Gut-Brain Connection and Toxicity

by Dr. Randy Martin, OMD, LAc, PhD, CCH
Here is both an article I’ve written on Toxicity Treatments and also a great 3 minute video on how toxicity and digestive problems can create all kinds of health havoc – mental, emotional, addictions, confusion, joint pains, and auto-immune problems.
LIVER DETOXIFICATION AND CLEANSING
Over the years I’ve written a lot about the liver and liver detoxification. I was listening to a well-known “Radio Doctor” the other day, an he was trying to debunk the “myth” of liver detox, stating that it didn’t really do anything and that there is nothing to detox.
But for anyone who has ever done a liver detox, I”m sure you’d agree with how much better you felt afterwards. I’ve also seen blood test improvements in cholesterol, triglycerides and liver enzymes when comparing to before the detox process.
Here are a few valuable hints distilled from my years of practice for those of you who would like to try a liver dotox.
First of all, it’s generally and traditionally thought that the best times to do a liver cleanse or detox are in the fall and spring. The winter months are thought to be a time to build the system up and provide the necessary fire for the colder season. However, if you live in states such as Florida or California, where the weather is moderate all year round, it won’t hurt for you to do a rather mild liver cleanse any time of year. Use your intuition, but don’t go overboard. It’s all a matter of degree. (If you live in the colder climates, please be careful in any detoxification, because the body needs “fuel” during the colder months, in order to function well.)
The best way to detox the liver is through diet. Avoid the following foods:
•greasy, fatty or deep-fried foods
•diary products made from cow’s milk
•sugar and sweetened foods
•refined carbohydrates such as white flour products
•sweets of any type
•the less gluten the better
•eliminate or restrict cold or frozen foods
Emphasize the following foods:
•yellow, orange and green colored vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables (all cooked)
•lean meats, any fish, (but no shell-fish), or chicken and turkey
•legumes (lentils, and any beans)
•whole grains (brown rice, quinoa, buckwheat, oats)
•whole grain amaranth, or barley is a wonderful grain, especially job’s tears barley*, for those of you for whom gluten does not cause mucus and congestion
Some basic eating principles for liver detox:
•start the day, end the day and during the meal, drink a cup of hot water with lemon or lime juice
•eat only when hungry
•leave the table hungry
•never overeat
•don’t fast, as it will lead to the inevitable binging, unless you know how to do a fast and how to break a fast, and you are not working or under stress at the time
•supplement throughout the day with vegetable juices and take all your vitamins
•limit your fruit intake to two pieces of fruit per day and eat it separtately from other foods
•drink plenty of water or hot tea all day long
Some supplements to consider:
•A good colonic cleanse such as Blue Heron*
•Chinese detox herbs such as Free and Easy Wanderer* or Minor Bupluerum Formula*
•Digestive enzymes such as PanPlex 2-Phase*
•Probiotics
•Homeopathic Nux vomica* 6 C – but only if you are not on a constitutional homeopathic (and remember to follow all your homeopathic rules)
If you begin to feel faint or have any other symptoms, stop your detox and consult a health practitioner. If your health is not great to begin with, or you have any blood-sugar problems, or you tend to have anxiety or depression, do not do a detox unless under the supervision of a health practitioner. Do not stop taking any of your Western pharmaceutical prescribed medications without the supervision and full knowledge of your medical doctor.
If you are able to do some deep emotional release work at the same time as you are doing your liver cleansing, the process will be twice as valuable. This is because the liver is in charge of anger, resentment and the free flow of energy. Your digestion and immunity should improve more quickly if you also do the emotional release work, and any headaches you have should also stop. Allergies should also be expected to improve and any PMS symptoms should lesson.
*Acupuncture*
*Homeopathy*
*Chinese Herbal Medicine*
*Nutritional Counseling and Diet*
Dr Randy Martin, OMD, LAc, PhD, CCH
Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Certified Classical Homeopath

 

 

 

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