Top 10 Ways to Detoxify: Part 1
Filed Under Dr. Zoltan Rona (MD) |
“Since 1965, over 4 million distinct chemical compounds have been reported in scientific literature. Over 6000 new chemicals were added to this list between 1965 and 1978. As of 1981, of over 70,000 chemicals in commercial production, 3,000 have been identified as intentionally added to our food supplies and over 700 in drinking water. During food processing and storage 10,000 other compounds can become an integral part of many commonly used foods. Added to this list of potential body toxins, petrochemicals, industrial waste, medical and street drugs, radiation (X-rays, nuclear fallout etc.) and tons of pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides, the result is an incredible chemical avalanche to have befallen the human race in a relatively short period of evolutionary history.”
From: Townsend Letter for Doctors, June 1992, by Zane R. Gard, M.D. & Erma J. Brown, BSN, PhN
This is the first of a three-part series of articles on evidence-based ways to detoxify from the 70,000+ chemicals that find their way into the human body from the foods we eat, the water we drink, and environmental pollution.
Over the past three decades I have observed a large number of both effective and ineffective ways of ridding the body of its stored chemical compounds. Some of these have been well researched while others are nothing more than elaborate scams. From a combination of published research and experience here are my top 10 ways to legitimately detoxify the body:
1. Far infrared sauna
2. Water therapy (hydrotherapy)/alkaline water
3. Phase 1 and phase 2 liver detox–support diet and supplements
4. Detox foods: chlorella, green foods, cilantro, garlic
5. Liver cleanses, kidney cleanses, parasite cleanses
6. Large bowel detox supplements (peroxide, ozone)
7. Aerobic exercise
8. Intravenous vitamin C and glutathione
9. Probiotics and prebiotics
10. Chelation therapy
It’s good to combine several of these techniques for greater efficiency. For example, the far infrared sauna works best if combined with aerobic exercise, drinking alkaline water, eating detoxifying foods, and taking liver and other organ detoxifying supplements. These will be discussed in more detail in Part 2 of this series.
As discussed in a previous blog (”Beware of Some Popular Detoxification Methods”), I don’t consider fasting or colonic irrigation to be safe detox methods. Also, evidence shows that ionic footbaths are ineffective.
Stay tuned for a discussion of detox methods that really work in Parts 2 and 3 of this series.
Dr. Zoltan Rona
I presented this information in a lecture at the Whole Life Expo 2007. You can order a copy of the lecture on CD from http://www.softconference.com/071123.
References re: Ionic Foot Bath Scam:
http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/footsoaks.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/badscience/story/0,12980,1294819,00.html
