Detox Protocols & Nutritional Balancing
Detoxification is a very critical subject today for anyone who wishes to restore and maintain health and detoxification is a major focus of Nutritional Balancing Science.
When these programs are designed correctly, one can remove:
a. Many of the toxic metals (at least two dozen), often many at once.
b. Toxic forms of physiological or vital minerals. These include toxic forms of the “amigos”, for example, such as iron, manganese, copper, selenium, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and others.
c. Hundreds of toxic chemicals. These are found in the water, air and food supply today, and acquired through direct contact with the skin or elsewhere.
When these programs are designed correctly, one can remove:
a. Many of the toxic metals (at least two dozen), often many at once.
b. Toxic forms of physiological or vital minerals. These include toxic forms of the “amigos”, for example, such as iron, manganese, copper, selenium, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, vanadium and others.
c. Hundreds of toxic chemicals. These are found in the water, air and food supply today, and acquired through direct contact with the skin or elsewhere.
d. Biological Toxins. These include millions of bacteria, viruses, fungi or yeasts, and parasites.
e. Other Toxins. These include mental and emotional toxins such as anger, fear, fixed ideas, etc.
Nutritional balancing uses about 20 methods simultaneously to remove these toxins. Among the most important are:
e. Other Toxins. These include mental and emotional toxins such as anger, fear, fixed ideas, etc.
Nutritional balancing uses about 20 methods simultaneously to remove these toxins. Among the most important are:
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However, I never use chlorella, cilantro (except as a food), spirulina, herbs, or synthetic chelators such as DMSA, DMPS, EDTA, penicilamine, defoxamine and others. These are not needed, and are always somewhat harmful.
All these methods must be integrated and coordinated as a healing program, or they are not effective and may conflict with each other.
All these methods must be integrated and coordinated as a healing program, or they are not effective and may conflict with each other.
Detoxification Procedures We Recommend
1. COFFEE ENEMA
Water Bottle for Coffee Enema
This is a very important procedure in nutritional balancing science, to be used daily and in some cases, twice daily. It can remove, in one or two years, toxins from the colon and liver that might take 10 years otherwise. In many difficult cases, a person simply won't progress much without them.
The reason is the large intestine and liver are often the most damaged organs and this is due to diets, eating habits, stress, constipation, toxic exposures and the use of hundreds of drugs and over the counter products that impair the normal functioning of the large bowel and liver.
What Kind of Coffee to Use?
One you can use regularly is S.A.Wilson's Coffee. You can buy it here.
Other caffeinated, non-instant coffee for coffee enemas are okay as well. Here are my suggestions for the best coffee:
1. Many coffees from around the world are excellent. There is plenty to choose from. If possible, I suggest a South American coffee, although others may be fine, as well.
2. A Medium OR Dark Roast. I suggest a medium or dark roast coffee for most people. Research in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research found that dark roast coffee restored blood levels of the antioxidants vitamin E and glutathione more effectively than light roast coffee. The dark roast also led to a significant body weight reduction in pre-obese volunteers, whereas the light roast did not.
Separate research also showed that dark roast coffee produces more of a chemical called N-methylpyridinium. This chemical is produced during the roasting process, and the darker the roast, the more N-methylpyridinium it contains.
Caffeine levels vary depending on the degree of roasting of the coffee. Darker roasts often contain less caffeine than lighter roasts.
3. A non-oily coffee is probably best. Some coffee beans are quite oily, while other coffees are quite dry. I suggest using one that is drier, not oily. The reason is that the oil is often rancid, adding a toxin to the coffee.
4. Less moldy coffee is best. This is hard to identify. A more costly brand of coffee called “upgraded coffee” is sold at www.bulletproofexec.com that claims to be mold-free. Some who have difficulty with the enemas report doing better with this brand of coffee, while for many people the brand does not seem to matter as much.
5. Organically grown is likely best. Coffees often have pesticides on them. Organically grown coffee may have fewer pesticide residues, and this is beneficial.
You can read more about coffee enemas here
And for coffee enema procedures click here
The reason is the large intestine and liver are often the most damaged organs and this is due to diets, eating habits, stress, constipation, toxic exposures and the use of hundreds of drugs and over the counter products that impair the normal functioning of the large bowel and liver.
What Kind of Coffee to Use?
One you can use regularly is S.A.Wilson's Coffee. You can buy it here.
Other caffeinated, non-instant coffee for coffee enemas are okay as well. Here are my suggestions for the best coffee:
1. Many coffees from around the world are excellent. There is plenty to choose from. If possible, I suggest a South American coffee, although others may be fine, as well.
2. A Medium OR Dark Roast. I suggest a medium or dark roast coffee for most people. Research in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research found that dark roast coffee restored blood levels of the antioxidants vitamin E and glutathione more effectively than light roast coffee. The dark roast also led to a significant body weight reduction in pre-obese volunteers, whereas the light roast did not.
Separate research also showed that dark roast coffee produces more of a chemical called N-methylpyridinium. This chemical is produced during the roasting process, and the darker the roast, the more N-methylpyridinium it contains.
Caffeine levels vary depending on the degree of roasting of the coffee. Darker roasts often contain less caffeine than lighter roasts.
3. A non-oily coffee is probably best. Some coffee beans are quite oily, while other coffees are quite dry. I suggest using one that is drier, not oily. The reason is that the oil is often rancid, adding a toxin to the coffee.
4. Less moldy coffee is best. This is hard to identify. A more costly brand of coffee called “upgraded coffee” is sold at www.bulletproofexec.com that claims to be mold-free. Some who have difficulty with the enemas report doing better with this brand of coffee, while for many people the brand does not seem to matter as much.
5. Organically grown is likely best. Coffees often have pesticides on them. Organically grown coffee may have fewer pesticide residues, and this is beneficial.
You can read more about coffee enemas here
And for coffee enema procedures click here
2. SAUNA THERAPY
Near Infrared Sauna
Sauna therapy is one of the finest ways to remove toxic metals, toxic chemicals, chronic infections and other blockages in the body.
Near Infrared sauna therapy, in particular, is highly effective for detoxification.
The near infrared lamp sauna uses infrared heat lamps as the heat source. It also penetrates the deepest of all the saunas and does not emit any harmful electromagnetic fields. It is the best sauna we have found, in general.
Read here about the difference between a far infrared and near infrared sauna.
More on Sauna Therapy click Here
Near Infrared sauna therapy, in particular, is highly effective for detoxification.
The near infrared lamp sauna uses infrared heat lamps as the heat source. It also penetrates the deepest of all the saunas and does not emit any harmful electromagnetic fields. It is the best sauna we have found, in general.
Read here about the difference between a far infrared and near infrared sauna.
More on Sauna Therapy click Here
3. FOOT REFLEXOLOGY
Reflexology
This simple, cost-free method works exceedingly well, once you begin to understand how to use it. It is superb, especially if the elimination process is stalled or moving slowly. However, it is wonderful all of the time.
To learn about how to do reflexology on yourself and your family, please read Reflexology on this site. The article also contains a foot reflex chart that you can print and use.
