TIME FRAME: 10 or 20 days
ADDRESS: 4 of the most common underlying causes of chronic health challenges
- 1. Toxic Overload
- 2. Harmful Bacteria
- 3. Heavy Metal Toxicity
- 4. Leaky Gut
Step Two of the Easy 3-Step Bio-Detoxification Program consists of a thorough detoxification program designed to enhance the bodyʼs ability to eliminate toxins and harmful bacteria from the body.
This phase lasts either 10 or 20 days depending on the toxicity level, and is immediately followed by Step Three, which is designed to regenerate and rebuild. It is very important to follow the principles of the diet as closely as possible.
UNDERSTANDING THE HEALING CRISIS–Please read this. Itʼs very important A healing crisis is any of the wide range of symptoms that may occur during the course of healing. Typically, the onset of these symptoms is very rapid. You may experience some symptoms immediately after a treatment, or up to 2 to 3 days later. The worst of the symptoms last as little as a few hours or as long as several days. The longer the symptoms last, the stronger the healing crisis. But it is also characterized that when the symptoms have passed, you will feel better than before the crisis.
Most patients do not understand the healing crisis because of their experience with conventional medicine. Where the focus of conventional medicine is on eliminating discomfort and curing disease, holistic medicine seeks to address the underlying cause of pain and illness. It aims to balance the bodyʼs energy flow so that the body can restore itself to a healthy state.
Disease is a long, gradual process that occurs over tie with stages of progressively ill health preceding it. It moves from less serious physical complaints to more serious ones, and then moves inward to deeper levels. Sometimes minor ailments are driven deeper into the body and because more serious with drug therapy, which suppresses the symptoms, but weakens the immune system. For example, you may first experience a skin problem, which seems to clear up. Later, the disease may progress inwardly to become asthma. Sometimes after that, you may even develop depression. Increasing a personʼs health reverses the disease process, almost like putting a video of your disease on rewind. You must move through previous states of health, and that is when old symptoms crop up. occuring in reverse order of their original appearance. The person with the skin problem may re-experience some depression, followed by some asthmatic episodes, and later on, the skin problem may reoccur.
The aching body, headaches, nausea and fatigue often felt during a healing crisis are primarily the effects of detoxification. In the healing process, the body is working to eliminate its storage of toxins; materials that have been collected in the colon, the tissues and in individual cells. In a sense, the body becomes temporarily more toxic . Once you understand that some discomfort is normal, and your symptoms can be positive sign that healing is taking place, there are a number of things you can do to help your body during a healing crisis. First, try to follow your prescribed grogram correctly.
NOTE: If your healing crisis is too intense or causing excessive discomfort, please consult your healthcare practitioner about the feasibility of altering your dosing schedule.
Foods to Avoid |
Why? |
All gluten-containing foods like wheat, rye, oats and barley, which are commonly found in breads, pasta, and other products from refined flour | The most common allergies are caused by this group of foods. By avoiding these foods for a few weeks, your system gets a chance to relax and clear itself out. You may not even know you have an allergy to these foods because the symptoms may be so subtle. |
Alcohol, caffeine, including coffee, sodas and soymilk, and all soda and fruit drinks that are high in refined sugars | Alcohol and coffee are hard on the liver, and this is going to be your liver’s vacation. |
Pork, cold cuts, bacon, hot dogs, canned meat, sausage, (all processed meats) and shellfish | These meats are typically high in estrogens, antibiotics, and other ingredients utilized in processing. |
Corn and tomato sauce (fresh, whole tomatoes are ok) | These are (or contain) common allergens. |
Eggs and all dairy (milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, etc.) | Dairy products are most likely to cause allergies. |
All fruit and fruit juices | Fruit and fruit juices are high in sugar content. |
Food high in fats and oils, including peanuts, refined oils, margarine, and shortening. Do not eat cooked oils. ONLY RAW | This diet was designed to lessen the burden placed on your system by eliminating many foods, including those high in refined fats and processed oils. |
Any foods on the approved food list that you know you are allergic to | Give your healthcare provider a list of all foods that you know you are allergic to. |