“allergic load” and detoxificationtion, because they can. Still, the biggest part is what people eat (or,
truthfully, what they don’t eat) during the detox program.
Skin is one of the greatest detoxification organs. Sweating by
any measure, whether in a far infrared sauna, regular saunas (wet
or dry), or exercise, is a very important way to eliminate chronic
toxins. Just sweating on a regular basis is important. So hard ex-
ercise is not only good for your vascular system, but it also helps
detoxify your body at the same time and costs nothing! I recently
asked a lecturer at a conference who was speaking on heavy metal
detoxification what he thought about far infrared saunas versus
other types of saunas. He felt that sweating was sweating. It’s all
good for reducing the toxin load no matter how you do it. Just
sweat!
Another very important way to detoxify is to have regular, bulky
bowel movements, several times per day. High-fiber, plant-based
diets provide the bulk for easy elimination and the antioxidants,
vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals to support any detoxifica-
tion process.
When you go on a detoxification program, you are getting off
foods you commonly eat and resting your immune system and bio-
chemistry from immune challenge from them. Fasting is the ex-
treme example of this. That is mainly why people improve, in my
opinion. In addition, most cleansing diets are some kind of simple,
vegetable-based diets. These diets tend to be low in common al-
lergens and high in nutrient-rich plant foods (like greens), which
help provide antioxidant compounds that aid in detoxification and
protection of body tissue. So the “magic” of these so-called detox
programs is many times just that: getting you on an elemental diet
that rests the immune system, and many times these diets are
antioxidant-rich plant foods low in total calories.
Simple “Detox Program” (one to three weeks)
- Eat as many fruit and vegetables as you want (raw, steamed,
lightly stir-fried in vegetable broth or water) or vegetable
soups from the BED List (Appendix A).