To learn about how to do reflexology on yourself and your family, please read Reflexology on this site. The article also contains a foot reflex chart that you can print and use.
4. SPINAL TWIST
This is a simple and safe type of physical exercise that only takes a minute or less, but can help keep your spinal column aligned properly throughout the day and night.
Read on Spinal Twist Procedures here
Read on Spinal Twist Procedures here
5. LIMITING JUICING
Carrot juice
Juicing is a popular method to renourish the body. It allows one to ingest many more vegetables than if one were eating them whole because the pulp is removed. Pulp is largely fiber and is not digestible by human beings. Juicing effectively concentrates the food and is tasty. It is more work, but modern juicers are not that difficult to clean. See below for juicer recommendations.
WARNING 1: Unfortunately, most people who do juicing overdo it, in my view. Ten to Twelve ounces of carrot juice with a few greens mixed in, perhaps, is enough for most people. More causes the body to become too cold. This is very damaging, no matter what other benefits occur from juicing.
WARNING 2. Do not juice fruits. They are too sweet and make the body too cold.
WARNING 3. Do not just juice greens. This is also makes the body too cold. Carrot is a root vegetable and red in color, and warms the body. This is most important, as well.
Juicing for cancer. Juicing has saved lives, and is used in many cancer therapies. Max Gerson, MD and the Gerson Clinic in Mexico use a lot of juices for healing cancer, for example, as does the Hippocrates Health Institute, which advocates wheat grass juice.
However, my information is that the Gerson method and even the Ann Wigmoremethod of healing are not working as well today. For more on cancer, read Cancer and Alternatives on this site.
Juicing Recommendations. For most people, we recommend ONLY 10-12 ounces daily of carrot juice, and no fruit juice. Fruit juice, with its high sugar content and unbalanced mineral content, is extremely cold in nature and to be avoided totally. Children must have a little less, depending on their size and weight. However, carrot and green juice are excellent for children, and often liked by children. The reasons for these recommendations are explained below.
Problems with too much juicing. Juicing is not without problems. The problems with juicing are:
1. Juices are extremely yin. Yin is a Chinese medical term that means cold, raw and broken apart, and often ill. Yin and yang are very subtle energetic concepts, but ones that are critical for our health today. The problem with juicing today is that our bodies are already very yin from toxic metal exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, electromagnetic stress, and other reasons. Too much juicing makes them even more yin, and this is quite dangerous, as any traditional Chinese medical practitioner will tell you. This is critical to understand.
I know that many holistic doctors suggest much more juicing. To read more about why I do not recommend more than up to 16 ounces of vegetable juice only each day, read the articles on this site entitled Raw Foods and Juices.
2. Juices, if taken with other foods, are usually bad food combinations because they are too watery, in addition to being too cold. This upsets digestion in all cases. To avoid this problem, 1) swish the juice around in your mouth so most is absorbed in the mouth, and 2) drink juice preferably alone, away from meals. Wait at least 15 minutes after having vegetable juice to eat anything at all. This will give the juice time to be absorbed in the stomach and mouth, so it won’t interfere with food.
3. The high sugar content of fruit juices and even carrot juice in some cases, can upset the blood sugar. However, we like carrot juice for its special calcium content. If 10-12 ounces of it upsets your digestion or blood sugar, drink half immediately and save half in the refrigerator, to drink in a few hours. This usually takes care of this problem.
However, this is why one must avoid all fruit juices, including most lemonade, cranberry juice and all others. They are just too sweet and again too cold. Citrus fruits, by the way, such as oranges and grapefruit, are among the most cold foods on planet earth, and therefore never recommended in any form – juiced or whole – even though they are nutritious as are all fruits.
Coconut and palm are also among the most cold fruits on planet earth and for this reason also to be avoided in all forms such as coconut water and coconut milk. Fruit acids and a toxic form of potassium found in fruits are also problems with fruits, and this is worse if one consumes any fruit juice at all. So please avoid them all for all these reasons.
Carrot juice. A very excellent juice for most people includes mostly carrot juice daily. It is best to add some greens such as spinach, kale or Swiss chard leaves, or other green vegetables to the carrot juice. The carrots are critical as a source of bioavailable calcium. Do not add fruit to this juice, please, unless you must add a bit for a child to drink it. For much more on this subject, read Carrot Juicing on this website.
Wheat grass juice. Another helpful type of juice is wheat grass juice, about 1 to 2 ounces daily for an adult and less for children. This is the only wheat product we suggest at all. The new Champion juicer with wheat grass attachment, Greenstar and a few other motorized and hand juicers can produce wheat grass juice. Of course, one must grow the wheat grass or buy it in order to juice it.
Other juices. We do not recommend other juices.
Which juicer to buy or use. For carrot juice, any vegetable juicer can be used. Do not use a blender like a Vitamix or Ninja machine. These leave too much pulp in the juice and usually mix it with too much water and air.
Centrifugal juicers waste a little more juice, but may be cheaper, such as the Jack Lalaine juicer that is under $100.00. Juicers such as the Champion Juicer and Greenstar Juicer waste less juice and are easier to clean. The Champion is a rugged machine if you will be making juice for a large family. Wheat grass juicers have been discussed above.
WARNING 1: Unfortunately, most people who do juicing overdo it, in my view. Ten to Twelve ounces of carrot juice with a few greens mixed in, perhaps, is enough for most people. More causes the body to become too cold. This is very damaging, no matter what other benefits occur from juicing.
WARNING 2. Do not juice fruits. They are too sweet and make the body too cold.
WARNING 3. Do not just juice greens. This is also makes the body too cold. Carrot is a root vegetable and red in color, and warms the body. This is most important, as well.
Juicing for cancer. Juicing has saved lives, and is used in many cancer therapies. Max Gerson, MD and the Gerson Clinic in Mexico use a lot of juices for healing cancer, for example, as does the Hippocrates Health Institute, which advocates wheat grass juice.
However, my information is that the Gerson method and even the Ann Wigmoremethod of healing are not working as well today. For more on cancer, read Cancer and Alternatives on this site.
Juicing Recommendations. For most people, we recommend ONLY 10-12 ounces daily of carrot juice, and no fruit juice. Fruit juice, with its high sugar content and unbalanced mineral content, is extremely cold in nature and to be avoided totally. Children must have a little less, depending on their size and weight. However, carrot and green juice are excellent for children, and often liked by children. The reasons for these recommendations are explained below.
Problems with too much juicing. Juicing is not without problems. The problems with juicing are:
1. Juices are extremely yin. Yin is a Chinese medical term that means cold, raw and broken apart, and often ill. Yin and yang are very subtle energetic concepts, but ones that are critical for our health today. The problem with juicing today is that our bodies are already very yin from toxic metal exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, electromagnetic stress, and other reasons. Too much juicing makes them even more yin, and this is quite dangerous, as any traditional Chinese medical practitioner will tell you. This is critical to understand.
I know that many holistic doctors suggest much more juicing. To read more about why I do not recommend more than up to 16 ounces of vegetable juice only each day, read the articles on this site entitled Raw Foods and Juices.
