Latest Health Forum Topics:

  • is oolong tea the same as wu long tea? (5 posts)
  • Do cavities always get worse even if taken care of? cuz I can't get to a dentist...? (6 posts)
  • why would I sneeze after being sick in the hospital? (3 posts)
  • what should i do? (9 posts)
  • Bates method of eye excerises ? (3 posts)
  • How old were you the first time you had intercourse? I was 16.? (16 posts)
  • Do the foods you eat effect the smell of semen? (7 posts)
  • what is a papsmear for & how is it done? (3 posts)
  • Can anyone recommend medication to combat fear of flying? (21 posts)
  • stomach problems...what could the cause be? (4 posts)
  • Teaching abstinance in schools... does it lower rates of STD's? (7 posts)
  • help me, my life is a mess? (6 posts)
  • Do you have to keep condoms in the cold? or warm? or what? (9 posts)
  • What is a tissue located in the hypodermis subcutaneous? (4 posts)
  • question about HIV/AIDS? (7 posts)
  •  

    "Detoxification" with Pills and Fasting

    Frances M. Berg, M.S.

    I have decided to include an article that was authored by Frances M. Berg so that you could best decide how to better undertand what I have been saying about the process. That article is below.

    It's an groundless concept, yet an interesting idea, that modern life so fills us with toxins from polluted air and food additives that we need to be regularly "cleaned out" ("detoxified"). Never mind that natural chemicals in our foods are thousands of periods more potent than additives, or that the bulk Americans are healthier, survive longer, and can select from the the bulk healthful food supply ever available.

    The elaborate, manipulative fraud of "detoxification" is gaining ground. Many people fervently believe that their intestines, colon, and blood stream are liable to "clogging" by undigested foods and poisons. Food faddists seem to have a special fascination with bowels, colons, and body wastes.)

    The supposed need to detox is promoted via extensive writings, advertisements and door-to-door pitches. This usually involves fasting various times a year for a few days while taking laxatives or diuretics to "clean out the system."

    Some entrepreneurs claim that depoisong is a amazing way to jump-start a diet by losing 5 or 10 pounds before you even commence the diet itself. And if their plan is not about weight loss, "rejuvenation" is typically recommended afterward. People who are convinced that these activities will restore energetic youth can wind up hooked on an herbal method that costs various hundred dollars a month. The questionable items include:

    · In the "Inches Away plan," the client eats no solid food for three days, beverages only water with lemon juice and honey added, and takes three kinds of herbal capsules. This is claimed to clean up the digestive tract of pile upd waste and putrefied bacteria, clean out the main organs and blood, and give mental clarity because it stops the mind's bombardment by chemicals and food additives. After three days of detox, the client takes four kinds of diet pills in combination, up to 30 a day, and visits the diet center for weekly body wraps and everyday simulated action on 10 passive exercise tables.

    · In the Sambu Internal Cleansing Program, "Dr. Dunner of Switzerland" advises depoisong by drinking a special tea with pills that combine elderberries and birch-juniper.

    · The Herbal Cleansing and Detox Program from the Indiana Botanic Gardens of Hammond, Ind., includes a tea and tablets containing ginger, prickly ash, yellow dock, cascara sagrada, psyllium and uva ursi. "With your body free of injurious toxins, you will feel younger, better, healthier and happier!" Claimed advantages are increased energy, better digestion, common weight maintenance, clearer complexion, wonderful circulation, mental alertness, balanced function of essential cleansing organs, and sturdier defense system. (Cost for a supply of tea and tablets is $29.90.)

    · The Health Center for Better Living of Naples, Fla., pushes Colon Helper and an amusing theory: "It has been proven by medical authorities that nearly half of all illness starts in the colon . . . when the colon is kept clean, disease in the body is very rare." After this the dieter might select their Trim Fast pills, Herbal Food Combination Weight Loss Formula #59, Dieter's Delight Herbal Tea, or Good-Bye Cellulite.

    · Detoxification Relief is marketed by Home Health of Virginia Beach, Va. It helps you stop injurious effects from "overindulgence," or from tobacco, alcohol and pollution.

    · Dr. Clayton's Natural Program for Weight Control combines three kinds of pills, two for purifying and one for weight loss. Blood Cleanser is claimed to "detoxify the blood and tissues," and the Herba-Clenz is for "cleansing and restoring the bowel."

    The detoxification theory can allow con artists to gain amazing power over their clients by diagnosing and curing "potentially fatal" (but nonexistent) illnesses. "They have to invent the idea of toxins," says Peter Fodor, president of the Lipoplasty Society of North America, "because that gives them something to feign they can fix."

    It can be terrifying to believe that one's body is being poisoned by poisons from within. But if this were true, the human race wouldn't have survived, says Vincent F. Cordaro, M.D., an FDA medical officer. "A person who retained wastes and toxins will be very sick and could die if not treated. The whole concept is groundless and unscientific."

    Sponsored Ads:

    Related Articles:

    Also In This Category:

    Currently Online :

    3 member(s), 31 guest(s):
    CatNap, Oxygen, TemprementalExplosion , Baiduspider+, Google, MSN.com, Cobion.com, Slurp, Speedy Spider

    Search :

    No comments yet
    Categories: A Child’s Guide to Elderca Calories Dyslexia Metabolism Raising An Autistic Child Childhood Vaccines Hearing Loss Overcome Alcoholism Epilepsy Overcoming Addictions Skin Rejuvenation Stretch Marks Overcoming Addiction Looking Thin Coconut Oil Slipped Disc The Telltale Signs Staying Healthy and Living It Trichotillomania Exercise Yoga Exercise and Body Type Headaches Natural Cures Holistic Medicine Hair Transplantation Antioxidants Complementary Medicine Sleep Physical Therapy Managing Diabetes Treadmills Smoking and Alcohol Holistic Vs Conventional Green Tea Panic Attacks Cellulite Lose Fat Insomnia Congestive Heart Blemishes Sinus Infections Traditional Chinese Medicine Top Health Concerns Today Healthy Living Hearing Aids Hematology Herniated Disc Irritable Bowel Syndrome Losing Weight Medical Billing Mental Health Nursing Nursing Assistant Nursing School Obesity pH Miracle Diet Stopping Snoring Toothache & Tooth Care Wart Removal Weight Loss Allegra Alternative Medicine Alzheimer Anxiety Aqua Chi Bed Bugs Body Detox Bronchitis Cancer Cataract Low Cholesterol Cholesterol Collagen Contact Lenses Dental Assistant Dieting Disability Drugs Healthy You Herbal Cures Stop Smoking Healthy Eating Hot Sheet Hoodia Insomnia Whitening Teeth Wheelchairs Sweating Snoring Sleep Disorder Rhinoplasty Rehabilitation Panic Attacks Nutrition Microdermabrasion Menopause Liver Detox Liposuction Laser Removal