At my natural food store they make a Orange/Olive Oil & mixed with lemon juice is very Easy to drink...

Hi Laverne,

I "practiced" taking the ES a week before it was actually time to take it for real. I tried a teaspoon of it first, and that wasn't too bad. Then, I picked up some good advice and used the juice of a freshly juiced granny smith apple with each dose of ES during my first flush. I've drunk the full dose both ways, with and without the apple juice. To me, it doesn't seem to taste drastically different, but my taste buds might not be as sensitive as other's. (Also, it didn't seem to make a difference in the quality of my flush results, either.) However, if you just concentrate on getting it down as fast as possible, in one or two swallows at most, it's easier. Even if you have to cut down on the amount of liquid, do it. Then you can wash it down with more plain water, and the plain water will taste sooooo sweet! And you can always pop a lozenge or altoid in your mouth, which I almost always do, after you get the "good stuff" down.

OR....

You could just pretend that your life depends on drinking this delicious cocktail. Perhaps the quality of your life does depend on it...

Cheers!

Juniper Berry

Hi Laverne----
I always get my liquid (I've used water or juice) VERY cold, and it helps to offset the taste of the ES. Also, I have friends that have used capsules (vegetable cellulose, not gelatin) to get the ES down. I don't know if you have access to a good health food store where you live, but a small (24 at a time) encapsulation machine is about $10(U.S.). I hope you can find a way to use the treatment....you'll be glad you did. Best wishes for good health!!

Hello Connie----
I'm glad to hear you're going to give natural healing a chance!! If you didn't need a gall bladder, you wouldn't have been born with one. As for the ornithine, if you don't have a health food store near you, you can order it online through Dr. Clark's website.
P.S.- I'm one of the guys that knows a few things about good health, too. ;-) Keep us posted.

Good Morning Laverne!

I too GAG, when it is time to drink the ES. Try adding some lemon juice to cut the bitter taste. It really worked for me.

I washed a fresh lemon and squeezed 1/2 of the lemon into the epson salt mixture. Cut up the other 1/2 of the lemon into sections. Hold your nose and drink 1/2 a dose and suck on the lemon and then do the same with the other 1/2. I felt extreme nausea from the epson salts, but no gag reflex at all. I'm pretty spinelss and gag when I smell the garbage so if this works for me it should work for anyone. Truthfully I didn't think I'd make it through the cleanse because of my inability to swallow anything foul tasting without gagging. As for the red grapefruit and extra light olive oil, I held my nose and drank it followed by sucking on a lemon section. I also put about 1/8 cup of the red grapefruit juice to the side and drank that after I sucked on the lemon. I made it through and so can you. The results you see in the morning are so worth it! Best of luck and let us know how it turns out for you.

Dasha