2. Juices, if taken with other foods, are usually bad food combinations because they are too watery, in addition to being too cold. This upsets digestion in all cases. To avoid this problem, 1) swish the juice around in your mouth so most is absorbed in the mouth, and 2) drink juice preferably alone, away from meals. Wait at least 15 minutes after having vegetable juice to eat anything at all. This will give the juice time to be absorbed in the stomach and mouth, so it won’t interfere with food.
3. The high sugar content of fruit juices and even carrot juice in some cases, can upset the blood sugar. However, we like carrot juice for its special calcium content. If 10-12 ounces of it upsets your digestion or blood sugar, drink half immediately and save half in the refrigerator, to drink in a few hours. This usually takes care of this problem.
However, this is why one must avoid all fruit juices, including most lemonade, cranberry juice and all others. They are just too sweet and again too cold. Citrus fruits, by the way, such as oranges and grapefruit, are among the most cold foods on planet earth, and therefore never recommended in any form – juiced or whole – even though they are nutritious as are all fruits.
Coconut and palm are also among the most cold fruits on planet earth and for this reason also to be avoided in all forms such as coconut water and coconut milk. Fruit acids and a toxic form of potassium found in fruits are also problems with fruits, and this is worse if one consumes any fruit juice at all. So please avoid them all for all these reasons.
Carrot juice. A very excellent juice for most people includes mostly carrot juice daily. It is best to add some greens such as spinach, kale or Swiss chard leaves, or other green vegetables to the carrot juice. The carrots are critical as a source of bioavailable calcium. Do not add fruit to this juice, please, unless you must add a bit for a child to drink it. For much more on this subject, read Carrot Juicing on this website.
Wheat grass juice. Another helpful type of juice is wheat grass juice, about 1 to 2 ounces daily for an adult and less for children. This is the only wheat product we suggest at all. The new Champion juicer with wheat grass attachment, Greenstar and a few other motorized and hand juicers can produce wheat grass juice. Of course, one must grow the wheat grass or buy it in order to juice it.
Other juices. We do not recommend other juices.
Which juicer to buy or use. For carrot juice, any vegetable juicer can be used. Do not use a blender like a Vitamix or Ninja machine. These leave too much pulp in the juice and usually mix it with too much water and air.
Centrifugal juicers waste a little more juice, but may be cheaper, such as the Jack Lalaine juicer that is under $100.00. Juicers such as the Champion Juicer and Greenstar Juicer waste less juice and are easier to clean. The Champion is a rugged machine if you will be making juice for a large family. Wheat grass juicers have been discussed above.
6. OZONE AND PEROXIDE BATH
This procedure will get rid of most, if not all sexually transmitted diseases, if you also follow a complete nutritional balancing program at the same time. This is quite remarkable.
It can also be used to get rid of other infections in the legs and genitals. It works quite well, although note that a dozen or more of these baths may be needed, and one must follow a complete nutritional balancing program at the same time.
To do this bath, add one to two cups of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to a fairly hot bath. The bath need not cover more than your legs if it is for healing of genital infections.
Relax for at least 40 minutes and up to one hour in the bath, to allow the peroxide to do its germ-killing job. Then get out of the bath and do not rinse off. Just get dressed.
Use as much of the 35% hydrogen peroxide as you can. Too much peroxide will cause a burning sensation on your skin, and this is not necessary or helpful. If this occurs, add a little hot water to the bath to dilute the peroxide.
Repeat the bath 2 or 3 times weekly, but not more often, as too many baths are too yin in macrobiotic terms. Also, most people do not need these baths after a few months to about 1 year of use.
Adding ozone to the peroxide bath. This will make the peroxide bath even better. For this, you must buy an ozone generator that has a small tube as its ozone output. The least expensive of these are ozonators designed for hot tubs.
Set up the ozone generator near the bathtub, being careful not to get water on it, as it is an electrical machine. Then, run the tube from the generator into the bathtub.
For women who want to get rid of sexually transmitted disease, put the end of the ozone tube deep into the vagina. For a man, put it close to the penis. Leave it there during the whole bath.
It can also be used to get rid of other infections in the legs and genitals. It works quite well, although note that a dozen or more of these baths may be needed, and one must follow a complete nutritional balancing program at the same time.
To do this bath, add one to two cups of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to a fairly hot bath. The bath need not cover more than your legs if it is for healing of genital infections.
Relax for at least 40 minutes and up to one hour in the bath, to allow the peroxide to do its germ-killing job. Then get out of the bath and do not rinse off. Just get dressed.
Use as much of the 35% hydrogen peroxide as you can. Too much peroxide will cause a burning sensation on your skin, and this is not necessary or helpful. If this occurs, add a little hot water to the bath to dilute the peroxide.
Repeat the bath 2 or 3 times weekly, but not more often, as too many baths are too yin in macrobiotic terms. Also, most people do not need these baths after a few months to about 1 year of use.
Adding ozone to the peroxide bath. This will make the peroxide bath even better. For this, you must buy an ozone generator that has a small tube as its ozone output. The least expensive of these are ozonators designed for hot tubs.
Set up the ozone generator near the bathtub, being careful not to get water on it, as it is an electrical machine. Then, run the tube from the generator into the bathtub.
For women who want to get rid of sexually transmitted disease, put the end of the ozone tube deep into the vagina. For a man, put it close to the penis. Leave it there during the whole bath.
7. GENITAL BATHS (OPTIONAL)
This simple procedure, borrowed from the hydrotherapy literature, is often effective for alleviating vaginal, bladder, uterine and even prostate difficulties. Bladder and vaginal infections in women often respond very well to this procedure. Men can use it as well for urinary and penile difficulties.
The genital bath is probably effective because the cold water causes a reaction that greatly enhances the blood flow to this area. This in turn assists the healing process. The procedure is as follows:
* Sit on the side of a bathtub facing into the bathtub. Alternatively, sit on a stool placed in the bathtub. One can wear a shirt or sweater, as the water will be directed only at the genital area.
* Splash cold water on the genital area only, using a wash rag or a flexible shower attachment.
* Continue the procedure for 10 minutes, and repeat it five or more times per day.
* The genital bath can be repeated for as long as necessary with no ill effects.
The genital bath is probably effective because the cold water causes a reaction that greatly enhances the blood flow to this area. This in turn assists the healing process. The procedure is as follows:
* Sit on the side of a bathtub facing into the bathtub. Alternatively, sit on a stool placed in the bathtub. One can wear a shirt or sweater, as the water will be directed only at the genital area.
* Splash cold water on the genital area only, using a wash rag or a flexible shower attachment.
* Continue the procedure for 10 minutes, and repeat it five or more times per day.
* The genital bath can be repeated for as long as necessary with no ill effects.
8. OZONE SAUNA (OR OZONE STEAM CABINET)
This can be an excellent detoxification method. The ozone adds significant oxygen to the body for the short time that one is in the steam cabinet. The steam helps carry the ozone to the skin.
