Detoxification      Detoxing obsession

Detox is a word widely used in health fraud scams to make us dependent addicts to products and devices that are mostly a waste of money.

Detox is promoted by fraudulent 'health' gurus as a way of maintaining health by removing 'Toxins' that build up in the body from the foods we eat and the body's natural processes and is propagated through various marketing methods by some medical, but mostly non-medical 'health' providers, self-styled health gurus and even clerics.

However we believe, and there is much impirical scientific evidence suggesting, that 'Detox' by the use of supplements, extreme diets, non-medical devices, detox plans and such like, and promoted by advertising hype is a scam.

From juice fasts to colon cleanses, detox diets to cleansing purges these helath fads are all the rage with those looking to lose weight or kick start a healthy lifestyle. But these therapies aren't as healthful as they may seem, according to reputable medical doctors, many scientific experts and nutrition experts.

For example, Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at Exeter University, says "Let's be clear, there are two types of detox: one is respectable and the other isn't." The respectable one, he says, is the medical treatment of people with life-threatening drug addictions. "The other is the word being hijacked by entrepreneurs, quacks and charlatans to sell a bogus treatment that allegedly detoxifies your body of toxins you're supposed to have accumulated."
"If toxins did build up in a way your body couldn't excrete, he says, you'd likely be dead or in need of serious medical intervention."

There's no such thing as 'detoxification'. In the realm of science, it's a nonsense.
Suitable Diet and exercise is the only and the best way to keep the bowel regular and to get healthy.

British Dietetic Association

"There is no scientific evidence that any of these so-called cleanses really benefit a person's health", according to Stella L. Volpe, professor and chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
"Our livers and kidneys, if healthy, do a great job of cleansing our bodies on a daily basis. To help our body in performing the task it has perfectly evolved for, like removal of wastages, keeping the bowel regular and clean, what we need is just to provide our body real healthy suitable food like whole grain, vegetables, spices, drinking more water. Remaining focused on overall health and Balanced Diet while avoiding junk food and unhealthy highly processed food, fruit juices sweetened beverages, would go a lot farther to improve health over the long-term than a 'cleanse."

Warning on Liver Detox/ Chelation Therapy

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers over-the-counter (OTC) chelation products to be "unapproved drugs and devices" and that it is a violation of federal law to make unproven claims about these products. There are no FDA-approved OTC chelation products.

The FDA further informs and warns people that Chelation products, even when used under medical supervision, can cause serious harm, including dehydration, kidney failure, and death.

”Available scientific evidence does not support claims that chelation therapy is a safe treatment for any type of cancer. Chelation therapy may produce toxic effects, including kidney damage, irregular heartbeat, and swelling of the veins. It may also cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and temporary lowering of blood pressure. Since the therapy removes minerals from the body, there is a risk of developing low calcium levels (hypocalcemia) and bone damage. Chelation therapy may also impair the immune system and decrease the body's ability to produce insulin. People may also feel pain at the site of the EDTA injection. Chelation therapy may be dangerous in people with kidney disease, liver disease, or bleeding disorders. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use this method.
Chelation therapy is often given along with large doses of vitamins and other minerals, which may actually contribute to the processes that produce dangerous free radicals in the body. Loss of zinc can also lead to mutations in cells. For this reason, chelation therapy may actually increase the risk of cancer.”
(www.cancer.org)

(For more Reading on Detox from the world Scientific Community, and on Preparation of Bowel Regularizing natural Detox Food, you may collect a booklet from Herbs Meditation Center).

Then the question is, why do we get trapped into Detox Scam?

The answer is that much of the presented food around us, that we and our children are forced to buy and eat - by ever present powerful marketing messages - are mostly unnatural, fiber depleted and highly processed. Consumption of such foods thwarts the bowels natural movement and its ability to eliminate feces from the intestine. Thus the bowel becomes constipated.

In such cases even one day of Intelligent Eating of selective individually suitable natural plant based edible herbs, spices, vegetables, fruits nuts and seeds added in the Balanced Diet can help remove constipation immediately and provide sensation of plethora of other health benefit.

Similarly it is sensible to note that scientific research points out that eating unhealthy food and living an unhealthy, sedentary life will often cause constipation, obesity and many other diseases.

There is much good scientific evidence warning that short-cut cures to relieve constipation, obesity, or nutrition deficiency by the use of supplements, products and devices will make us become dependents and addicts to such intervention that are, at best, a waste of money and at worst hazardous to health … Constipation and weight accumulation in the body will reoccur again unless eating and lifestyle problems are corrected.

Learn more on obesity at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/causes

Wasting Billions Of Dollars On 'Quack' Health Food And Weight Loss Products which are risky for health. BMJ-British Medical Journal, (2008, December 1).

Intelligent Eaters

Intelligent Eaters have very healthy bowel movement and overall strong health, they are Guru of themselves and thus they cannot be conned by Detox Scammers.
But it is those who are at terminal stage of life or those who do not or cannot eat wisely and believe without question in hearsay or myths, and who are easily influenced by marketing hype, are the targeted customers of Detox Scammers.

