If I had a soapbox on health, the two words you'd hear me say over and over again would be "poop" and "detox." Americans, especially, fail to do either as often as they should; consequently, their health suffers acutely.
I am the mom of "Are you pooping?" and "Hop in a detox bath and watch a movie." whenever my kids tell me they don't feel well. Your body is a ginormous filtration system, and if you are eating the Standard American Diet (SAD) without pooping 2-3 times a day and detoxing frequently, then you are in toxic overload with every kind of health issue imaginable. Everything from allergies to bad moods can be significantly improved by pooping and detoxing. Garbage in, garbage out.
Do you worry? Every time you do, those emotions are stored in your kidneys, which will eventually cause kidney pain, infections, and even kidney stones.
Do you find yourself getting more and more angry? Your liver is clogged. And women, 50% of your hormones are produced in your liver...so when Aunt Flo comes to visit, and your filtration system is backed up, your inner dragon comes out to play.
Bitterness is stored in the gallbladder, grief is stored in your heart, and the list goes on and on.
Quick side note: If you're missing an organ like a kidney, appendix, or gallbladder, the cells in your body know that organ is supposed to be there. It remembers and never forgets, so the emotions still get stored there, making it doubly important for you to detox that organ as if it were still there.
It's Western medicine's backward thinking that says, "Good, the organ is gone it won't bother you again." Nope. Now you have more problems, and the organs around the one that was removed or damaged have to work overtime.
If you analyze all the countries with people in excellent health, you'll quickly notice they take care of the body, focusing on limiting exposure to toxins and detoxing often. They have a much more preventative approach to healing, limiting the need for organ removal. They also aren't exposed to the horrors of the SAD diet.
When I traveled to Japan, I never once read an ingredient label, and my body never felt better. I even ate bread, something I rarely do here in America. The difference is that all other countries ban deadly chemicals from being put into foods, but America doesn't.
And there I go again, I'm on my soapbox. If you want to learn more about cleansing, it's chapter eleven in my book. I open that chapter with, "By the end of this chapter, I'm convinced you'll love discussing poop as much as I do." Feel free to read that chapter and try to prove me wrong. So far, people have read that chapter and then message me shyly, asking, "Can we talk about poop?" Ha! I love it; another convert. You're my people!
Back to my story.
Our new home, the Raptor, doesn't have a bathtub, which is a huge problem. How can I be the mother of "poop and detox" if we're missing a key component to detoxing? (Thankfully, we have two toilets in the rig, whew.)
Bestie to the rescue! My dear, sweet friend Julez gave me an Ionic Footbath last night, and Bill and I immediately tested it out during family time watching another episode of Heartland. (Good show, by the way)
My cute feet as it begins. Something to note: even if my feet were not in the water, the water would still turn brown. All the other junk in the next photo wouldn't be there.
Bill and I both feel this was a slightly better detox than our traditional Epsom salt and hot water bath detox we'd been doing. For the past decade, we've been using at least 2 cups of Epsom salt in a bath as hot as you can stand it for a minimum of 30 minutes. We found the most success if we just got in the bathtub and watched a movie, so 1.5-2 hour soak. That's time-consuming! But it works, and let's face it, almost two hours of relaxing alone time is heavenly after a long day.
After 30 minutes. Gross, eh? Yuck. But I feel so much better, so seeing the result was 100% worth it.
This foot bath allowed us to detox simultaneously, and we were finished in 30 minutes. The effects were noticeable immediately. We both discovered our lymphatic system was moving better, our mood improved, our allergy symptoms were gone, and we went on to have an incredible night's sleep. All things we notice in a detox bath, but in a quarter of the time, without the need for a bathtub! Amazing!
A handy little chart that helps you identify what you are looking at. It's hard to tell from the photos, but there were clearly black, black flecks, and dark green in the tub when I was finished.
I especially love the fact that this machine will detox two people at the same time. Now, while we travel across the country, I can invite you in and hand you a cup of coffee, and the two of us can catch up while we detox. Ha! I love this machine! Half of you are thinking, "Oh, heck no!" and the other half is wondering, "How quickly until you visit my state?"
Which camp are you in?
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