Adding oxygen to the body is always excellent and helpful. Other simple methods to do this are deep breathing, adding ozone to your drinking water, a bath with a cup or so of 35% hydrogen peroxide, and the favored method of installing an ozonator/ionizer air purifier in your bedroom. Click here for more on this method of oxygenating the body.
Although helpful, I do not recommend ozone sauna therapy often. The reasons are that it requires a steam cabinet, it is time-consuming, and it is not as good as near infrared sauna therapy, in most instances.
Other oxygen therapies. Some physicians also offer intravenous hydrogen peroxide or intravenous ozone, which can be excellent. They are not included in this article because they are not home-based methods of detoxification, but they are helpful.
Adding oxygen to the body is always excellent and helpful. Other simple methods to do this are deep breathing, adding ozone to your drinking water, a bath with a cup or so of 35% hydrogen peroxide, and the favored method of installing an ozonator/ionizer air purifier in your bedroom. Click here for more on this method of oxygenating the body.
Although helpful, I do not recommend ozone sauna therapy often. The reasons are that it requires a steam cabinet, it is time-consuming, and it is not as good as near infrared sauna therapy, in most instances.
Other oxygen therapies. Some physicians also offer intravenous hydrogen peroxide or intravenous ozone, which can be excellent. They are not included in this article because they are not home-based methods of detoxification, but they are helpful.
9. VERY LIMITED DRINKING OF DISTILLED WATER
The only time we suggest distilled water is during a healing reaction or purification reaction. During such reactions, switching from spring water or carbon-only filtered tap water to drinking only distilled water for a few days to a week or so, may reduce symptoms.
The reason is that distilled water can act as a detoxifier or cleanser to remove toxic metals and toxic chemicals. Be sure to switch back to spring water or carbon-only filtered tap water, however, after the reaction passes.
NOTE: Earlier articles on this website suggested drinking distilled water for several months when starting a nutritional balancing program. We no longer recommend this because the bodies are very mineral-depleted and drinking distilled water (or reverse osmosis water) will make this depletion worse.
The reason is that distilled water can act as a detoxifier or cleanser to remove toxic metals and toxic chemicals. Be sure to switch back to spring water or carbon-only filtered tap water, however, after the reaction passes.
NOTE: Earlier articles on this website suggested drinking distilled water for several months when starting a nutritional balancing program. We no longer recommend this because the bodies are very mineral-depleted and drinking distilled water (or reverse osmosis water) will make this depletion worse.
10. SKIN BRUSHING
Skin brushing a great way to remove toxins
Skin brushing is a highly effective technique for stimulating the expulsion of mucus and loosening other toxic matter that clogs the lymphatic system and the lymph nodes.
You will need to buy a natural bristle skin brush and use only on dry skin before you take a bath or shower.
Always brush toward your heart; and do not brush breasts, underarms or any sensitive areas or over broken skin.
You will need to buy a natural bristle skin brush and use only on dry skin before you take a bath or shower.
Always brush toward your heart; and do not brush breasts, underarms or any sensitive areas or over broken skin.
- First brush the sole of one foot, then work up the front and back of the same leg and over your buttocks.
- Repeat on the other leg.
- Brush your hands and arms, starting at your fingertips. Brush the palm and back of your hands, then move up toward the armpits.
- Brush across your shoulders and as much of your back as you can reach.
- Brush your chest, working down towards your heart (women avoid breasts and nipples).
- Brush down your neck.
- Brush your stomach, always in a circular clockwise motion, which helps stimulate the colon.
- Brush until your skin feels warm, which should be around 5 minutes, but if you’re short on time, less will be fine.
- Afterwards you can take a sauna, or a hydrotherapy bath.
- Always wash your skin and skin brush in warm soapy water after you are done.
- You can read more here, as to its benefits.
2. DETOXIFICATION PROCEDURES THAT ARE EITHER LESS POWERFUL, OR LESS SAFE, AND RECOMMENDED LESS FOR THESE REASONS
COLONIC IRRIGATION OR COLON HYDROTHERAPY
This ancient hydrotherapy method can greatly assist cleaning the colon of toxins and parasites. A series of five or more at the beginning of a nutritional balancing program is very good for some people. DO NOT KEEP DOING COLONICS DAY AFTER DAY, or even week after week, however, because:
This ancient hydrotherapy method can greatly assist cleaning the colon of toxins and parasites. A series of five or more at the beginning of a nutritional balancing program is very good for some people. DO NOT KEEP DOING COLONICS DAY AFTER DAY, or even week after week, however, because:
- Colonic irrigation is very cold for the intestine, introducing too much water into the colon if done too often. Limit them to once or twice a year, and only if needed. If one does coffee enemas daily, colonic irrigation should not be needed.
- Be sure your colon therapist is reputable, mainly for cleanliness reasons.
- If you need colonics to remove impacted fecal material, colonies of yeast, parasites and to clean out infected pockets in the colon, usually a series of six to twelve colonics is required.
- Some colon therapists add oxygen, ozone, very diluted hydrogen peroxide or coffee to the irrigation water, and this seems to be is fine.
HERBAL POULTICES
This is an ancient therapy. There are many kinds of herbal packs and poultices. Overall, these are very good. Some are potato poultices, onion poultices, mustard poultices and others. We don’t use them, as a rule, because they are a lot of trouble and we don’t find them necessary.
This is an ancient therapy. There are many kinds of herbal packs and poultices. Overall, these are very good. Some are potato poultices, onion poultices, mustard poultices and others. We don’t use them, as a rule, because they are a lot of trouble and we don’t find them necessary.
ALGINATES AND PERHAPS MODIFIED CITRUS PECTIN
Alginates are particular chemicals found mainly in kelp and perhaps in a few other vegetables. They bind many toxic metals in the intestines, preventing their absorption in the intestines. In this regard, they are like the chelators, but they are safer. The toxic metals then pass harmless out of the body. I particularly recommend kelp as an excellent source of many minerals, vitamins and alginates.
Sodium alginate and perhaps other compounds of alginates can also be purchased in an isolated form. This may help some people with mercury toxicity, for example. However, it is rarely needed, and one must use caution with any chelating substance.
Modified citrus pectin is related to the alginates and may bind some toxic metals in the intestines as well. It, too, is rarely needed, however, if one follows a complete nutritional balancing program.
Kelp and mud baths. This is a newer method of replenishing minerals that is being researched at this time. I will update this article as ore information becomes available.
Alginates are particular chemicals found mainly in kelp and perhaps in a few other vegetables. They bind many toxic metals in the intestines, preventing their absorption in the intestines. In this regard, they are like the chelators, but they are safer. The toxic metals then pass harmless out of the body. I particularly recommend kelp as an excellent source of many minerals, vitamins and alginates.
Sodium alginate and perhaps other compounds of alginates can also be purchased in an isolated form. This may help some people with mercury toxicity, for example. However, it is rarely needed, and one must use caution with any chelating substance.
Modified citrus pectin is related to the alginates and may bind some toxic metals in the intestines as well. It, too, is rarely needed, however, if one follows a complete nutritional balancing program.
