Day 12 of My 40-Day Juice Fast
Mucoid Plaque (The Holy Grail of Healing), Being Numb, and Raw Vegan Food
Several weeks ago, I embarked on a raw food journey that began with a 40-day juice fast and full bowel detox. The decision came as a surprise, yet I have a sense that I was always headed in this direction. Last month, I did some deep soul-searching in Joshua Tree to uncover the next step toward full recovery. To bypass the menacing thoughts in my mind, I micro-dosed on mushrooms I had received as a gift. The first message that came to me was to eat raw food. My immediate thought was, “That’s NEVER happening.” Still, my curiosity was piqued, and I began searching online for any reason to avoid a raw food diet. I found none. Every raw vegan I encountered online radiated health and looked years younger than their age. I was intrigued.
That's when I discovered Raw Vegan Rising, a raw vegan community founded by Shane Sterling, a shockingly young-looking 51-year-old who has spent the last seven years transforming his health and helping thousands of others do the same. After watching a few of his videos, I decided to ditch cooked food entirely and prepare for my 40-day fast.
Raw Vegan Rising - YouTube Link
Could what he's saying be true? Can it heal all diseases? Do skin, hair, and nails really repair themselves at any age with raw foods?
To back up a bit, eleven years ago this month, I sustained a life-threatening vaccine injury after a receiving a toxic tetanus shot (is there any other kind?). I took the shot at a drugstore in Marina Del Rey, unaware that I’d already had a DTaP shot in 2012 and didn’t need another. Here is my full story.
I had to find out for myself, knowing this would be one of the greatest challenges of my life. But living with no energy, relying on toxic thyroid medication, and lacking the drive that had once defined me was no longer acceptable. I could hear Shane’s voice echoing: “Forty days will pass anyway; where will you be then?” What did I have to lose, except for the ancient slime clinging to my gut, holding me back from becoming the fully healed version of myself?
Since that moment, I’ve been chasing an elusive “healing” that has led me around the world, working with shamans, psychics, energy healers and mediums who opened my world in ways I could never have imagined. But wherever I went, my symptoms remained, and I was consistently pointed back to the root of it all: gut healing. I realized my body’s ability to heal itself was being blocked by something and I need to unblock it. To say this is difficult is a gross understatement. But I knew in my bones that I would either figure it out or die trying. While I’m stronger mentally and more awake now than ever, my physical body still struggles. Cracking the code of healing in this lifetime has become my mission—not just for me, but to prove that the body is infinitely wiser than we’ve been led to believe and to share that far and wide. I’m convinced the earth holds all the medicine we need to heal absolutely anything and I’m willing to stop eating all cooked foods indefinitely to prove it.
Many health coaches wax nostalgic about the miraculous transformation that came when they FINALLY cleaned out their gut and expelled decades worth of mucoid plaque—the impenetrable mucus lining the colon of most people in the West. You might think, “I’m a runner, a vegan, and a meditator!” Sorry to burst the plant based bubble but that alone won’t move the needle. To cleanse the gut, we need to stop eating solid foods for an extended period so the body can focus on one thing: releasing the plaque, biofilm, and putrid buildup clogging the gut. Then, according to those who have healed on this diet, the raw foods come in and repair the damage.
Recently, RJ Spina, author of Supercharged Self-Healing, mentioned that fasting and meditation have been used by mystics for centuries to heal because they work. This solidified my determination to commit to a 40-day juice fast. I knew my mind had to prepare for this extreme lifestyle change and the discomfort it would bring.
Years ago, I tried following Josh Macin’s (Detox Dudes) protocol for gut healing and mucoid plaque cleansing, but my body was so mercury-toxic that any supplements or binders triggered intense detox symptoms for days, sometimes weeks. My body simply couldn’t process it. Looking back over the years, the timing of this new chapter feels divine. Giving up gluten and dairy ten years ago felt like losing a loved one; it was everywhere, and the grief was immense. But food has always been more than just sustenance; it’s love, comfort, fun, and, above all, numbing. Nearly everyone has something they turn to in order to escape reality. Drugs, food, wine, sex, obsessions—pick your poison. If you’ve ever mindlessly eaten an entire bag of “healthy” chips while watching a movie, you know what I mean. Here is Josh Macin talking about his mucoid plaque revelation.
Two days after I stopped eating cooked foods, the chronic lower back pain I’d dealt with for two years vanished. I had tried everything—Qi Gong, acupuncture, red light therapy—but nothing worked long-term until now. It’s been a month, and the pain hasn’t returned. According to my wife I look years younger, and I already notice that my hair is thicker and healthier than it has been in years. I ate raw vegan for one week leading up to this fast, which involves drinking 1.5 to 2 gallons of fresh juice daily. My two staple juices are the “Lemon Ginger Blast” (parsley, cilantro, cucumbers, celery, turmeric, ginger, and lemon) and a citrus mix. Together, these juices help break down the mucoid plaque in the gut, and when combined with bentonite clay and psyllium husk, can clear the body of plaque and biofilms.
Having tried this before with little success, I worried about how long it would take to see results. Some people in the community go 90 days or more without releasing anything, which terrified me. But as the thought arose, another one replaced it:
I AM THE MASTER OF MY MIND AND BODY.
After 11 days of fasting, I saw the mucoid plaque come out this morning. I don’t know how long it will take to fully clear it all from my body, but my mission is unwavering.
I AM THE MASTER OF MY MIND AND BODY.