Worms in your stools
A horrible thought, but it’s more widespread than you can imagine. Children often have them and pass them on to adults through poor hygiene. You can also pick them up from kissing your pets on the mouth, eating poorly cooked pork, raw meats or raw fish.
Deworm yourself right away. If you have worms, you will be low in nutrients. The worms are living off your nutrients and your nutrient absorption will be compromised. People with worms often have anaemia (low iron levels). Get your iron levels checked out.
You will most likely have a very itchy bottom, especially at night. Try not to scratch as they can spread this way.
Solutions:
The following can help and may sound alien to you but they work. It means making a trip to the health shop for some of the items but it’s worth it:
- » Black walnut tincture destroys worms. Take it three times daily on an empty tummy. A combination of cloves, wormwood and Black walnut tincture works best, but don’t take this combination if you are pregnant.
- » Gentiana root tincture, three times daily, is superb for treating worms.
- » Eat lots of pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and figs to expel the little creatures.
- » Drink aloe vera juice one or two times a day before meals to help prevent re-infection.
- » Take a good multi-vitamin with high levels of B vitamins.
- » Grapefruit seed extract (20 drops in water three times a day) is a good natural remedy.
- » Eat lots of onions, dark green leafy vegetables and salads.
- » Cut out sweets, pasteurized milks and processed foods. Worms thrive in that environment.
- » Drink senna tea to pump out those little creatures.
- » Zinc oxide cream smoothed on the opening of the anus will help relieve discomfort.
- » It may sound crazy, but put a couple of garlic cloves inside your socks/shoes. As you walk, the garlic will be crushed up and will absorb into your skin into the blood to the intestinal tract. Worms hate garlic and you absorb the antiparasitic properties through your skin. Of course, eating raw or cooked garlic would work too!
Loose and runny stools all the time
This is not the same as a single bout of diarrhoea caused by a bug. This is a situation whereby you always have runny stools that are never formed. It’s a sign that your spleen function is exhausted .
Solutions:
- » This is the one time where I would not encourage you to eat too many raw veggies until your stools have improved.
- » Add the following to your diet: onions, leeks, ginger, cinnamon, fennel, garlic and nutmeg.
- » Rice, oats and spelt are great breakfast starters for this condition.
- » See list of foods beneficial to the spleen.
- » Take Acidophilus supplements (follow dosage instructions on the packet).
- » Eat warm foods and drink herbal teas or warm water, especially during cold or rainy months. If you want to eat salads, always have a warm food with it, or grate ginger over the salad. Grated ginger will have a warming effect on the spleen.
Thin, shreddy stools
Your colon is screaming out for help. Please clean me!
Solutions:
- » Giving yourself an enema or having colonic irrigation would be a good idea .
- » Eat a diet high in fibre, i.e. lots of fruits, vegetables and dark green leafy salads.
- » Go on my one-day detox for more than one day!
- » Get psyllium husks or Triphala and follow the directions on the label.
Top Tip: How much time?
If you want to see how long you are taking to digest your veggies, then eating corn is one way to find out. From the moment the corn enters your mouth until it reaches your stools, the process should take about six hours. Any longer and your digestion is not as efficient as it should be. If it is taking longer try drinking 2 tablespoons of aloe vera juice before meals and a digestive enzyme supplement with all meals to help break down your foods.
ITCHY BOTTOM
Don’t feel embarrassed about this one. Loads of people have itchy bottoms. This usually indicates one of the following three conditions: worms or parasites , food sensitivities or haemorrhoids. Please be fastidious about hand washing.
Food sensitivities
To check out if this is the case, try the Food Sensitivity Pulse Test opposite. The average pulse rate is fairly even, but when you eat foods to which you may be sensitive, your heartbeat increases. Do the test and if your pulse changes after eating a meal, you may have food sensitivities. All you need is a watch with a second hand.
Solutions:
- » Take 1 teaspoon of L’glutamine powder before meals to help minimize food reactions.
- » Eggs, citrus fruits, soya products, corn, wheat, dairy products, tomatoes and spicy foods can often aggravate the problem. Avoid them where possible.