Kelp and mud baths. This is a newer method of replenishing minerals that is being researched at this time. I will update this article as ore information becomes available.
CASTOR OIL PACKS
This procedure was recommended often by Mr. Edgar Cayce. We don’t use them much because they are less powerful than the methods above in most cases. However, they appear to assist lymph circulation over the area where they are placed, in particular the stomach, liver or other parts of the abdomen. They are also very relaxing for some people and they are completely safe as far as know. Two common ways to do castor oil packs are:
1. The Daytime Method. Pour pure castor oil onto a piece of flannel or other absorbent cloth that is about 1 foot long by 1 foot wide. The cloth should be saturated and damp all over, but not dripping with the oil. Castor oil can be bought at many drug stores. Some outlets sell organic castor oil, but this is not needed in most cases.
Place the pack directly on your skin, over your abdomen, or liver (upper right side of the abdomen) or wherever desired. Fold the cloth over once if it is too large. Cover the pack completely with a large plastic bag lying flat. Then place a heating pad on top of the plastic bag. The plastic bag is there simply to keep the oil from soiling the heating pad. Turn on the heating pad to its highest setting and relax in bed or on a couch with the pack for about 2 or more hours.
To clean up, turn off the heating pad and put it away. Remove the plastic bag and then remove the pack from your abdomen or wherever it is. Wipe off the oil on your skin with a clean rag or paper towel soaked in a solution of baking soda. He always recommended this.
Place the castor oil pack in a glass or plastic jar. Screw on the top of the jar to keep the oil moist. The pack can be reused many times without adding more oil, unless it is getting dried out.
2. Overnight method. Create a castor oil pack as described above. When you are ready for bed, place the pack on your abdomen, usually, or elsewhere, perhaps. Cover the pack with a plastic bag, as above.
Now wrap an Ace bandage around your waist and around the pack as tightly as you can comfortably stand it. This is to hold the pack against your skin during the night. Go to bed with the pack strapped on. In the morning, remove the Ace bandage, remove the pack, wipe off the area and store the castor oil pack as described in method #1 above.
This procedure was recommended often by Mr. Edgar Cayce. We don’t use them much because they are less powerful than the methods above in most cases. However, they appear to assist lymph circulation over the area where they are placed, in particular the stomach, liver or other parts of the abdomen. They are also very relaxing for some people and they are completely safe as far as know. Two common ways to do castor oil packs are:
1. The Daytime Method. Pour pure castor oil onto a piece of flannel or other absorbent cloth that is about 1 foot long by 1 foot wide. The cloth should be saturated and damp all over, but not dripping with the oil. Castor oil can be bought at many drug stores. Some outlets sell organic castor oil, but this is not needed in most cases.
Place the pack directly on your skin, over your abdomen, or liver (upper right side of the abdomen) or wherever desired. Fold the cloth over once if it is too large. Cover the pack completely with a large plastic bag lying flat. Then place a heating pad on top of the plastic bag. The plastic bag is there simply to keep the oil from soiling the heating pad. Turn on the heating pad to its highest setting and relax in bed or on a couch with the pack for about 2 or more hours.
To clean up, turn off the heating pad and put it away. Remove the plastic bag and then remove the pack from your abdomen or wherever it is. Wipe off the oil on your skin with a clean rag or paper towel soaked in a solution of baking soda. He always recommended this.
Place the castor oil pack in a glass or plastic jar. Screw on the top of the jar to keep the oil moist. The pack can be reused many times without adding more oil, unless it is getting dried out.
2. Overnight method. Create a castor oil pack as described above. When you are ready for bed, place the pack on your abdomen, usually, or elsewhere, perhaps. Cover the pack with a plastic bag, as above.
Now wrap an Ace bandage around your waist and around the pack as tightly as you can comfortably stand it. This is to hold the pack against your skin during the night. Go to bed with the pack strapped on. In the morning, remove the Ace bandage, remove the pack, wipe off the area and store the castor oil pack as described in method #1 above.
THE LIVER-GALL BLADDER FLUSH OR CLEANSE
The liver-gall bladder flush is a non-surgical method to help remove gallstones. It can also help remove stones in the liver itself. Stones can apparently form in the liver, as well as in the gall bladder.
The liver flush is rarely necessary if one follows a nutritional balancing program. The program by itself will slowly remove gall bladder and liver stones.
The liver-gall bladder flush might help avoid the need for gallbladder surgery. An even better way to avoid gallbladder and many other surgeries that I find are rarely necessary is a complete nutritional balancing program to restore the normal activity of the liver and gall bladder.
We are not aware of complications or damage from this procedure, although occasionally someone remains nauseated for several days or more.
Procedure: There are many variants to the liver-gallbladder flush procedure:
FOR SIX DAYS:
Take 30 drops per meal of phophoric acid drops in a glass of water. These drops can be purchased on line.
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE CLEANSE
As for gall stones, most people have some. They will come out each time. They are not a serious problem, in most cases.
Reducing stress in your life and reducing anger through forgiveness and healing is also excellent to reduce gall stones. Enhancing the oxidation rate with nutritional balancing and using the supplements also increases bile flow, and this helps prevent gall stone formation.
We rarely recommend gall bladder surgery, as we think it is not usually necessary if one will go on a nutritional balancing program. If the gall bladder is not functioning correctly, then it is best to get to the core of the problem, and then it will function fine.
Occasionally, there are parasites in this area, there is an acupuncture meridian that goes through this area, and the colon is near this area as well. All of these structures and systems must be fixed, and can be fixed easily with a properly designed nutritional balancing program, in practically all cases. Then the gall bladder will work fine and is a good thing to keep in your body, if you can, and most people can.
So do not rush to surgery if your gall bladder still hurts or has problems after doing a few liver flushes. More work is needed on your body, and that is all it means.
The diet must be corrected, with about 70% cooked vegetables, and some animal protein daily, no fruit, no sweets, no wheat and no refined or junk foods, for example. For more about pain in the area of the liver, read Liver Detoxification.
Liver stones. The liver-gallbladder flush can actually remove stones or calcium deposits that form within the bile ducts of the liver itself. This may seem odd or preposterous, but I am told it is the case and surgeons encounter this in very ill patients when they operate on the liver and bile ducts. This procedure seems to help break them up and remove them, relieving pressure in the liver and helping it to function better.
NOTE: If you are older than 65, or ill, please check with your doctor before doing this procedure. I cannot be responsible for problems that may arise when doing a liver flush or any other procedure mentioned on this website.
The liver-gall bladder flush is a non-surgical method to help remove gallstones. It can also help remove stones in the liver itself. Stones can apparently form in the liver, as well as in the gall bladder.
The liver flush is rarely necessary if one follows a nutritional balancing program. The program by itself will slowly remove gall bladder and liver stones.
The liver-gall bladder flush might help avoid the need for gallbladder surgery. An even better way to avoid gallbladder and many other surgeries that I find are rarely necessary is a complete nutritional balancing program to restore the normal activity of the liver and gall bladder.
