Coke Cleanse for Kidney Stones and More

Welcome to "Cleanse the Waste Wednesday!"  "What's up Wednesday" was fun...but I needed a day to focus on cleansing.  So many people are coming to me with the need to cleanse...so here is the beginning of a new series.  Yahoo!

 This is one of the most effective cleanses that I have seen, and it is relatively easy.

• 6 cans Classic Coke™ 
• 6-8 oz Asparagus (Fresh is best, but you can substitute frozen or canned)*
• 1 gallon of distilled water

Open all the cans of coke a few hours before you plan to get started, to let the fizz out (and stop eating).  You will want the Coke to be room temp (some people like to heat it up...not sure if they like the taste better warm, if they think it adheres to the stones better hot or if they think that boiling it will remove the caffeine or something, you are welcome to try it warm or hot, but room temp seems to be the best I've seen).  Drink all 6 of the cans within a 2 hour period of time.  Towards the end of your "drinking binge", prepare your asparagus* and once your coke is gone gobble up your asparagus as quickly as possible and then drink your distilled water at your own pace, throughout the day, until it is gone.  Avoid food for a few hours and plan to stay near the restroom as it begins to work almost immediately.  If you would like to see the stones you can strain and rinse your waste...This cleanse is mostly for kidney stones, but many of my clients report that it helps clear a lot more.  When we work on them before and after the cleanse I can almost always feel a difference in the signals to the liver, gall bladder and kidney...so, in my mind this is much more than  a kidney flush.

People say that it works because of the phosphoric acid in the coke...but if that was the case, then people who drink a lot of Coke should never get stones, right?  Well, that's not true.  I do agree that the phosphoric acid helps to break the stones up...but I think it needs the asparagus and distilled water to work.  My theory is that when you drink that much coke in that quick of a time frame your body treats it like a poison and traps it.  When you eat the large amount of asparagus it changes the pH in the body and sends the phosphoric acid like a magnet to the stones, breaking them up and chasing them out of the body.  The distilled water dilutes what is left and continues washing it out of the body, but the most important part is that it rehydrates the body. As a side-note, soda pop, in general dehydrates the body...creating the ideal situation to create new stones, so if you have a tendency to get stones easily...avoid carbonation (this includes energy drinks).  Also, if this cleanse doesn't work well it may be because you were dehydrated to begin with and didn't drink enough water after.

*For the asparagus,  I was originally taught that no matter how you get it down, just do it.  You can cover it in butter, lemon juice or Hollandaise sauce, whatever you need to eat it, and to eat it quickly.  Later I learned that it is best to steam or boil it and then process it in a blender until well pureed...pure liquid.  As you drink it, chew it to mix it with saliva.  If you cannot do this, then do whatever it takes to get it down.  Pureed is best, but anything is better than nothing.

** this should NOT be painful.  If the kidney stones do not fully pass you can repeat the process within 3 days. 

Distilled Water

I was planning to write about the different types of water and just before getting started I thought I would do a quick search to see what else was out there. Lo and behold, who should pop up but one of my hero's, Dr. Christopher and this article: Click here to follow the link to his herbal legacy.  So now I will expound on his favorite type of water.

Distilled Water

Distilled water is the process extracting the water from minerals and contaminants through the process of boiling it and collecting it "in its purest form" by cooling the steam drip by drip into a clean container.  Think of evaporation, and you've got the idea (except that when the water comes back to earth, as rain it collects pollutants etc.). When I decide to go on a "Distilled Water Kick" I usually buy it from the local grocery store for 0.99 cents to $1.50/gal.  If you decide that you want it a little more often you can opt to have it delivered (like several of my friends), or you can buy a distiller.  If you pick that route, do a lot of research first because there is quite a wide range of quality available for purchase.  My mom had a gigantic thing that took up a large part of the hallway to the mud room, and it took forever.  I hated the empty taste, so I avoided it for years, but after speaking with some of Dr. Christopher's family members I decided to give it another chance and I didn't taste that stark empty taste anymore (must have been my picky, young taste buds).  My husband will tell you stories of how much better he feels when he is drinking it regularly.

Click here to view an article FOR Distilled Water
This is a great article highlighting the benefits of Distilled Water.  The author counters a few common reasons people avoid this type of water AND he even gives you a link to buy a good one for around $400 (if it is still on sale when you read this).

Be aware that there are many views against distilled water, so before you go thinking that distilled water will solve all your life problems I offer you one more article.  Click here to view an article AGAINST Distilled Water. This is a slightly chilling article on the extreme other side of the coin.  I always say "moderation in all things.  It is easier to have moderation when you know the pro's and cons.

I have friends who have never had any other type of water, but distilled...their entire life! And they are some of the healthiest people I know, so sometimes it's hard to believe what you read when someone sits in front of you living the exact opposite.

After hours of research, looking into various types of water and using my husband as a sounding board, he finally stopped me and said, "Let me tell you my opinion on water.  I believe that the best type of water is the one that inspires you to drink more."  So I guess that goes along with the eat more diet, haha. So, drink more of whatever type of water tastes good enough to tempt you to drink more, and bottoms up!