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Doc's Detox
Our detoxification program has matured to a 4-week guided detoxification program including three nutrition workshops. If I only had one tool to help patients get well, I'd choose Chiropractic. However, if I had to choose something else, it would be detoxification. This principle is rock solid. The better your body is at the effective management of toxins, the healthier you will be. End of story. Detoxification is at the cornerstone of our Biochemical Care.
The program is designed to facilitate a safe and effective way to eliminate toxic load from the outside and work to decrease the toxic load from the inside. Many folks could feel and be healthier, but their diet doesn't smack them in the face with overt symptoms telling them that their "McChoices" are killing them. Believe me. Some people are eating things that are really getting in their way of exhibiting optimal health.
If you're inclined to consider being part of our next group of Detoxers, please just ask Maggie or Lorri to place your name on a list to call when dates are set for the next program.
Our program does a few cool things:
- It decreases gut permeability restoring the integrity to prevent toxins and large macromolecules from translocating across the intestinal wall causing systemic inflammation.
- It seeks to restore the balance of good bacteria to bad bacteria in the colon.
- It serves the purpose of providing an environment that is less conducive to the growth of pathogenic organisms in our colon (yeast, fungi, mold, enterobacteria, enteroviruses, parasites, etc.) that are not supposed to be there in large numbers.
- It serves as a great way to break out of habits which are non-nutritive and non-supportive of detoxification. Most people do not have a varied diet. Their breakfasts and lunches vary little. Most folk's idea of food rotation is Doritos instead of Potato Chips.
- Doc's Detox introduces you to a wider variety of foods and educates you on many important distinctions in choosing what goes into your cake-hole.
- It optimizes digestion and gives you a chance to listen to how well your body tolerates individual macronutrients.
- It supports your liver's 2-phase detoxification process to safely remove toxins from the body.
- We give you an opportunity to be part of a group that's going to work together for 28 days and feel great at the end of it and proud that they gave themselves a chance to be healthier.
- You will participate with these other people in three workshops led by Doc which educates you on key distinctions in food choices and supports you in your introduction of different choices.
Overview:
A guided 4-week group-format program using biochemical protocols to achieve upregulation of liver function, gradually favouring elimination of impregnated toxins and significantly increasing nutrient sufficiency. It includes a detailed nutritional analysis of a 5 day diet record and a nutritionally-oriented physical examination. Protocols are utilized to gradually decrease ingestion of toxins and non-foods into your system in favour of a systemmatic introduction of phytonutrient rich fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, non-gluten grains, and legumes to your system while supporting hepatic/liver detoxification pathways.
Introductory Lecture:
Nutritional Fundamentals and Introduction to Detoxification (3 hours - usually Saturdays)
This is a lecture that usually precedes our "Doc's Detox". It is independent of the program and has a fee of $30. It is recommended that if you are considering joining a 4-week "Doc's Detox" group that you attend the Nutrition lecture first to receive a lot of "ground floor" education involving nutritional principles and an introduction to key concepts such as "insulin insensitivity" and "two-phase hepatic detoxification". It is not mandatory that you attend this lecture before commencing with the Detox.
Before the Detox:
Clients must schedule a thorough nutritionally-oriented physical exam with Dr. Ferguson(included in "Doc's Detox" fee) and meticulously fill out several forms:
- Metabolic Health Appraisal Questionnaire
- Metabolic Screening Questionnaire
- Dysbiosis Questionnaire
- Elimination Questionnaire
- Health Status Questionnaire
- Axillary Temperature Readings
- 5-day Food Intake Journal
Session I: (Nutrition Workshops take place on 4 consecutive Tuesday evenings)
- Urinalysis and weigh-in
- Dispersing of Individual programs (some will do Anti-inflammatory protocols prior to detox)
- Food lists for Phase I dispersed
- Supplement list discussion
- Overview of the Detoxification protocols and introduction to the Hepatic Metabolic Clearing Adjuncts
- Gradual elimination of Exogenous Toxins(stop eating non-foods this week)
- Introduction of crucially high-nutrient foods
- Phase I handouts
Session II:
- Urinalysis and weigh-in
- Review of Systems
- Group discussion of Phase I results
- Phase II handouts and discussion of "washout phase"
- Nutrition Workshop
- Reinocculate Bowel flora with probiotics where indicated
- Introduction of more aggressive detoxification and calorie restriction
- Greater emphasis on Hepatic Metabolic Clearing Adjuncts
- Pure Foods to specifically support phase II hepatic detoxification
Session III:
- Urinalysis and weigh-in
- Review of Systems
- Phase III expanded food list discussion
- Return of Non-Gluten grains
- Introduction of high Omega-3 fish
- Introduction of some higher glycemic carbohydrates
- Phase III Workshop handouts
- Group discussion and nutrition workshop
- Increase calorie consumption
Session IV:
- Urinalysis and weigh-in
- Phase IV expand food list
- Phase out Hepatic Detoxification modifiers
- Introduce Legumes
- Increase protein and moderate-glycemic carbohydrates
- Phase IV Nutrition Workshop handouts
- Nutrition workshop and summary of nutrition principles
Group sessions finish here. There is an opportunity to schedule a second nutritionally oriented physical examination and review of final dietary record from Phase IV. Comparison with Week 0 and discussion of what is practical and "doable" for the individual after detox.
Investment:
$650 per person including all exams, 3 bioimpedence workups, workshops, Hepatic Metabolic Clearing Adjuncts, antioxidant support, kidney support, homeopathic drainage, and superior multivitamin/multimineral supplements, taxes, and all handouts for the four weeks.
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