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Advanced Cleansing Series
1. Colon cleanse 2. Parasite Cleanse 3. Kidney Cleanse 4. Liver Cleanse
Advanced Cleansing Series
Tools for a pharmaceutical-free life. 1. Colon cleanse 2. Parasite Cleanse 3. Kidney Cleanse 4. Liver Cleanse
cleanses can be done at any
From the How Health Works series of advanced cleansing time. However, if you have a
What we really should have learned in biology class. more serious or chronic con-
dition, many cleansing prac-
titioners believe that there is
an optimum order to them.
The logic and sequence is:
The Advanced Cleansing Improve Your Nutritional
Intake (the basic HHW
28-Day Initial Regeneration
Series Overview Program)— No cleanse can
be effective until the new
food coming in each day is of
a higher quality than before.
Your first step in health
Welcome to the first in the series of advanced internal cleansing
improvement is to dissolve a
modules. Each of these four e-books is designed to:
few of those bad food habits,
1. Walk you through a sequence of advanced cleansing and and start making some better
rejuvenation programs that have proven to profoundly increase ones. Condition your body
the health and function of your body. for a few weeks, getting it
free of the normal toxic load,
2. Make the process motivating and easy to understand. before starting these ad-
vanced cleansing programs.
By “advanced,” I don’t mean “better,” or more complex, or intel-
lectually superior, or something that needs a college degree to Colon Cleanse— During
teach or practice. They are only advanced in the sense that they a cleanse, our trillions of
are best done after conditioning your body by doing the general cells each get rid of metabolic waste. Much of that ends up in
cleanse outlined in the initial 28-Day Regeneration Program the colon. If the colon is blocked or not functioning well, that
at How Health Works.com. These advanced cleanses are the metabolic waste does not leave the body in a timely fashion, and
next actions you want to do after a basic, all around cleansing nutrients are not assimilated as well as they could be. This is why
program. For the average healthy person, any of these internal the colon cleanse is the first of these advanced programs.
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Parasite Cleanse— While initially the very word parasite can
scare us Westerners, parasites are proving to be a potential and A Perspective on Cleansing
very powerful cofactor behind ill health. And it only takes one
friend’s vivid story of what they saw “come out the next morn- There was a time in the not so distant past when if you saw
ing” to make you a believer. Most parasites and worms live in someone running down the road, you would have wondered
our digestive tract, but some can get into our internal organs, what they were running from. You and everyone else would have
affecting our digestion, assimilation, allergies, energy levels, stopped and stared—jogging was not yet a word in the diction-
nervousness, and skin problems. For this reason, the parasite ary—and when you finally found out why they were doing it,
cleanse is first program suggested after the colon cleanse. your first thought was, “That’s weird. They’re weird.”
Kidney Cleanse— Your two kidneys are responsible for filtering Even less time has past where you heard about people who went
out your body’s metabolic waste and keeping the blood clean. to gyms and lifted iron weights—or even more bizarre, they did
Like any filter, they can get blocked and backed up. Once you some kind of stretchy quiet thing called yoga. Chances are good
understand the implications of backed up urea, ammonia and that you initially looked at that behavior and thought, “That’s
other toxic by-products, (and that over 15 million Americans weird. They’re weird.”
have some form of kidney problems) you will want to do this
program. All cleansing involves increasing the amount of water Today, most people know about the importance of cardio-vascu-
consumed each day, so it is critical that we help the kidneys filter lar exercise. They know about the bone-building, mind-clarify-
and do their job. ing, blood-pumping advantages of working out in a gym or
doing stretchy quiet yoga.
Liver Cleanse— The deepest, most profound cleanse that we
can do is a liver cleanse. Since it is the largest organ in our body, Well, guess what. Your organs need exercise, too. They need
and has the farthest reach, most functions, and often the most pumping, and flushing, and cleansing and a way to revitalize
stored toxins, the liver is the last advanced cleanse suggested. A from modern life and modern diets. You might currently be a
toxic liver is associated with more symptoms than virtually any part of the group that hears of someone doing an organ cleanse,
other organ, from hormone imbalances, to skin problems, to and immediately think, “That’s weird. They’re weird.”
stuck emotions like anger and irritation. But at some point, very soon, you won’t think that it is weird.
And at that point, I want you to remember this: it wasn’t doctors
who told you to jog, and it wasn’t doctors who told you to work
out in gyms. I promise you: it will not be doctors who teach you
the art of organ cleansing and its relationship to staying drug,
pain, and symptom-free.
