The Detox Manual: Achieving Optimal Health Through Natural Detoxification Therapies

by Olivier, Suzannah

• ISBN13: 9781580543835
• ISBN10: 1580543839
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Woodland Pub

Summary

Written by an expert nutritionist, this manual provides easy-to-follow suggestions for detox programs to suit every individual--from a one-day juice fast to a sustained diet plan for a permanent detox effect.

Table of Contents

Part 1 INTRODUCTION	11	(21)
Internal Cleansing	13	(12)
Drugs or Detox?	14	(2)
How Do You Know If You Need to Detox?	16	(1)
What Does Detoxification Involve?	16	(1)
How Will You Feel After a Detox?	17	(1)
A Challenge	18	(1)
Old Idea, New Approach	19	(6)
An Unsavory Soup	25	(7)
What Is a Toxin?	25	(1)
Toxins We Consume	26	(2)
Toxins Produced in the Body	28	(1)
Heavy Metals	29	(1)
Pollution	30	(2)
Part 2 YOUR DETOXIFICATION SYSTEMS	32	(47)
Love Your Liver	35	(20)
The Detoxification Process	38	(5)
Damage Limitation	43	(2)
Overburdened	45	(2)
Possible Symptoms of Reduced Detoxification Capability	47	(2)
Sulfur Compounds	49	(1)
Tests for Toxicity	50	(3)
Major Diseases of the Liver	53	(2)
Good Housekeeping	55	(24)
The Intestines	56	(1)
Food Sensitivities	57	(4)
Sluggish Digestion	61	(1)
Bowel Bacteria	62	(1)
Fiber for Detoxification	63	(1)
The Most Useful Fibers for Detoxifying	64	(1)
Skin and Lymph	65	(2)
Sweat It Out	67	(2)
Kidneys	69	(2)
Cellular Detoxification	71	(2)
Fat Cells and Cellulite	73	(3)
Lungs	76	(3)
Part 3 TIME FOR ACTION	79	(82)
Help Your Liver	81	(4)
Three Plans	85	(34)
Three-Day Intensive	90	(2)
The Eating Plan	92	(7)
The Ten-Day Fix	99	(7)
The Long-Life Plan	106
Fertility Treatment	91	(28)
Nature's Helping Hand	119	(14)
Detox Superfoods	120	(2)
Inspirational Juices	122	(2)
Supplementing Your Liver	124	(5)
The Clay Cure	129	(4)
The Purest Drink of All?	133	(8)
The Solution to Pollution is Dilution	134	(1)
Do You Drink Enough Water?	135	(1)
Quality as well as Quantity	136	(2)
Improving Your Water Quality	138	(2)
Cleanser and a Healer	140	(1)
Clean Up Your Act	141	(20)
Home Sick?	142	(1)
Avoiding Chemicals	143	(4)
Fearsome Fats?	147	(3)
Alcohol: Liver Enemy No. 1	150	(2)
Coffee Cravings	152	(1)
The Demon Weed	153	(1)
Drugs---Medicinal or Otherwise	154	(2)
Heavy Metals	156	(5)
Part 4 MORE DETOX TOOLS	161	(18)
When Less May Be More	162	(15)
Fasting	164	(2)
One-Day Juice Fast	166	(2)
The Liver Flush	168	(1)
The Gall Bladder Flush	169	(1)
Coffee and Chamomile	170	(4)
Colonic Irrigation	174	(2)
Herbal Colon Cleansing	176	(1)
You Can Make a Difference	177	(2)
Part 5 APPENDICES	179	(6)
Appendix I: Cleansing Foods	181	(4)
Resources	185	(8)
Index	193
Recipes Index