I had a patient mention to me, she had spoken to her family doctor about doing the cleanse. And, her doctor told her, "That's ridiculous. We have a liver and some kidneys and their job is to detoxify us, and you don't need to take a bunch of pills for them to do their job. It's what they do."

I've heard that before. It's a common discussion that happens. Generally... I have a truck that's designed to drive around and get me to work and back, but if I don't put gas in it, it can't do that. If I don't have oil in it, if it doesn't have transmission fluid or coolant in it, if the battery's not charged. There are a lot of things that need to be in place for that vehicle to do its job the way it was intended.

So, our liver and our kidneys are not all that different. They need certain nutrients, they need certain processes to work the way they're supposed to and to be supplied with lots of things.

Now, if we don't have, like magnesium, for example. Magnesium binds to certain toxins and helps us remove those. If we don't have enough magnesium, then we can't bind to as many toxins. And so, those toxins just get shoved aside, waiting for more magnesium to show up. And that can happen with lots of different, we call them co-factors, different enzymes, different minerals, different vitamins. Your ability to make glutathione is dependent on B vitamins and certain amino acids that have to be present. So, if you don't have enough of those raw materials, then your liver can't do its job the way it's supposed to. And same thing happens with the kidneys, the intestines, the lymphatic system.

Because we're exposed to so many toxins that we probably weren't designed to be exposed to, we use up a lot of those co-factors on a pretty regular basis. And so, if we don't do some work to replace them or to make sure that we have enough of them, then our body's ability to detoxify is kind of hampered, and, over time, that can lead to just a buildup of toxins that you just didn't have the capacity to get rid of.

So, to periodically do a cleanse or take some supplements to support that system is not really all that strange. It's just maintenance of the system. So, consider that. When someone says that you don't need to take a bunch of supplements to detoxify, maybe, maybe not, but it requires a lot of nutrients and materials to detoxify. And sometimes, that system can get overwhelmed and it may need some support.

So, that's what this is all about. Hope that clears it up for you. Let me know if you have more questions.