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How To Achieve Total Detoxification
By Dr. Michael Cutler on 06/23/2010
Dear Dr. Cutler,
A friend of mine has been on depression drugs for 20 years, and through the process of hair analysis has been found to have an overload of aluminum in her body. She has fully explored the mental health system only to experience increasing levels of anxiety and panic and now an almost zombie-like state. Since total detoxification is the one thing she has not done that could increase her a chances of getting better, could you please offer some suggestions on how she might achieve it?
—Hope B.
Dear Hope,
An online search should reveal live-in clinics in your area that offer total detoxification procedures, and you also may find a naturopathic doctor who knows a lot about this and can assist your friend.
But you can also help her achieve total detoxification on her own that would involve an overall lifestyle modification. This would involve body-cleansing techniques to remove dangerous pollutants from her mind and body and purge toxic emotions from her mind, as well as a gradual switch to a nutrient-rich, whole-foods diet with 50 percent of the food in its raw, natural form. These foods would include vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, nuts, lentils and even unprocessed meats and raw dairy in smaller quantities.
Your friend’s healthy lifestyle changes would include at least eight to nine, 8-ounce glasses daily of pure, fresh water… a moderate and consistent exercise regimen… and practicing meditation, as well as minimizing and controlling stress through relaxation techniques. I would also recommend a “health coach”—perhaps you—for your friend who could aid and assist her with her new and exciting lifestyle changes.
By committing herself to this new lifestyle, she can feel healthier and happier with much less stress, anger and depression—all of which creates a burden on her body, mind and spirit.
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Michael Cutler, M.D. is a board-certified family physician with 18 years experience specializing in chronic degenerative diseases, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.
A graduate of Brigham Young University, Tulane Medical School and Natividad Medical Center Family Practice Residency in Salinas, Calif., he serves as a medical liaison to alternative and traditional practicing physicians. His practice focuses on an integrative solution to health problems.
Dr. Cutler is a sought-after speaker and lecturer on experiencing optimum health through natural medicines and the Founder and Editor of Easy Health Options™ newsletter—a leading health advisory service on natural healing therapies and nutrients and is Medical Advisor for True Health™—America's #1 source for doctor-formulated nutrients that heal.
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Detox Foot Pads
The detox foot pads are the best way I know of (and easiest and cheapest) to pull out heavy metals from your body. Aluminum has been attributed to alzheimers disease, which is a horrible disease for both you and your family. The detox foot baths work for heavy metals, but they also pull out the good minerals (the foot PADS don't).
Good luck.
Anonymous
Many web pages talk about the detox foot pads. Do research carefully what you use - some are not worth the money you pay but the hints in the article seem sound and good advice.
Anonymous
Yes really most detox footpads are a ripoff..I have not heard of any that actually do what they claim to do..the concept was great but save your money..they don't work!
Anonymous
I'm weighing in on foot detox pads.
In my experience, they do seem to work.
I at least can feel the difference when i put them on and when i wake up in the morning, having worn them all night.
Also, when you take them off, they are FILLED with all kinds of horrible stuff that was removed from your body. If they don't work, where does this stuff come from?
I suspect that people who talk about foot detox pads not working have never tried them.
Veganaut
Alpha-lipoic acid is a dietary supplement, which has been shown in studies to decrease the toxicity of certain metals in the brain. It is also an antioxidant, which recycles vitamin C, so that you maintain high levels of it in the body without taking large doses. It also protects from neural complications of diabetes, and maintains liver health. I think it is a must-have supplement for anybody, especially those who are trying to cleanse their body from metal toxicity.
vikingstork
Anonymous -- we are asking about FACTS, whether the pads work or not. Claims like " i feel better" or whatever are not valid, they may, or may not, be a perfect placebo effect.
Like the magnetic bracelets, everyone swears they work, yet, "miraculously", they stop wearing them after a while -- just an example.
We need objective facts, metrics, etc.
What was your toxic load before you used them, and what was your toxic load after you used them -- that would make some sense.
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