Hi Donna,
You're doing beautifully, my friend!
There's no doubt that your body is
in its healing mode. You've come a
long, long way in just three weeks.
I suggest you up your daily dosage
of vitamin C; if not right now, then when you finish the IP Program in
ten days. Why? Because your immune
system NEEDS extra vitamin C to
fight off and destroy the toxins in
your body.
Go to the Vitamin C forum, Donna,
and read my post entitled Mega-Doses
of Vitamin C. I posted it about two
months ago. I think it will resonate
with you.
I've been taking mega-doses of vitamin C EVERY DAY for the last 28
years. For the first 27 years, I took between 6,000 to 10,000 mg each
day. That's the same as 6 to 10 grams. But since reading DR. Joseph
Levy's remarkable book, VITAMIN C,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES, & TOXINS, I've
upped my daily dosage to 14,000 mg
a day.
At age 63, Donna, I'm in perfect health. I haven't had so much as a
cold or the flu since 1977. And I
give MOST of the credit to the large
doses of vitamin C I've consumed
every day.
When you read my long post, you'll
discover that there are only four
(4) animal species among a million
or so species who do NOT -- NOT! --
synthesize or produce their OWN
vitamin C in their liver. Humans
are one of them; guinea pigs are
another. THAT'S why guinea pigs
are used for medical experiments:
because they have little or no
built in immunity. Just like us,
Donna, just like us.
So if you up your daily ante of vitamin C to, say, 12,000 mg a day,
I am almost sure that your body,
your immune system, will use that
healing nutrient to accelerate the
healing process. Indeed, my best
guess is that you'll need considerably more 12,000 mg before
you reach your bowel tolerance (
mild diarrhea and loose stools which
indicate that you've reached your
upper level of vitamin C). I'm
healthy, and I need 14,000 mg a day
of vitamin C. My bowel tolerance is
around 17,000 mg. But if I were
sick, I'd need a LOT more vitamin C
before I ever reached bowel tolerance. Cancer patients in Australia have been given as much
as 300,000 mg in ONE DAY, without
reaching bowel tolerance. Why?
Because their bodies NEEDED that
"ammunition" to fight off the cancer. I'm mildly curious, Donna,
what your bowel tolerance would be.
I'd bet 50,000 + mg.
Anyway, do read that long post, and
then, as always, trust your intuition.
Last point: you asked for book
suggestions. Here are two: THE RAW
GOURMET by Nomi Shannon. It's a
coffee-table type book with GLORIOUS
photographs of the finished meals in
her recipes. Even kids raised on
barbeque will like the look and taste of these dishes.
And you should buy a copy of Brian
Clement's wonderful book, LIVING FOODS FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH. Brian is
the Director of the Hippocrates Healing Institute, which is just
up the road from me in West Palm
Beach, Florida. It's one of the world's great healing spas. And
Brian's book is full of things you
need to know to stay healthy in our
unhealthy world. Trust me on this one. The book will repay its cost
a thousand times.
My thoughts and prayers are with
you, Donna. Enjoy this summer day.
Blessings,
Owen