We are not aware of complications or damage from this procedure, although occasionally someone remains nauseated for several days or more.
Procedure: There are many variants to the liver-gallbladder flush procedure:
FOR SIX DAYS:
Take 30 drops per meal of phophoric acid drops in a glass of water. These drops can be purchased on line.
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE CLEANSE
- Do not have any dairy, oil, fat or meat for breakfast or lunch.
- Have lunch by 2:00 PM and do not eat or drink between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM.
- At 6:00 PM, mix 4 tablespoons of Epsom salts in 24 ounces of filtered or spring water. This will make four 6-ounce servings. Drink one 6-ounce serving of Epsom salts. Wait 30 minutes to drink water. Drink as much water as you like after 6:30 PM.
- At 8:00 PM, drink another 6-ounce serving of Epsom salts. Wait 30 minutes to drink more water. Put the other two servings of Epsom salts away until the next morning.
- At 10:00 PM, mix half a cup of organic cold pressed extra virgin olive oil with the juice of a whole fresh red organic grapefruit (pink is okay). Stir and drink quickly.
- Go to bed for the night.
- At 8:00 AM, do a coffee enema and drink one 6-ounce serving of Epsom salts.
- At 4:00PM, do another coffee enema and drink the last 6-ounce serving of Epsom salts.We suggest skipping your nutritional supplements on the seventh day. If you have discomfort with the liver flush, rub the bottoms and the top of your feet and toes, including the liver areas (between the first and second toes on the top of the foot, all along the crevice between the two toes and back along the top of the foot). There is also a liver area on the right foot behind the third, fourth and fifth toe (pinky), near the ball of the foot. Rub the entire foot, however, and this can relieve discomfort of most types that might occur. You can repeat the liver flush about every 4 months or so, if needed, for about a year while on a nutritional balancing program. However, most people do not need it at all, even if gall stones are present.
As for gall stones, most people have some. They will come out each time. They are not a serious problem, in most cases.
Reducing stress in your life and reducing anger through forgiveness and healing is also excellent to reduce gall stones. Enhancing the oxidation rate with nutritional balancing and using the supplements also increases bile flow, and this helps prevent gall stone formation.
We rarely recommend gall bladder surgery, as we think it is not usually necessary if one will go on a nutritional balancing program. If the gall bladder is not functioning correctly, then it is best to get to the core of the problem, and then it will function fine.
Occasionally, there are parasites in this area, there is an acupuncture meridian that goes through this area, and the colon is near this area as well. All of these structures and systems must be fixed, and can be fixed easily with a properly designed nutritional balancing program, in practically all cases. Then the gall bladder will work fine and is a good thing to keep in your body, if you can, and most people can.
So do not rush to surgery if your gall bladder still hurts or has problems after doing a few liver flushes. More work is needed on your body, and that is all it means.
The diet must be corrected, with about 70% cooked vegetables, and some animal protein daily, no fruit, no sweets, no wheat and no refined or junk foods, for example. For more about pain in the area of the liver, read Liver Detoxification.
Liver stones. The liver-gallbladder flush can actually remove stones or calcium deposits that form within the bile ducts of the liver itself. This may seem odd or preposterous, but I am told it is the case and surgeons encounter this in very ill patients when they operate on the liver and bile ducts. This procedure seems to help break them up and remove them, relieving pressure in the liver and helping it to function better.
NOTE: If you are older than 65, or ill, please check with your doctor before doing this procedure. I cannot be responsible for problems that may arise when doing a liver flush or any other procedure mentioned on this website.
HERBS FOR DETOXIFICATION
Helpful and safe herbs for detoxification are milk thistle, dandelion root, Russian or Spanish black radish, burdock root, garlic, onion, and perhaps a few others. These are always fine to add to nutritional balancing programs.
We discourage the ongoing use of other herbs, in most cases. Unfortunately, most herbs are not powerful enough today and many are slightly toxic, as well.
Be sure to also avoid herbal chelators such as bugleweed, yellow dock, cilantro extract and chlorella. These always seem to remove some essential minerals along with the toxic metals. These vital minerals often cannot easily be replaced.
Helpful and safe herbs for detoxification are milk thistle, dandelion root, Russian or Spanish black radish, burdock root, garlic, onion, and perhaps a few others. These are always fine to add to nutritional balancing programs.
We discourage the ongoing use of other herbs, in most cases. Unfortunately, most herbs are not powerful enough today and many are slightly toxic, as well.
Be sure to also avoid herbal chelators such as bugleweed, yellow dock, cilantro extract and chlorella. These always seem to remove some essential minerals along with the toxic metals. These vital minerals often cannot easily be replaced.
BATHS, IN GENERAL
This is a large subject. The following section discusses a few types of baths.
This is a large subject. The following section discusses a few types of baths.
STEAM BATHS
These cause some detoxification and are okay to use once in a while. I don’t recommend steam, however, because
1) the temperature is too hot for most people,
2) chemicals from the water will get into the body unless the water is distilled or reverse osmosis, and
3) if used at a health club, the steam room may not be clean enough.
If you have a steam bath at home and the water in it is distilled or reverse osmosis, this method of detoxification is good, however. It is not as good as near infrared sauna therapy, however.
Steam may be combined with ozone, and this is an excellent type of bath.
These cause some detoxification and are okay to use once in a while. I don’t recommend steam, however, because
1) the temperature is too hot for most people,
2) chemicals from the water will get into the body unless the water is distilled or reverse osmosis, and
3) if used at a health club, the steam room may not be clean enough.
If you have a steam bath at home and the water in it is distilled or reverse osmosis, this method of detoxification is good, however. It is not as good as near infrared sauna therapy, however.
Steam may be combined with ozone, and this is an excellent type of bath.
HOT SPRINGS
Some hot springs are quite therapeutic, while others can be toxic. The difficulty is knowing which to visit. An occasional visit to a hot spring can be a very relaxing and therapeutic vacation, however. Just try to make sure the spring is safe and clean.
We don’t advise too many hot spring or other baths all the time, however, because the water is cold and this will make the body very cold as well, if done too much. Most people’s bodies are already too yin/cold. This is why the dry sauna is preferable in most cases.
Some hot springs are quite therapeutic, while others can be toxic. The difficulty is knowing which to visit. An occasional visit to a hot spring can be a very relaxing and therapeutic vacation, however. Just try to make sure the spring is safe and clean.
We don’t advise too many hot spring or other baths all the time, however, because the water is cold and this will make the body very cold as well, if done too much. Most people’s bodies are already too yin/cold. This is why the dry sauna is preferable in most cases.
EPSOM SALT BATHS
This is a simple, relaxing bath. It can help relax tired or tense muscles and release some poisons as well. Baths, however, are very cold to the body, so use them only once or twice a week, at the very most.
Procedure: As you fill a bathtub, add 3 to 4 pounds of Epsom salts to the bath water. Water should be hot, but not scalding for the most relaxing and effective treatment.
