Toxic Relief: Restore health and energy through fasting and detoxification

by Don Colbert MD

Overview

We live in a toxic world. And it is only getting more toxic by the day.

You need toxic relief!

In this new revised and expanded edition of Toxic Relief, Dr. Don Colbert provides an easy to understand and comprehensive explanation of the toxic battle you’re in and a proven program to cleanse your body in just thirty days.

• Learn about dangerous foods to avoid and healthy substitutions you can make.
• Detoxify your body with a rotational juice fasting program.
• Overcome fatigue! Learn how to find the right foods and supplements.
• Explore the spiritual and physical aspects of fasting.
• Find out why saunas and exfoliating detox your body.

Deep cleansing your body down to the cellular level will renew your vitality, restore your energy, reclaim your health, shed toxic fat, lengthen your life, and give you a healthy glow you haven’t had in years. Brighten your outlook and change your attitude as Dr. Colbert guides you to healthy living body, mind, and spirit. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591852131
Publisher:	Charisma Media
Publication date:	06/23/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Don Colbert is a board-certified family practice medical doctor who specializes in nutritional medicine, treating over 17,000 patients. Since 1984, Dr. Colbert has helped thousands of patients regain good health and live pain free after years of suffering. A graduate of Oral Roberts School of Medicine, he has received extensive training in nutritional medicine. As a result, he has founded and developed his own nutritional supplement line, Divine Health Nutritional Products. Dr. Colbert also co-hosts Golden Eagle Network's "Your Health Matters" with his wife, Mary. They frequently lead health seminars at home and abroad, the address health and nutrition issues as guests on national talk shows and news broadcasts. Don and Mary make their home in Central Florida.

 

