Budget friendly Castor Oil Liver Packs + Juicing Tips

The videos linked below show two ways that I journey into trust by doing what I can to take care of my body - God's temple :)

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."

There are a million ways to glorify God in our bodies as we live for Him, and these are just a couple of ways that I've found helpful as I learn how to care for myself.

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This is do-able and can have so many benefits!

Budget-friendly, Easy Castor Oil Liver Packs

I heard for years that doing castor oil packs would be very beneficial on my health journey, but it took a long time for me to actually try it, because I wasn’t really sure where to start. When I was re-exposed to a mold environment a few years ago and started getting migraine flares almost weekly that kept going into my left eye, I really got serious about using castor oil packs! I started out doing it just once a week for about 15 minutes, because I was so toxic that if I went longer I felt crummy! (So if you’re sensitive or think you may be quite toxic, and you get the green light from a doctor to try this, I recommend starting low and slow!)

I slowly built up to twice a week and then I increased my time gradually. I am not a doctor, and cannot tell you that you should or shouldn’t incorporate using castor oil liver packs into your health routine, but I would encourage you to ask a more wholistic-minded doctor or health practitioner whether or not they would recommend it for you. I hope that if it is right for you, then my tips will make getting started and sticking with it more doable.

Here’s an article that shares many benefits, and some warnings, about the use of Castor Oil Packs:

Castor Oil Packs: Benefits and How to Use | Dr. Berg

Castor Oil Packs for Endometriosis: Research, Benefits, Risks

How a Castor Oil Pack Can Help You Feel Great | Woman's World

Here’s my Castor Oil Pack Tutorial and Tips video link:

(Shifting Gears) My Budget-friendly, Easy Castor Oil Liver pack Step-by-Step (8 minutes 30 seconds)

Juicing Info & Tips

As for juicing, I had known people who had really gotten into juicing, but it wasn’t until I was diagnosed with breast cancer that I realized many more natural or integrated health practitioners recommend juicing when trying to detoxify the body, needing to give your gut time to heal, needing a boost of nutrition, etc. According to them, they have seen it be beneficial for those fighting cancer. Anybody who faces cancer will have a unique journey! Each one will have to wade through the research and find an approach and team of health care professionals he or she trusts. On my journey, I felt most comfortable taking an integrative approach, and I found a great partner in the Block Center.

Although, I took a path that included conventional oncology and major diet and lifestyle changes, discovering Chris Wark’s story was very inspirational. I was greatly encouraged by Chris’ devotional Beat Cancer Daily, his book Chris Beat Cancer and his cookbook, Beat Cancer Kitchen. He shares how changing his diet and lifestyle had a profound effect on his health and helped him overcome colon cancer.

Chris Beat Cancer - A resource for healing cancer holistically by Chris Wark.

But here’s the thing—please don’t wait until your diagnosed with some life-threatening disease before making healthy eating and lifestyle decisions. Juicing can be a great way to get unprocessed, raw nutrition into your body, but it does have some downsides, especially if you have diabetes.

Please check this article out. It was written by a registered dietician:

Should You Try Juicing? Health Benefits and Risks

Juicing gives many a surge of energy and I’ve found it to be helpful in my health journey. In fact, writing this makes me want to re-commit to getting my juicer out more often!!

Here’s my Juicing Tips video link:

Juicing Tips - from Journey into Trust Day by Day, encouraging your Spirit, Soul and Body (4 minutes 30 seconds)