Haemorrhoids
When your liver is congested, you usually end up with haemorrhoids. Haemorrhoids are swollen bluish, reddish or purple, often large, inflamed veins and capillaries around the anus. They appear in various sizes generally from the size of a pea to the size of a grapefruit. They can be seriously uncomfortable. You will congest your liver through poor food choices. Too much sugar, chocolate, coffee, cream, pastries, biscuits and milky products from cows will be enough to do it. It is possible that you have less swollen haemorrhoids which remain inside the rectum, so that you may not always see them. They can be sore, itchy, even bleed at times.
PULSE TEST METHOD
- » First thing in the morning when you wake up, take your radial pulse. Place your pointer finger on the radial pulse (on your wrist). Count the number of beats in a 60-second period. Your reading should be somewhere between 50 and 70 beats per 60 seconds.
- » After eating a meal, take your radial pulse again. If the pulse reading score has increased by more than 10 beats, then you may have a sensitivity to a particular food within the meal. You will then need to separate out the foods to find the one to which you are reacting, using the same method outlined above.
MY 10-POINT HAEMORRHOID ACTION PLAN
- 01 Try a rotation of the following natural herbal creams. You can buy them in a health food shop. Start with the first cream and continue use until the haemorrhoid disappears, or the cream runs out. If the cream runs out, and you still have the haemorrhoids, then start on the second herbal cream and so on.
- (a) Hamamelis Virginica (witch hazel), especially if the haemorrhoid is painful to touch. Witch hazel compresses can help to constrict and shrink the veins.
- (b) Pilewort ointment
- (c) Horse chestnut ointment
- (d) Plantain and Yarrow ointment
- 02 Try the following homeopathic remedies:
- (a) Hamamelis 30 c – if the haemorrhoid is painful to touch, bruised, sore
- (b) Sulphur 30 c – if haemorrhoid is hot, on fire, burning and/or itching
- (c) Sepia 30 c – if haemorrhoid feels like a ball on your rectum.
- 03 Drink extra dandelion tea to clear congestion of the liver (3 or 4 cups a day).
- 04 Sit in a basin of cold water. This may sound shocking, but it will help lessen inflammation and reduce the engorged blood vessels.
- 05 Apply green clay (available from a health food store). Mix it with water. It’s messy, but may relieve the swelling and pain. To remove the clay, take a bath or shower.
- 06 Add the herb bilberry to your dietary regimen. It is high in bioflavonoids, which are anti-inflammatory compounds that help to relieve haemorrhoids. Take 1 capsule of bilberry every hour in acute cases until healed.
- 07 Add 1 tablespoon of flax oil to your diet and take before each meal.
- 08 Take 1 capsule of milk thistle twice a day to help soften the stool and cleanse the liver.
- 09 Don’t strain on the toilet. This will only make matters worse.
- 10 Eat liver-building foods such as cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Learn to sprout your own broccoli seeds .
SIGNS OF A TIRED BLADDER
Is this you?
- » Poor bladder control
- » Scanty/dark/cloudy urine
- » Urinating every five minutes
- » Stiffness in your little toe
- » Headaches
URINE
Difficulty in peeing
If you feel the need to pee, but it won’t come out easily, this is a sign that you need to balance your bladder and kidney energies. You can do that with the foods and herbs listed in the bladder chart below.
Solutions:
- » Eat the foods and herbs listed in the Bladder chart . If the problem persists, see a specialist.
- » Try eating quinoa . It’s one of the best kidney/bladder foods.
Too much pee and always running to the loo
I am talking about every 15–30 minutes. This is a sign of low kidney energy and a tired bladder. It can also be caused by drinking too many soft drinks loaded with sugar and additives.
Solutions:
- » Introduce barley, wheat berries, sweet rice, aduki beans, black beans, kidney beans, wild salmon and trout into your diet to help your kidneys. Also add parsley to savoury foods where possible.
- » If you are prone to bladder infections, try eating cranberries or drinking cranberry juice (cranberries are the best fruit for the bladder); make soups or broths from veggies that are effective for the bladder, such as celery, carrots, squash, asparagus and lima beans; drink dandelion tea and eat flax seeds.
