Tune-up Your System: Cleanse and Detox for Life
By Devorah Garland
A dirty, gummed-up car engine cannot deliver peak performance. And, if your body is gummed-up it’s not running well either. Keeping your body’s internal systems clean helps you function at peak performance and live a long, healthy life.
Your life engine was not designed to deal with modern stressors such as environmental pollutants from our air, soil, water and food. Chemicals, heavy metals, indigestible plastics, additives and foreign substances can become lodged in our liver, kidneys, lymphatic system and blood. Getting toxins out of the body is essential to preserving and maintaining optimum health. And, regular internal cleansing can help.
Symptoms of a toxic body are numerous and include abdominal distress, skin problems, joint and other pain, insomnia, allergy symptoms, metabolic problems, a weakened immune system and mental distress, such as depression.
Cleansing your life engine typically means a period of fasting or reduced food intake, to free up the energy required for digestion and re-focus it on healing and flushing out impurities. The resting digestive tract is often ‘cleaned’ with therapies or herbs that are known to purify vital organs, the blood and the colon.
For example, here are two common cleansing aids. Fibrous psyllium seed absorbs impurities on its way through the digestive tract. Studies show fibre is beneficial in alleviating constipation and diarrhoea, and reduces ‘bad’ cholesterol levels. Bentonite – an inert, edible clay used in China for centuries, absorbs up to 12 times its weight in liquid and impurities.
Two years ago, Markham-based businesswoman Nancy Heather regained her health after it was eroded from a high-stress job and a poor diet, with lots of coffee and diet Cokes. Her symptoms included permanent ringing in her ears, sleeping problems, an inability to focus and dangerously high blood-sugar levels. Her choice, Cleanse for Life System by Isagenix, alternates days of modified fasting with days on an easily digested diet of chicken, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. A formulation with natural organic herbs and nutrients, this program includes daily nutritional supplements to support digestion and replace lost nutrients, plus ingredients such as aloe vera to promote internal healing.
“After a series of nine day cleanses over three months, my blood sugar levels dropped to normal and I lost 25 lbs, keeping it off for the last 2 years,” she reports. Today she is filled with energy, sleeps well and no longer uses prescription medication to control her blood-sugar levels. “People who regularly cleanse experience sharpened mental focus, improved metabolism, enhanced digestion, fewer unhealthy food cravings and allergic reactions, and improved vitality and emotional well-being,” says Heather.
She now represents the Cleanse For Life system and is a cleansing coach. “People need sustained support to help them understand what’s happening to their bodies,” she says. Heather prefers the “supported cleanse” approach because it provides nutrients to sustain the body and reduce cravings. It removes toxins and replenishes the body to re-set metabolism. “Simple fasting is hard on the body,” she says.
“After a thorough detoxification,” Heather says, “you’ll feel better, look younger, have increased energy and less trouble maintaining a healthy weight.”
For more information about the Isagenix Cleanse for Life System, call Nancy Heather at: 905.471.7670 or visit www.nancymaclean.isagenix.com
2600 John Street, Unit 207, Markham, ON L3R 3W3 T: 905.475.5222 F: 905.475.6369
