thanks so much for your enlightening comment 🙂
Seemant
I am curious about the final results.
Do you feel any differently?
Did it affect your cholesterol levels?
The article makes it sound as if this si a cure-all for everything from dry skin to prostate problems. Is it?
Hi Chris,
Thanks for reading these articles. I did post some post-mortems on my fasts. My cholesterol levels are normalised. And, yes, I did feel differently. I just can’t do meat any more. It doesn’t appeal, it tastes “dead” to me. Veggies give me a sense of “life.” It’s hard to explain.
I don’t know if it’s a cure-all, but it definitely worked for my ailments! I do firmly believe that we should balance what our body takes in (via all its channels: mouth, nose, skin). I guess fasting just plays into that balance.