I actually read a study where they gave moms with bad strains of bacteria long courses of antibiotics and by doing so the researchers were able to prolong the amount of time before their babies' mouths were colonized by their mom's strain and the babys' teeth stayed in a healthy state far longer. The moral of the story: Don't let people kiss your baby on the mouth or share utensils or straws. That is, unless the person has a particularly benign set of bacteria.

Well, the two sets are formed at completely different times. Many things affect the health of forming teeth. Everything from the health of the baby, to the health of the mother (when baby is in the womb of course), the diet of the child at the time, genes, or hygiene habits. My son's baby teeth were poorly formed (not enough organic matter to too much inorganic matter) and every dentist we consulted with said that there is no correlation between healthy baby teeth and healthy adult teeth, so that my son has as good a chance as anyone at perfectly healthy adult teeth.

Or perhaps that would be God's planned second coming of Jesus. Ha God does throw a curve ball at times.

That is so cute, though. Considering the problems some children have, I would be over the moon excited and encourage her solid stance on that!

Caden Cody

Well, I didn't, but my favorite author C.S. Lewis did. His story makes a great read!

You have not had my nana's rum cake. It's reeks of rum and when my mom makes it, she is very careful not to cook the rum out of the sauce that goes on top. :lol: My mom even pokes holes all over the cake so that the rum soaks in properly and basically floods the cake. My family is Irish. What can I say?

I did 51 days and lost 39 pounds. It *does* work.

You know, you realize how bad you've been feeling once you suddenly start feeling great. Had I known all these years that I could do this, I would have done so long ago. Mmm broth sounds good. I have some organic broth here. I think that'll be part of breakfast along with some juiced tomatoes, zucchini, and bell pepper. :)

I lost 39 pounds. It would have been over 40, but I needed protein, so I ended the fast. It's fine, though, because we have a very good post fast plan to keep losing. I would juice whatever was available. It's hard sometimes here to get what you might normally put in the juicer. I took down a bunch of kale and green apples from the states because I can't get them here. I did kale, zuchini, cucumber, carrot, and green apple a lot at first. I couldn't take carrot after awhile. I was taking in tons of vitamin A, and that doesn't flush out like water soluble vitamins and I think that's why my body finally said no more carrots. For some reason, eventually I couldn't take anything sweet at all. Then it was lots of tomato, poblano, whatever dark greens I could find, and lots of zuchini. I juiced onions and garlic a lot for a good savory flavor, but it makes your breath stink. (That reminds me, my armpits have stopped having any odor at all. After a month, I stopped using deodorant completely and haven't used it since. I was shocked because normally I do need it or crystal spray for sure.) I used a lot of cucumber the first month, because you get a lot of liquid out of them. I think kale should be a focus if you can get it! I lost 39 pounds. I did need to lose it, too! My mom lost 28, but she kept her glass of wine at night and I think that hindered things for her. However, 28 is still a lot. She did good. Yeah, my migraines left. My major trigger used to be tomatoes. Early on I juiced a few and got a migraine, as would be expected, but I thought I'd try. 5 or so weeks into it, I was really wanting them, so I went ahead and juiced some and no migraine. After that, they were the bulk of my juices. Seriously. I have had a ton of them for weeks and no migraines at all.

I'd encourage them to do it documentary style! It works as promised. Just tell them to be careful with the end. Haha I didn't follow a website. I just followed the documentary exactly. Jennifer, I'm doing okay tonight. The bathroom trips stopped a couple hours ago. I had watery mushed beans tonight and hopefully those will be okay. I did choke a couple times though because I'm not used to swallowing anything but liquids. :lol: My major problem now is that my clothes are so loose, they are basically unwearable now. :D My mom is getting me new ones for Christmas!

Really? You think sashimi is okay? I love sashimi. What problem will I have with legumes? Since the protein I had on day 48 and 51 went right through me instead of getting processed, I still am dying for protein. So... tonight I mushed some beans and had them. I hope I don't react like I did today to the beef.

Haha :tongue_smilie: But, really, I felt super.

Thanks. I only looked at the site once because it only had minor fasts, unlike the 60 day version in the documentary. I wanted to do what the guys in the video did because I wanted their results. Worked great! I'll look at 11-15 on there. Good luck on your fast! Fasting seems to fix all sorts of issues. It really makes you wonder what we're all putting in our bodies when you look at how many health issues fix right up when you start eating straight produce.

