Thanks for the positive input Trapper. I’m going to probably keep the three as my staples (sesame, sunflower and safflower), but it doesn’t hurt to experiment with some others as well,IMO.   [End]
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Thank you Molly. Your posts are always very informative. I had a lot of good cleansing and results with the sunflower and sesame oils. But I believe the safflower oil has a more pronounced effect, for me anyway. Just as some herbs work better for some people than other people, I believe it’s the same with oils also. I plan to continue at least trying other oils.   [End]
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I just noticed your question 2scoops. Sorry my response wasn’t sooner. I noticed oilpulling cleared my sinuses. My allergies were cleared after four months of oilpulling. My facial wrinkles plumped up. My complexions is so much better. My tooth pain went away. The sticky plaque that used to stick to the bottom of my teeth is gone. This last time I went to my Dentist he was supposed to take xrays of all my teeth again as he told me my teeth didn’t look very good at the prior visit. He said ”It looks like you have a lot of wear on them” and even asked his assistant, she agreed. When I remind ...
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Yes I believe so also. I think they just wanted us to be patient because once we see the suttle benefits after oilpulling for a year and that it keeps the teeth cleaner than they’ve ever been, then we wouldn’t want to stop. That’s how it was for me. I started oilpulling in Sept or Oct of 2006.   [End]
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Luke 3:36 shows Jesus line of descent all the way back to Noah and Adam. Then Jesus spoke of the flood of Noah’s day Luke 17:26,27 and Matthew 24:37. He is a far better source of truth than man. Then Hebrews Speaks of Noah as one of the men of faith Hebrews 11:7. Jesus saw it all. No one would say he never existed. He also said concerning God’s Word ”Your Word is truth.”   [End]
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We rid our body of toxins through the skin. The oilpulling Doctor said when things start getting worse before they get better then you know that’s a sign of healing. I have found that to be true in my case. You may want to research healing reactions of retracing. I had the weepy blisters all over my hands going up my arms after my mom died. Maybe it was stress due to her death, but it seemed to not go away. I talked to someone who also had it and they said I would have to put a medicated cream on it the rest of my life. He worked in a doctors office as a medical assistant. He had the same ...
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I read on earth clinic that the dose is 1/8 tspn per quart of water. He did say the 20 Mule Team Borax. I’ve used it several times, but am doing a humaworm cleanse now so backed off.   [End]
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I have the Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia that says type A beneficial oils are Olive, Flax, black currant seed and Walnut. The nuetral oils that are also good for type A’s are almond, borage,cod liver, safflower, sesame, sunflower and soy. That is also what his last book of the series Live Right for your blood type says. So I believe the chart must be wrong.   [End]
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The only fruit they showed in the study was orange juice. I doubt it was fresh squeezed. They didn’t show any study with whole fruit like apples with the full fiber. I tend to disagree with that info in regards to their concluding that fruit would have the same effect as the juice.   [End]
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Thanks for the info. I have noticed how good it is at healing up sores and spider bites. It works better for me than iodine. So I’m looking forward to see how good it is for oilpulling.   [End]
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Molly, you are so right about the accupuncture. Your post reminded me that we used accupressure to get rid of my husbands headaches. We got a book on accupressure that showed what pressure points to massage for different ailments. We used it on him. He could tell when he was starting to come down with a headache and I would massage the pressure points and he would rest for a few minutes and it went away. We kept doing that each time to where now he hardly has any migraines anymore. But if he does, we use the accupressure. It can be done at home with no expense. He was sold after the first ...
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I’ve done both oilpulling and iodine. I started with oilpulling. Then months later got into iodine. I remember a post not to long ago on the iodine forum that said some people need to start out slow and build up slowly and do it 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off or the same amount of time off as on. I had terrible detox with iodine. I kept to the oilpulling as I knew it wasn’t the oilpulling causing the problems. I do that everyday. I believe it has a suttle affect, and always positive. I only noticed a little cleansing reaction a couple of times with oilpulling, but very mild. Not so with the io ...
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I also crave salt. There is the lymephoto website that encourages the use of sea salt to rid lyme, They encourage High Vit C and Sea Salt. I take anywhere between 1/4 to 1/2 tspn himalayan sea salt in glass of water alone or sometimes with the same amount of sodium ascorbate (Vit C), and it really helps with my chronic fatigue. I think some people are low in sea salt from heavy metals from what I’ve learned. I can tell how much I need. My body lets me know when to use less sea salt. The lymephoto site says in the past people used to consume about 20 grams of seasalt per day before they had ...
