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jbeegoode

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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #90 on: November 16, 2019, 04:32:41 PM »
High risk areas like hands?

I've been suffering from an E.Coli for over two months. It has complicated itself into several parts of my body. I don't know where it came from, maybe the swimming pool water, or the wash room at the Ethiopian food restraint and I ate with my hands, maybe someplace else. It can take a few days to incubate.

It Knocked me out, dick to the dirt, for a several days severe fever and diaria, then in the next week as I thought I would be getting over it, milder, but debilitating symptoms persisted. It is supposed to run its course, but apparently it is a long course and the illness stripped a few gears.

A body certainly develops immunities from the environment. Years ago, I ate blood sausage with my Colombian friends on the streets in Bogota. They were fine. I got wiped out with colitis. The Native Americans died by the millions, when the Europeans introduced disease. So, I'll wash hands and veggies that I eat raw and buy in the markets from Mexico and other world sources.

The soil from my garden is a healthy issue.

The last three times that I have had amoxicillin for dental work, I've caught diseases shortly after and had long recovery and severity. Now, I'm on antibiotics to get rid of this E.Coli condition. All I can do is eat fermented foods and hope to recover and balance my biome. Maybe a fast might reset my gut, but that will have to wait. MAybe, I'll make some tea from my garden soil, eat grass like a dog.

As for people in hot climates wearing clothes, yup. Clothing obsession is a major problem as you say. Our bodies are adapted to live in sun. We're better off without clothes most days. But then there are the desert sand people.

North Africans, wear clothing. Mostly it is religion, tradition, control, status, identity and ignorance from never being naked. The Arabs are wearing thin clothing. But then there are those out in the sands in black blankets.There can be some insulation value, like a Russian wool cap in the sauna, but why do these nomads make it black, when that absorbs heat? Are they conserving water, moister? When in fever, a body chills and wants to be covered. One reason is to heat and kill bacteria. What are those guys thinking?
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #91 on: November 17, 2019, 08:58:18 PM »

So sorry to hear you have been subjected to this really horrific infection, Jbee.  I wish you as speedy recovery as possible.
Struggling with E coli seems to have affected your spelling! 
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #92 on: November 18, 2019, 12:56:37 AM »
Yes - sorry to hear about your E Coli infection. It sounds very unpleasant. Anti-biotics are something of a mixed blessing.
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #93 on: November 18, 2019, 03:03:09 AM »
Sad to hear about the e-coli infection, Jbee.  May you recover quickly. 
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #94 on: November 18, 2019, 05:04:58 PM »
I saw that spelling mistake, couldn't remember how to spell it and spell check couldn't either. The "GI Blues", or "The Runs" seemed a bit crass, so I went with, "They'll figure it out." Sick makes me lazier.... ;)

I've felt a couple of mostly good days. It's coming along. I've done some, a little exercise with MovNAt and it is obvious that I have some recovery to do. I think I've gained back a couple of those twenty pounds that I lost. If the complications pass, then I'll be great eventually...even better...looks like I'll be eating all the fermented and pro and pri biotic foods that I can find. Maybe I can find some good soil somewhere. All of the antibiotics after the ones that I think got me into the position are something to overcome. My balance and gut's strengths have been ransacked.
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #95 on: December 01, 2019, 12:27:04 AM »

Hope progress with recovery from here is continuous and accelerating, Jbee.  You won't miss the 20 pounds.  In fact perhaps you ought to try and stabilise at the lighter weight?  It may help the skeletal issues and the hernia.
Between August and October I lost 9 pounds (intentionally) but due to lack of discipline and a cold and various other things, my diet has relaxed somewhat and I've put on 4 pounds across November.  Dang!!!!  I want to lose another 11 pounds from where I am now but I may have to go on hunger strike to get there !!!! :D
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #96 on: December 01, 2019, 11:24:55 PM »
Fasting is good for health, weight loss a bi-product. Just don't eat for a week or two and drink lots of water. The hunger goes away after a few days or less.
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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #97 on: December 14, 2019, 03:14:03 PM »
We don't live in Eden any more.   Even there they swam in the river daily.   But after sin happened we started to die.   Dead skin can accumulate on the surface and needs to be kept rubbed off,    then there are toxins constantly being eliminated through the pores with the perspiration,  and that happens at a slower rate all the time when we're not actively perspiring.  So for good health,  and to not offend those we live with, we wash.    But what soap or other stuff one wants to use may be extra.   And it's best not to use things that could be toxic because the skin takes up things and well as expelling stuff.      Now if we go naked a lot we may well stay cleaner than if we stayed covered.   That is; cleaner biologically.   Not necessarily cleaner visibly.  But there's clean dirt and there's dirty dirt. 

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Re: People who've given up washing
« Reply #98 on: December 15, 2019, 12:00:58 AM »
Good points Reuben. I refer to the "All Things Sauna" thread. Sweat it out, scrape it off, enough "good" soap to not itch, or stink, where is counts.

I like to wash my hair clean. I use chemical soaps and have to refurbish it with conditioner. What I use isn't perfect, but it is probably okay.
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