Thanks :) It actually wasn't very hard because we felt great. We had tons of energy, no food cravings, my migraines went away, sleep was great, etc. It was all good until a few days ago though our bodies were really wanting some protein. I lost 39 pounds and my mom lost 28 pounds!

So I am doing the Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead fast with my mom. At day 48 we both desperately neeeeeeded some protein, so we cheated for the first time. The next day I had diarrhea. Well, yesterday, day 51, we decided to do it again. We had some beef. Today I am sick as a dog. Bile coming out with the diarrhea, lots of pain. I can't do anything without suddenly having to run to the bathroom. Our first meal after the fast was supposed to be Christmas Eve. Kinda poetic sounding, right? Now we know that we will be very ill the next morning and we don't want to do that for Christmas. We decided that 51 days is enough and we will come off the fast now. We want to enjoy Christmas. Several people I've talked to told me to be very careful on Christmas Eve dinner so that our bodies don't get upset. They weren't kidding, apparently. :001_huh: How do we do this? We clearly need to go slow. We haven't had anything at all but fresh veggie and fruit juice for 52 days now, with the exception of our two cheats which made us rather ill. Actually for the past 3 weeks or so, it's only been savory vegetables because the sweet in fruits was so overpowering in my mouth after being on the fast for a month that I couldn't even get myself to swallow fruit juice anymore. So, what do we eat, how much, how often, etc?

Wow. That's bad! Worst toilet overflow I've ever heard of, by far. I'm so sorry. Praying for you.

Well, I'm sad I missed this thread.

I can't vote because neither work. You can't save yourself. There is nothing you can do that could make you qualify on your own for Heaven. Remember, the Bible states clearly that all our righteousness is like filthy rags to God. If we could save ourselves, it would have been terribly unnecessary for Jesus to come and suffer like He did. At the same time, with your other option, you mention just thoughts in your head. That's wrong as well. One time, long ago, someone explained salvation to me as a transaction between you and God. It's an actual transaction, not a thought. He said God offers, but you need to reach out and take it. Reaching out and accepting is not some act of trying to be good enough to save yourself by your own works. It acknowledges that God is offering and that God is the only person who can extend grace and overcome your own shortcomings.

I had a baby exactly like that. Listen to me, though. It wasn't his fault. He had multiple undiagnosed allergies and very painful silent reflux. Once those were fixed, so was he. He was in pain. Plus he had a severe tongue-tie, couldn't latch for long, and was never really ever satisfied and satiated. Also, he never did nap after 9 months or so. And if I tried to force it he was up 'til 11 or 1 at night. Sound familiar? I stopped spending hours trying to get him to nap. I started putting him to bed at 7 o'clock in the evening. I kid you not. 7 o'clock. Then he started sleeping 12 hours at night. It was amazing and I think I got the idea from the book No Cry Sleep Solution. It's not normal for babies to be fussy all the time. I worried that mine didn't have any reason to be, but he did. He really did. And once I found out *why* he was such a miserable child, I was able to fix it.

Hehe, yes, we can tell you aren't a nerd.:tongue_smilie:

How close to your home town? If only it could be another state, right? I'm sorry. That's scary. Hopefully, that family will embrace your son and hopefully his new friend is on the straight and narrow. Big prayers for you guys.

Yes, and if he comes home for the holidays, and by being with family is able to not take drugs, then perhaps he will finish basic training. That will give him more time away from drugs and, in addition, the army will be willing to go to much greater lengths to help him once he is fully in. If he doesn't make it through basic training, then what? He lingers on a street corner somewhere? Getting skinnier and losing teeth? Jeez, I would do anything in that situation to get my child at least through basic. The alternative is far worse than him just visiting home for Christmas.

I don't know. I would think that a kid who has a drug problem and feels rejected by his family would be tempted to drown himself in parties and drugs further, especially during the holidays. I am big proponent of tough love, but he isn't moving back in with you. It's visiting, for the holidays. I would think that this move is 100% predictable. I'm not really sure why this is a surprise? Even though I disagree with you, I'm very sorry about all this.

For some people perhaps. But now, through this forum, we know not to worry about American families since they all value their guns and conceal carry permits. Should some internet creep find one of them in real life, well, you know how that will end. LOL