Unnatural ways of cleansing bowel will make body lose its natural ability of removing feces from the gut. Thus those who are enticed to cleaning bowel or colon by such unnatural methods will destroy the body natural excretory mechanism and they will become addicts and dependent on products and devices. This is a success of the present Marketing systems that promote the selling of disease and then cures for those diseases.
But then it is legal in our society. A terrorist will be caught, jailed and will be dealt with; but health scammers are at large and will flourish at the cost of public money and resources.

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Below mentioned are some other factors which make us victim of Detox diet, devices, Detox plan and Weight loss, and other health fraud scam.

1. It is easy to fool a person but it is very difficult to make him or her understand that he or she has been fooled.

2. Among others, the biggest enemy of health is that part of our character that allows us to easily believe in hearsay without verifying the information we get.

Only …Buddhi can enable us to avoid looking for magic or magical capsules, supplements unproven medicines or such methods of, detoxing and curing.

United Global Human

United Global Human Family foundation, Pursuant to its aims & objective United Global Human (visit www.unitedglobalhumanfamily.org), has set up the Herbs Meditation Center to hold seminars and run Detox (Bowel regularizing) and other Health courses to Making practical approach for a tangible achievement in raising the motivation of people to remain correctly informed and pursue for  Buddhi  to become their own health Guru for taking correct self-care of health.

* Buddhi(Buddhi is a word of the Indian ancient Pali language which is herein defined as the constant pursuit for raising knowledge, alertness, skeptical thinking, increasing analytical power, to explore, improve further and control the cognitive ability of mind, to avoid preconceived ideas to perceive things as they are, to gain wisdom for understanding correctly and making wise decision.)

Q. What is Herbs Meditation Center?
Answer: Correct Informative Natural Self-care Health Training and Meditation Research Center of United Global Human Family foundation.

Q. Why HM Center organizes Detox course?
Answer: To enable people to understand that Detox is a word /idea promoted by health scammers.

Q. What do we do at Detox courses organized by Herbs Meditation Center?
Answer: We learn, explore and practice the followings:

1. Explore, select, prepare, cook and eat some specific individually suitable fiber loaded, natural plant based foods as part of individually suitable a Balanced Diet which can help improve physical and mental health and which can also easily remove constipation and will keep the bowel movement optimal.
   Food definitely works as a Biological Response Modifier (BRM). But food alone is not sufficient to help ward off diseases. To avoid becoming untimely old, we must remain focused on overall health care, that means eating the right food that is individually suitable, doing regular suitable physical and mental exercise and scientific meditation.
2. Mental and physical exercise: Physical and Mental exercise which includes, aerobic, musculoskeletal, endocrine fitness, Balance maintaining exercise, including slow motion exercise like Indian, Chinese and Thai yoga, with special emphasis on exercise of throat, eyes, ears, nose, fingers, stomach, pelvic, and mouth (mouth cleaning and detoxing by Salt, Oil and Spices)
3. Scientific Meditation. To communicate health to our cells and genes. For letting our cells and genes work optimally to keep us in vibrant health. For this they need natural healthy food for its nutritional and medicinal requirement. Therefore Intelligent Eating, exercise, positive thinking and good hope is part of scientific meditation. Foods are cooked and provided during health courses by EduKational Restaurant .

For more detail on health benefit of food on the menu of EduKational Restaurant, visit: http://www.eduhealthfood.com/Health_benefit.html

Bowel regularizing and Food for Gut health improvement

One Day eating of suitable food can regularize bowel movement.

Natural Detox foods are in your Kitchen and around you. Become Guru of your own health. Do not run for dietary advice from Hoki Poki health gurus. Follow only a reputable medical doctors advice.

Note: while remaining concentrated on your individually selective balanced diet and natural healthy life style, eating natural healthy foods and drinking plain water can be used to naturally remove constipation and maintain regular bowel and gut (natural detox), and overall health.

Another point to remember is that food that may be perfectly suitable to one person can be harmful for other e.g. nut allergy, because metabolically and chemically we all are different.

Only our correct knowledge on health can help us to become Health Guru of ourselves enabling us to explore our individually suitable balanced diet, physical and mental activities, and remain 24 hours in meditation.

Eat a varied diet in moderation without becoming over-conscious about any particular food. Those who have any medical condition must talk to their medical doctor before using Bowel Regularizing (Detox) and Gut Health Improving Food.

Natural plant based food, culinary herbs and spices, that are available in your kitchen and around you, are the most powerful herbs and medicines. Use them in natural form (not in capsule or other processed form) selectively in an individually suitable balanced diet for reaping the disease protective and health promoting benefit.

Read more at: Food as Herbs and Medicines

Collect a booklet on Preparation of Bowel Regularizing natural Detox Food.

Contact: Herbs Meditation Center

Wasting Billions Of Dollars On 'Quack' Health Food And Weight Loss Products which are risky for health. BMJ-British Medical Journal, (2008, December 1).

Learn more on obesity at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/causes

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