also just for alittle more inspriation.......my mother had been on high blood pressure medicatation for 20 years now. i would tell her about the mc for years and she would never try it saying that, "going without food is not healty". i finally talker her into trying it for one day. just one day! she agreed. that one day turned into 19 days and the first time in 20 years she was able to get off her blood pressure medication. her dr. couldn't believe it. after a month being off her meds, she wasn't watching her eating and her pressure started to slowly rise. her dr. then changed meds to a lower strength and different brand just as a precaution and monitored her for months. she does take the meds sparingly as oppose to daily but that is a result of her now making the mc apart of her life. this is living proof that natural and herbal is a better way of life then going to the doctors office. just a little inspiration. SMILE!