DETOXIFICATION |
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I would like to present to you the principle of
detoxification, its physiology, reason and method. First, the benefits of detoxification: Detoxification resonates for some of us with grandma or
mom giving us a saline solution of magnesium sulfate, more commonly known as
Epsom salts. Nothing like a good
purge to give one instant diarrhea that flushes your bowels like Niagara
Falls! Or, for some, it is the horrorful
bitters that were administered through a pinched nose. Ah, where are those old time tonics? Some may have had their intestines flushed
at the other end with water injected form an enema bag. Ah!
Old good cure remedies! But
this is not what I will be presenting now.
We are not talking about alcohol, nicotine or drug rehabs; even so, it
could help. We will just call it
detoxification or better yet – Spring Cleaning. One needs to understand that when we eat our food, we
break it down into small, tiny particles to be processed by our tissues and
organs. This processing leaves acid
residues -- uric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and so on. These acids need to be eliminated via the
kidneys. Every time we eat we
assimilate, every time we don’t eat we eliminate. If one was going to test his urine with litmus paper he will
often find his urine to be acidic between 5-7 on the pH scale. Because of our stressful society and the types of food
that we eat, we have a tendency to accumulate too much acidic junk in our
tissues and organs. We are, excuse
the term please, ‘marinating in our own wastes’. The body in its wisdom will create an inflammatory process such
as a cold to get rid of those metabolic byproducts accompanied usually with a
fever. It is not uncommon to see this
process happen after periods of over eating like during the holidays, or with
a change in the seasons. Earth’s
magnetic field changes with each season with the change of equinox. The magnetic flux will temporarily
accentuate the elimination process.
But, if our organs are clogged-up then we get a cold or other
inflammatory condition. If this is true, it would behoove us to let go of those
toxins prior to the change of season to prepare the body for the new
season. But how could anyone use the
methods mentioned above? Since diet
is one of the primary factors in metabolic waste, it would be interesting to
see if modifying it would help. Our diet consists of protein, the building blocks, fat,
the insulator, and carbohydrates, for energy. Foods rich in protein are meat, fish, poultry, beans
including soy, nuts and dairy. Food
rich in carbs are bread, pasta, beans, and stuff with sugar, dried fruits and
root vegetables. The fruits and green
vegetables are low in carbs with very limited amounts of protein. Animal proteins are usually responsible for producing the
most acid by-products, in particular the flesh animal products meat, fish and
poultry. If one is planning to detox his system, eliminating those
foods will greatly help. Sometimes,
however, that is not enough, in those cases eggs and dairy will also need to
be eliminated. Starches also leave
metabolic residues from digestion, included are wheat, millet, oats bread and
pasta. Vegetables, fruits and nuts
have the least metabolic residue. Raw food is usually digested best. It has been cooked by the sun and our body
will raise its temperature to 98.2°F in order to digest it. A few days on a raw food diet can be a
marvelous detox for our systems. One can do a few days of fruits, if one can spend from one
to three weeks on fruits it is very effective to reduce joint
inflammation. You can also use fruit
juice or vegetable juice. Vegetable
juice is rich in minerals and fruit juice is an effective acid cleanser, but
their metabolic residue is carbonic acid which will be eliminated through the
lungs and kidneys. Finally, the ultimate cleansing diet – water. A ‘water fast’, drinking only water for a
few days, will detox your system readily.
One day a week or every other week, once a month or every three months
seems to work best. There are clinics
around the country which use therapeutic fasting for a variety of
ailments. Cornell and Harvard
University are experimenting using it with some very positive results for
idiopathic blood pressure. To conclude, if you are interested in detoxing your system
you may want to first cut animal flesh products (every one of those with a
face), then cut the dairy and eggs for a few days, then cut the grains and
starches. Then go on a raw food diet
or use juices and the ultimate cleansing water. In case of cancer or chronic degenerative disease, these
diet modifications have been shown to reverse the disease process and
sometimes even cure the patient. |
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