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Negative Symptoms can be positive
Stop it at the start. It is late for medicine to be prepared when disease has
grown strong through long delays.
Ovid (43 BC- 17 AD)
Remedia Amoris, 91
People sometimes feel worse when they first start eating Living Foods. It can be
challenging and one may begin to doubt whether they are on the right path if
they are not informed of what is actually going on in their body. As Ovid states
above, you are in a fortunate position to now look after your body and
eventually go through a bit of discomfort during this cleansing process, instead
of already feeling the threat of being seriously ill.
The following article by Perth's famous naturopath 'Paul Werndly' which was
published in the West Australian Newspaper in August 1999, may help you to
understand in detail why you might develop temporary negative symptoms when
changing from a cooked food diet to a raw food diet. For over seven years Paul
Werndly has lectured and written for the West Australian Newspaper.
Negative Symptoms can be positive by Paul Werndly
When we ingest a substance for health purposes, we can sometimes experience a
reaction. But there is an important difference in the two types of reaction. A
primary reaction occurs when the body is directly sensitive or allergic to a
substance or food. A secondary reaction is when symptoms arise from the
cleansing or detoxification effects.
Often it is difficult to distinguish between the two because symptoms can be
quite similar but a competent natural health practitioner can recognize the
difference.
Many people stop taking something because they think it is incompatible with
their system and is making them feel a bit off color. But it is actually
increased amounts of toxins, moving within their system that cause the problem.
The toxic material needs to be moved before our elimination channels can remove
it from the body. The symptoms that arise in the secondary reaction can be sore
muscles, headaches, light-headedness, visual disturbances, fatigue, diarrhea, to
name just a few. All of theses are the body's attempt to remove toxic
encumbrances that may have existed for years. If the body harbors them for too
long, disease will result from their negative effects on cellular health.
So the body needs to go through a Osacrifice' stage of feeling worse before
getting better. Yet in rising to the next level of health and well-being, the
challenge can prove too great for some who have grown comfortable with, or even
attached to, their present state of health. The substances that can produce a
secondary reaction are usually the foods, herbs and natural medicines that have
an anti-microbial or anti-parasitic action. When bacteria and parasites are
dying, they release their toxins into the system. As the debris of their own
cells breaks down our immune system and elimination systems are put under a much
greater workload. Besides creating many secondary symptoms, dead and dying
organisms can also release their own viruses into our system, so we can also
have flu-like symptoms during this phase. The flu serves a purpose however,
because the increased temperature, mucus expulsion, rest and so forth give our
body an added opportunity to eliminate and recuperate.
It is a fine line but maybe our body is really in need of the things that
may upset us. Raw garlic is an excellent example because it often repeats on
people but some need if they are not feeling 100%. Garlic works on a broad
front, killing off both bacterial and parasitic species.
Cleansing the body may not always be a pleasant experience but sometimes it
comes down to this choice or suffering continuing disease.
If you have any questions you would like to ask Paul Werndly personally you can
contact him by e-mail at pwerndly@hotmail.com. I recommend to be sufficiently
informed before you change your diet and know about natural ways to lessen
detoxification symptoms and support your cleansing process.
Note: Depending on the individual you might encounter more or less negative
symptoms or none at all if the detoxification process happens very gradually.
Another sign of detoxification is a feeling similar to hunger often mistaken
with actual hunger. Drink a glass of water and if the hunger feeling leaves you
it was a symptom that your body is cleansing itself. There are various ways to
speed up the detoxification process with herbs, clay * or colon cleanses ** for
example. For more information please contact your physician or naturopath.
* Look for details about the use of clay as a detoxifier in the ingredient
glossary under 'clay'.
** There are many different colon cleanses on the market. A colon cleanse helps
the body to eliminate a lot of toxins in a short time by speeding up the
internal clean up of the bowel with the help of herbs and sometimes colon
irrigation. This is a very ancient, effective and rewarding health measurement.
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diagnosis nor treatment for any disease, illness, infirmity or physical
condition. Any form of self-treatment or alternative health program necessarily
must involve an individual's acceptance of some risk, and no one should assume
otherwise.
Persons needing medical care should consult a doctor or physician before making
any health decision
Kevin James Rogers
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