MUCOID PLAQUE - FACT OR FRAUD??

Hello,

I am planning on starting the Master Cleanse next Sunday. I am wondering about this so called "mucoid plaque" that is said to be years of built up food in the colon that is stuck to the intestinal walls. I searched the bulletin board but there has not been much mention of it here on this site. After talking with some whole/raw food people and reading what medical doctors say about it, I am starting to think it is definitely a hoax. I would be very interested in what you all have to say about it.

In doing some research on cleansing I came across a website that offers a psyllium & bentonite cleansing product that removes the mucoid plaque. The photos of what comes out of people is horrifying and completely disturbing. It looks like long ropes of feces molded in the form of the intestinal walls and people who pass it say it has a very rubbery texture. Doctors say that everyone does have a thin coating of mucous on their intestinal walls to protect and help function and that it should not be manipulated. Additionally, they say that after seeing thousands of intestinal biopsies on the most diseased intestines no doctor has ever reported seeing what these photos are showing. After thinking about if for only a minute it occured to me that what goes in must come out and could it be that the this product that people are putting into themselves to get rid of the mucoid plaque is actually the stuff that is forming as plaque on their intestinal walls and then they are passing it out a few days later? I got suspicious when I read on the website one testimonal of a couple who said that they are still taking the product 5 months later and they are still passing a horrifying amount of the mucoid plaque. One would think that after a just couple of months everything would be out of them but if this gunk is still coming out of them then maybe it's the actual product that is coming out?

Apparently Bentonite, which is used in this cleansing product is, a natural clay-like substance and is also used to make clay casts, clumping kitty litter, etc. Doctors say it's a perfect scam - the more of the product you take, the more of the "rubbery" product you pass in bigger longer intestal wall formed clumps. What do you all think?

Chris

[Dreams]

HI Chrissy!

You know . . . I recently purchased the Bentonite and Psyllium needed for this kind of intestinal cleansing, but have not yet used it.

I have seen this topic discussed recently, and am beginning to really think about some of the points you have raised. I have seen many televised pictures of colonoscopy being performed where a camera is used and the walls of the colon always look pink and clean. I had thought perhaps the mucoid plaque was coming through from the small intestine maybe, but I am beginning to really wonder about all of this now.

I have been doing some research in this area for a time now and there are definately two very different schools of thought. This is usually the case however, when looking at any alternative medical practice. I try to keep an open mind.

I certainly don't have any answers, but it is fascinating, isn't it? I mean - It does stand to reason that if someone has been using the product for 5 months and is still passing large amounts of what looks like fibrous, rubbery, mucoid plaque that it must be forming itself rather quickly. This would be quite contrary to the "years of buildup" idea. Hmmmmm. Definately one of those things that makes me go "Hmmmmm"!

I don't know. I do know that if that Bentonite and Psyllium turns into those frightening passings, I don't want to ingest any. But then again, if those scary looking ropes of clay scrub off the walls of the colon and carry out additional toxins or parasites, then I may want to give it a try. I'm really conflicted about this now. It's not just because of your post here. I have seen this idea discussed before. Interesting and thought provoking.

Any others willing to join the conversation?

~Dreams~

[debbiehaxton]

hey chrissy sweyer-

Thanks for sharing!

Just wondering...
would you mind sharing the website where you
got this info with the photos?

thanks!!

Below is the link. Read the whole way down the page before clicking on the links to the photos because those links take you to the curezone website which you can get really caught up in - click on that stuff at the end. Click below:

http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2004/...ious-idea.html

Chris

It would be great to hear from Peter on this.

[lehze]

My father is a retired pathologist who has performed many autopsies, and is another of the voices who definitively says he has not ever seen any such abnormal slime chunks in human intestines. I am inclined to believe him. I think the analysis of the bentonite factor becoming the mucoid plaque itself is very compelling, though I am told that others can pass this stuff using other cleansing methods that dont include bentonite or psyllium (sp?) usage. Any ideas on that?

[sethieboy]

This whole conversation was very eye opening- I was a believer... now I feel a healthy skepticism.

Here's the wikipedia article on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucoid_plaque

[kristensb]

I'm very thankful for this string. I have been toying with the idea of starting the MC on October 10th (to avoid any event interuptions of my fast) and then thought, "why should I fast from 10 - 21 days when I can get results like {those seen in the pictures} in 5 days?!?!"

Now I know I will only do what is natural... not man-made.

Thank you to whoever posted this thread!

If ANYONE is cleansing in october, please start an October thread!!!!

Any suggested preparations physically and mentally would be greatly appreciated...

Happy cleansing! NATURALLY!!!!

[Sunnyshine]

I am all for being a skeptic when it comes to your health, but I'll share my personal experience...I have sucessfully eliminated this mucoid lining. Sadly, I didn't take any photos to share and mine didn't look quite like what's on that site, but it was gnarly all the same. However, I didn't read that guy's book or buy his products. I found the directions for the complete colon cleanse in The Seasonal Detox Diet.Now it could have been that the author, Carrie L'Esperance, stole the idea, I don't know, but I did buy all the ingredients at my local health food store and so wasn't being sold any particular brand. Bentonite is a natural substance that is more commonly used for food poisoning. Psyllium is a very strong-acting fiber. In the cleanse I followed, apple juice was the main ingredient to help break up the mucus, and whey powder was added for some healthy bacteria. I'm not a professional, so I'm not sure what caused the results that I got, but I can tell you that it was an amazing 5 days and I felt very light and happy afterwards.

[haftaby]

I have seen websites like that one, and that was the first thing I thought! It definitely seems likely to me. While I've been doing the master cleanse, I've been half expecting to see that kind of gunk come out of me... but if it is caused by the pills themselves, I never will!

My English teacher side needs to step in for a sec and remind everyone that Wikipedia is not a comprehensive and/or reliable source... nonetheless, if you look at the sources they have cited, I'm sure you will find that they are credible (but probably ripped off word for word on Wikipedia!)

But anyway... the bit about John Wayne REALLY gets me... I used to work at a health food store owned by people who endorsed an herbal cleanse. It didn't have any claims to remove mucoid plaque, but in their infomercial, they did say the bit about John Wayne. I've repeated it to people, and now I find out that it's completely made up! That makes me mad. I'm mad at myself for not being more of a skeptic, actually....