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You will drink the
Hot Lemon-Water Flush first thing each morning, to help complete the
cleansing process that has been going on during the night. This drink
flushes all the systems of elimination, especially the kidneys, the
liver, and the colon. It helps to cleanse waste from the digestive
tract and keep your breath sweet.
8-ounce glass of
warm purified water
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Pinch of cayenne pepper or 1 drop of
cayenne tincture
Heat eight ounces
of purified water until it is quite warm, pour the water in a glass,
and add the lemon juice and cayenne. You may increase the amount of
cayenne gradually (up to one-eighth teaspoon of the powder or eight
drops of tincture) as you continue to make your Hot Lemon-Water Flush
each morning.
Lemon juice helps
to break up and dislodge the sticky mucus deposits that tend to clog
up the system. Its powerful enzymes and high vitamin-C content are
natural cleansers, helping to flush your system of toxic wastes. The
bioflavonoid in the white inner rind and fibrous strands are also very
cleansing, so use a squeezer to derive the benefits of these fibrous
parts of the lemon as well. Cayenne pepper aids digestion by
stimulating the production of digestive juices and helps to eliminate
mucus. Some people find that drinking hot water, even by itself, helps
to encourage a bowel movement in the morning.
Hydrating Drink
You can enhance the
hydrating properties of your purified drinking water by adding a small
amount of natural sugar. This Hydrating Drink was developed by two
Australian doctors who were working in Africa with malnourished
children. The doctors found that infants who were dehydrated from
diarrhea were not helped when given water alone, but if some sugar was
mixed in the water, it helped to rehydrate their tissues. Using sugar
water for oral-hydration therapy is based on the same theory as giving
intravenous glucose, or sugar water, to people in the hospital who
cannot eat solid food.
You may prepare the
Hydrating Drink using either pure maple syrup or apple juice, in the
proportions given below. Be sure to use juice from organically grown
apples, or pure maple syrup (not a maple-flavored, refined-sugar
syrup). Both are excellent sweeteners. Try them, and see which suits
your own taste.
6 ounces of
purified water
2 ounces of
organic apple juice
8 ounces of
purified water
1 teaspoon of
pure maple syrup
Pour the pure maple
syrup or apple juice into an empty glass and fill it to the top with
purified water.
Drink a glass of
Hydrating Drink between meals throughout the day, whenever you are
thirsty. Bring some sweetener of your choice to work. Fill a glass
with water from the cooler, add the sweetener, and sip it at your
desk. This Hydrating Drink helps your body absorb water at a cellular
level. This keeps the tissues plump and moisturized and promotes the
cleansing activity of lymphatic fluid as water is moved in and out of
the cells. Regular use of this Hydrating Drink keeps your system
constantly flushed with fresh water, pushing the stagnant fluids out
from between the cells and overcoming a tendency to bloating by
removing salt. It also keeps your colon hydrated and discourages
constipation.
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