detox or die--lonnggg email

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Have any of you read Dr. Sherry 's, M.D., " Detox or Die " I

just finished it. I actually had to reread it twice because it was

so full of information. I was really impressed with her; she is an

environmental doctor. Anyway, I thought I would share some key

essentials in the plan.

She recommends a detox cocktail every day, Vitamin C Powder, 300-600

mg of Lipoic Acid, 400-800 mg of glutathione. Doing this will keep

your body from accumulating so many chemicals. To make it even more

potent, add Glycine 500mg, one or two capsules to the mix. It helps

the body make even more glutathione, which drags chemicals out of

the blood into the stool. The Glycine pulls them out of the blood

into the urine. It's also an important part of phase II

detoxification. There many other things you can add to this mix, but

those are some of the essentials. We all know why we shouldn't eat

foods that are bad for us, but an important reason is that our

bodies can't make glutathione from processed or bad foods.

Kyolic Garlic was very highly recommended to kill fungi

(Aspergillus) and is antibacterial, and it has a lot of rewarding

studies done with this supplement. Yay, I love studies to back up

claims!! It also helps detoxify heavy metals. She also recommended

a good probiotic to go with this.

She spent several chapters talking about infrared saunas. While the

detox cocktail is great, there are some chemicals that will only

come out through sweat. Did you know the Mayo clinic is using the

infrared now for chemically ill people? Basically, all saunas are

probably pretty good. Some people, especially those who are very

ill or have heart conditions can't take the stress of the high heat

saunas (160 degrees). That's why the infrared is so wonderful, you

can control the heat, around 100-150 degrees. Also, it seems that

the infrared produces more sweat because the high heat saunas are so

hot, and they only heat the skin surface. The infrared is supposed

to heat underneath the skin.

She also talked about how exercise is important, but it's difficult

to produce that much sweat as needed to detox environmental

chemicals. All in all, it made a great deal of sense to me. You

see, I sweat very little, even when I have a good work out. I have

low body fat and always am a little cold.

I estimated that the Hubbard plan uses 70 hours of detox time in the

sauna, 5 hours a day for 2 weeks. If you look at accomplishing that

with the infrared, you are looking at 1 hour every day for roughly 2

months, or 1 hour every other day = 4 months. You get the idea and

can see how this takes time, so you can't expect to sit in the sauna

once a week and get these results.

All in all, when I finished the book, I was more resolved than ever

to get my hands on a good sauna. I just found out today that a

healthclub down the street from my office is getting an infrared

unit in for its members. That's a very viable option. Of course, I

would love to have my own home unit, but we'll see how that goes.

Dr said she didn't like recommending expensive treatments for

her patients, but over time the sauna has so impressed her.

Thinking over this, I have thought about and how she shared

that exercise made her well. I thought about how does really

long sweaty workouts, the kind that would make me pass out, lol.

It's pretty much the same theory I think.

I hope this is helpful to someone who has hit a plateau in detoxing.

hugs,

Beth