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A little bit of nausea, yes, but mostly just really REALLY bad cramping. Mostly abdominal, but also pelvic. And being genetically male I've NEVER experienced that before! And being genetically male it couldn't really have been anything but a side-effect of the cleanse.

I don't think timing has a whole lot to do with it, really... It was just a first few days thing that I had to get past.

I'm no longer experiencing any ill side-effects and have actually gone up to two doses of two tablespoons (coffee scoop) each, one in the morning, and one at night.

One of the first things I noticed was my big-arse veins went down in size. Also my abdominal area, stomach and sides, are getting tucked in quite impressively. I'd guess the reason I was no longer losing any more of that mess was because it was some sort of toxic build-up mostly.

Considering how I used to live (or not live, truly) that doesn't surprise me in the least.

I've also noticed a very RAPID change in my tastes in food. I was already moving away from sweets, mostly by force of will, but suddenly, I couldn't even STAND overly sweet things anymore. It's like whatever it was that was making me crave sweets is now pretty well gone.

Lemme tell you, that was a surprise.

We'll see if this lack of craving sweets holds up come next end-of-cycle... I've been downing entire gallon buckets of Ice Cream every time one of those rolls around. No, not in a single sitting. But within the week period of my hormones being so low...

Also, I used to quite enjoy the combination of Ace-K and aspartame for artificial sweetening to replace sugar with... but now my body is actually rejecting it almost. I've been drinking flavored water with it for years, and I've been slowly weening myself from it, and was down to doubling the water for a packet, now I'm quadding it and adding natural lemon juice and STILL finding it somewhat repellant.

Lemonade as sold in restaurants is too sweet by far anymore. And that's what I HAVE been drinking in restaurants because my body already started screaming at me to lose the pop ages ago!

So yeah. I'm definitely pleasantly surprised.

Um, WOW Abi, that sounds pretty... amazing! Sounds like a bulldozer went through your intestinal track! And to be relieved of natural cravings for sweets is so liberating, isn't it? It makes healthy eating SO much easier!

And sorry about the cramping Abdominal cramping is a bitch. But for sure that means it is doing something drastic down there! And glad that it was short-lived. I am really considering this now, it sounds fantastic.

Sounds like you are getting some really nice side effects from this parasite cleanse! Although I have a suspicion that some of my stomach is a little extra fat, I also think a good portion of it is my full intestines So hopefully I will be able to experience your tummy-tucking effect, too! And veins, mine on my hands are pretty obnoxious I never would have guessed that to be a benefit of a cleanse. But it makes sense, and sounds good!

For how long do you plan on taking DE? Or is it something recommended to stay on on a regular basis? I am dying to know how you fare towards the end of your cycle, if you and your ice cream will still have your rendezvous...