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I’ve been oilpulling for over a year now and the ones I like are sunflower, sesame, and safflower. Don’t like olive oil, due to taste and it makes my teeth look yellow. Extra virgin coconut oil is okay but not my constants. I do want to try avacado oil and expecially walnut oil if I can find organic. I also tried hemp oil. It’s a green oil but it doesn’t stain my teeth. I enjoy oilpulling with it, but it’s hard to find now that my store stopped carrying it.   [End]
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Yellow teeth can be a sign of heavy metals like cadmium. I wonder if the oil pulling brings heavy metals to the surface and then slowly clears them out. I believe that I detox heavy metals in waves. That they don’t all come out at once. I have noticed my teeth going thru stages where they get real white, then yellow again, but I’m not too overly concerned as I believe my body is just bringing the bad to the surface and slowly ridding itself of it. I’ve been oilpulling for over a year now and this is only my humble opinion.   [End]
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I used castor oil on a bug bite that would not go away. I tried Iodine and it still looked the same. I put castor oil on it and the next morning no inflammation it was flat and dry and healing up. I think I’m on to something. I still can’t bring myself to pull with it. Maybe some day when I feel creative.   [End]
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Since I do so well on a macrobiotic diet, I do use sea vegetables. I get them from a clean source. Maine Coast is good at testing and you can read about their clean methods of harvesting. I feel it complements the iodine quite well for me.   [End]
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This is an excellent post. Thank you wombat. I have noticed that the positive effects of the iodine become even more recognizable when I do the pulsing. So many days or weeks on and the same amount of time off. It’s nice to have some more clarity on the reasons why.   [End]
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You may want to research Modiflan. It was used for the people of Chernobyl with greater benefits than they expected. It halped me get rid of my cadmium and nickel toxicity. But it also is known to pull radiation from the body. And I believe sea salt and baking soda is a good to use in a bath to detox radiation. http://www.ourlittleplace.com/detox.html ” SALT AND SODA: This bath counteracts the effects of radiation, whether from X-rays, cancer treatment radiation, fallout from the atmosphere, or television radiation. 1 cup of baking soda and 1 to 2 cups of ordinary coarse salt (or ...
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I also tried iodine topically to get rid of a spider bite that wouldn’t heal. It didn’t work. I put organic castor oil on it and it healed right up.   [End]
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That’s amazing. I don’t have one, but my son does. He said the papers that came with it told him to keep it 3/4 inches away from the body. I need to show him this. Thanks.   [End]
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If you are soaking in the hot tub, Do you think you could be absorbing too much chlorine. Our bodies tend to soak up toxins also thru the skin IMO. You may want to do a search on chlorine and it’s health effects. If you have too much of a body burden of chlorine, do you think it could be slowing your progress.   [End]
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I don’t have any neighbors that close, and I’m like you if someone is smoking I can tell right away. This smell is different. It’s like theres no smoke just that drenched smell like your clothes are full of nicotine. It is the smell that’s different from cigarette smoke. It feels like it’s in my clothes and coming from my lungs. Like it’s permeating me.   [End]
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So what do you think, Molly. Is it something deep in the cells that is being released, or do you think we just have a better sense of smell. I kind of think it’s some kind of cleansing because I don’t have any friends that smoke, and I don’t even go to restaurants that have smoking. Yet that nocotine smell keeps lingering. Before my mom died of lung cancer, she went to have a colonic and the lady said afterword the whole room smelled like nocotine. But my mom smoked for quite a while and quit when she was about 45. She died at 61 years of age. I wonder if it was all the years I was exposed ...
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I’m having a hard time understanding what you’re saying. Is taking iodine going to harden our fat and cause artheriosclerosis? Can you please give the explanation for dummies on the subject. Thanks.   [End]
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I changed to organic unrefined safflower oil and I pulled 4 times today. Then I smelled nicotine. It took me back to when I was younger and both mom and dad smoked. I never smoked. Could this be a deep cell cleansing from oilpulling? I also take iodine, but only 1 drop every other day. I’ve been out of their house for 30 years so no other nicotine exposure. But I feel like my clothes are full of nicotine like the smell that used to be on the bathroom walls and permeate the house when I was growing up. This has got to be something that’s been locked in my cells a long time IMO.   [End]
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That is probably why Dr. Hamer in Germany had such great success in treating cancer patients. It was all about getting past trauma and dealing with emotions. I read about it on the internet. Yes he was put in jail for awhile for it. Amazing. But his success rate was about 95 per cent if I remember correctly. I wonder if it applies to healing teeth infection also.   [End]
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That is awesome. I didn’t know the bacteria would be able to find it’s way out from a root canaled tooth. Now I feel it can really help my sisters as they both have 2 root canals. One has had a lot of pain and she pulls twice a week to keep the pain at bay. I explained to her she has to be more consistent. This may help. thanks.   [End]
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That’s good that the hot and cool bath works for you. i hope all go’s well with you. It’s a work in progress. We all just go at our own particular pace and keep posting our ideas and learning from others. Fullofjoy   [End]
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hi Prism, I don’t know if this will help, but I have had similar problems. I soak my feet in hot water with epsom salts or sea salt in it. The body likes to throw off poisons to the extremeities. Thats’ why you see all these advertisements for detox foot pads and foot baths that pull poisons from the body through the feet. To soak feet in a hot water bath for 5 to 10 minutes before bedtime is known to also help balance the meridians. We are all seeking balance. As far as the pain on the left side, I was thinking it was my spleen or pancreas, or maybe even little critters dying off due to t ...
