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Mark Flanigan,
B.HSc (Nutrition), B.HSc (Herbal Medicine),
Advanced Diploma (Naturopathy).
The
Detox
Program
Why detox?
Every day our bodies are exposed to poisins, foreign chemicals,
and radiation that collectively we call toxins. Some of these are eliminated easily, but many
remain with us for a long time. An accumulation of these toxins often results in disease,
which can manifest itself in any of a number ways, including headaches, chronic fatigue,
allergies, arthritis, digestive problems, hormonal conditions, chronic pain, skin rashes,
inflammation, sensitivity to smells, cancer, lowered immunity, hypertension, heart disease,
asthma, angina, and may even predispose the person to higher risk of autoimmune disease (where
the bodies immune system actually attacks normal tissue within the body).
Some of the symptoms that may be a result of toxin accumulation include mood swings, reduced
energy levels, back pain, impaired memory, and in particular accelerated ageing. Today the
human race is exposed to much higher levels of toxins from the air we breath, the foods we eat,
the environment we live in (plastics, microwaves, mobile phones and other forms of radiation,
GM food crops, air-conditioning), the water we drink, the chemicals (drugs and alcohol) that
we consume, than at any other time throughout history. In fact the new car smell is actually
an accumulation of toxic vapour from the carpet, plastic fittings (such as the dashboard), the
material on the seats, and more, that leaks into the air in such a concetration that we can
easily smell it. A similar things happens when you move into a new house, or even just have
the floring replaced with new carpet. Therefore the importance of proper detoxification,
as opposed to a 10 day detox from the health food shop for example, has become more important
than ever before.
The benefits from a quality detoxification process (which can be done a number of different ways)
include anti-ageing, or at least a reduction in the ageing process, weight loss (if overweight),
reduction in food cravings, clearer skin, less susceptibility to disease (via an enhanced
immune system), enhanced function of all the organs, reduced cellulite in some cases, an
increase in mental clarity and improved digestion, amongst others. In summary, increased energy
levels and an improvement in health!
The Detoxification Program
At Ultimate Health Solutions, our Naturopathic detoxification program is a comprehensive process
to achieving better health through tissue cleansing and toxin removal via the elimintaive
organs of the lungs, the bowels, the kidneys and the skin. Using a combination of a few different
techniques, plus dietary and lifestyle changes, this program will ensure a comprehensive
cleansing of the entire body. The program can be carried out for up to 18 - 24 months, which
will ensure removal from the intestines of accumulated mucoidal plaque, some of which may have
been with you since childhood! The intestinal cleanse involves minimal effort - 2 to 3 minutes
per day, in order to allow you to thorough cleanse of this mucoidal plaque. (You will be
provided with instructions on how to apply the technique yourself in your own time.) A
short-term detox program lasts for a minimum of 4 weeks, and this is dependant upon the results
of some biochemical tests, namely a urinary indicans test.
The urinary indicans test, a very important part of the program, is a check for the presence of
dysbiosis, which is an excess of bad bacteria, in the intestines. If dysbiosis is confirmed,
correcting this with good quality fibre, immune support, and probiotic supplements, is a very
important precursor to the cleansing of the body. If improving the health of the intestines is
not done, many of the toxins, which have been conjugated, or bound, by liver phase II pathways
may be deconjugated and subsequently reabsorbed from the intestines back into the bloodstream
without being excreted from the body. This further toxifies an already toxic body, and places
more burden on the liver. The result of this can be any or all of the symptoms listed above
that occur due to toxicity. Some of the worst of these can include severe headaches, liver
injury, and even systemic tissue damage due to the excess of free toxins within the body.
The toxic overload of the liver and tissues of the body is one of the reasons I don't recommend
the programs you buy from a health food shop, such as the 10 day detox. Having worked in retail
health food shops and chemists for about 12 months, I saw many people who had used the
short-term programs coming back and complaining about how terrible the symptoms of their
'detox' were, and many stated that they would never be doing that again. Most likely these
individuals had high levels of dysbiosis, so much of the waste that the liver had worked hard
to process into relatively harmless compounds which could be excreted from the body, were now
returned to their original toxic state (by the bad bacteria), and reabsorbed via the intestine
walls to again wreak havoc amongst the bodies cells.
An additional bonus to our detox program is a simple detox bath. You will be given instructions
on how to do this during your appointment. The Ultimate Health Solutions detox program also
includes another test using a specialised device called a VLA (Vitality Longevity Analysis),
or BIA (Bio Impedence Analysis). This device measures the resistance and reactance to an
extremely small current that is passed harmlessly through the body, which when the data is
entered into a computer program gives an indication of muscle mass, intra-cellular and
extra-cellular fluid balance, fat mass, the health of your cells membranes, an indication of
your cellular age as opposed to your actual age, and a measure of the levels of toxicity or
inflammation present in the body.
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