Tag Archives: Detoxification

The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen

Posted on June 17, 2011 by in Clinical Services, Primary Care

Every year the Environmental Working Group releases their list of the 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest level of pesticides. Even though it isn’t awesome to eat pesticides, the benefit from eating fresh fruits or vegetables definitely outweighs the risk associated with pesticide exposure. That being said, it isn’t awesome to eat pesticides. […]

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Spring Detox Series: What is Detoxification?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by in Detoxification and Cleansing, Specialty Treatment Options

Cleansing or detoxifying, is the process of eliminating toxins or waste products from the body.  Toxins can be the natural byproduct of digestion and elimination as we learned in yesterday’s blog, or they can be from combating acute or chronic illness and dealing with stress.  We also encounter daily toxins in the air we breathe, […]

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Spring Detox Series: Understanding Your Liver

Posted on May 10, 2011 by in Detoxification and Cleansing, Specialty Treatment Options

There are basically 4 major organs of elimination and detoxification: the liver, kidneys, intestines, and skin. Although each of these organs is important in its own special way, it could be argued that the liver is the most important of all. This is mostly due to the fact that the vast majority of toxins must […]

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Why Radiation is an Issue and How You can Protect Yourself.

Posted on March 30, 2011 by in Clinical Services, Primary Care

So What exactly is Radiation? First of all, we need to understand that there are many forms of radiation, the term is meant to be an all-encompassing word and what is exactly meant by it can differ. In the case of Nuclear Reactors, such as what is occurring in Japan, the radiation that we are […]

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