Cleanses
I like to do a few cleanses during the year. I always do one when I go back to work in August, after a summer of happy hours, I need to cleanse my body. I also always do a cleanse after the holidays, a great way to start the new year.
KevinTrudeau (www. NaturalCures.com) recommends:
colon cleanse, 1-3 times a year
liver/gallbladder cleanse, once every 4 years
candida cleanse, once a year
There are many cleanses, individual, and whole body at your local health store. When deciding on a cleanse make sure to read the labels. Make sure there is no added wheat, corn, or soy.
I have found one cleanse in particular that I really enjoy, taken from the book, “7 Day Detox Miracle”, by Peter J. D’Adamo. I’ve included a summary of the cleanse.
7 Day Detox Miracle
6 Steps of “Eco Tox” Program:
1. Remove obstacles to health.
2. Improve circulation
3. Enhance elimination
4. Repair gastrointestinal system
5. Stimulate liver
6. Transform stress
Toxic exposure- 2 days of liquids only fasting and 5 day diet lets digestive system rest. High protein diets increase breakdown of chemicals.
Hydrotherapy encourages circulation. It stimulates reflex points on the skin’s surface, which helps organs detox, enhancing the filtering and cleaning of the blood.
Probiotics help repair the gastrointestinal system.
The liver stores sugars, converts sugars into glucose, and maintains blood sugar levels. It aids in fat metabolism. Signs of a sluggish liver are poor skintone, dark circles under eyes, yellow coated tongue, bitter taste in mouth, headaches, irritability, arthritis, and inability to digest fasts.
Eco Tox Detox Diet
Days 1 and 2
Consume only water, lemon water, herbal teas, and fresh juices, if necessary. Use only distilled, filtered, or spring water. 1/2 organic lemon per quart water, to sweeten you can add 1/2 cup organic concord grape juice to the quart. If you must eat, try foods that are recommended in the 7 day diet.
Allowable foods:
Carbs-use brown rice, Thai (jasmine) rice, wild rice, and rice products, rice cakes, rice crackers, rice bread, rice pasta made with rice flour.
LEGUMES: Mung beans, bean thread noodles, miso (avoid all other beans)
Veggies and fruits: All but grapefruit, can be steamed, baked , saunteed in olive oil, raw or juiced (avoid grapes and strawberries if not organic)
Fats-can have 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil daily
Beverages-green tea, herbal teas, lemon water, veggie/fruit juices
AVOID:
honey, sugar, molasses, artificial sweeteners, corn, all products made with corn and wheat.
coffee, tea, alcohol
meat, poultry, fish, eggs
dairy
nuts
grains, beans
chocolate
Good healing foods include:
Beets, brocolli, rice protein (shake made with rice protein concentrate)
You can make soup with vegetable stock, or instant miso soup at health food stores
*Avoid plastic containers and fluride in toothpaste
Supplmentation:
Vitamin C-activates white blood cells and the production of lymphocytes in immune system. Toxic metals can be chleated out of body with vitamin C.
Vitamin E-protects cell membrane, helps stabilize blood glucose and prevents muscle tissue breakdown, 200-1200 IU daily
Lipoic Acid-cells use it to generate energy treats poisoning from lead, liver disease, 600 mg 2 x day
NAC-boosts gluthathione production, free-radical quencher, increase immune responses, 500 mg 3 x day between meals
Charcoal (yes, they make charcoal tablets at health foods)-Charcoal acts as a sponge and holds onto toxins. 2 capsules per meal on empty stomach.
Glutamine-increases thickness of membranes in intestines so wrong molecules can’t pass through, 500 mg 3 x day
Magnesium-treats asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, fatigue, fibromyalgia, PMS, migraines, 500 mg day
Selenium – protects against free radical damage and heavy metals, .2 mg day
Copper, 2 mg day
Zinc 15 mg day
Manganese 30 mg day
Molybdenum .5 mg day
Summary 7 Day Detox
-Drink at least 2 qts water daily
-Dilute fresh and bottled fruit juice with 50% water
-Take all supplements with meals, unless not directed
-Drink rice protein shake 2 x daily as a snack
-Eat beets daily when not fasting
-Get at least 1 hr exercise each day
-Sweat each day
Most important to take:
-Charcoal 1 capsule 3 x day-between meals
-Vitamin C, 500 mg 3 x day
-Milk thistle, 1 capsule 3 x day
-Good quality multi-vitamin
-Milk thistle
-NAC-500 mg 3 x day
-Probiotic
Also important pantothenic acid, 500 mg daily
Module 3 Circulation Therapy
4 ways to increase blood circulation and metabolic rate, (do one each day)
Hydrotherapy
Take a hot shower for 5 minutes, as hot as you can tolerate. Then switch to pure cold and leave it while you count to 30, do 3 rounds. Get in bed and lie under covers for at least 30 minutes. Best to do this on an empty stomach.
Dry skin brushing
Improves circulation, removes dead skin cells, keeps skin soft, imprves lymph circulation, helps control cellulite, rids body of toxins.
Brush your whole body 1 x day with a natural bristle dry skinbrush, do after hydrotheraphy, short, brisk strokes.
Start with arms, front and back, moving from fingertips up onto armpit, brushing toward the heart. Then each leg, front and then back, start at feet and brush upward, brush bottoms of feet, do chest and upper back.
Exercise
Jog, swim, bike, yoga, jump up to 1000 skips
Breathing-yoga
