Weight Loss 

Elson M. Haas, M.D., in his book The Detox Diet, The How-To & When-To Guide for Cleansing the Body of: Sugar, Nicotine, Alcohol, Caffeine, Chemicals and More... lists a number of reasons to detoxify before "weight loss."  They are:  "prevent disease, reduce symptoms, treat disease, cleanse body, rest organs, purification and rejuvenation." 

But after these, weight loss is the next reason he offers for detoxifying.

Dr. Haas makes another important point to be aware of: 

"Detoxification is also an important component in treating obesity.  Many of the toxins we ingest or make are stored in the fatty tissues: hence, obesity is almost always associated with toxicity.  When we lose weight, we reduce our body fat and thereby our toxic load.  However, during weight loss we also release more toxins and need to protect ourselves from nutrient depletion through extra supplementation, including taking additional antioxidants to balance these toxins.  Exercise will also promote the loss of excess pounds and help further detoxification."   (Page 24.)

In the 7-Day Detox Miracle, Drs. Bennett and Barrie state, "Although not meant as a weight-loss system, you'll discover that most of the clinical secrets for helping shed difficult pounds are found in our program.  Almost all our patients lose 7 to 14 pounds in one to two weeks, and, because they stay on a maintenance program, the weight does not come back." (Page 79.)

If you've been "yo-yo" dieting for a long time, an understanding of detoxification can change your approach and give you insights that may change your approach to weight loss.  It can explain why you get headachy and jittery while you're dieting.  Those symptoms are caused by toxins, stored in fat, reentering the bloodstream as fat tissue is broken down.  Another insight is avoiding diet products that are based on dairy products.  Because of modern factory farming methods and the levels of pesticides used in farming, dairy products contain residues of pesticides used in growing grain that is fed to cows, as well as the hormones and antibiotics given directly to cows.  These residues accumulate in reproductive organs that include the cows' udder.  For these reasons, dairy products increase your levels of toxicity, which is counterproductive when dieting.  The toxins add to the burden your liver  is attempting to process out of storage from the fat tissues being metabolized for energy demands.

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