5-DAY SALE
15% OFF
 Our October Sale is a 5-day coupon sale running Wednesday, October 27th through Sunday, October 31st. The sale runs 24 hours per day Central Time. Use the current coupon at the bottom of this newsletter for 15% off your entire shopping cart order. This coupon sale applies only to orders placed online.
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 Please join us Wednesday,
October 27th at 12 noon CT and Wednesday, November 10th at 7pm CT for our live chat.
Do you have questions about taking enemas, colon hydrotherapy, buying enema equipment, trying a spring colon cleanse for the first time, or about heart health? A live chat is a valuable opportunity to ask Certified Colon Hydrotherapist Kristina Amelong all these questions and more. You can also share your colon cleanse experiences, your dietary experimentations, and your health struggles and successes with the larger community. |
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Wool Hot Water Bottle Cozies
(Great for Enema Use Too!) For many of us, the cold season is rapidly approaching. During these months, how often do you feel a chill that you can't quite get rid of, turning up the heat when it is already higher than you would like it? How often do you get into cold covers when going to bed? How often do you find that your feet are cold as you sit at your computer or as you watch TV? And, for the enema user, how often do you wish that your enema solution would stay warmer longer, especially when you are taking a slow, one-gallon colon cleanse?
These handmade wool covers are created from recycled wool, make charming gifts, and add an element of beauty to the 5-Quart Olympic Traditional Enema Bag and the 1.5-Quart Traditional Water Bottle Enema Bag Kit.  Opportunities abound for using these wool cozies: warm your belly to take an enema more easily, keep yourself warm while sitting outside, ease pain in your muscles, or soothe a child. I know you will love your wool cozies!
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Reclaiming Your Health
from Celiac Disease
 As a person who has reclaimed health from the ravages of celiac disease and who helps others do the same through my clinical work and my book, Ten Days to Optimal Health, I have decided to reproduce the following article in full because its message is a critical tool in becoming symptom-free when you have celiac disease. If you need support with healing from gluten sensitivity and/or full-blown celiac disease, the resources of the Optimal Health Center can assist you. (I, Kristina Amelong, am a healthy person with celiac disease!)
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 Monday, October 4, 2010
Celiac Disease Blog
http://celiacdisease.about.com by Jane Anderson
Symptoms: Major Gluten Exposure Versus Trace Gluten Exposure
A post from a reader over on the About.com celiac disease forum got me to thinking about celiac disease symptoms - specifically, symptoms of major gluten exposure versus symptoms of trace gluten exposure.
The symptoms I get when I've had major gluten exposure seem particularly easy to spot, and relate strongly to what most people consider the most common celiac disease symptoms - terrible fatigue, gastrointestinal upset (from my esophagus all the way down), emotional upset, insomnia, joint pains, migraine and dermatitis herpetiformis. It can take up to a week for me to recover completely from a major gluten exposure.
But when I accidentally consume trace amounts of gluten, my symptoms become much more subtle and tricky to identify. I usually have some irritability, but I might sleep restlessly rather than lying awake with insomnia. The next day, I might suffer from a bit of gastrointestinal malfunction - but usually not much, and sometimes none at all. I also might have a touch of fatigue, but again, not much. I might get some visible dermatitis herpetiformis, but I might just feel itchy where the DH normally appears. The symptoms usually are gone within a day or so.
It took me a long time (and many known instances of exposure to trace gluten amounts) before I began to identify these symptoms with gluten. When I began testing foods for gluten with home gluten testing kits, the results validated what I already knew from my symptoms: many foods contain trace amounts of gluten. Studies such as this one that found gluten in supposedly gluten-free grains show how gluten contamination permeates our food supply, and this validated my knowledge further.
Since I've gotten even better at identifying and eliminating trace-gluten-contaminated foods, my overall health has improved dramatically and my symptoms when I do get glutened - while still apparent - seem to be slacking off in intensity. |
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