Why Detox?
Maintenance and Preventative Medicine
Just like the car that we drive, our bodies need regular servicing in order to keep functioning efficiently, otherwise sooner or later it will break down.
Our physical body also needs an oil change so to speak, and taking care of, if we want it to give us quality as well as quantity. We are a reflection of the earth that we live in; we have polluted ourselves as well as our earth. The environmental movement is much in focus in the world today and at no other time but now, do we need an environmental movement on ourselves, to clean up our physical, mental and emotional being!
Ill-Health
We live in an ever-increasing toxic environment. New and stronger chemicals are made available on the market each year; there is air and water pollution, and even radiation and nuclear power to contend with in some parts of the world. We ingest more chemicals, use more drugs, and eat more sugar and refined food than at any other time in history. Disease of toxicity is on the rise, this includes all types of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Arthritis, allergies, obesity, diabetes, skin conditions, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, immune disorders and so the list goes on, all improve dramatically with detoxification practices.
Herbal Detox
Many people from all over the world have experienced the health benefits of juice fasting over a 24-hour period or longer. These benefits include more energy, the lessening of symptoms such as headaches and digestive discomfort and a reduction in inflammation in the body, as in the case of osteoarthritis, to name but a few. The added health benefits, of incorporating herbal medicine into these juice fasts however, are far more powerful than simply just juicing alone. Herbal medicine has the ability to pull out, as well as dissolve toxicity within the body more effectively and at a much faster rate than any other mechanism.
Herbal detoxification programs can be undertaken whilst eating normal regular meals, with dramatic beneficial results, however I also run the Detox For Life Retreats where clients will undertake organic juice fasting for 7 days and take herbal medicines regularly throughout the day to remove the kind of toxins you can actually see with your own eyes at it comes out!
Herbal detoxification is one of the most important measures a person can ever take to not only prevent disease in their body, but also to reduce and heal disease already within the body – be it migraines, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, uterine fibroids, chronic fatigue or cancer. Within all of these health issues, and indeed all chronic disease, there is an element of toxicity. Start to clear out this toxicity from the body and sure enough the dis-ease state will respond. I have seen detox programmes transform people’s lives – allowing them more energy and motivation, less pain, greater confidence and more light and laughter. And I have literally seen the years drop off people, as well as the weight!
As Dr Bernard Jensen said, “If you provide the body with the right conditions, it will heal itself.” Air pollution, pesticides in food, chlorinated or sodium fluoridated water, alcohol, drugs, pharmaceuticals, unnecessary or excessive intake of vitamin and mineral supplements, (particularly vitamin C and calcium), coffee and tea, alcohol, animal proteins, carbonated beverages, junk foods, tobacco, food additives, artificial sweeteners and heavy metals are a short list of only some of what causes toxicity and stone formation in the body. Most of us are loaded.
Start a gentle detoxification program today, dietary changes can take place gradually and you will be fully supported nutritionally.
