hi bella lucia!

well done you on your fast! awesome job! and i have enjoyed reading many of your posts.

i'm not sure about the eczema or allergies but i thought i would post you something i read a while back:

from:
http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/how-to-break-a-fast/symptoms-after-the-fast.html


'Symptoms After The Fast

Sometimes fleeting symptoms will occur or recur for a short period after breaking a prolonged fast. Some people experience mild sore throats, canker sores in the mouth, edema (usually slightly swollen ankles). Sometimes there is a mild recurrence of the original problem—or a very temporary painful episode.

These usually are manifestations of the organism's efforts to affect necessary adjustments during the period of transition from the fasting state to the necessity for processing renewed food supplies.

No palliation of such symptoms should be attempted, and it is not necessary (nor advisable) to start fasting again at this time. Get a lot of rest, and continue eating carefully, preferably all-raw food, and these symptoms will gradually recede.'

i really hope this is the case for you :)

i finished a 36-day fast-to-completion about 5 weeks ago and i got some symptoms back when i started (assiduous!) re-feeding (raw & food-combining). since it was my 3rd long fast in 5 months, i have now started to see a naturopath/herbalist about these specific symptoms (hmmm). i was fasting primarily for health reasons and although the fasting eliminated loads of problems, i still have some lingering symptoms that may need specialised herbs to completely irradicate (??). like you though, i have reservations about taking supplements unless they have been naturally extracted - say no to synthetic!

good luck bella lucia, i really hope your problems are just a temporary remission or continued detox from your re-feeding and improve quickly.

best wishes,
- lulu

bella lucia,
I haven't given up on you and I do not intend to.........

What may seem to be a perplexing outcome to your fast with the return of your allergies and eczema and now Hay Fever, needn't be, and for these reasons........

"In Hay Fever the Schneiderian membrane (a mucous membrane) of the nose becomes highly sensitive as a consequence of a state of chronic irritation (inflammation) for a lengthy period of time. Particles of dust, lint, and pollen, easily add to the irritation and cause it to "water" and become congested. The excited, irritated and inflamed state of the mucous membrane of the eyes, nose and throat seen in hay fever is but a state of what was formerly known as "CATARRH". To put this very simply: the sensitive condition of those membranes is due to the fact that they are sick----inflamed."
Shelton....excerpted from his chapter on "Hay Fever" Fasting Can Save Your Life . Page 136 of 135--138.

THE SOLUTION ?
This brings me back to a well known fasting and diet advocate named Arnold Ehret who believed (amongst other things) that the over-production of catarrh within the body was one of the main causes of disease and in particular as the cause of allergies and skin diseases.
He believed in avoiding what he referred to as "mucous-forming foods" such as Cheese, Bread, Milk, and dairy products: there are many others.
He advocated "The Mucousless Diet Healing System" which was based around the eating of non-mucous-forming foods such as fruit and non-starchy vegetables.
It worked.

I would strongly advise you to undergo another short fast of 3 days and then adhere to his mucousless diet. The results could be the answer you are looking for.
I am not a betting man, but I would on this occasion.

The free online book comes in three parts with this being the first.........

http://www.arnoldehret.org/healthclub/trilogy_1.html


Warm Regards

chrisb1.