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The Very Basics: How to Just Get Started
It is suggested that you read this e-book from beginning to end. But
Overview: Why we are in
for those who want to just get started on a colon cleanse, flip to this
section.
such deep doo-doo
Take a look through the following list of digestive and skin
injuries. It is alphabetical for easy viewing:
The Complete Colon Acid Reflux , Acne, Anal Diseases, Barrett Esophagus, Biliary
Tract Diseases, Bloating, Boils, Candida, Candida Albicans,
Celiac Disease, Cholecystitis, Chronic Belching, Chronic Gas,
Cleansing System Colitis, Colon Cancer, Constipation, Crohn’s Disease, Cysts,
Dandruff, Dermatitis, Dermatofibroma, Diarrhea, Diverticuli-
tis, Diverticulosis, Dry Skin, Duodenal Ulcer, Eczema, Endo-
metriosis, Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Fatty Liver, Fecal
Incontinence, Fibromyalgia, Folliculitis, Gallstones, Gastritis,
Gastro-Esophageal-Reflux Disease, Gastroparesis, GERD, GI
infections, Heartburn, Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, IBD, IBS, Indi-
gestion, Hemorrhoids, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable
Bowel Syndrome, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Malabsorption Syn-
drome, Peptic Ulcer, Pimples, Proctitis, Psoriasis , Skin Tags,
Ulcerative Colitis...
If you live in a western culture, chances are good that you suffer
from one of the names in this growing list of symptoms. Chanc-
es are even better that you know someone that suffers from
one of these sets of symptoms. But the highest odds— almost
100%—are that you, like me, were taught the following beliefs:
Number 1: that these symptoms have little to do with your
what you eat;
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Number 2: that the only way to get rid of your symptoms is tions mentioned above is because we can’t get ourselves to talk
through pharmaceutical drugs; and about poop. Bowel movements. The stuff that comes out of us
each morning and lies in the toilet. Like some odd extension of a
Number 3: that if there is no cure yet, it will be forthcoming, puritanical viewpoint of sex, basic life functions have remained
once a few more billion dollars are spent in drug research. in the closet for so long that no one can discuss it like any other
We just need more research money, and another drug to put adult conversation without being embarrassed.
into your bloodstream. Once that is accomplished, you will
be “cured.” This has lead to a culture that thinks enemas are weird and un-
natural, yet it is considered polite and normal and good logic for
What you have been taught is not true. Every single one of those someone to walk into a building (called a hospital), be drugged
symptoms, from Rosacea to Crohn’s to IBS to acne to psoriasis, into an unconscious state, have their belly slit open with a sharp
is there largely because of the historically new food choices knife, and have twelve feet of intestines removed because that
you have been eating, and the internal condition this diet has section has become necrotic and poisoned.
created. More importantly, every single one of those skin and
digestive injuries can be healed through little else than a change It is considered the height of strange behavior to gently flush
a cleaner diet and a colon cleansing program. that same intestines with water, in order to remove those toxins
that necessitated the belly-slitting hospital visit, yet we live in a
culture that considers it normal to spend $14,000 (“Don’t worry,
it’s covered by my health insurance, so no one is actually paying
Why the Blind Spot? for it”) to have a 1/2” flexible hose/light/video camera/cutting
instrument placed five feet up into the anus, in order to remove
I’ve been teaching cleansing principals now for over 20 years. balls of toxic, pus-laden fleshy material protruding into the
That’s enough years where I’m now starting seeing friends both intestines.
go under the knife and die from digestive auto-poisoning prob- People who go to colon hydro-therapists are considered “really
lems. For years, I could not figure out why more people didn’t out there,” yet we live in a culture where a growing number of
treat their colon like they treated their hair or skin or teeth. high school kids are regularly taking drugs to control uncontrol-
Meaning: why they didn’t keep their colon clean? None of those lable diarrhea, and where over 80,000 American adults are now
good friends ever gave their digestion nutrition any thought. daily wearing adult diapers.
I now believe that one of the reasons for this blind behavior is If you look up the definition of Fibromyalgia (a main source
this: we are a culture deeply embarrassed by basic human biol- of chronic pain), it will say that the cause can be “systemic
ogy. A major reason behind that huge list of debilitating condi- foreign antigens are considered one of the leading causes of
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Fibromyalgia. “Systemic foreign antigens.” Do you know what ulously clean between each one with a small string. We cleanse
this is? It is crap, poop, your bowel movements, that has gotten our hair, our skin, or nails, our feet. How about cleansing our
into the bloodstream. In the same definition, it goes on to say clothes? Or our kitchen counter? If you have physical symptoms,
that a Fibromyalgia “patient typically it is time to try an internal cleanse.
demonstrates an elevated erythrocyte
sedimentation rate, acute phase reac-
tive proteins, ferritins, pre-albumin,
and metalothienens.” Let’s put that Forget Stats. Think Results.
