New Year Same Body, Ready to Detox

“Why should I detoxify my body, I already do an herbal cleanse yearly?”, was a question I was recently asked. My personal detoxification journey began 30 years ago with an herbal cleanse that lasted 6 months in one form or another and completely restored my bowel integrity. I was soon led to do a liver cleanse which facilitated the natural removal of over 100 gallstones. A water filter and the replacing of toxic personal care products with chemical free ones soon followed. I then replaced conventional foods in my diet with organic non gmo foods. I topped all this off with 15 years of weekly detoxification baths & bi-yearly herbal cleanses. This convinced me I was doing all I needed to to combat the toxic overload of living in 21st century America. Like the person asking me the question I believed I was already doing all that was necessary to protect myself.  Sadly we were both mistaken. According to my blood work and other recent tests these efforts didn’t come close to rendering me toxically safe.   
 In the opinion of Dr Sherry Rogers, the author of “Detoxify or Die”, environmental toxins are everywhere, our food, our air, our water, our homes, & our workplaces. Plastics, pesticides, heavy metals abound with new untested chemicals being created and used all the time. She documents how the source of most of the health challenges and diseases we face today come from toxins disrupting the natural function of the body.  These not only cause cancer, but disrupt our hormones, affect our DNA, affect the proper functionality of every organ and system of the body. The core belief of all Naturopathic Dr’s is that all disease comes from 3 things, toxins, deficiencies, and negative emotions. From the beginning educating clients on the benefits of detoxing has been a priority in my practice. It is for this reason we recently added the Restorative Spa at Allergy Free & More. We added two new modalities to that spa that are recommended by dr Rogers as the most effective forms of detoxing. First is the ionic foot cleanse and the second is the far infrared sauna. We have seen already the difference in symptom relief from the use of these technologies. I encourage you to check out Dr Rogers book and start to take steps toward making detoxing habits for you and your family part of your lifestyle in 2020.