Beauty from the Inside Out with Detoxification

Detoxification programs have been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. From the beginning of time, we have learned that our ancestors have used potions, concoctions and wraps to rid disease from the body with such things as plants, clay, and what we now label as poisons. 

Most recently we have seen such detoxification programs consisting of honey and cayenne pepper, epson salt and olive oil, as well as other elixirs. The question is, are they healthy? Are they really detoxifying the body? Are they supporting the biochemical pathways that are needed in order to cleanse and metabolically support us or, are they just creating more problems for us in the long run? 

As a practitioner of functional and integrative medicine, my first responsibility to my patients is always to provide recommendations based upon sound science, also known as evidence based medicine, which is both safe and effective. I always look at my medical text books for the basic physiological reason for what we are doing. In other words, based upon how our bodies function, what is going to work and why. 

Over my many years in practice (over 33 years in practice) I have researched and found a number of foundational approaches for safe and effect detoxification programs and a number of reasons why we should all consider detoxification as a part of our general health care. The following is from our upcoming webinar on detoxification:

• First and foremost, detoxification is good medicine:
  • It reduces the toxic burden on the body.
  • It removes elements that can lead to disease.
  • Using a metabolically sound program, along with infrared sauna can effectively cleanse the liver and the intestines, safely.

• Detoxification is a necessary part of our health care due to:
  • Exposure to toxic substances from external sources such as:
    • Food additives and chemical solvents, 
    • Heavy metals, pesticides and herbicides, 
    • Drugs and alcohol
  • Internal sources such as:
    • Bacteria & yeasts

• Why would you consider detoxification?:
  • These are just a few possible conditions that can be associated with toxic overload that may benefit from a sound, metabolically based detoxification program:
    • Headaches
    • Muscle and Joint Pain
    • Allergies
    • Flu-like Symptoms
    • Chronic Fatigue
    • Irritability and Mental Confusion
    • Parkinson’s Disease
    • Alzheimer’s
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
      
      
• What does a safe and effective detoxification look like?
  • Consuming nutrients that support your liver such as:
    • Magnesium
    • Copper
    • Zinc
    • Vitamin C
    • Vitamin B family
    • Protein
    • Cruciferous vegetables
    • Limonene-containing fruits (not grapefruit)
    • Prebiotics and probiotics
    • Fiber both soluble and insoluble

• Far Infrared Sauna
  • Research has shown long term benefits of eliminating toxins and heavy metals with far infrared sauna. 
  • Far infrared saunas heat you up from the inside out.
  • It heats your tissue several inches deep.
  • It enhances your metabolic process.
  • It increases circulation and oxygenation of your tissues.
  • It restores skin elimination and reduces toxic load.
  • It kills off viruses and other microbes