Some Guidance & Reassurance

Hi wanderlust,  to the forum!

It's very late and I've just seen/read your post.  I've got to get in bed in order to be able to get up tomorrow to go to work so this will be short, just wanted to let you know that Uny has a few people she's coaching on the IP right now so it might be a few days before she'll be able to answer your post but she will as soon as she can.

I'm glad to hear you ordered the Omega juicer, I've got the Omega Vert and I love it.  Here is a great article on juicing in case you haven't found it yet on the forum.   JUICE-FASTING: The powerful healing therapy.

"Is there anyone that has used IF1 and then gotten off of it and still had 3 bowel movements a day? If there is and you have threads on CZ about your story, please post them because I know there are others with this fear of creating a lazy bowel."

I haven't made a post about this because it's just happened in the last couple of weeks.  I've been on the IF#1 for a very long time.  I wasn't working so it never bothered me that I'd have to go to the bathroom at any given time during the day.  Two weeks ago I went back to work, it was supposed to be part time but it's been more like 7 hours a day.  I stopped taking the IF#1 the first day I went to work because I didn't know about the bathroom situation and I've been off of it now for two weeks.  

I have been constipated my whole life so I was kinda worried that I might get that way again even though I knew better than that, it was still a concern in the back of my mind.  I've done the IF#2 off and on for months now and I've cleaned my colon to the point where it works on it's own.  I've had at least 3 bowel movements, sometimes 4, everyday since I started work and that is on my own with no IF1 or IF2.  When we cleanse our bodies, even a little bit they start working more like they are supposed to.  The herbs in the bowel cleanse increase the peristalic action of the intestines, the IF1 gets the bowels moving and the colon squeezing and the IF2 scrubs out the hardened fecal matter.  

There really is absolutely nothing to worry about with the IF#1 or the IF#2.  It is NOT addicting at all, it simply helps your colon to operate on it's own once the colon is clean.

The IF#2 has many more herbs than just Bentonite and Psyllium, here is the ingredient list:  Organic Psyllium Seed & Husk, Flax Seed, Apple/Fruit Pectin, Slippery Elm Bark, Marshmallow Root, Peppermint Leaf, Bentonite Clay & Activated Charcoal. When you make a P&B shake you only have the two ingredients and they can be very clogging.  

It seems that my body responds to the least little herbal cleansing/healing really fast.  Everyone is different in how long it takes to respond and heal.  If I'm remembering correctly Dr. Schulze said it took him 2-3 years to cleanse his colon completely.  I'm not near done but my body is already working like it has never worked before!   

Let us know how you like your juicer when you get it.

Willow