Why Detox and why detox for life.

Detoxification is the ultimate form of natural protection. It is a method for cleaning contaminated cellular soil.

Despite all of our good intentions, we live in a highly TOXIC world.

FACT: There are over 2,000,000 synthetic substances known to man.*

We can’t help but absorb toxins (artificial substances, chemicals, impurities) daily through everything we eat and drink (mouth), the air we inhale (nose) and the environment we live in (skin). Our body, an almost perfect machine, has natural defense and detoxification systems in place which usually can -or could- cope with the surrounding toxins. These systems help us to get rid of toxins daily through perspiration, urination and defecation. Although our body has remained the same for the last 10,000 years, everything around us keeps changing.

FACT: Each year over 20,000 new chemicals are added to our environment.*

Over the years, due to an increasing load of toxins, and an improper diet and lifestyle, the detoxification and excretory organs of our body (kidneys, liver, colon and lymph) sometimes fail to function at their best, leaving us with an overload of toxins or a toxic built-up. Toxic build-up occurs when these are not completely excreted and stored in our fat cells, colon, brain and nervous system. We become toxic when our bodies cleansing mechanisms become clogged, sluggish or overloaded. When the body experiences a toxic built-up, the consequences can manifest in a number of ways:

• headache
• muscle and joint pain
• water retention
• slow metabolism
• fatigue
• cellulite
• stubborn fat deposits
• skin disorders
• irritability
• gastrointestinal tract irregularities (constipation, IBS, colitis, heartburn)
• cardiovascular irregularities
• flu-like symptoms
• allergic reactions (including hives, stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, and coughing)
• high stress
• weak immune system

FACT: 70% of all diseases originate from the colon.*

Click to enlarge In addition to these symptoms, it has been suggested that toxic overload may also contribute to more serious conditions such as:

• autoimmune diseases (including inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis)
• neurological diseases (such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease)
• cancer
• depression
• mental confusion
• sleeping disorders

If you recognize any of the above symptoms as your own, you need to understand that if toxins are the roots of your problems, nothing can efficiently help you unless you successfully cleanse your body.

A proper detoxification program will help you to:

• regain energy
• lose stubborn fat
• minimize cellulite
• speed up your metabolism
• balance your digestive system
• clear up your skin
• cleanse your internal organs
• strengthen your immune system
• purify blood and lymph
• enjoy a long, disease-free healthy life

Now learn why Detox for Life is the most effective detoxification program in the world…

Why Detox for Life works

1. A proper detoxification program should include a balanced, broad-based nutritional plan.

Detox for Life includes a balanced, broad-based and realistic nutritional plan.

FACT: Detoxification requires energy and adequate levels of supporting nutrients that will not occur in juice and water-based detoxification programs.*

2. A proper detoxification program should encourage the inclusion of a good quality multi-vitamin and mineral supplement, and be rich in anti-oxidants.

Getting all the nutrients we can, especially anti-oxidants, is critical during detoxification. The properties of anti-oxidants are not cleansing, but for repairing and preventing further damager from being done. Detox for Life encourages the inclusion of a food quality multi-vitamin and mineral supplement as part of the detoxification process.  

FACT: Antioxidants (such as flavonoids, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium) may offer additional assistance to liver detoxification by quenching free radicals produced during the detoxification process. Antioxidant restriction, as during a water fast, allows these free radicals to go unchecked.*

3. A proper detoxification program should include a balanced exercise plan.

Exercise helps strengthen the heart and muscle system. Exercise helps detoxification by keeping our metabolism, our lymphatic and digestive systems up and running. It also helps to increase perspiration, which is one of the ways that our body detoxifies itself. Detox for Life includes a balanced, realistic, at home or in the gym exercise plan.

4. A proper detoxification program should last for at least 3 months.

Our liver cells alone need 90 days to regenerate. Water or juice fasting lasts usually for 10 days. Detox for Life cleansing program lasts 3 to 12 months, according to your toxic built-up.

5. A proper detoxification program should include Kelp in the diet.

Kelp contains the most minerals of any food in the world; it is also rich in vitamins, amino acids and fiber. No food gives you higher amounts of iodine, the mineral that helps your thyroid regulate metabolism and keep you at a healthy weight. Kelp in the diet makes sense during detoxification, as its natural role in the ocean is to rid it of impurities. Herbal Master Blend Detox for Life 1, includes Bladder Wrack, one of the most assimilating types of algae, or kelp.

6. A proper detoxification program should have no contra-indications to any medication.

Detox for Life cleansing program includes a balanced nutritional plan and Herbal supplementation. Both are natural foods with no contra-indication to any medication. Even the capsules of the Herbal Master Blends are made of brown rice.

7. A proper detoxification program should help cleanse ALL of the detoxifying organs of the body (liver, kidneys, lymph and colon).

Water or juice fasting help you just to cleanse your colon. Detox for Life includes the ingestion of herbs like Dandelion, Cornsilk, Cleavers and Plantago in a capsule form, which are nature’s way to cleanse your liver, kidneys, lymph and colon (the body’s cleansing organs) respectively. We can only fight synthetic substances with natural ones, not with more chemicals, like medicines. These herbs are mostly green and have in common concentrated vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and other unique components.

8. A proper detoxification program should never exclude protein from the diet.

Detox for life includes a balanced nutritional plan with a moderate amount of protein.

FACT: Fasting, which involves protein restriction, can result in lowered detoxification ability and actually increase the potential for more active secondary toxins to be produced from the liver.*

FACT: Studies have shown that protein restriction enhances the toxic effects of some chemicals such as certain pesticides and carcinogens.*

FACT: The neurological damage pesticides cause can last a lifetime.*

FACT: Highly restrictive detox diets such as water or juice fasting, if done improperly or for too long, may result in nutrient deficiencies. Of particular concern is a lack of protein, which may result in wasting of muscle tissue, due to insufficient amino acids for repair. With less lean muscle tissue, the body's metabolic needs decrease, which hampers weight loss efforts unless calories are lessened further in the diet.*

9. A proper detoxification program should help you lose retained fluid, as water retention is one of the main signs of a toxic built-up.

Detox for Life Herbal Master Blend 2 is designed to help you get rid of water retention.

10. A proper detoxification program should help you lose excess fat.

One of the most popular places that excess toxins get stored in is our very own fat cells. These fat cells cannot successfully be burned off (problem areas) unless you successfully cleanse your body; it’s a vicious cycle. While Detox for Life Herbal Master Blend 2 is designed to help you get rid of water retention, Herbal Master Blend 1 is designed to speed up your metabolism. The combination of the 2 boosts your body’s fat burning ability.

11. A proper detoxification plan should include the consumption of Essential Fatty Acids, like Ω-3 oils.

EFAs provide an excellent source of energy to muscle cells during the detoxification process without stimulating the liver to produce excess triglycerides or cholesterol, all the while being constructive towards the detoxification process. The Detox for Life cleansing program includes EFAs like Ω-3 oils.

12. During a proper detoxification program the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, sugar, caffeine and red meat should be kept at a minimum.

The Detox for Life Nutritional plan suggests the consumption of red meat, sugar, caffeine, alcohol and tobacco to be limited during the detoxification process.

13. Lastly, a proper detoxification program should have sufficient intake of pure water, as this helps in the elimination of the end products.

The Detox for Life nutritional plan suggests having at least 6 8oz. glasses of water a day during the detoxification process.

Sources: * Dr Mark Percival, Nutritional support for Detoxification **Linda Page, PhD – Detoxification *** Wikipedia, Body Cleansing