Why Cleanse?
Wherever and however we live today, people are exposed to a wide variety of nonfood chemicals, including drugs, industrial chemicals, pesticides, household cleaning agents, cosmetics, and food additives (such as preservatives, binding agents, coloring agents, and flavoring agents). These substances are not normally found in the body. Whether ingested, absorbed through the skin or inhaled, foreign substances are distributed within the body, and often metabolized by pathways that exist for the metabolism of natural body substances.
Foreign substances and/or their metabolic products are usually eliminated in urine or from the liver, in bile. Our body’s mechanism of operation is the consumption of air, water and food, to be used for fuel in its day to day activities. That fuel is used for every bodily function: All physical activities, including the beating of our heart, our thought processes and our emotions. Food is consumed, digested, and absorbed into our blood and carried to every cell in our body. The remaining unusable parts of the food are eliminated through the colon. During this process our liver filters all of our blood to remove any toxins. But what happens when the system is overloaded?
Anywhere in this process, our body can become overwhelmed and overloaded. For example, if the colon is not eliminating the amount it is supposed to or is too slow, the toxic load from the waste material begins to build up. The consumption of more toxins than the liver can filter effectively results in liver congestion, and inefficient blood filtering. Therefore, the cells become toxic, and malfunction, the early stage of disease.
 Fortunately, cleansing the cell of toxins and improving and restoring healthy cell function can restore optimal health. What is the first step? The process of cleansing will assist your body to eliminate these toxins more efficiently. For centuries, people from many cultures have taken the time to practice ritual cleansing, typically in the spring months, in order to promote wellness and vitality. This was traditionally done through fasting, sweating (i.e. in sweat lodges, steam baths, and saunas) and by purging the body.
Colon Hydrotherapy results in the thorough evacuation of fecal material from the colon. Fecal material is one of the body’s most toxic substances. Colon Hydrotherapy also suffuses the liver with freshly diluted blood allowing the liver to dilute and eliminate its toxic load. This helps reduce the possibility of malfunction and disease.
Cleansing must be followed by a healthier lifestyle that includes an improved diet, exercise, fresh air, sunshine, and a positive outlook on life, to foster sustained results. If you eat fairly balanced meals, live an active life, and don’t poison your body with too many toxins, you are already among an elite group. “The 1995 Physical Activity Monitor show only one in ten Canadians exercise at the recommended level- at least every other day for 30 minutes at a moderate intensity or greater.”*
Good results with lasting quality will not emerge as long as poor lifestyle habits are continued. So if you are doing something, watching what you eat, and generally feel pretty good, then give yourself a huge pat on the back. But is there something else you could do to raise your state of wellness to an even greater level? Ideally, a cleanse.
*for full article see www.cflri.ca/pdf/e/pip02.pdf
How to Cleanse
 There are thousands and thousands of cleanses available for your use. Some are manufactured for retail sale while others are passed down from generation to generation. All have a common goal, reducing your body’s toxic load. Cleansing is much like life; you have to learn to walk before you learn to run. Only you can determine what your next step is. If you are just starting out then attempt a one day cleanse before you attempt a 10-day cleanse.
For beginners, start with healthy food combining for a day or more. Try eating only raw, uncooked foods for a period of time. Juice fasting is interesting. Drink only fresh pressed vegetable juice for a few days. Or, for a more aggressive cleanse, try a 10 day cleanse: 2 days – raw foods, 3 days – distilled water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne, 3 days – fresh pressed vegetable juice, 2 days – raw foods, and a colonic or home enema DAILY.
As stated earlier, only you can determine your next step. If you are very motivated your next step may be a 10-day cleanse. However, do not get discouraged if you are not able to complete a 10-day cleanse. You may need to learn how to walk before you run. If at any time you are unsure, consult a member of your health care team that is experienced with the cleansing process.
Tips
 1. Throughout a cleanse, drink lots of water – drink at least one half your body weight in ounces of water daily. On average, “in men about 72% of the body mass is water. This value is about 68% in women due to a higher proportion of body fat. This is the total body water.” * Our digestive system uses approximately 9 liters of fluid for its digestive processes daily. Water is required to dilute and transport toxins from the cells for elimination.
2. Ensure that your channels of elimination are functioning at their optimum, primarily your bowels. You should be having 2-3 healthy bowel movements per day. Better still!!!! Have a Colonic or home enema DAILY!
3. Drink nutrient-rich liquids, such as fresh organic juices. They help to alkalize your body, decrease your sugar cravings, and provide you with much needed nutrients. We do not detoxify the toxic material just by eliminating bowel wastes. The cells must be fed to develop tissue integrity to carry on healthy cell processes.
4. Cleanse in an environment without distractions. Make informed decisions. Educate yourself. The lifestyle of people in the industrialized nations is influenced not only by the media but also by our family and peers. What, when and how we eat is a part of who we are individually and within our family and peer groups. Making changes to that lifestyle may not happen without some challenges. Be comfortable in your decision to do a cleanse. Address the fears and challenges of others with the information and knowledge you have acquired, and do it anyway.
* Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_water
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