into layman terms: “Patient has
crap floating in their bloodstream. In teaching about the benefits of cleansing, I’ve found
Period.” that statistics on health problems rarely motivate people
We can’t even call it what it is, we’re to start a cleansing program. What motivates them (and
that constipated in our embarrassed me) are the immediate benefits that they get in the first
thinking. We use scientific phrases 3-30 days of a cleansing lifestyle.
like “systemic foreign antigens.” No In other words, facts like “Colon cancer kills over 400%
wonder we are in such a mess. We more than AIDS.”, or “Colon Cancer will kill over
have truly reached a level of insanity. 60,000 Americans this year.” don’t really hit home. It’s
Digestive tract illnesses are on the like saying “Cars accidents kill people, so be very, very
rise. In 1950, less than 12% of Ameri- careful.” Who really gets affected so deeply as to change
cans had diverticulitis (balloon-like ones driving habits?
bulbs extending out of the normal colon wall). In 1987, over Instead, what motivates us to change is results—
40% of Americans now have this condition (this comes straight
from the Merck Manual, probably the most conservative and People who do a colon cleanse report that they can think
respected source of health statistics). We now spend more on clearer. They find that they make decisions easier, and with
digestive disorders each year than we do on cars. more clarity. They experience less daily stress and overwhelm.
For those with businesses, this translates into more income and
Well, I say it is time we grow up; we either start acknowledging smarter business decisions. Let me repeat this: a non-toxic colon
the importance of digestive care—and the huge role we play in makes your brain think clearer.
it—or we continue to see more and more suffering.
People who do a colon cleanse report more emotional stability.
We cleanse the surface of our teeth with a brush. We even metic-
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They stop overreacting to daily situations. They become the
emotionally stable ones in their group of friends. They are more
Education That Matters
patient with their kids, as well as with themselves. I have made a habit of asking people what they remember from
their experience back in high school anatomy and biology class.
Colon cleansing cleans up the skin. It can’t be stated any Most people say the same thing: they remember very little.
clearer: a skin problem is a digestive tract problem. If you have Why? Because none of it mattered. Think about it: of what value
had a long time skin problem, you have a colon problem. And your was cutting up the innards of frogs, or learning the difference
skin condition can be completely regenerated. between the gluteus maximus and minimus? It is mind boggling
Last, colon toxicity can be the underlying cause of many symp- to ponder the waste of time and resources that are spent on stuff
toms, such as: not related to life-enhancing, day-to-day life knowledge.
But it is time we start making a distinction, between all the
• Constipation • Headaches mind-numbing, idiotic minutia we survived through during
grades 1-to-12, and true life knowledge—information that can
• Hemorrhoids • Backaches enhance and lengthen our experience here on earth. And know-
ing how your digestive system works definitely falls into the life
• Arthritis • Allergies
knowledge category. If the 80 million people suffering from
• Diarrhea • Distended Abdomen digestive system problems had known what you are about
to learn, they probably wouldn’t be in the life-threatening
• Bad Breath/Halitosis • Skin Problems situation they are now in. Knowing just the basics of how your
• Chronic Fatigue • Asthma basic organs work—colon, kidneys, liver— is as important as
the reading, writing, and arithmetic, and this series of Advanced
• Irritability • Depression Cleansing e-books is dedicated to exactly that.
• Prostate Trouble • Difficult Weight Loss Before we start, it will be helpful if you away any lousy beliefs
you may have incurred from your K12 educational experience.
• Frequent Colds • Hypoglycemia
I’m talking mainly about the ones that make your mind and
• Insomnia • Food Cravings nervous system go to sleep the minute you hear words like
“anatomy.” I myself had to get over a few of these when I first
• Abdominal Gas • Hypertension started studying natural health. What you will learn here in this
eBook is fascinating, very focused on what’s important, takes
about 10 minutes to learn, and is immediately applicable to
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your life and health. Besides, this knowledge has a few cool side
benefits: Cleansing Colon Anatomy 0:
You can live pain free, while others your age come down What We Really Should Have
with joint pain, arthritis, etc.
You can keep your mind and emotions clear, while others
Learned in School
get more and more brain fog and emotional toxic buildup as
they age.
You can live pharmaceutical drug free, while most of your
peers will be taking, on average, 8 medicines a day by the
Let’s Get the Language Straight
time they’re 60, costing them thousands of dollars.
The entire tube, from mouth to anus, is called your digestive
It can keep you symptom free. system, or digestive tract. Some call it the alimentary or gastro-
intestinal tract if they want to obfuscate, but those terms aren’t
You can add years to your life.
used very much.
You can save a lot of money.
While the digestive system is one long tube, about 25 to 30 feet
in length, each section functions differently. The main parts,
from top to bottom, are mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
intestines, large intestines, and anus. Note that the important
ones for internal cleansing are those three in bolded blue.
