Wednesday, September 2, 2009

My Salt Water Flush

I woke up at 5:45am this morning because I wanted to have enough time to make it through the 'elimination' process following the SWF and not interrupt my day. To make the SWF I combined 1 liter of warm water with 2 level teaspoons of sea salt in a Nalgene bottle and shook it up. Woloshyn, in 'The Master Cleanse,' says that he imagines the salt water is a soup broth and it goes down easy. I tried this on my first few sips and it wasn't too bad, but I could only drink about 200mL before I had to take a 3-5 minute break. After 400mL my tongue felt funny, after 600mL my stomach started to ache. After 800mL, I was done.

A website www.themastercleanse.org has broken down the steps of the cleanse and provided a place for people to chat about their experiences with each part of the cleanse. For information and support they have done a very nice job. I bring up this website because on it I read that within the first 15 minutes of the SWF your stomach will gurgle as if it is time to eliminate, but it is important to wait another 30-45 minutes. I am glad I read this, because this is exactly what happened to me. I waited and about 60 minutes after I drank the SWF I went to the bathroom. It was relatively unexciting. I went two more times within the next hour and 15 minutes.

The salt water tasted gross, but I have to say that I have had previous experiences with colonic cleanses for medical evaluations and this process was much more gentle than Fleet, and actually tasted better too. I wouldn't line up to do it again, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
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