Submerge as much of your body, particularly your trunk, in the bath. Stay in the water for 20 to 30 minutes. There is no need to shower off after the bath. You may, in this way, absorbmore of the Epsom salts with their sulfur and magnesium.
This is a simple, relaxing bath. It can help relax tired or tense muscles and release some poisons as well. Baths, however, are very cold to the body, so use them only once or twice a week, at the very most.
Procedure: As you fill a bathtub, add 3 to 4 pounds of Epsom salts to the bath water. Water should be hot, but not scalding for the most relaxing and effective treatment.
Submerge as much of your body, particularly your trunk, in the bath. Stay in the water for 20 to 30 minutes. There is no need to shower off after the bath. You may, in this way, absorbmore of the Epsom salts with their sulfur and magnesium.
THE SALT AND SODA BATH
This is primarily an alkalinizing and mineralizing bath. It is inexpensive, usually comfortable, although the salt and soda bath can sting the skin a little at first.
This bath will remove certain toxins and even help with infection in some cases. Again, only use them once a week, and only when needed. More than this will always unbalance the body.
Procedure. As you let the water run into the bath tub, add about 2 pounds of baking soda and 2 pounds of sea salt. Any type of sea salt will do, but do not use regular table salt or salt tablets of the type used in water softeners. These are not quite as good. Mix the salt and soda into the water. The bath should be fairly hot for best results.
Stay in the water for 20 to 30 minutes. Then let the water out. A shower may be helpful if you feel itchy or sticky from the salt. However, a shower is not required afterwards.
This is primarily an alkalinizing and mineralizing bath. It is inexpensive, usually comfortable, although the salt and soda bath can sting the skin a little at first.
This bath will remove certain toxins and even help with infection in some cases. Again, only use them once a week, and only when needed. More than this will always unbalance the body.
Procedure. As you let the water run into the bath tub, add about 2 pounds of baking soda and 2 pounds of sea salt. Any type of sea salt will do, but do not use regular table salt or salt tablets of the type used in water softeners. These are not quite as good. Mix the salt and soda into the water. The bath should be fairly hot for best results.
Stay in the water for 20 to 30 minutes. Then let the water out. A shower may be helpful if you feel itchy or sticky from the salt. However, a shower is not required afterwards.
CLEANSING DIETS
These help a few people because they eliminate heavy and often indigestible food or junk food, and allergic foods in the diet. They can be used as a quick transition to a better diet and better lifestyle. However, they are rarely needed and I find them harmful. Their importance is very overrated. Problems with them are:
1) Deficient in many nutrients. Often they are deficient in protein, essential fatty acids, and even calories. They are usually deficient in sulfur because they don’t include meats and eggs. Sulfur, as explained above, is absolutely needed for liver detoxification. For this reason, they make people more nutritionally deficient and can have a counterproductive effect.
2) They are usually very cold. This means they are sugary, cold, watery, and broken up (as in the use of powders). This reduces their effectiveness and often it makes them unbalance the body in very subtle ways.
3) The use of powders, juices and mixes are often poor food combinations. This worsens digestion, even though may improve food allergies somewhat by eliminating some allergic components of the diet.
4) They may contain herbs, including spirulina, chlorella, cilantro and other substances that are slightly toxic, even if they are nourishing.
5) They are not needed at all in most cases. For these reasons, use extreme care with cleansing diets and preferably avoid them.
These help a few people because they eliminate heavy and often indigestible food or junk food, and allergic foods in the diet. They can be used as a quick transition to a better diet and better lifestyle. However, they are rarely needed and I find them harmful. Their importance is very overrated. Problems with them are:
1) Deficient in many nutrients. Often they are deficient in protein, essential fatty acids, and even calories. They are usually deficient in sulfur because they don’t include meats and eggs. Sulfur, as explained above, is absolutely needed for liver detoxification. For this reason, they make people more nutritionally deficient and can have a counterproductive effect.
2) They are usually very cold. This means they are sugary, cold, watery, and broken up (as in the use of powders). This reduces their effectiveness and often it makes them unbalance the body in very subtle ways.
3) The use of powders, juices and mixes are often poor food combinations. This worsens digestion, even though may improve food allergies somewhat by eliminating some allergic components of the diet.
4) They may contain herbs, including spirulina, chlorella, cilantro and other substances that are slightly toxic, even if they are nourishing.
5) They are not needed at all in most cases. For these reasons, use extreme care with cleansing diets and preferably avoid them.
ENERGETIC AND ELECTRICAL DETOXIFICATION METHODS SUCH AS IMT, ERT, HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES, RADIONIC MACHINES AND ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE MACHINES
These methods all can have definite merit. We do not use them much, however, for the following reasons:
These methods all can have definite merit. We do not use them much, however, for the following reasons:
- They require a trained person and are quite dependent upon the skill of the operator of the machine or technique. It is hard to know, at times, how skilled your practitioner is. Thus we usually prefer methods that can be done inexpensively at home by anyone.
- While they often give quick symptomatic results, they do not seem to have as many “side benefits” as do coffee enemas and the near infrared sauna, combined with a proper diet for one’s metabolic type and several supplements based on a properly performed and interpreted hair mineral test.
HOMEOPATHIC DRAINAGE REMEDIES
Used properly, these homeopathic remedies definitely have some benefit. We don’t use them, however, and the reasons are explained in the paragraph above.
Used properly, these homeopathic remedies definitely have some benefit. We don’t use them, however, and the reasons are explained in the paragraph above.
HOT TUBS
These will cause some detoxification, especially if heated to more than about 103 F. However, they are not nearly as powerful as a near infrared sauna, coffee enemas and perhaps other methods.
Serious problems with hot tubs. 1) You will absorb chemicals from the water. This cannot be avoided, unless one uses only distilled or reverse osmosis water to fill the tub. Carbon-filtered water is better than using plain tap water in the tub, but not much as it does not remove toxic metals, fluoride and some other chemicals.
A second problem is that one absorbs some of the chemicals needed to sanitize the tub. This can be avoided, often by skipping the chemicals and instead using 100-200 ppm of hydrogen peroxide to sanitize the tub. Also, you may need to add a chemical to adjust the pH of the tub.
If these cautions are observed, hot tubs can be relaxing and somewhat helpful for detoxification. Otherwise, however, they are quite toxic, especially public hot tubs at hotels, exercise clubs and spas. They are often breeding grounds for bacteria, virus, parasites and other micro-organisms, even if the tub is loaded with chlorine, bromine and other toxic chemicals, which should never touch your skin. Even silver cartridges used to sanitize tubs are somewhat toxic, though much less so. However, they also do not kill all the germs that well, either. Remember that one will absorb the poisons from the tap water, if this used to fill the tub.
A better alternative to a hot tub can be a dip in a hot spring, if this is available. Here the water is usually flowing, and it is pure spring water with no chemicals added.
These will cause some detoxification, especially if heated to more than about 103 F. However, they are not nearly as powerful as a near infrared sauna, coffee enemas and perhaps other methods.
