Detox Itching! Any Advice?

[love6kids]

I just finished day 6 of a 10 day green smoothie fast.
My skin is itching like crazy! It's okay early in the day, but by evening, it is awful. Even the palms of my hands itch! I have never experienced anything like this before, and I know it's detox.
Any advice on what to do to make it easier to bear? :(

[Aleesha Sattva]

I skin brush whenever I get super itchy... that seems to my body's favourite way to detox LOL

[jacsam]

I've not heard about this 10 day green smoothie fast....what's it all about? To me the rawfood diet is very cleansing in and of itself.....so I guess I'm just curious, do you have a green smoothie every day or is that all you have for 10 days.

[love6kids]

I skin brush whenever I get super itchy... that seems to my body's favourite way to detox LOL

Why didn't I think of that?? I've been going to start doing that anyway. Thanks for the advice!

[love6kids]

I've not heard about this 10 day green smoothie fast....what's it all about? To me the rawfood diet is very cleansing in and of itself.....so I guess I'm just curious, do you have a green smoothie every day or is that all you have for 10 days.

I wanted to do a deeper cleanse by giving my digestion a rest. I'm sure everybody does it a little bit differently, but I am just drinking green smoothies and lots of water. It's been great! I feel so light and healthy! After my 10 days, I will go back to 100% raw, but intend to eat lots lighter that I did before.
There are lots of threads here on RFT about Green Smoothie fasts or feasts.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i just finished a 20 day green smoothie feast. (with 5 days of water in there for good measure LOL)

it's very healing and cleansing indeed! (and yummy)

[garydeb44]

My skin was itching like CRAZY for over 2 months. I thought it was something I was eating (possibly nuts) so I went on a juice fast for 7 days. Still itching like crazy, I went to my doctor who prescribed Zyrtec. He told me I would never find the cause so I should just treat the symptom. I ripped up the prescription and went to Fred Bisci, who is a raw fooder and doctor for almost 50 years. He told me that it could be detox or maybe candida. He recommended that I go for a series of colonics which would speed up the detox and also tell me if I had candida. After the first colonic, the itching faded a little, after the second colonic, the itching was GONE after 2 1/2 months. Anyway, the colonic showed that I had candida and I was told to cut our all fruits, dried fruits (which I was eating TONS of) , agave, honey and carrots and beets. I am allowed to have maybe some berries or a green apple once a day preferably in the morning. Anyway after following Fred's diet that he gave me with proper food combining and cutting out sweets, I feel amazing. The itching has not come back. That was about 7 weeks ago.

Debbie