Dangerous Detox....Don't Do It!

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Dangerous Detox: Part I

By: Dr. Aurore Adamkiewicz, Beyondnaturalmedicine.com

 

You know the feeling that comes on January 1st-bloated, queasy and feeling

guilty from holiday treats and delights. A detox might seem like a logical

solution but let me explain why your New Years Detox might be doing you more

harm than good......and help you put your detox into perspective. This will be a

three part blog series.

 

 

The three words that make up a dangerous detox are these: kidney, kidney,

kidney....I am not " kidney " you ; ) Most commercial supermarket and health store

detox packages are nothing but a smorgasboard of incompatable body shocking

herbs. While many may contain some kidney ingredients like uva ursi, parsley or

cornsilk-this is quite insignificant when mixed with stronger more powerful

colon and liver herbs like casgara sagrada, una de gato, milk thistle and senna.

 

 

I have yet to see anyone in my office with perfectly healthy kidneys, children

or adults alike. Children with dark circles and the tell tale " kidney " bags

under their eyes, arthritis, gout, edemic weight gain, back pain, asthma, high

and low blood pressure and diabetes-just to name a few, make up most of the

weakened kidney population. In school we learned that kidney failure during a

detox is one of the worse scenarios but even getting more sick and gaining more

dreaded weight are other possible scenarios. I have an interesting story to

share with you:

 

 

My 75 year old relative, whom is extremely medical minded and not at all into

natural health recently bought a $100 detox on a cruise ship because she gained

weight from all the different medication she has been taking. The cruise ship

personnel told her that in order to loose weight there is only one way-detox. I

wouldn't argue with that statement however they were addressing a group of

elderly people. Because elderly people are in their catabolic/vata stage of

life, which should be a time of nourishment- a detox, which " takes " from the

body can be extremely dangerous and even imprudent. With the elderly population,

in natural health, one can hope not as much for a cure but for management and

prevention...in this way, allopathic and naturopathic intentions coincide.

 

 

My relative has been plagued with kidney problems for years such as arthritis,

bloody kidney stones, and puffy weight in the abdomen. Her husband also intended

to go on the detox-is 81 years old and was born with only one kidney, he also

suffers from kidney overload: lower back pain, high blood pressure, excess

abominal roundness and puffiness. I attempted to talk her out of it, being that

the detox kit was mostly harsh herbs for colon and liver-all mixed together. I

don't know if she will take my advice but this type of mentality is common

place.

 

 

It is both sad and strange that one lives in the medical realm for years,

oblivious to one disease after another piling up-and finally weight gain is the

thing that prompts one to leave the medical realm and get help naturally.

However, these people are not educated enough in natural health in herbs, or

even in anatomy and physiology, to help themselves through a detox.

 

 

The message here is- don't go it alone, work with a naturopath doctor and get a

detox that is individualized for your age and constitution. Your body will thank

you for it!

 

 

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Aurore Adamkiewicz, N.D.

Center for Naturopathic Psychotherapy, Health and Yoga

beyondnaturalmedicine.com

 

 

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