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IMO the body uses alot of energy to digest food. Since oilpulling is like a cleanse, it’s best to let the body’s total energy to be used for that purpose. Therefore a greater cleansing effect.   [End]
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I had the breathing problems also. Many doctors use pulse dosing. 2 days on 2 days off, 4 days on 4 days off. I cut back my dosage and waited till symptoms went away and started again. I believe the iodine tried to clean out too much too fast. But the pulsing has really helped. I believe my breathing problems were caused by anxiety. I take one iodoral tablet a day and the following day 2 to 4 drops lugols. I take the days off after 2 to 4 days on. I’m just experimenting as we all are and hope to achieve good results this way. So far though it’s working for me. It’s a work in progress. Just ...
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Trapper, The site talks about celtic sea salt. I thought you said that was not preferrable. Whar do you recommend regarding sea salt? Thanks   [End]
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You might be washing out your electrolytes with all that water you are drinking. It may be a good idea to add at least! the recomended dosage of good sea salt to your water that you are drinking. I believe the watercure says at least 1/4 tspn to each quart. I usually double that at least to replace the electrolytes, which is what I’ve found works best for me.   [End]
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I remember reading a website with a Doctor who uses supplements saying that they got the best results from their patients with taking supplements 4 days on and 4 days off. So that’s what I’m trying and it seems to be working. On the other iodine forum there’s an illustration about housecleaning. When you first start cleaning a filthy house. You kick up more dust than usual, and sometimes you just have to let the dust settle before continuing, but you don’t stop cleaning house. The more you clean. the less dust. But you can continue to wait for the dust to settle before starting again. When ...
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According to Earthclinic website, some posted ACV is also good for fungus.   [End]
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After beginning oilpulling I noticed it cleared my sinuses. In four months I noticed I didn’t have any more allergies, which was amazing since my IGE count was 626 and Dr. said it should be 26. No more acid reflux, that I usually had a couple of times a week. The corns on the bottom of one foot are fading. I have more stamina as I used to be only able to stand being on the computer for 1/2 to 1 hr as it bothered my eyes and caused stiff neck. Now I can stay on it for hours at a time researching, etc... I started oilpulling due to tooth pain which seemed to go away after oilpulling. That’s ...
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Yes, it’s so obvious to me like someone just opened a large bottle of the nastiest perfume-hairspray you ever smelled. But no one else smells it. So you know it must be in your nose. Thanks all for your input.   [End]
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When I first found curezone, I started with oilpulling. That got rid of my allergies and sinus problems. I just read on earthclinic,raw organic apple cider vinegar has helped people get rid of allergies. The 2 together may do wonders. http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/acvinegar.html   [End]
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I don’t remember anyone posting about smelling a strong smell from iodine supplementation. But if anyone has can they please post so I can see if this is most likely a detox symptom. The last couple of days I have been smelling a strong hairspray or really bad smelling perfume smell. It lasted for a couple of hours the first night. My husband didn’t smell anything. So I took my body temperature and for the 1st time in along time-my temp was normal 98.6, if that has anything to do with it. But I continue to smell it strongly yesterday as well as today. I feel like I just sprayed my hair ful ...
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Perhaps that is because all our body cells are replaced every seven years. Something to think about.   [End]
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I agree hopinso, I have had hair loss also. But I believe it was in some macrobiotic literature that said hair will come out as body seeks balance but will be replaced with healthy hair. It can take some time to balance as it can take 4 months for blood quality to change once supplementing or changing diet. But why is hair mineral analysis used to show heavy metal poisoning. Because it comes out the hair shaft. So out with the bad negative and in with the good quality hair. I did give up iodine a while back, but had to come back to it about seven weeks ago because the benefits I recieved o ...