Serious problems with hot tubs. 1) You will absorb chemicals from the water. This cannot be avoided, unless one uses only distilled or reverse osmosis water to fill the tub. Carbon-filtered water is better than using plain tap water in the tub, but not much as it does not remove toxic metals, fluoride and some other chemicals.
A second problem is that one absorbs some of the chemicals needed to sanitize the tub. This can be avoided, often by skipping the chemicals and instead using 100-200 ppm of hydrogen peroxide to sanitize the tub. Also, you may need to add a chemical to adjust the pH of the tub.
If these cautions are observed, hot tubs can be relaxing and somewhat helpful for detoxification. Otherwise, however, they are quite toxic, especially public hot tubs at hotels, exercise clubs and spas. They are often breeding grounds for bacteria, virus, parasites and other micro-organisms, even if the tub is loaded with chlorine, bromine and other toxic chemicals, which should never touch your skin. Even silver cartridges used to sanitize tubs are somewhat toxic, though much less so. However, they also do not kill all the germs that well, either. Remember that one will absorb the poisons from the tap water, if this used to fill the tub.
A better alternative to a hot tub can be a dip in a hot spring, if this is available. Here the water is usually flowing, and it is pure spring water with no chemicals added.
CLAY OR MUD BATHS, WRAPS OR PACKS
Clay and some mud can be powerful detoxifiers and can help with many skin and other types of health conditions, including even cancers. I don’t recommend them, in part because we don’t find them necessary, and in part because they can be quite toxic. Clay tends to contain a lot of aluminum, among other toxic metals. Also, they may not be nearly as powerful as the sauna or enemas, although this could depend on the clay product that is used.
However, for short-term use such as on a vacation at a spa, they are fine. Some can be used longer-term, but it is hard to know which are safe.
Clay and some mud can be powerful detoxifiers and can help with many skin and other types of health conditions, including even cancers. I don’t recommend them, in part because we don’t find them necessary, and in part because they can be quite toxic. Clay tends to contain a lot of aluminum, among other toxic metals. Also, they may not be nearly as powerful as the sauna or enemas, although this could depend on the clay product that is used.
However, for short-term use such as on a vacation at a spa, they are fine. Some can be used longer-term, but it is hard to know which are safe.
Detoxification Methods Best Avoided.
THEY ARE LESS SAFE OR LESS EFFECTIVE
Vigorous exercise to induce sweating. Many people say they do not need to detoxify because they sweat profusely when they run, play tennis or do other common exercise. Sweating with exercise is excellent. However, the sympathetic nervous system is activatedduring exercise, so the amount of toxin removal is much less. Also, exercise uses up a lot of energy that could be used for detoxification in a sauna or doing another procedure. For this reason, I do not recommend vigorous exercise, ever, and I do not consider exercise a valid method of detoxification by itself.
Chelation therapy. Oral, intravenous, or other types of chelation tend to unbalance the body chemistry severely, removes some vital minerals along with the toxic ones, is toxic for the kidneys, and does not do nearly as good a job as nutritional balancing.
Please avoid chelation, in general. However, it is better than bypass surgery and helpful in a few cases. This large subject is discussed in more detail in a separate article, entitled Chelation Therapy.
Drinking salt water. Salt water will pull a certain amount of toxic substances out of the body by osmosis. However, the long-term effects are questionable, at best, and it doesn’t work very well.
Salt is an unbalanced mineral product and will slowly change the mineral balance of the body. Salt water has been known to kill, if one drinks enough, by upsetting the mineral balance. Avoid this method completely.
Alkaline water for drinking. I know of two types of alkaline water systems. Both have similar problems. The first type are more popular and are free-standing kitchen units. These include the Jupiter, I-Water, Kagen, and others.
These devices begin with tap water. The water passes through a carbon filter, which does not remove many toxic metals and often does not even remove too many toxic chemicals because the water must move quickly through the filter.
Then the water passes over electrified platinum and titanium plates to alkalinize it. Platinum is a very toxic metal, as is titanium. Then many of the machines add a calcium solution or powder to the water to further enhance its alkalinity. I believe this is a prescription for disaster in the long run for the following reasons:
- Carbon-filtered tap water is not a very good base water, since carbon cannot filter out most toxic metals and many toxic chemicals, no matter what the manufacturers claim. When water passes quickly over carbon, not that much is removed.
- Platinum is too toxic for any human exposure, in my view. While the amount of exposure is small, we have noted that after using the machine for 6 months or so, everyone who uses one is developing a little platinum toxicity, which can be deadly. The amount of platinum absorbed will depend upon one’s tap water and one’s body chemistry. The more poorly nourished one is, the more platinum one is likely to absorb. Other factors such as one’s age, vitality, etc. also have an effect.
- The calcium powder is often coral calcium or some other contaminated product that adds more toxic metals.
- The alkaline water that is produced has a yin effect on the body that makes one feel better, but is not helpful for deep healing and spiritual development at all.
I also do not like the advertising for these machines with false claims that most Japanese hospitals and the public in Japan uses them. I do not believe this is true.
An even worse type of alkaline water is sold in health food stores and at water stores that sell RO or reverse osmosis water. A calcium solution or powder, often coral calcium, is added to the reverse osmosis water to alkalinize it. Problems with this setup are:
- Reverse osmosis does not hydrate the body well at all and should never be used for daily drinking water by most people.
- The calcium solution or powder, especially if it is made from coral calcium, may contain toxic metals.
- When toxic metals are added to reverse osmosis water, the ‘hungry water’ seems to take up the metals easily and drive them deep into the body cells and the kidneys.
Fasting. St. Basil gives the following exhortation regarding fasting:
"Let us fast an acceptable and very pleasing fast to the Lord. True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue, abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood and perjury. Privation of these is true fasting."
The rules for fasting and abstinence for Catholics are: Every person 14 years or older must abstain from meat (and items made with meat) on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent. Every person between the age of 18 and 59 (beginning of 60th year) must fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. You can read more here as to why fasting is important for Christians.
Nutritional balancing science was designed for today’s horrendous health challenges and is far safer than fasting. Fasting was appropriate in years past, when most of the classic books about it were written.
Juice fasts are far safer, but very cold and sugary, and not generally advisable for more than a few days, at most. A carrot juice fast might work, but is still very sugary and too cold for the body, so I cannot even recommend that for more than a day or two. To learn more, read Fasting on this website.
Ingesting Bentonite, Azomite, Montmorilliinite, Zeolite or other clay products. This is very popular today. However, we find that none of these are powerful enough to remove deeper layers of toxic metals.
Even worse, all of these products must contain aluminum, as all clay does, and often contains other toxic metals as well. I believe that the makers of these products are not honest about the contents of the products.
I often hear that these products are not toxic, when they are. Just because the aluminum, lead, cadmium, arsenic and other metals are “in a natural form” does not mean they are not highly toxic. Although they can remove some toxic metals short-term, please avoid these products.
Josephine your Certified Nutritionist
Josephine Certified Nutritionist. She earned and completed her certification in holistic nutrition and in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and she is now practicing Hair Mineral Analysis and Nutritional Balancing Science to people all over the globe from her home in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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