Re: BED-Extremely Exhausted (Dawn's msg)

Dawn,
thank you for your message. It came just at a time when I was needing a little encouragement.
I very much agree with you that its hard to handle any major cleanse while your adrenals are very weak. What's your diet like now? Have you ever tried a day of just eating raw vegetables? Its hard (esp. w/ cravings that the candida creates), but I've done it here and there and have felt much better as a result.
I actually had a phone consultation with Donna Gates about 2 months ago we talked about ADRENALS...I told her about the fact that if ever I eat tomato sauce, or sometimes after a large quantity of almond butter or raw almonds even, I would feel extremely exhausted, etc, etc. Her theory was that I may be dealing with a viral condition, because viruses like to live in acidic conditions and the tomato sauce and even raw almond butter was very acid forming, esp. to a sick body. She recommended that I go on what she calls, "BED Raw". She said she recommends this to anyone with a virus living inside their body, children with illnesses, etc. Basically, its just eating raw and cultured vegetables for a period of 3 - 10 days, with NO animal protein, seeds or nuts, or grains.
Do you make cultured vegetables now? They are good! What climate do you live in? One thing I have noticed is that it depends on what temperature you keep your house: We are at around 40 degrees here but we don't keep our house above 69. Your veggies need to have at least 70 degree-temperatures to wake up the good bacteria to do their job. I have been having trouble making good cultured veggies here because we don't have anywhere in the house that its that warm in the winter. Unfortunately, even with the culture starter, I've ended up with *rotten* veggies (NOT cultured). Has only happened once before out of the many times I've made them at the other house. So If you have a bathroom that stays kind of warm or a small room where your water heater is, you should have success.
Electrolyte balances--hallelujuiah--there seems to be an answer. Have you ever heard of "Laterosporus Bacillus"? It is a friendly flora (manufactured by O'Donnell Formulas) that helps the other good bacteria to stay in your colon. It is so beneficial for anybody with candida, because otherwise it seems all the acidophilus in the world won't populate your intestinal tract like its supposed to. Laterosporus can be found at some health food stores and online. I just bought it at BetterLife.com for almost 40% less than in the store! I will tell you, I am not cured yet of electrolyte imbalances, but it greatly helps. Okay, here's my little theory: good bacteria in the colon are helpers in digestion of food, and therefore instead of not absorbing all the healthy food you eat, you will! Yeah for us!!
If you have adrenal fatigue, I would think you probably have some measure of electrolyte imbalances too. Donna Gates told me that the adrenals "forage" for minerals--READ, ENERGY--in the intestinal tract. Have you ever noticed that when you do a colonic or an enema, or even when you have a BM (sorry to get so personal!) that you feel fatigued? Its because there is no immediate energy for the adrenals. colonics and enemas can still be good though, as they can get rid of toxic material in the body before its reabsorbed *YIKES*.
Symptoms are so numerous for mineral imbalance, but to generalize, I will get weak and have cramps in left arm and legs, feel like my heart is going to seize up, fingers, toes, lips turn bluish, difficulty walking, headache in severe cases I've had extreme numbness and tingling all over my body and, to put it frankly, felt like it was the end. Very scary indeed. I have been wondering if there is a soul in the world who was experienced the horrifying array of symptoms of mineral imbalance. I have searched the internet for answers to cases similar to mine, to no avail. But I know now after much reading that candida is the cause of this, and that there is a way out.
I totally have gone on and on and on, I do appologize for making this so long. I want to say to you Dawn, and everyone else, good luck with all you are going through. Prayer is a wonderful tool, because God wants us to follow his health laws and consequently, be in good health. He has been my friend throughout. I'll pray for everyone on this forum as well.
Teresa