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I don’t know about bronchitus though. Let me know, please. Thanks   [End]
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I’m not sure if iodine can cause that, I know that when I was juicing carrots and other veggies, I had orange palms and feet and people thought I had a natural tan. It did kinda of worry me. It lasted for a couple of years. One thing I have noticed about callouses on the bottom of my feet is that one side is getting softer and seems to be going away, and the other side is less calloused, but you can still tell they are there. I attribute that to oilpulling since I’ve been doing it a little over a year. It could possibly be both iodine coupled with oilpulling as I just noticed it last week.
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Molly, happy to hear you are helping others to try oilpulling. I was wondering if you used iodine drops in your oilpulls when you were sick? Also can you tell me what kind of zinc supplement you take and how many mg a day. I don’t take it yet, but I think I may need it. Thanks.   [End]
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Ginger sounds good, I’ve done ginger washes and ginger packs, I should try it in a foot bath. I know the philosophy is it helps balance your bodies meridians, but i didn’t know you soak feet for 1/2 hr. I thought it was 10 minutes. I usually use epsom salts or sea salt. But ginger sounds more circulatory. I may try to squeeze some grated ginger drops in my oil pull also. That will really wake me up. Thanks for the twist.   [End]
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I have a book written by two naturopathic doctors complete with studies on vitamins and minerals etc. that were found to work just as well as many pharmacuietical drugs without the negative side effects. It also has a portion on heart health which brought out that the most effective number one important thing one can do to have a healthy heart is to be joyful. There by proving true the Bibles unfailing accuracy when it touches on such matters. It’s found in Proverbs 17:22 ”A heart that is joyful does good as a curer, but a spirit that is stricken makes the bones dry.” Of course there are m ...
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My husband and I always take a clove of raw garlic mixed with a little olive oil on toast or our meal if we have a sore throat and it always stops it for us. We mince it or crush it in a garlic crusher and it has never failed. I have a book that says garlic kills strep virus and many others. That’s how we learned about it.   [End]
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A ninety two year old friend of mine said her doctor told her to take it many many years ago. Any sign of the flu or intestinal distress-gas bloating-she takes it. I gave some to my niece who just at a store and called me and said she was coming down with food poisoning. I told her to come over and she took about 8 capsules, was feeling horrible but 15 minutes later she could tell she was getting over it. I gave her some to take home incase she needed some later. My doctors book said no medicine cabinet should be without it. Also my husband had gotten bitten by a poisonous spider and he st ...
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I use it occasionally, up to 8 drops. Sometimes I have a reaction to it like a mini liver cleanse, which is a nice side effect.   [End]
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I have tried to find posts that showed oil pulling worked to cure root canal infected teeth. I have only found posts that showed it healed teeth that were still alive. Since a root canal is because the tooth root has died. The person has an unatural dead tooth being propped up in his mouth and if you research root canals and Dr. Price, his research on people with root canals -you and your friend may never opt to have a root canal done again. This is my opinion. I will never have a root canal knowing what I know now. There is a forum here on root canals cleanup. They know all about them, an ...
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I have been taking the magnesium, selenium, vit c, sea salt. I have been only taking about 200 mg though of the Magnesium, so I will increase that and see what happens. Thank you Ladylove for the suggestion. I appreciate everyones input, and reasons given. It’s alot to ponder.   [End]
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I think you’re on the right track wombat, because I felt really good on the day I took 50 mg, but the following day at 62 mg, near the end of the day I didn’t get the bad headache, or sore chest sternum at all this time. But I got really tight neck, shoulders, the anxiety was making me so tense that I had rather worrisome shortness of breath. So I stopped for a few days, and started at a lower dose. So I think my body is detoxing from taking the iodine faster than it can handle. But my energy or chi is very weak according to two accupuncturists, so I personally probably can’t detoxify as ...
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I took lugols iodine a while back for a couple to a few weeks. Started with one drop then went to about 3 drops 2x day. The headaches really got to me at that point and more anxiety (I used to have panic attacks) so I stopped taking it. But in the short time I took it I noticed improvement in my vision and I was able to tolerate foods that I couldn’t before. So I finally decided to give it another go since eye sight is valuable to me as it is to most people. So I started about 6 weeks ago at low dose and Then a couple of days I did a high dose last week. But now I’m back at about 25 mg and ...
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Has anyone else noticed their eyesight improving? I have only taken lugols for a short time before. like a couple of weeks and I noticed improvement in my eyesight and that I could tolerate foods I never could before. But I stopped cause of the horrible headache, and anxiety I experienced. But since my eyesight had improved and I was able to tolerate foods better than before in the short time I took it I decided to try again because my eyesight is so valuable to me. So I just got back into it about 6 weeks ago and now I am able to read even better, regular print and even small print withou ...
