The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease,...

Substances that are toxic to our bodies come at us from all directions: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, the cleaning products we use, and the metabolic waste produced inside us. Toxins build up in the body faster than they can be removed, contributing to premature aging and chronic and degenerative diseases. Fife, a nutritionist, naturopath, and codirector of an alternative health center, provides a comprehensive handbook of detoxification therapies, including healthy nutrition, fasting, juicing, oxygen and heat therapies, exercise, and kidney and liver cleansing. Chapters give extensive background information on each subject, reports of research (but little documentation), and precise, detailed instructions for self-administration of the therapies, though the reader may also want to consult a practitioner for additional guidance. Line drawings and charts enhance the text, and short lists of additional resources are given at the end of chapters. An encyclopedic look at how we can care for and cleanse our amazingly resilient bodies. Penny Spokes

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