Are you feeling more sluggish lately or feel out of balance? Are you experiencing skin problems, digestive problems, or aches and pains? Have you strayed from healthier habits recently? Are you trying to prepare your body for a weight loss program? If so, then it is time for a detox.
Detoxification has been practiced by many cultures around the world for centuries, including Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine systems. Cleaning, nourishing, and resting the body from the inside out are the main components when it comes to detoxification. The removal and elimination of toxins along with supplementing the body with vitamins and minerals can help optimize your health and prevent disease.
Detox is a time of renewal and repair. Our body has the innate ability to heal itself and engaging in regular detoxification can help enhance the body's ability to do this, resulting in improved health with many people reporting an improvement in their symptoms, general constitution, and energy levels.
How Does Detoxification Work?
Detoxification means to clean the blood. The body cleans the blood by removing toxins and impurities in the liver where they are processed for elimination. Other organs of detoxification include the intestines, kidneys, lymph, lungs, and skin. When the detoxification systems are compromised, toxin and impurities are not filtered properly, resulting in a build up of their levels, which adversely affect every cell in the body.
A Detox Program helps the body's natural cleaning process by:
- Resting the organs by following a clean diet
- Stimulating the liver to remove toxins from the body in a more efficient manner
- Promoting elimination of impurities through the skin, intestines, and kidneys.
- Improving blood circulation
- Replenishing the body with healthy nutrients.
"Our cells are the smallest units of life. Detoxification works because it cleans our bodies at a cellular level, the very foundation of all of our organs and organ systems."
Dr. Susan WilliamsonHow Do You Know if You Need to Detoxify?
Dr. Susan Williamson, NMD and Dr. John Williamson, NMD suggests that everyone should detox at least once a year, while those suffering from illnesses and disease may need to detox more frequently than this. Detoxification is beneficial for health and can greatly improve how you feel and how your body works in general. The physicians at Bodhi Body Integrative Medical Centers can determine the type of detoxification that would be most appropriate for you and the frequency that would be most beneficial for your individual needs. Most people can safely detox, however it is not recommended for pregnant or nursing women or children.
"With such a vast amount of toxins in our environment, it is critical to detox to maintain optimal health and functioning." Dr. John Williamson, NMD.
Detox is recommended for symptoms such as slow elimination/constipation, irritated skin, dark circles or bags under the eyes, allergies, low grade infections, a distended stomach/abdomen even if the rest of the body is thin, menstrual irregularities, autoimmune disease (Lupus, Sjogrens, Rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Grave's Disease, etc.) or mental confusion/forgetfulness (also known as "Brain Fog.")
Where Do You Begin?
Making an appointment with one of our Physicians is the first step in getting an evaluation of current lifestyle and environmental factors that contribute to your toxin load. Going over your health history and current health problems and health goals allows the physician to determine the type and length of detoxification program that would benefit you the most. Detoxes can range from an overall general detox, candida cleanse, solvent removal, pesticide and herbicide removal, and heavy metal chelation.
Which Detox Program is Best for You?
There are many detoxification programs, depending on your individual needs. The Bodhi Body Restorative Therapy Detox Program allows you to choose the length of detox was well as additional cleansing modalities such as colon hydrotherapy, far infrared sauna, IV nutrient therapy and massage therapy. Lengths of detoxification normally last from 7 days to 30 days (1 week to 4 weeks). It takes the body time to cleanse the blood, so a detox of at least 7 days is recommended. A carefully planned diet plan is given to the patient which allows the digestive system to rest, and the physician advises the patient on supplements, herbs, exercises, and practices such as castor oil liver packs, dry skin brushing, and hydrotherapy to increase circulation.
Restorative Therapy Detox Program
A complete, physician-designed and supervised intensive cleansing program to help restore your energy and improve your overall health.
This intensive program is very beneficial for those without any health problems who want to optimize their health and for those suffering from chronic disease. It is also ideal for women who plan to conceive to ensure that the expectant mother starts out with a "clean slate" prior to conceiving, since the baby is like a magnet for toxins.
What does the Program Include?
- 7 to 30 Day Detoxification Diet: A whole foods, clean diet, which eliminates all the processed and junk foods. This allows your digestive tract to rest and promotes the removal of toxins and wastes from your body by not consuming additional toxins such as artificial colorings, artificial flavorings, artificial sweeteners, high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, pesticides, herbicides, etc.
- Detox Support Supplements: Includes specific supplementation to facilitate and support your body's detoxification pathways, optimizing your removal of harmful toxins.
Additional Detox Support Therapies
- Bodhi Detox IV Therapy: provides nutrients and antioxidants to enhance the detox pathways of the liver
- Far Infrared Sauna Therapy: promotes lipolysis or fat breakdown, allowing toxins to be released from the fat stores into the blood where they can be removed via sweating. Unlike your traditional sauna, far infrared sauna penetrates to the cellular level, facilitating the diffusion of toxins out of the cell and the diffusion of nutrients into the cells.
- Colon Hydrotherapy: removes toxins from the colon so they are not reabsorbed into the circulation
- Massage Therapy: promotes removal of toxins from the muscles and increases circulation through the body
- Acupuncture: Stimulation of digestion and balancing of the Qi in the body allows for more effective detoxification
These therapies can be added onto your Detox Program to maximize your results, allowing you to build your detox program around your specific needs.
Dr. Williamson is very knowledgeable about all aspects of medicine and has given me hope. I am still undergoing treatment but feel I have found the place to get the help I need.
