The Master Cleanse (aka - lemonade diet)

[kittah]

is it just lemons squeezed? because lemonade is really bad for you.. all that sugar.. you're gonna cause way more damage than you need.

[brokencrayon]

no, it's supposed to be a mixture of a few different things... but after some thought I have already decided against doing the master cleanse. I can cleanse my body in more practical healthy ways.

[PHUNK]

Originally Posted by mux

At least until, you know, you're not anymore.

Everyone I know who's 'gone vegan' has had to go back to eating meat eventually (you know, after somewhere between two and ten years), when bizarre serious health issues started happening. Being a vegan and actually getting all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need to not only survive but to stay healthy is seriously hard work!

i think its more the other way around. i dediced to become vegan when i had had enough of my asthma and allergies. now that i do not eat any animal products anymore, they both have gone away completly. i also don't get sick (cold/flu/whatever) anymore. vegan is the best thing ever. sure its hard work, but obviously it pays to be healthy.

[mux]

I don't doubt you're feeling awesome - that's kinda the whole point of being vegan, isn't it?

How long have you been vegan though? The last of my six or seven vegan friends from highschool and college recently had to stop being vegan, even though she's about as close to a nutritionist as you can get without having a degree, and was getting all the nutrients she needed. Problem was, she started having yeast infections pretty much constantly and was permanently exhausted...

She started eating meat again about six months ago, and she's fine now. :)

Another friend was vegan for six years, but then developed severe IBS, something I don't wish on my worst enemies. Going back to meat hasn't fixed it, but at least it's under control enough that he can leave the house now, to, y'know, go to work...

If your allergies and asthma have gone away, it's not likely beef that's doing it, but maybe the hormones and antibiotics they give the cows? Bioamplification and all that - did you try going 100% organic? My girlfriend and I eat 100% organic, and a lot of her weird little health glitches have disappeared... not like when the doctor told her to cut sugar out of her diet and go 100% nutrasweet... *shudder*, that was a *nightmare*.

[PHUNK]

no its all animal products. no matter what the animal is, it always has toxins in it. so, cut them out, and poof, sickness is gone.

i'm sure everyone is different, but everyone i know who is vegan, is healthy as can be.

and i've been vegan for 3 years, but was a vegetarian since i was 13 (i'm 27 now). all i did was cut out cheese and such (i did cheat and eat the odd fish for a while too), but now, nothing that comes from an animal, ever. its the smartest choice i ever made too. instead of ingesting steriods drugs for my lungs and poisons in my foods, i have nothing toxic going in my body at all. its simple to get all the nutrients you need to be health and stay healthy. the reason i find most vegans get sick after a while, is they get lazy and stop eating a full mix of foods and nutrients. if you stay on track, everything is fine.

[Carrie]

I have my teeth to rip and chew the flesh of another animal.

mmm meat!

[onefour]

just a thought, but to all those poeple saying that you're denying your body vitamins it needs ect ect, im sure you could get away with taking vitamin pills while youre on this diet.

[Carrie]

Originally Posted by onefour

just a thought, but to all those poeple saying that you're denying your body vitamins it needs ect ect, im sure you could get away with taking vitamin pills while youre on this diet.

but I like the taste of food.

and I hate the feeling of hunger

[brokencrayon]

the alternative detox that carrie suggested = so far so good.

I have noticed I have more energy and I feel soo much better when I wake up in the morning. I am also having so much fun creating new types of meals hehe yummmm I donno how I could have not eaten entirely for 10 days. hahaha :)

[Carrie]

I had a nice steak yesterday with grilled veggies.

soo good

[brokencrayon]

mmmm I had a salmon wrap with onion, tomato, cucumber, and peppers last night for dinner. it was sooo good hehe :)

Originally Posted by stephen_c

but b4 u start...
costco has toilet paper on sale.
$12 for 64 rolls.

hahaha


somebody been doing research on TP



LOL


feeling okay?