Wendee’s Story
I have a milestone birthday coming up in July, and I want to get in great shape by then. I’m not getting any younger, and I want to lose some weight — my main goal — but also to get healthier overall, including reducing the risk of health ailments in later years by removing toxins from my body. Every time I do a cleanse, it resets my digestion and I feel better. It also gives me an opportunity to set my health intentions anew and even takes on a spiritual element for me.
Global Healing’s Colon Cleanse Program recommends avoiding soy, gluten, red meat (and all meat), high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, refined sugar, processed foods, canned foods, alcohol, and excess coffee or caffeine, among other things. Instead, I’ll eat a variety of fruits (this includes avocados and tomatoes, which are fruits!).
Every day during the six-day cleanse, I will take Oxy-Powder and Latero-Flora — a single-strain probiotic (Brevibacillus laterosporus). Latero-Flora is a transient probiotic, which means it does not set up shop in your body like other probiotics do, but passes through. However, on the way, it targets harmful organisms that live in the colon, like yeasts.
I know that prevention is the key! Dr. Group, DC says that health begins in the colon — the large intestine — and that’s because we can accumulate years of gunk in there, including toxins and unhealthy microbes. Colon health is the start of good health!
For complete protocol details, check out our article, How To Perform a Colon Cleanse: The Complete Guide.
Below, I detail the supplements I took, how much water I drank, and all the foods I ate — as well as my overall daily experiences.
Friday — Day 1
Supplements
2 Latero-Flora + 6 Oxy-Powder
Water (with lemon)
80 ounces
Breakfast
1 cup blueberries & raspberries
1 cup ginger-mango tea
Few sips mango kombucha
1 cup watermelon chunks
Lunch
1 avocado with sea salt
1 banana
Cold-pressed mixed vegetable-fruit juice
Snack
? bag crunchy mango bites
1 cup mint-chamomile herbal tea
Dinner
6 jicama tacos (jicama wraps with cucumber and carrots)
4 oz. homemade guacamole
4 mini tomatoes
1 cup watermelon
Activity
100 crunches + plank
Woke up excited about the cleanse! Dr. Group, DC’s standard daily recommendation is drinking half your body weight in water daily, but on a cleanse, more is better. I’m drinking from a 20-ounce reusable bottle so I can track how much I drink.
I decided to drink room temperature water because it’s easier to drink more, faster. I’m drinking way more than I normally do. To my third bottle of water, I added a capful of organic raw apple cider vinegar.
I went out with a friend for lunch, but I brought my own food there. I had carrots, avocado, and juice and it really filled me up.
It’s 4 p.m., time to head home! I noticed that on my drive home, I was a bit sleepy. Around 5 p.m. once home, I got a headache. I didn’t take any meds, but instead took a hot bath and inhaled some lavender essential oil.
Headaches and other mild discomforts are a natural part of most cleanses, and are part of what’s called the “healing crisis.” When your body purges toxins, it can naturally lead to such symptoms.
I am keeping a commitment to exercise in some capacity every single day during the Complete Body Cleanse, which, of course, includes this Colon Cleanse. I really wasn’t feeling it today with the headache, but I did 100 crunches and a 60-second plank. Exercise and moving your body keep the toxins moving out of your body, so it’s helpful.
Every evening of the Colon Cleanse, I take six capsules of Oxy-Powder, an oxygenated colon cleanser that really gets things moving. Oxy-Powder is the best colon cleansing product that I’ve ever used. You take it at night and it works gently and very effectively. The next day, there’s no cramping — just simple, easy elimination. I like that I can check off the supplements I take in the instruction booklet.
Saturday — Day 2
Supplements
2 Latero-Flora + 6 Oxy-Powder
Water
60 ounces
Breakfast
1 cup rooibos tea
1 banana
3 dried apricots
1 unsweetened applesauce cup topped with cinnamon
Lunch
5 jicama tacos
4 oz. homemade guacamole
Snack
2 cups cold-pressed orange-pineapple-mango juice
? cup blackberries/blueberries
Few sips mango kombucha
? cup chopped Medjool dates in coconut flour
Dinner
6 jicama tacos
4 oz. guacamole
Activity
House cleaning + raking
Rode bike a couple of miles
My healing crisis symptoms continued on day two. It’s good that I started my cleanse on a Friday so that I could relax at home and take it easy. From past experiences, I find that the healing crisis symptoms occur in the first two or three days of a cleanse. I take comfort knowing it will go away soon, and I am doing this for my health!
After some morning tea, I started some house cleaning. I guess I felt like “cleansing” my house as well. Cleansing the body often brings psychological and emotional responses.
Later, my daughter and I started riding our bikes on the greenbelts in our neighborhood, then spontaneously decided to go to a coffee shop, which was not too far. I got a juice while there.
Back home, I took a hot bath with scented Epsom salts — a great part of any bedtime routine. Epsom salt contains magnesium sulfate, which comforts sore muscles and joints. Supportive therapies are encouraged during cleanses and you can turn your bath into a healing hot spring by adding Epsom salts, Bentonite clay, and other health-inducing ingredients. Other therapies that help a cleanse include massage, acupuncture, and saunas.
I am not taking any other supplements during this cleanse — which is what Global Healing recommends. That allows your body to devote its energy to breaking down toxins rather than processing the additional nutrients in supplements. While vitamins, minerals, and other supplements are healthful, it takes energy for the liver and kidneys to break down each and every item consumed. The simpler your diet is during a cleanse, the better the result.
Once in bed, I felt very cold and even started shivering. That was weird because, although it’s a bit cold outside, I keep my house warm. I felt so cold that I dried my hair and then used a heating pad to warm up. I am sure it’s part of the healing crisis. My body is ridding itself of toxins.
Sunday — Day 3
Supplements
2 Latero-Flora + 4 Oxy-Powder
Water
68 ounces
Breakfast
? cup dried Medjool dates in coconut flour
1 cup peach passion tea
1 banana
1 dried apricot
Lunch
? cup blueberries
1 cup peppermint tea
1 handful of dry roasted macadamia nuts
6 plantain chips
2 tablespoons pine nuts
Dinner
5 jicama tacos
4 oz. guacamole
4 mini-tomatoes
Activity
Stretching
100 crunches
Tae Bo
It’s day three and I have a lot of energy and feel great. I started my day with some stretching and situps and later, at a movie with my daughter, I swapped my normal popcorn-munching habit with snacks from home: chopped dates and blueberries, plus sparkling water. Yay for small victories!
I’m weighing myself every day on this new scale I have that tells body fat, muscle mass, and more, but suffice it to say that I am not at my ideal weight and hope the colon cleanse will help!
