Thank you so much everyone for the great feedback! And believe me, I'm already a believer. I've always believed that God has given us everything we need to achieve well being and I'm finally at a place where I feel strong enough to actually listen to my body and do what it needs. I'm really excited about the idea of giving my digestive system a rest and would like to start asap. Ideally I wanted to do a 10-12 day cleanse/fast starting this week and taper off in time to enjoy the holidays MODERATELY of course(and allow my fam to enjoy me w/out the BO) and then go back on again for as long as it takes in January. I just didn't want to start something hastily and wind up in a serious healing crisis just when I need to take lots of pictures and do a lot of visiting. It seems like the best thing to do is wait but would it help any to do some salt water bath/bowel cleanses anyway and maybe the lemonade in the morning until I can go for it all the way? Also what liver and parasite cleanses do you reccommend?