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CLEANSING 101
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Cleansing & Your Health
The key to a long and healthy life is locked in the internal condition of our body. A clean body is a healthy body.
Pre-Detox Guidelines
Detox safely and successfully with proper preparation. It's important to cleanse gradually by improving your diet and supplying your body with the nutrients and supplements it needs.
Personalizing a Program
These cleansing protocols can be customized for your particular needs.
Detox Therapies
Get the most out of your detox program by including these detox therapies before, during and after your detox program.
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Vitamins & Supplements
The body's detoxification processes are "driven" by vitamins, minerals and amino acids. If the correct chemical facilitators, in balanced amounts, are not supplied by a nutritionally rich diet or through supplements, the body has no way to alter most toxins so they can be excreted.
As important as taking these supplements are, they're still not a substitute for a healthy diet, because an unhealthy diet of high fat, low fiber food (i.e. the typical American diet) places such an extra load on the liver that mere supplementation won't allieviate. For more information, see essential supplements, how the body detoxifies and healthy diet.
Recommended Vitamins & Supplements
Vitamins:
Vitamin C (buffered or Ester-C), 500-2000 mg.
Vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate), 200-400 mg.
Vitamin A 5,000-7,500 IU
Beta Carotene 15,000-30,000 IU
Bioflavonoids 200-1000 mg. (Possibly in a product that combines these with Vit. C)
B Vitamins (ideally in a B compound tablet)
Thiamine (B1) 10-25 mg.
Riboflavin (B2) 10-25 mg.
Niacinamide (B3) 50 mg
Niacin (B3) 50-2000 mg.
Pantothenic acid (B5) 250-500 mg
Pyridoxine (B6) 10-25 mg.
Cobalamin (B12) 50-100 mcg
Folic acid 400-800 mcg.
Minerals: (ideally in a mineral tablet or solution that includes)
Zinc (picolinate or oxide) 10-30 mg.
Magnesium - 500 mg.
Manganese (gluconate) 5-10 mg.
Copper (gluconate) 1-3 mg.
Molybdenum (sodium molybdate) 50-200 mcg.
Selenium 50-200 mg.
Amino Acids: 500-1,000 mg.
(probably in a general blend that includes)
L-cysteine 100-300 mg.
L-glutathione 50-200 mg.
L-methionine 250-500 mg.
Herbs:
Garlic
Silymarin (milk thistle)
Pycnogenol
Ginkgo biloba
Decaffeinated green tea or green tea extract
More herbs for detox
Other:
Flaxseed oil (extremely important) 1-2 tablespoons or 2-4 caps
Psyllium seed 2-4 teaspoons or 8-12 caps
Note of caution: Some supplements, especially those containing certain herbs, may pose safety problems or have the potential to interact with drugs. Also, begin taking one new product at a time. Then, if you have a negative reaction, you don't have to guess which one may have caused it. Some supplements can also irritate your digestive system and be detrimental to your health.
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DETOX TIPS
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DETOX NUTRITION
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DETOX RECIPES
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