Detox to Drop Pounds

The Slogan for the Twenty-First Century should be: “No Diet Without Detox!” Whether we live in the heart of Manhattan, the suburbs of a Southern city, or the wilds of Wyoming, we’re being exposed to poisons in our air, food, water, and homes. How can these poisons in our organs, bloodstream, and fat cells not affect our health?

Toxic Load

Some of the toxins to which we’re regularly exposed include chlorinated water (which kills lactobacilli, or friendly bacteria, in the digestive system), gasoline, heavy metals (including cadmium, lead, and mercury), herbicides and insecticides, hexachlorobenzene (used in dyes and wood preservatives, as well as on wheat fungus), industrial petrochemicals (a source of xenoestrogens), nitrates in cured meats and water, perchlorate (rocket fuel that leaks into our water supply), formaldehyde in nail polish, the chemicals in the cosmetics we use and phthalates from plastics. Virtually all of the 80,000 industrial chemicals, additives, and preservatives currently in use were invented in the last 75 years.

While few studies exist on the dangers of environmental toxins, cancer rates have risen from 20 to 50 percent since 1970, and the number of asthma suffers has grown by 75 percent since 1980. Auto-immune disorders such as - Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and Allergies have increased in the last 50 years by 69% due to the presence of Chemicals in our food, water, homes, workplace and clothing. Isn’t it just common sense to suppose that this new incidence of disease may be related to environmental pollution?

Estrogen Dominance

Let’s look at one group of toxins-xenoestrogens-whose use has skyrocketed since World War II. These chemicals mimic the effects of the hormone estrogen in the body, where they induce, block, or otherwise scramble our hormonal signals, either deliberately (as in weight-inducing animal feeds) or as accidental effects when they break down in insecticides. Either way xenoestrogens contribute to a relatively new condition known as estrogen dominance-one symptom of which is a tendency to gain weight.

A female hormone vital to menstruation and pregnancy, estrogen helps stimulate cell growth, signaling women to build up uterine tissue every month and helping our ovaries to instruct one egg each month to mature. Also found to a lesser degree in men, this hormone promotes cell growth, healing, and other vital functions.

The trouble is that excess estrogen can create deficiencies in B vitamins, magnesium, and zinc, while creating a hormone imbalance that’s detrimental to health. In women estrogen overload can cause endometriosis, breast tenderness, cervical dysplasia, irregular menstrual periods, PMS, polycystic ovaries, uterine fibroids and cancer. For both sexes, estrogen dominance can lead to allergies, autoimmune disorders, bone loss and osteoporosis, decreased sex drive, depression, dry eyes, fatigue, hair loss, headache, hypoglycemia, infertility, insomnia, irritability, memory loss, mood swings, and thyroid dysfunction. A further downside of this life-giving hormone is unrestrained cell growth, eventually leading to cancer.

 

Toxic Fat

If you’re overweight, consider that estrogen dominance can cause fat gain, especially around the abdomen, hips, and thighs, as well as water retention and bloating, a sluggish metabolism, and numerous nutritional imbalances. Every time you’re exposed to plastic, nylon, rayon, polyester, industrial waste, non-organic meat, pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables, car exhaust (sitting in traffic), and much of the furniture, paneling, and carpeting in your home and office, you’re setting yourself up for estrogen dominance-and weight gain.

Pula Baillie-Hamilton, MD, PhD, has published an extensive study of numerous synthetic chemicals pervading our environment: “I discovered that these chemicals appear to be making us fat…Time and again, when I learned about a different group of pesticides or environmental pollutants, I would soon discover that they too could cause weight gain.” Between 1930 and 2000, the number of synthetic chemicals in use soared-and so did the number of overweight adults in the United States.

Detox of Weight Loss

Detoxification is crucial to losing weight, because toxins are stored in our body fat. Melting that fat away dumps toxins into our blood stream-unless we flush them out. Supporting the liver and colon, organs critical in the effort to rid our bodies of fattening chemicals, can be an enormous advantage.

One of the liver’s most important functions, and the one most crucial to weight loss, is breaking down everything that enters your body-from the healthiest bite of organic food to the poisonous pesticides that linger on conventional produce. It’s the liver’s job to distinguish between the nutrients you need to absorb and the toxins that must be filtered out of your blood stream. To do this, your liver engages in a number of detox processes.

While the liver works like a filter (removing gunk and sludge), the colon is your body’s plumbing system. But if this organ is clogged and toxic (as many colons are in our toxic world), you’re likely to encounter health problems, as well as weight issues. When toxicity is the problem, fiber (or roughage) is the solution. Fiber functions much like a garbage truck, carrying away toxic waste and restoring your system to health. Unfortunately, most Americans consume far too little fiber: on average 12 grams daily, down from the 30 to 40 grams our grandparents ate.

 

Seal in Results

Most people on my detox program find it extremely positive. “Only when I had gaps in not taking the juices and herbal teas did I notice a slight hunger. I noticed an increase in my energy level, and by the end of day 3 the swelling in my ankles disappeared,” says Janice, a 50-year old woman who lost 26 pounds on the 3 week program.

While many participants report increased energy, mental clarity, well-being and weight loss, some do experience other symptoms including headaches, fatigue, irritability, foggy thinking, and mild depression. The explanation is simple: Having stored toxins in our fat, we pay a price for getting rid of them. Realize that these symptoms are an indication that the detox process is working and that you’ll soon fell even better than you did before.

This program is not a fast. Every day you will eat food, however there are restrictions as to what you can eat on any given day.

To get started:

Fill out the application. Email the completed application to me. After a close inspection of the application I will determine which program will be best suited to your individual needs.

 

I will phone you and speak to you for 30 minutes in regards to your application.

 

At that time your Credit Card will be needed.

 

Cost for the 3 week program is $339.99.

 

You will receive:

“Detox for Weight Loss” food program for three weeks.

Breathing Exercises

Stretching Exercises

Herbal teas for week one, two and three.

Herbal tonics for week one, two and three.

A simple plan to keep the weight off and provide you with good nutrition sources that will keep you young and energized.

Email and telephone support.

Get Ready

To prepare yourself for the 3 week -- Detox for Weight Loss Program, you will need the following tools.

Juicer: A machine which will extract the juice from fruits and vegetables, separating the juice from the fiber. These juicers fall under the names of Champion Juicer, Jack LaLanne, Star, etc.

We sell pre-owned Champion Juicers for $150.00.

Blender: any blender will do.

Vegetable Steamer

Clear your schedule. You can not eat out if the restaurant does not provide the Organic Foods which are in your program and you can not cheat if you want the program to work for you.

If you are seriously overweight, you can expect to loose 10 pounds per week. Otherwise the weight loss would be between 5 and 7 pounds per week. You will eliminate toxins from the Liver, Kidneys, Blood and Colon. Your energy will zoom upward. Blood Pressure and Cholesterol will normalize.

You will feel and look like a new person!

 

Click here for a printable application, or copy and paste into an email