One might think: "Dear God! If I bathe twice a day, change my underwear regularly, wash my hands before meals, avoid heavy kissing-sessions with the dog and pay atten­tion to what I eat; then how in the world could I have such horrifying creatures living in my body?"

What finally convinced me to try a cleansing program was something my co-worker (the one with whom I refused to discuss the topics of parasites even after several attempts on her part) said to me one day, a little annoyed: "What makes you think that you are above everyone else?"

"In the past few months I have recommended a para­site and colon cleanse to dozens of my friends and relatives, and so far all of them have met the strangest creatures in the toilet! If it makes you feel any better, I will tell you that my parents and myself were no exceptions. And you know my parents - they are the most health-conscious people that you could ever meet."

"So if you think that it's finally time for you to get off your high horse, here's your chance. Maybe you'll end up being right and find out that inside you are clean as a whistle. But what if you're not? What do you have to lose?"

"Only my parasites!" I joked. But to tell the truth, deep down I felt that I was not invincible. I had to admit that I was feeling a lot more tired than usual, and rest was a luxury that I could not afford since I had to try to cram 24 hours worth of work into 12-hour workdays. Unfortunately, after about 8-9 P.M. my mind would frequently refuse to func­tion.

Another interesting thing was that in the last few years I could no longer eat one of my favorite fruits - bananas. I would get severe gas and bloating after only a few bites. I also had other problems that I would not have objected to getting rid of. Thus, despite my initial skepticism, I decided to pur­chase a good parasite clearing, detoxifying and colon build­up removal program.

Without getting into any of the gory details, I will just say that I did fall off my high horse quickly. The program I used had been designed for 60 days but I started seeing "things" after about 2 - 3 weeks. In the two weeks that followed I saw "results" almost every day, and not all of them small either. As my amazement grew with each passing day, my co-worker sympathetically giggled, since she and her "pack" had already been through this whole thing. They talked and joked so much about it, that they didn’t find any­thing embarrassing or strange about the topic.

Today, I'm in the same boat as they are - otherwise I would have never had the guts to write this article; but it did take me about 2-3 months to come to terms with it. I went through the second month of the cleansing, and amazingly enough, my unin­vited guests (or as a friend of mine called them "non-rent­-paying tenants") still kept on coming, though a lot less fre­quently (naturopathic doctors recommend a cleanse of any­where from 30 to 90 days in length, but most people, includ­ing myself, require 2 months for thorough cleansing).

The effects of the thorough internal cleansing on my body were far reaching. First of all, I feel like my energy is absolutely endless. I can work 20 hours straight if I have to and this sometimes comes in handy, especially since I had such a huge workload lately that even if the days were twice as long there would still not be enough time.

Further­more, I can finally eat bananas again! My staff also insist that my temper has improved as well, but I think they are just teasing me. Another thing that I am thrilled about is that, upon awakening in the morning, I am no longer hoarse and can breathe properly - my passages feel totally clear. This has always been a problem for me.

Also, interestingly enough, my lower back hasn't ached for a few weeks either. Previously I would get shooting pains from sitting too much, moving too suddenly, or from lifting something heavy. These positive changes in my health made me understand, on a much deeper level, one of Dr. Paul Braggs most famous quotes:

"While toxins remain in the body, one can never feel great, but as one cleanses their body and detoxifies it, their overall well-being dramatically improves. This way the secret to great health can be described in 3 words: Cleanse Your Body! Engrave these 3 words permanently in your memory."

After doing the cleanse, I recommended the proce­dure to many of my friends and relatives. Having heard my story, practically everyone of them became determined to cleanse their insides as well, and, after they had started, almost all of them found at least one form of parasites!

One of my oldest friends, Leon, was passing worms for three weeks straight. When he got rid of the first one (it was in two pieces, one was about 15 inches and the other 20 inches long). He was in such a state of disbelief that he just stood over the toilet for 15 minutes and stared at his creation (since then he's gotten so involved in the whole thing that he even started doing something a little crazy ­taking pictures of the beasts, but to each their own).

Most of my family have tried the procedure; we even convinced my stubborn grandmother to do it, which made us all very happy. Her health is not what it used to be and we really wanted to help her get better.