New Years Challenge

Start the new year by doing a 3 day cleanse to help you reboot your system for a new decade.

Dr. Christopher's famous 3 day cleanse is a great way to help get rid of cravings, cleanse the colon, feel like a new person, and reboot your system. 

Some benefits of the 3 day cleanse are to 

1. Help with brain fog 
2. Help with digestive disturbances 
3. Help improve energy levels 
4. Improve emotional well being
5. Feel fantastic
6. Eliminate cravings for improper foods

If you have made it through the holidays and have been eating a perfect diet then you may disregard this post. If not then keep reading. 

Let's start the challenge by doing a 3 day cleanse. What it is is a 3 day juice fast.

First: pick a juice that you will be consuming for the 3 days. This can be apple, grape, carrot, or citrus.

Second: Choose 3 consecutive days to consume up to a gallon of juice each day.

Third: Follow the guidelines for the 3 days.

Fourth: Make sure you are close to bathroom facilities for the 3 days. 

This is a serious commitment and is an intense cleanse for your body. It's like changing the oil in your car or spring cleaning your house. You are cleaning out the debris in you colon to allow the rest of your body to cleanse. 

The 3 day cleanse:

• First thing in the morning you will consume 16 ounces of prune juice. This is only consumed in the morning once each morning for the 3 days.
• 1/2 hour later you will drink 8 ounces of your chosen juice.
• The next 1/2 hour you will drink 8 ounces of distilled water.
• 3 times throughout the day you will need to take 1 tablespoon of olive oil. This helps lubricate the bile ducts so the bile can flow freely.
• Continue alternating your juice of choice and water each 1/2 hour.
• Swish each mouthful of juice as if you are chewing it to mix with saliva for better digestion and prevent a blood sugar crash.
• Finish your juice and water consumption at 8:00 PM

You will follow this plan for the next 2 days.

The 4th and 5th day is optional to drink only water if desired. 

After the cleanse you will want to transition into the Mucusless diet which I also call the Mild Food diet. 

An explanation of the diet will be given in the next post.

Any questions are welcome.

Mistletoe

Mistletoe Viscum album

Jo Francks MH

Mistletoe is a plant which grows out of the branches of trees making it a parasitic plant relying on the host tree for its nutrition. In the winter when the tree itself is dormant the mistletoe is a flourishing green. Because it was able to blossom in the frigid winter it became a symbol of fertility in the early centuries.

Mistletoe grows on many trees, especially apple trees, but rarely on oak trees. So the legend goes that the druids revered the oak trees that mistletoe was growing on and considered it a gift from the Divine.

In the Scandinavian legend, Balder, the god of Peace, was slain with an arrow made of Mistletoe. He was restored to life at the request of the other gods and goddesses, and Mistletoe was afterwards given into the keeping of the goddess of Love, and it was ordained that everyone who passed under it should receive a kiss, to show that the branch had become an emblem of love and not of hate.

We keep the tradition going this time of year by using Mistletoe in Christmas decorations. Anyone standing under the Mistletoe receives a kiss. 

Medicinally Mistletoe has been called a cure all by some herbalists. It is currently revered as a powerful nervine and antispasmodic being used for epilepsy and convulsive disorders.

Dr. Christopher taught that Mistletoe is highly valued for its nervine and antispasmodic properties, used anytime there is weakness or disorders of the nervous system. It will quiet, soothe and tone the nerves. It is also useful in female weakness and will incite uterine contractions. It tones the heart and is preferable to the powerful whipping action of digitalis or bromides in cardiac affection. 

The leaves are the best part of the plant to use. There is some indication that the berries are poisonous but so far this is inconclusive. Also it may be advised to not use Mistletoe if there is a condition of hypertension or high blood pressure. Since it is known to contract the uterus it is not advised to be used during pregnancy.

Viscum album is the European Mistletoe. The American variety is Phoradendron flavescens and has similar properties. Most information is for the European variety.

Mistletoe combines well with other nervine herbs and is one of the herbs in Dr. Christopher’s Relax-Eze combination. It’s a nice herb to use this time of year when there seems to be a lot of stress during the holidays.