CLOUDY URINE
A sign that your body is damp and acidic, due to eating the wrong foods. Sugars, animal products, dairy, eggs and refined grains such as white rice and too much wheat acidify your insides, producing large amounts of chlorine and toxins. When the body is overly acidic it becomes a breeding ground for bacteria. Some people with cloudy urine exhibit other symptoms of damp such as lethargy, heavy limbs, sluggishness, a feeling of stiffness and a fuzzy head.
Solutions:
- » Eat the superfood wild blue-green algae to help dry up the damp.
- » Also aduki beans, millet, turnips, sweet potatoes and other root vegetables.
McKEITH BLADDER BUILDER PROGRAMME
Be sure to include plenty of the following in your daily diet:
Sea Vegetables
Kombu
Wakame
Nori
Fluids
Cranberry/cherry
juice
Nettle/dandelion
tea
Plenty of water
Soups made from celery, carrots, squash, asparagus, lima
beans
Herbs
The herb Uva Ursi (500mg twice a day) works wonders
Avoid
Caffeine
Coffee
Tea (with caffeine)
PIMPLES
Pimples point to congestion or imbalances. Depending on where they are situated on the body, you can tell which organ is affected.
PIMPLES ON: BODY PART AFFECTED
Forehead: Intestinal area
Solutions:
- » Clean yourself out with 1 tablespoon of psyllium husks daily in water.
- » Give yourself regular enemas or even get a few colonics .
Cheeks: Lungs and breast area
Solutions:
- » Drink mullein tea and take Astragalus supplements, three times a day.
- » Take oil of evening primrose supplements, 1000mg daily.
- » Take echinacea liquid tincture (20 drops twice a day).
- » Avoid cow’s milk products, saturated fats and red meats.
Nose: Heart area
Solutions:
- » Take hawthorn supplements, 500mg twice daily plus 100mg Co Enzyme Q10.
- » Eat barley grass (1 teaspoon a day).
- » Drink 2 cups of hawthorn tea daily.
Jaw: Kidney area
Solutions:
- » Eat quinoa.
- » Drink dandelion teas.
- » Take a magnesium supplement (1000mcg daily) and B Complex (100mg daily).
Shoulder: Digestive area
Solutions:
- » Take digestive enzyme supplements with all meals.
- » Drink 1 tablespoon of aloe vera juice before meals.
Chest: Lung and heart area
Solutions:
- » Drink mullein teas and ginkgo biloba teas regularly.
- » Take Co-Enzyme Q10 supplements (100mg daily).
- » Sprinkle lecithin granules on salads and cereals.
Upper Back: Lung area
Solutions:
- » Take Astragalus (500mg twice a day)
- » Take Germanium supplements (200mg daily).
- » Include the following herbs in your food preparation: basil, cayenne, fennel, fenugreek, garlic, ginger, mullein, nettles, peppermint.
- » Drink celery juice and mullein teas.
- » Eat simple, small meals avoiding dairy products and sugars.
- » Cut out peanuts for a while.
Around the mouth: Reproductive area Solution:
- » The herb agnus castus can help to correct hormonal imbalances that manifest as pimples around the mouth. Take this supplement twice a day.
EXCESSIVE YAWNING AND SIGHING
It is not always a sign that you are bored. You are probably running on empty and may be suffering from hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar).
Solutions:
- » Take a teaspoon of the superfood spirulina twice a day, morning and afternoon. Or try my Living Food Energy Powder to balance your blood (available in health food shops).
- » 15 drops of ginseng tincture in a tiny amount of water after meals could help regulate your blood sugar.
My goal in helping you get to know your body is to show just how much of an effect food has on your body and how you feel each day. These basic tips could make an amazing difference, and you will also likely find that you start listening to your body beyond the signs listed in this chapter. You’ll soon detect whether a food makes you feel vital and healthy, or gives you a bloated stomach or a headache! This knowledge is powerful – it’s the key to really living and experiencing health at the highest level.