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That’s wonderful that you make the sacrifice for your kids. Usually they appreciate it alot looking back at your example and how you helped them after the teen years. My neices husband also is a stay at home dad and the kids get the time and attention they need, as mom does not help out in that area or in household duties, and the kids need guidance and love. I am so glad she found him for the kids sake. Any negative comment from your wife can quickly be replaced by 2 positive comments about yourself and if you need too, continue to repeat them till the horrible negative voices stop. I bel ...
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Thank you. What one of the breast cancer sites say is that for the cancer they usually take 50 mg 3 years or more. That’s what I meant by high iodine amounts.   [End]
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I thought I read you did take high iodine for a while. Is it okay to take high iodine for the 3 month period and then back down? Also, I took apple cider vinegar and honey before I went to bed without the iodine but I got foot cramp at night. Can it cause foot cramps if you take it seperately? Sorry, one more question, I’ve also read a post where it said women with breast cancer have to take the 50 mg for 2 or 3 years to get past it, So is it okay in extenuating circumstances to take it long term? Thanks.   [End]
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Thanks for the warning, I always catered more toward the himalayan sea salt to ingest. Now I know why, I usually used the celtic as a mouth rinse after oilpulling.   [End]
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I usually take about 2 to 2 1/2 tsps of himalayan sea salt or celtic sea salt per day. Never table salt. If you research some of the Lyme sites they are taking 15 grams a day of salt and about the same amount of vitamin C and reporting great results. People with adrenal problems actually need alot of salt from what I’ve read. The lyme site where they are taking so much sea salt and vitamin C explains that people used to eat about 20 grams of salt a day. If I remember correctly, it was before we had refrigeration. I used to be afraid of it because there seems to be alot of misinformation ou ...
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When we start giving our body a break and taking a load off the toxic input of our body as thru oilpulling, IMO our body starts using this extra energy to start detoxing and cleaning house. Then if we try and put more garbage in as the body is tryiing to take it out, I believe that extra energy flow gets blocked and we get negative symptoms. The body is always communicating with us in a way. If we take care of it, it will take care of us. I know that if I go back to my old habits it will ruin my health. It’s to valuable to ruin. I hope you keep moving forward.   [End]
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THIS WEBSITE MAY HELP http://www.cancertutor.com/faq/faq_inexpensive.html Vitamin C and Baking Soda (about $15 a month) Mix baking soda with Vitamin C in a glass of water (1-2 TEAspoons of baking soda with 5-10 grams of Vitamin C in 12 ounces of distilled water). Vitamin C and baking soda make sodium ascorbate and CO2. This carbonates the water and nutralizes some of the acid making it more drinkable. THIS WAS ON A CANCER WEBSITE BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE RATIO AND MIX IT IN WATER EACH TIME. IT’S PROBABLY BETTER TO WAIT TILL IT STOP FIZZING TO AVOID AND GAS SYMPTOMS. IMO ANOTHER ...
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Thanks for the encouraging info. I think I’m slowly getting to him, and One of his friends is positive about it, but to actually practice it, thats a whole different ball game. I hope they learn to play ball. I won’t give up.   [End]
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Oilpulling did wonders for my skin. I had some verticle wrinkles starting on both cheeks and my skin is full now, no more verticle wrinkles. That was just a side benefit, another side benefit, I have no more allergies. I tried 8 drops of peppermint oil in the sesame oil and it seems like it acts as a mini liver flush for me. I try to do this once in a while. I love it.   [End]
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No my son is a computer geek, a programmer. He doesn’t even take aspirin or tylenol. I think I scared him away from over the counter drugs etc... He and his friends are a very clean, wholesome group. They just rely on alot of fast food. I wonder if it could be hypothyroid, but if he keeps adding fuel to the fire and eating at fast food places, I don’t know if one iodoral pill a day is going to help him much. He has tried to eat at healthier places part of the time, ones that don’t have the transfats. Any comments or ideas would be much appreciated.   [End]
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Seaweed is a good source of lithium, so IMO they should go hand in hand since both iodine and lithium naturally occur to gether in seaweed and that’s the oringinal source of both.   [End]
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My son is grown and out of the house, and he eats alot of pizza and fast foods with his friends. They are young men but they look so bloated and puffy. He started looking that way to. where his neck and his head are hardly distinguishable anymore. He does not have a whole lot of body fat, it looks like a healthy amount. Is the thick neck a sign of goiter? He said he will take an Iodoral pill every day so I hope that helps.   [End]
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