Archive for May, 2009

Nutrition and Cleansing Toxins

Are you experiencing any of these symptoms?

  • Headaches
  • Fatigue or difficulty sleeping
  • Digestive and other gastrointestinal problems
  • Immune challenges
  • Food cravings
  • Weight gain
  • Reduced mental clarity
  • Low libido

If so, you’re most likely suffering from an overload of toxins.

What are Body Toxins?

Toxins are in the foods you eat, the water you drink, and the air you breathe.  They are:

  • pesticides
  • heavy metals
  • chemicals
  • pollution
  • caffeine, and
  • preservatives

Our bodies also produce natural toxins, such as ammonia and carbon dioxide, which linger in the body if they can’t be broken down. The liver, lymphatic system (related to the immune system), kidneys, lungs, intestines, blood, and skin filter these toxins from your body.

But when these filters get overloaded, your body becomes inefficient and toxins can build up. If these toxins aren’t eliminated, your health may be compromised.

How Do You Cleanse the Body of Toxins?

The solution is purification.  Purification is the internal cleansing and detoxification of your body. Think of it as “spring cleaning” for your insides.

All it requires is a willingness to make new, healthier choices for yourself.

Your body will learn to refrain from eating fast foods, processed convenience foods, and sugar-laden snacks. Instead you’ll choose whole, unprocessed, preservative-free foods, lots of pure spring water, tasty shakes, and whole food supplements.

In the process, you will learn about your body and what it needs to stay healthy. You’re also likely to shed some extra weight.

How is Purification Different From A Diet?

Fad diets sell a lot of books, but they ignore the way our bodies actually work.

The Standard Process’ Purification Program uses whole food supplements to help your body purify and rebuild itself. You’ll also be developing new eating and living habits that help you live a healthier life by purifying, nourishing, and maintaining a healthy body and weight.

You may find yourself eating foods that may be new to you.

As a result, you’ll be enjoying some new tastes, new textures, AND a whole new you.  So how is our Purficiation Program Different?

We combine Standard Process’ Purification Program with the power of Acupuncture to curb cravings and harness the bodies own natural ability to cleanse itself.

Here’s how it works…

Standard Process Purification Program

The SP Purification Kit Gastro-Fiber® supports a number of gastrointestinal functions, such as stimulating gastric juice flow and peristalsis, maintaining regular intestinal evacuation, and enhancing the cleansing activities in the liver.

SP Cleanse® supports the body’s internal waste-removal systems to encourage healthy kidney function, promote efficient gastrointestinal elimination and maintain healthy liver detoxification function.

SP CompleteTM mixes with water and fruit or vegetables to make a nutritious supplement shake.

SP Green FoodTM supplies Brussels sprouts and kale which help cleanse the liver and encourage efficient cellular debris removal.

Acupuncture for Craving Control

Acupuncture is utilized to control cravings and promote the normal flow of the bodies “Qi”.

When “Qi” is in balance the body functions optimally. Our body’s internal balance can be upset from many causes including, lifestyle and diet, as well as physical, environmental and emotional stress. At AcuHealth we utilize proven acupuncture techniques developed to treat addictions.

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Alternative Medicine Turns Mainstream

The above headline comes from the June 20, 2000 PRNewswire.  Yes, that’s a quite a long time ago.  But what does it tell us now?

At that time the article noted that…

the latest research from InterSurvey reveals that two-thirds of Americans have tried at least one form of Alternative Treatment or therapy.

Now, the term “Alternative Medicine” as understood from a certain standpoint is not accurate. And that’s because many of the “alternative” therapies have longer histories than “traditional” western medicine.

However many authors and researchers inside the medical field continue, as in this story, to use that term. According to the research, herbal medicines, chiropractic service and massage are the most popular forms of what they called “alternative medicine”.

The survey showed that slightly more men went to chiropractors than women. Of those in the survey, a full 37% had been under chiropractic care. This represents the highest number yet published in similar studies and continues to show a steady growth in the number of people seeking chiropractic care.

According to the research, 62% of those who used “alternative therapies” did so because of the recommendation of a friend.

Other reasons listed in the article were:

  1. traditional medicine was not working (sited in 28 percent)
  2. looking for a complement to a health routine (23 percent)
  3. recommendation from a doctor (amazingly mentioned by 22 percent of those in the study)
  4. and information from the printed press or Internet source (listed by 20 percent).

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