DETOXIFY...it's a big word...DO YOU?

Agreed, and the body has ways of letting you know that you're doing something wrong, so we should pay attention. I haven't felt my energy as usual for almost a couple of weeks and that's why I thought of looking into it. Hope you get your chance as well.

Never been able to stand cranberry juice, my bad! And I constantly have to insist on vegetables and salads, I don't know why but my wife doesn't always think of that. I know fiber and roughage (sp?) is necessary to keep the intestines clean.
I'm not familiar with that extract of senna, but I will look into that and the plum juice too. Sweating...what's that? I used to feel much healthier when I did sweat a lot but it hasn't been easy working up a sweat for quite some time.
I'll put you first on my list to check into about these things. But I haven't had enough time to make quiet for quite a while either, THAT may be what's messing me up the worst. Thanks, mental.

I'll check it out but I've never been a friend of teas. My wife made me an orange tea last night because I felt bloated and guess what! I had bad dreams and woke up about three times which is unusual for me. Bad night! Bummer.

Sweetie, it will be one cold day in hades when I go a whole day without eating, on purpose. Not that I haven't, but I'm not planning it any time soon. Water, that most wodnerful of all elixirs does not like me. It seems I have a hyper-acidic stomach or something, and water makes me feel badly. Weird, huh?
About the beer...it's not like I drink enough to make much difference, it's more like I love the taste, but I know that with time it also affects the system.
By the way, congratulations on kiccking the habit, that alone should be a great help to staying clean

Yes, some people cant tolerate water very well, I have noticed Mechanic. So that may be it..hyper acidity...could be.
Thats prolly why your tummy likes the hops in the beer because it corrects the acidity. See, I knew I learned something good in beauty school..ph balancing LOL xooxox Hugs

My daighter put me on to a health/detox site at www.curezone.com There ae 100s of messages there on all subjects concerning detox, health problems, etc.

My favorite forum is "Ask Dr. Sutter." He has a cd that you can purchase that is supposed to be very helpful, on detoxing.

You must be very careful with some of this info, because there are right and wrong ways to do these things.

Dr. Sutter says there are 3 cleanses that need to be done in a specific order:
1. Bowel cleanse 2. Parasite cleanse and
3. Liver cleanse

A bowel cleanse should not be harsh on the body.

My daughter did one, as did a co-worker that she told about curezone, and they both worked while doing it. She told me that the main thing you have to do is drink a LOT of water while doing it, to avoid constipation, and I think there's an 800 # you can call if you have problems too.

She (my daughter) - had pain and problems in her upper abdomen. She had to go in for a test where she was sedated, and the dr. ran a scope down into her gallbladder. He told her it'll have to come out.

She went to curezone and read and read and asked questions and did a gallbladder flush. That was almost a year ago. She lost a little weight, feels better, and still has her gallbladder, and no more problems.

If you can't find Dr. Sutter's forum, go to Google and type in curezone ask dr. sutter and you'll find his forum that way.

Hope this helps some. I'm getting ready to start some of the cleanses/detoxes the end of this month or next for sure.

Classy Cat

THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES! Yes, I was thinking also about what I've heard from Dr Oz, and of course Dawn, I've considered that naturopath as well, it's just so hard for some of us guys to get to ANY doctor!!! Isn't that weird?
Anyway, ClassyCat, I had heard about those different cleansings but I never considered the parasite cleanse, hmmmmm...
All the same, I appreciate your recomendation because I like those types of sites, and I will certainly look into it. So thank you, ladies!

Let me tell you, it's no joke! I would even like to connect with a hyperbaric chamber, which is a process for enriching the oxygen content of the blood! I'm really serious about that, especially since I have made certain changes in my life that have caused me to slow down significantly as far as physical activities go.
When a doctor wants to clean you out they prescribe some junk you drink, some times a gallon or maybe even two, which tastes bad enough to make you sick, but you do it and believe me, it will do the job.
The reason why I went to the hospital is because he thought I had a bleeding ulcer, but thank God I didn't. The cleansing they did made me feel great for years, and yes, an effective cleansing can weaken you a bit, but only for a short time.