I notice that several alternative approaches to 'taking back control of your own health' found some value in *occasional* piquante stuff. Note that this is not about "no pain / no gain" - perhaps the penultimate stupid mantra - nor about contests in personal masochism. Ex:

A simple 1-week diet for flushing the system, and esp. the liver, consists of:

Limes / lemons + maple syrup, water. And more than 'a dash' of cayenne. You drink this as and when you want - and that is All you eat! I tried this. Was amazed to find that it indeed satisfied the 'hunger pang switch'.. and in fact, became so natural that I extended it to 10 days. (Was also an excellent way to drop nicotine for quite a while: you Cannot ingest any alkaloids etc. 'during' - as this diet cleans out your system so thoroughly that you'd be hypersensitive to the kinds of toxins we daily become inured to. A drag on a cigarette would knock you Flat. Remember your first one (for the smokers)? Real bad shit, that..

There are a couple of initial things you do too.. and you cannot immediately go back to - say, a big slice of blueberry pie? - but gradually take in solid food over some days. Etc.

Point: the cayenne is essential. 'Why' I need not and didn't ask - it was enough that it Worked.


Ashton