Detoxification

What is all the fuss about Detox?

Everybody is talking about it and we are hearing it all around, but what exactly will detoxing do for us and why the need for it?

Most people are attracted to the idea of detoxing because they want to feel better. It's true, by cleansing your system it can leave you feeling amazing. I'm sure you can remember a time where you felt your body was running the way it was supposed to.

It's a nice feeling.

We can help you to get to this stage. However it is not simply about just taking a few herbal remedies or drinking copious amounts of water. There is a bit of effort needed on your behalf.

It's nice to think that we can get a quick fix to our health problems and there are products available in the market place that offers a one day or seven day solution.

However, science tells us that to properly detoxify and cleanse our system it takes six weeks - MINIMUM!

Now for the effort part. Detoxifying your system has much to do with your diet. Heard the expression ‘You are what you eat'? This couldn't be more accurate. If you put rubbish in you get a less than desirable result - body and mind. By eating foods that we are not designed to be able to process our body spends a lot of energy trying to get the rubbish out - this energy could be directed elsewhere.  The number of people who have developed and are suffering chronic diseases and allergies over the last 20 years has increased.  These diseases and allergies go along with an immune system that is weakened and not working to its full potential.  This demonstrates how important it is to cleanse our system and rid ourselves of any pollutants within our body caused either by environmental pollution, metabolic disorders or an unbalanced diet.

What are toxins?

Well, built up waste inside our bodies tends to have irritating or harmful effects on our body. Wastes (or toxins) are residues that are left behind after your body has broken down food, alcohol, smoke and hundreds of other substances. There are external toxins - food, drink, pollution, cosmetics etc. and there are internal toxins, these are produced inside our bodies - some are normal, and others make us sick. Any of these substances have the ability to poison our body and interfere with normal physiological processes, hence the term toxicity. 

Our liver needs to be cleansed on a regular basis, as it is a filtration system for our blood.  It allows the toxins, chemicals, dead cells and micro-organisms from the blood stream.  Common sites for toxic storage are the hormonal glands, the brain and fatty areas of our body. 

Leaky-gut syndrome is a common problem developed by people with toxicity.  This condition allows bacteria and undigested food into the circulatory system.  This places added stress on the liver, immune system and most other organs and systems of the body. 

The digestive system should not be looked upon as one entity, but the detox of the system should be split into different portions.  The stomach and bowel are most important, as well as the actual foods and drinks that are being consumed.  At least 40ml of fluid (food and filtered clean water) per day is required, as well as eating a variety of vegetables and fruits.

One way the body removes waste material is via the bowel.  It is imperative that the bowel is cleansed regularly due to the presence of unwanted micro-organisms which have the ability to affect its function.  An adequate amount of fibre and water is necessary to aid the function of the bowel.  Probiotics including Bifido bacteria and Lactobacilli and Psyllium Husks are also known for their bowel support.

Regular detoxing is important to allow the systems of the body to function in their most efficient manner.  It is not difficult for the liver to become weighed down as a result of present lifestyles, therefore not performing at its peak.  Symptoms of a toxic body include candidiasis, headaches, nausea, weight gain, blemished skin, fatigue (low energy levels), infertility, anaemia, nerve pain or numbness, recurrent infections, muscle weakness and aching, sensitivity to odours, depression, anxiety and sluggish digestion and bowel clearance (constipation).

This regular detoxing is valuable to our body due to our defence mechanisms becoming overloaded by toxic waste and unable to cope.  These defence mechanisms consist of excreting toxins via breath, urine, bile and sweat.  Should one defence mechanism become unable to cope with the capacity, it initiates the way for further damage to other systems of the body.

Those that smoke, drink more soft drinks or coffee than water, drink more than one standard drink of alcohol per day and consume a diet of particularly refined and fatty foods will benefit greatly from detoxifying their body. 

An important note is that pregnant women should not undertake a Detox program!

We invite you to make a change for the better by coming in to see us and learn more about how to improve your diet so you feel better, younger, and fitter. For your first consultation we will discuss what it is you would like to improve in your body and your life and set you on a plan tailored for you including a guidance and support all the way to you feeling fantastic.

If you're ready to feel great again come and see that it is much easier than you think.

Why does our body need detoxification?

Toxins are part of everyday life.  The word toxin is a general term for any type of built-up-waste or residue that is left over after your body has broken down food, alcohol, smoke and thousands of other substances.  These built-up waste products tend to have irritating or harmful effects on your body. External toxins are part of our everyday lives.  They are substances that we eat, drink, breathe in and have skin contact with. Internal toxins are toxins that are produced inside our bodies.  Some of these are part of our body's normal processes; others are produced only when we are sick. Our body stores these toxins in our matrix (see Chapter Steffen's Matrix Clearing Kit) and that is the reason why we try to keep our matrix clean and detox.

An important part of the detoxification is also that we have to rebalance our PH Levels to alkaline - PH and alkalinity is what you read already a lot and what you will read about more as it is the basic of becoming or maintaining your health.

What causes the storage of Toxins in our body?

There are 5 causes of diseases, illness and sickness!

•1.           Nutrition

• 2. Medication/drugs
• 3. Stress
• 4. Lack of movement
• 5.Environmental pollution and
• poison

Some of the latest medical research studies and statistics.

Main Cause of Death in the World:

No. 1 à Heart diseases

No. 2 à Cancer

No. 3 à Side effects of medication

              and drugs

To Death No 3

The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) as one of the most respected medical journals in the entire world published in July 2000:

Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health states that the American health care system may contribute to poor health.

All these are Death per Year

• - 12,000 Unnecessary Surgery
• - 7,000 Medication Errors in Hospitals
• - 20,000 Other Errors in Hospitals
• - 80,000 Infections in Hospitals
• - 106,000 Non-Error, Negative EffectsDrugs

These totals to 250,000 deaths per Year from Iatrogenic causes!

Iatrogenic = accidentally caused by a diagnosis or treatment of a physician.

So some people would say that Doctors are the third leading cause of death, resulting in 250,000 deaths in America every Year!

Research show:

75% off all chronic disease are caused and maintained with high tech medicine (Scans, MRI, X-Ray, ECG etc).

Study:

A recent study involved 25 ECG's (electrocardiograms) being sent to 50 Cardiologists in Europe.  Three ECG's came back from four Cardiologists with the same diagnosis. This is 7% dependability!

After sending the Cardiologists the Anamneses (low tech medicine), the dependability went up to 78%!

More interesting stuff:

The production of Antibiotics in Europe in 2002 was 159000 tonnesà 96% was for veterinary use!

Antibiotic treatments taken over a period of four days kills 99 % of the Intestinal Flora!

Latest studies show that 80% of women and 70% of men have Candida (Candidiasis) 

12% of all stays in hospital were the result of side effects of medication.

One in three children are in the initial stages of Type II Diabetes.

50% of the world's population still dies from Scurvy! These days we call it Arteriosclerosis! 

Worldwide 40% of children are born with allergies!

Studies in Europe indicate that 60% of elderly people transferred from their Retirement Village to the Hospital because of health issues were suffering from under nourishment and 70% were chronically dehydrated!

In Australia, 40% of the population has allergies!

The Natural Detox System of our body is:

     1. Intestinal System (Stomach and Guts)

         à the largest!

    2. Skin

    3. Cardio Vascular System (Respiratory Tract)

    4. Liver

    5. Kidney

"DRINK LIKE A FISH DURING YOUR DETOX...

BUT MAKE IT NOTHING BUT JUICE,

WATER AND HERBAL TEA!"