Table of Contents

	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction	1
Section I	You Need Toxic Relief
1	Our Toxic Earth	5
	Sick and Toxic	7
	Awash in Chemical Chaos	7
	Indoor Pollution	8
	Sick Building Syndrome	9
	Are You Breathing In Bacteria, Mold and Yeast?	10
	Pesticide Pollution	11
	Are You Being Forced to Inhale Secondhand Smoke?	12
	Toxins in Our Food and Land	12
	Waxes That Don't Wash Off	14
	Pesticides in Animal Feed	15
	Toxic Fat?	15
	In the Brain	15
	In the Breasts	16
	Toxins in Our Water	16
	Chemical Chaos and Wildlife	18
	The Dangers of Solvents	19
	Food Additives and Flavorings	20
2	A Toxic Battle Within	21
	The Antibiotic Attack	21
	The Nightmare of Candida	22
	The Molecular Warfare of Free Radicals	23
	A Way of Escape	26
	Your Program for Toxic Relief	27
3	Overnourished While Starving?	29
	Facing the Terrible Truth About the American Diet	29
	Sugar addicts	30
	Processed foods	30
	Dead foods	30
	Fat abusers	31
	Fast foods	31
	Genetically engineered foods	31
	Obese While Starving?	32
	Eating Too Much of the Wrong Stuff?	32
	Undernourishment and Disease	33
	Why Conventional Medicine Can't Help	35
	Stop and Think About How We Eat	35
	Stressed Out?	36
	Change the Way You Think	36
	Health-First Eating	37
	Five Alive	37
	Limit Meats	38
	Avoid High-Protein Diets	39
	In Conclusion	39
Section II	Dr. C's Program for Detoxification
4	Toxic Relief Through Fasting	43
	What's Your Body Trying To Tell You?	44
	Finding Relief Through Fasting	45
	Periodic Fasting	45
	Fasting-a Natural Principle of Healing	46
	General Benefits to Fasting	47
	Fasting Energizes Cells	48
	Rejuvenate Physically, Mentally and Spiritually	49
	A Cellular Garbage Dump?	49
	Let's Talk About Fasting	50
	Fasting--What Is It All About?	50
	Total fasting	50
	A water-only fast	51
	Juice fasting	51
	Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance	52
	Cellular Constipation?	52
	Giving Your Gut a Rest	53
	Juice vs. Water Only	53
	Muscle loss	53
	Antioxidants	54
	Healing	54
	Juice Fasting and Weight Loss	55
	No metabolically induced weight gain	55
	Stay energized	56
	Liver friendly	57
	Keeping the Colon in the Game	57
	In Conclusion	58
5	The Joy of Juice	59
	Your Juice Fasting Program	60
	Cellular Spring Cleaning	61
	The Wonders of Juice	61
	Vital Vegetables	62
	Enzyme Energy	63
	Phyto Power!	64
	Selecting Your Vegetables and Fruit for Juicing	65
	Carotenoids	65
	Lycopene	65
	Lutein	66
	Other carotenoids	66
	Carotenoids and smoking	66
	Cruciferous Vegetables	67
	Flavonoids	68
	Flavonoids and younger-looking skin	69
	Grape seed extract and pine bark extract	69
	Quercetin	69
	Chlorophyll	70
	Chlorophyllin	70
	Green Superfood	71
	Allium	71
	Ellagic acid	72
	Vitamins and Minerals Through Juicing	72
	Magnesium	73
	Folic acid	73
	Vitamin C	73
	Coming Attractions	74
6	Dr. C's Detox Fast	75
	Before Your Fast	76
	How Long Should I Fast?	76
	Watch Out for...	77
	Let's Get Started	80
	What If I Can't Use Organics?	80
	Look for thicker peels	81
	Produce with thin peels	81
	Washing Off Produce Waxes	81
	Specially prepared cleansers	81
	Hydrogen peroxide	82
	Clorox bleach	82
	Choose a Juicer	82
	Guidelines for Your Fast	83
	The day before your fast	83
	Fast on the weekends	83
	Don't use prepared juices	83
	Don't drink alcohol, coffee or soft drinks	83
	Sip juices slowly	83
	Preparing Produce	84
	Best Fruit and Veggie Choices	84
	The Basics of Juice Fasting	85
	Suggested Juicing Recipes	86
	Breakfast juices	86
	Midmorning juice snacks	87
	Lunch juices	88
	Evening juices	89
	Cruciferous Veggies Are Important!	89
	Soups	90
	To Spice It Up	91
	Herb Teas	91
	Milk thistle tea and dandelion tea	91
	Asparagus tea and nettle tea	91
	Green tea	92
	Chamomile tea	92
	Sleepy Time tea	92
	Smooth Move tea	92
	Breaking Your Fast	92
	The first day after your fast	93
	The second day after your fast	93
	Day three after your fast	93
	Day four after your fast	93
	Special Advice for Special Problems	93
	Candidiasis, food allergies, parasites	94
	Hypoglycemia	94
	Sensitive GI tract	94
	Selecting Fruits and Vegetables According to Your Blood Type	95
	Type A	95
	Type B	96
	Type AB	97
	Type O	98
	Consider Making Juicing a Lifestyle	99
	Shopping List	100
	The Lemonade Fast "Master Cleanse"	101
	In Conclusion	101
7	Your Champion Prize Fighter	102
	Your Body's Natural Detox System	104
	How This Giant Works	104
	Your Giant Filter	105
	Watch for the Signs	107
	What About You?	107
	Liver Detox Method #2	108
	Liver Detox Method #3	109
	Phase One Detoxification-Your Chemical Factory	110
	What Happens During Phase Two?	111
	Eating for Your Liver	112
	Slowing Down the Process	113
	Detoxing Too Quickly	114
	In Conclusion	115
8	A Nutritional Program for a Healthy Liver	116
	Eliminate Toxins	116
	Make Liver-Friendly Diet Choices	117
	Liver-Friendly Starches	120
	Starches to Shun	120
	Fabulous Liver-Friendly Fats	120
	Beverages Are Important, Too!	121
	Powerful Detox Proteins	121
	The Golden Rule of Liver Care	122
	Nutrients for the Liver	122
	A Good Multivitamin/Mineral Supplement	123
	Minerals	124
	Antioxidants	125
	Vitamin C	125
	Lipoic acid	125
	Vitamin E	125
	Coenzyme Q[subscript 10]	125
	Bioflavonoids	126
	Milk thistle	126
	Green tea	127
	Pine bark extract and grape seed extract	127
	Curcumin	128
	Amino Acids	128
	NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine)	128
	Glycine	129
	Glutamine	129
	Lipotropic Supplements	130
	Lecithin	130
	Beets	130
	Herbs for Detoxing	131
	Conclusion	131
9	"Eliminate the Negative"	132
	Your First Line of Defense	134
	A Look Inside	134
	Digestion and Toxicity	135
	Diluting Your Stomach Acid	135
	The Path Your Food Travels	136
	Getting Rid of the Waste	137
	Natural Diet vs. Amercan Diet	138
	What's Affecting You?	139
	Relax ... Breathe ... Take a Minute	140
	Overloading	140
	Intestinal Permeability	140
	The Effects of Food Allergies	141
	Watch for These Symptoms	142
	Repairing Your Intestines	142
	Good Bacteria, Bad Bacteria and Yeast	143
	Bacteria and Your Immune System	144
	Counterfeit Proteins Running Amuck	145
	Partially Digested Food	146
	Finding Friendly Bacteria	146
	Acidophilus and bifido bacteria	147
	FOS	147
	Yogurt	147
	Lactobacillus plantarum	148
	Parasites That Plunder	148
	The protozoa	148
	The worms (helminths)	149
	The arthropods	150
	The Gift of Garlic	150
	The Curse of Constipation	150
	Laxatives	151
	Vitamin C	151
	Chlorophyll drinks	151
	Three Main Factors	152
	Fantastic Fiber	152
	Nature's Detoxifier	153
	Fiber foods	153
	Microcrystaline cellulose	154
	Flaxseed	154
	Citrus pectin	154
	In Conclusion	155
10	Finding Healing Through Fasting	156
	For Colds and Flus	159
	Fasting for Autoimmune Diseases	160
	Fasting for Coronary Disease	162
	Hypertension	163
	Fasting for Psoriasis and Eczema	163
	Fasting for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis	164
	Fasting for Allergies and Asthma	165
	Fasting for Type 2 Diabetes	166
	Fasting for Benign Tumors	167
	When You Should Not Fast	167
	Conclusion	170
Section III	Detoxing Your Whole Person
11	Spiritual Fasting--What It's All About	173
	Gaining Control	174
	The Destructive Power of Uncontrolled Desires	176
	Fleshly Cravings	178
	Fasting to Control the Lower Nature	179
	The War Between Your Flesh and Spirit	180
	Abiding in the Word of God	181
	Abiding in Christlike Speech	182
	The Why of Spiritual Fasting	183
	Builds godly character	183
	Looses chains of bondage	184
	Humbles ourselves	185
	Fasting for Spiritual Healing, Glory and Refreshing	185
	Finding the Presence of God	186
	Fasting Delivers Us From Error	189
	Fasting for Healing	190
	The When of Spiritual Fasting	190
	Regularly Scheduled Fasts	192
	In Conclusion	193
12	Spiritual Fasting Throughout the Bible	194
	Corporate Fasting for Forgiveness of Sins	196
	The Esther Fast--for Protection, Deliverance and Divine Favor	197
	The Ezra Fast--for Direction and Protection	199
	The Elijah Fast--to Combat Spiritual Enemies	200
	The Daniel Fast--to Overcome the Flesh	202
	The Second Daniel Fast--for Spiritual Breakthroughs	203