I have detoxed many times in my life and let me tell you, that every time I did it I felt 100% better. I had more energy, lost weight, and an overall feeling of well-being! The article below provides a great detoxification program and I really reccomend it. Even if you don't use the program in this article you still need to detox. Find a method that's best for you. You'll never regret how you feel after detoxing your body!
10 STEPS TO DETOXIFICATION by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
Technology. We live in a grand time of technological development. Computers,
the Internet, cell phones, digital cameras and DVDs. But the human body has
not 'kept up' with technology. Human beings certainly shouldn't eat technology!
But that is happening today as a result of the onslaught of chemicals in our
foods and environments, and with the impending threat of chemical warfare.
This very second, your physical body is mysteriously functioning internally
exactly the way human bodies functioned 10,000 years ago. Because our bodies
today are the same as in the past, it is critical to eat, drink, and live the
same as in years past - centuries past. But modern societies are adopting one
of the most unnatural lifestyles known to mankind. Cancer rates and cardiovascular
disease in the United States alone are among the highest in the world as a result
of technology interfering with our food supply and living environments.
SO WHY DETOX?
Have you ever washed greasy dishes without hot water or dish soap? The dishes
don't get clean, do they? When toxic metals and chemical food additives get
inside your body, it takes a strong "cleanser" to scrub your body
clean from the inside out. The combination of vitamins and minerals through a
detox work in this fashion to remove toxins from your body tissues
and body organs, from your water stores, fat deposits, and within your bloodstream.
Natural cleansing is critical to remove body toxins, and protects from re-depositing
them somewhere else in the body.
Toxins such as lead, mercury, and the side effects of aspartame's by-products
of formic acid and formaldehyde, block nutrients from getting into normal body
cells in the same fashion a lead shield blocks radiation during an x-ray.
If toxins are present within your body, oxygen and the body's "food supply"
cannot get inside your cells to supply needed nutrients, nor can the cells'
waste products get out. Diseases, such as cancer, now have an environment in
which to form. When you do a detox, these body toxins are removed, your body can then restore
a healthy balance.
IDENTIFY, REMOVE, AND RESTORE
The basic philosophy behind any effective detox program is to identify, remove,
and restore.
Identify what toxins are at the root of your health problems.
Identify = hair analysis
Remove the toxins by cleansing your body.
Remove = detox
Restore lost nutrients.
Restore = nutritional supplements
Like pealing the layers off an onion, as each layer is removed through a detox,
the underlying layers reveal what's really behind disease symptoms. The deeper
you go toward removing the 'core' of the problem, healing becomes long-term
reality.
TEN STEPS TO DETOXIFICATION
First, detox your body of all residual chemical toxins and see if any
adverse health symptoms remain. Try these steps for yourself, and within 30
days your symptoms should improve if not completely disappear.
The Ten Steps:
1. Remove all chemicals from your diet.
2. Learn to 'read' your body. Begin recording any health changes.
3. Get a hair analysis.
4. Be happy with yourself.
5. Detoxify.
6. Restore depleted nutrients.
7. Exercise and get plenty of rest.
8. Eat 75% raw foods at every meal.
9. Drink water, water, water.
10. Get control of your life.
Do not overlook the fact that healing from disease and illness takes faith,
personal strength, and perseverance. Curing illness and degenerative diseases
with a mind-body approach might be considered old-fashioned and ineffective
when compared to today's high tech prescriptions, but it's essential that human
beings remember that the roots of disease and their cures are as old-fashioned
as the body itself, and healing begins with SELF.
WHAT IS A HAIR ANALYSIS?
A hair analysis determines exactly what chemicals are inside of you, including
radiation. Generic medical lab tests don't identify deep tissue toxins nor nutrient
depletions the same way a hair analysis does.
The protein in hair fiber holds the composition of the body tissues for a permanent
period. By analyzing your hair fiber composition, you can tell what toxins have
accumulated in the body tissues and what vitamins and minerals are depleted
or too abundant causing imbalances in body function. By detoxifying unnatural
chemicals and by replacing specific vitamins individual to your needs, proper
health can be restored using nutrition. The human hair analysis points out these
levels, making the hair analysis the BEST tool out there.
The link below provides a sample hair analysis report of a twenty-year-old
male toxic in mercury. Andy has been a vegetarian all of his life, and ate canned
tuna most every day. His over-all toxins were low and his nutrients were fairly
balanced, but his mercury level was dangerously high which, in turn, depleted
his lithium stores. Lithium is a critical element that supports emotional and
hormonal development. Thinking he was on a 'healthy' diet, Andy would never
have known the potential health dangers within his tissues and bloodstream without
having a hair analysis performed. He is relieved to know he prevented future
health problems, and now knows how to adjust his diet and supplement program
to achieve optimum health.
* Take the time to determine at which point you may have gotten off track nutritionally
and what 'poisons' you have been exposed to.
* Detox your body of all environmental and food chemicals you have been exposed
to throughout your lifetime.
* Restore depleted nutrients through proper supplements and whole foods.
Toxins are at the root of most diseases, and once they are removed, health
and well being return. An effective detox plan removes the source of
disease symptoms, such as aspartame or radiation poisoning, detoxifies toxic
residue from the body, and replaces specific nutrients to regain a state of
wellness. When you detox, the body removes toxins from chemicals quickly and can actually
remove most chemical toxins from your body tissues and body organs, from your
water stores, and from fat stores within your bloodstream, along with assisting
in the elimination of those toxins via the bowels and pores of the body.
ABOUT DR. JANET STARR HULL
Dr. Hull is a Licensed Certified Nutritionist, certified fitness professional,
and author of the best selling book, Sweet Poison. She currently holds a Doctorate
in Nutrition, a Master's Degree in Environmental Science, is an international
geographer and geologist, a former university professor, firefighter and Hazardous
Waste Specialist and Emergency Responder.
Dr. Hull writes a monthly newsletter covering a wide range of important health
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