Detoxification programs are very popular within holistic medicine. The idea is that toxins are a major cause of disease therefore removing them would make sense. However, few people talk about the dangers.
Recently one of my patients did an ionic foot bath thinking that detoxification via her feet would be helpful. However, all her symptoms flared up erasing the progress we had made with NES. What happened?
The goal of detoxification is to move toxins from inside the body to outside of the body. If toxins get trapped into another part of the body before exiting the body, then new health problems occur. This is exactly what happpened to this patient. I’ve seen this happen with other detox programs such as I.V. chelation, steam baths, homeopathic and herbal detox programs. Some people try chelation in order to eliminate heavy metals from their bodies. While some people benefit from this, a certain percentage of people get worse because the heavy metals get trapped into a new part of their body.
To ensure that toxins exit safely, the excretory (kidneys, liver, bowels), lymphatic, and endocrine systems must be adequately functioning. Very few holistic practitioners are aware of this and very few know what to do about it. My Natural Healing Program incorporates all this knowledge and as a result, the vast majority of my patients experience smooth detoxification.
–Dave Ou, M.D.
