Salt Water Flush
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OP as someone that suffered from IBS but has it under control for almost 15 years, and someone who has damage to their stomach due to typhoid, I suggest that you do the following, before its too late:
1) Research in your local library the side effects of too much salt to your body over a long time
2) Go to any other doctors surgery and ask the most senior doctor and also the most junior doctor if your treatment is medically sound.
3) Research online the different treatments for your condition.
4) A RN, which is Registered Nurse, has strong advised you not to take this treatment and she is a qualified professional. I would listen to her advise.
5) Stop taking this treatment, it is not what is helping your skin or nails, that's from someone who doesn't take added salt and watches salt content in her diet.
If you value your life then stop playing with it. This treatment can kill and has taken the lives of a lot of people. Salt dehydrates the body and causes the body to lose nutrients not absorbs them. Please, as a mother who has a very young daughter, I'm begging you to stop before the damage cannot be repaired. I've not taken medication for IBS in 15 years and have controlled it by not adding salt to my diet.
Below is a link to the website of the clinic that has help many with intestinal and gastric medical conditions. I know its in Ireland, but you can email them or call them for advise. Even doctors send people to this clinic that have your kind of condition. Its worth talking to them and getting their opinion.
http://www.dunboyneherbs.ie/-1 -
my grandma had diverticulitis and they told her to just avoid foods that can make it worse(any foods with seeds was one of them-no tomatoes,no cucumbers,no whole grain breads that had seeds,etc). they never told her to use a salt water flush.and that was almost 20 years ago.I agree I would see another dr/homeopath,etc0
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fabian_chipper wrote: »I don´t recommend it, I do recommend to have a nail high glass of SEA water, since the salt composition is different and perfectly deluded, also it contains minerals and some heavy metal that your bowel and blood needs, don't try it, not worth it.
Sometimes it seems like a lot of MFPers are awash in a sea of deluded water.0 -
I know back....10 years ago, when I had toyed with the idea of doing the Master Cleanse, part of it is to do a salt water flush every single morning. I made it to day 1 salt water flush and quit right then. NASTY!!!!! I only drank half of it and then had to sit on the porcelin throne for the next 3 hours. OUCH!0
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Cranquistador wrote: »NO
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Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.0 -
AngInCanada wrote: »I know back....10 years ago, when I had toyed with the idea of doing the Master Cleanse, part of it is to do a salt water flush every single morning. I made it to day 1 salt water flush and quit right then. NASTY!!!!! I only drank half of it and then had to sit on the porcelin throne for the next 3 hours. OUCH!
Pretty much my experience. I think I managed 2 days. I spent those days....on the loo.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.
I laughed a bit too hard.0 -
Thanks for the visual.Alatariel75 wrote: »Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.
Sorry for laughing but I can imagine if someone did the exact same thing as the boxer, would it hahave the exact same effect???0 -
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The responses to my question is cracking me up. Perhaps I should provided more contexts and for that I apologize.
First, I have a mild form of diverticulitis (small pockets that develop in the large intestine allowing for food particles to lodge, causing inflammation and infection). I first started salt water flushes (SWF) under doctor's orders... it's similar to people who take magnesium-citrate before a colonoscopy. Salt water cleanses do not cause bloating because the flush is at an equilibrium with your body's salinity. I currently use a 2T to 1QT ratio, and this ratio generally applies to all people, but can vary.
I was simply asking if others have used this method to clean out partially digested food particles from the intestinal track. I understand it has nothing to do with actually losing body weight, but it is an effective way to making your body better absorb nutrients from food as it passes through.
And as for the concern for multiple bowel movements... SWFs start about 45-60 minutes after ingestion and end a maximum of 60 minutes later. It's not an all day thing.
And in regards to questions about what the results actually are. I find my body better absorbs water, vitamins, and nutrients. I have healthier skin, stronger hair and nails, and any symptoms of IBS or intestinal inflammation subside.
Well, if anyone has follow this "doctor approved" flush method, I would like to hear from you. Hopefully I've cleared up some other people's questions and concerns.
Let me guess… the doctor is a naturopath, not an MD.
I have Crohn's disease and salt water flushes are NEVER recommended to people with diseases/conditions involving the GI system.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.
A+++ for the visual. Thanks!
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Oh, and the salt water cleanse has to be the stupidest thing I've heard here yet!0
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Diverticulitis is the infection. Diverticulosis is the condition. Many people who have diverticulosis never get diverticulitis. Once the pockets are there they will always be there. My gastroenterologist has never once mentioned a salt water flush. I'd assume he'd be against it because it sounds like it could cause inflammation and throw the balance of things off in the digestive tract.0
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Sounds like the first time my dog went to the beach, chasing sticks and tennis balls in the surf, and swallowing way too much salt water. She was on a "flush" and completely miserable for hours after that.
Exactly!girlwithcurls2 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »You did what to your regiment? And they just let you?
QFT
P.S. Who wants to be having 3-7 bowel movements a day???
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Many years ago, my flatmate took his dogs to the beach. They had a lovely day, swimming, chasing the ball, meeting other dogs. One of the dogs, a large male Boxer, drank sea water. A fair bit of sea water.
They left the beach, loaded up the car and hit the freeway on the way home. About 20 minutes from home, at 100km/hour, my flatmate simeltaneously hears a yelp and a squelching noise, feels a splat across the back of his head, and had his sinuses assailed by a foul stench. He immediately looks in the mirror to see his dog experiencing the effects of a salt water cleanse. Being a dog, and a boxer at that, the dog is trying to work out what is occuring in his back end, and is spinning around, trying to get a look at his butt, projectile pooping liquid excrement the whole time.
Picture a giant revolving law sprinkler of poop. The windows of the car were covered, the upholstery was covered, the other dog was covered, the back of my flatmates head was covered. He managed to pull over to the side of the freeway and get the dog out to finish deflating his bowels, but the damage was done. He still had to drive another 20 minutes home, and despite professional cleaning, that car was never the same.
And THAT'S what I think of when people talk about a salt water cleanse.
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QFT
P.S. Who wants to be having 3-7 bowel movements a day???[/quote]
I don't drink saltwater but
2-5 bowel movements a day is normal. It's regular.0 -
vinegar_husbands wrote: »That's 13,952mg of sodium right there.
Jesus. If I wasn't already convinced this sounded like a terrible idea....0 -
girlwithcurls2 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »You did what to your regiment? And they just let you?
QFT
P.S. Who wants to be having 3-7 bowel movements a day???
I go 3 or 4 times a day WITHOUT a salt water flush.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »2TBSP to 1 quart of water? That's... a lot of salt. And a lot of poop.
Please stop doing this, OP. Sounds dangerous.
Poop isn't fat. You're not losing anything your body won't rid itself of.
Love this!! Poop isn't fat.0
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