The last part of the entire digestive system, the five to six-foot
long large intestines, is also known as the bowel, or colon, or gut.
Since the How Health Works Colon Cleanse affects the entire
digestive tract, the name “colon” cleanse isn’t a truly accurate
title; however, since most people refer to this kind of cleanse as a
colon cleanse, we will stick to that name. Just remember that the
this cleanse is affecting more than just the six feet of colon.
Until you learn the physical location of your different digestive
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system parts, understanding the digestive process will always be
difficult. So an important step in each of these advanced cleans-
ing programs is learning where your organs reside in your body.
To that extent, How Health Works has commissioned one of
America’s best anatomical artists, Dr. Nina Ollikainen, MD,
to draw what are among the clearest drawings of the human
digestion system I have seen. You will find that by viewing her
custom, exclusive-to-HHWorks drawings, you will quickly
memorize the location of the important digestive organs.
Learn The Physical Landmarks
I find the best way to learn organ location is to simply look Stomach
down at your torso; that way, right remains on the right side, left
remains on the left (versus looking in the mirror, which reverses Small
everything). As I describe each part, trace it on your own body Intestines
with your hand, so you can physically feel your body. Also, use
these landmarks: Front hipbone corners (officially called the
anterior superior spine of the ilium, those sharp points you feel
on the fronts of your hip bone, ); the naval (aka belly button); Large
Left
the rib arch (the costal arch that natural parabolic curve that Intestines hand
follows the lower part of your rib cage).
The esophagus is about 7-10 inches long, and runs straight
down the middle of your chest. It connects your mouth to your Right
stomach. hand
The stomach usually sits just under the rib cage, slightly to your
left, under your heart. As the stomach fills up, it can sink a bit
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and can then be felt below the bottom-most cage, and then turns down the left side. At about
rib. Go ahead and place your hand there and the front edge of your left hip bone, it heads towards
visualize the stomach under the middle-left the back part of the torso, deep next to the spine,
side of your rib cage. and then out to the anus. Read this part again, and
this time follow your large intestines around your
The small intestines lies in the central area torso with your hand. As you’re looking down at
of your torso, around the vicinity of your your torso, the large intestines travels in a clockwise
belly button. It’s about 20 feet long, and one direction.
inch in diameter. The start of it is attached
to the bottom of the stomach. From there, it That’s it. You now know the basic location of the
snakes around the belly area in no particular three most important parts of your digestive tract:
pattern. It does, however, always end up in • 1. Stomach— mainly under your left-center rib cage, but
the lower right corner, around the front edge peaking out a bit as it gets full.
of right hip bone (the sharp corner of bone • 2. Small Intestines— dead center, around the area of
you feel). There, it connects to the start of your belly button
Common Large • 3. Large Intestines— like a border, it goes up your right
the large intestines.
Intestine Position side, across the bottom of the ribs, and down your left
NOTE: In Nina’s draw- side.
ings, she has shortened •
the small intestines for
the purpose of clarity. • Distortions
Just know that in your Internal organs can become
body, the full 20 feet distorted and distended, moving
length of small intestines from the more standard loca-
actually makes for a very tion seen in classic anatomical
packed space there sur- pictures. Some times people are
rounding your navel. born with these altered positions,
Distended but more often they are the result
The large intestines is
Position Examples of lifestyle and dietary choices.
about five or six feet long,
and two inches in diameter. It starts near that right hip bone, For instance, X-rays have shown
then goes up your right side, across the area just below your rib sections of the large intestines
to sag far off there normal
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course, as shown in the two bottom images here. The
stomach and kidneys can drop six or even 12 inches,
pulling down on the surrounding tissue and organs.
The liver can be twice or more its normal size. This
is simply worth noting, especially as you start to Liver
palpate for organ placement and learn some of the
massage techniques.
How It All Works
Mouth to Stomach:
Gallbladder
You swallow food. It travels down the esophagus and
lands in the stomach, a tough muscular, mucus-layered sac
that is the only place in your body that can withstand the acids
that are secreted there. Those acids are so powerful that if they
were to end up anywhere else, they’d burn tissue (if you’ve ever
burped some up, and felt the effects on your throat, you know
how powerful it is). In the stomach, food is broken down into
a liquid called chyme (pronounced “kime” and rhymes with
time). At the bottom of the stomach is a special
valve that keeps everything in the stomach until Duodenum
it’s been turned into chyme; once that valve opens
up, it allows a spurt of chyme to go into the start of the small
intestines, and then the valve closes again. Common Bile
Duct
First part of the small intestines:
The 20-foot long 1-inch diameter small intestines is where
things get interesting; it is one of the more fascinating places in
our body. Writers have called it the “inner garden” because it
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has similar characteristics to a compost pile in the way it breaks sorbable through the lower parts of the small intestines. Fats are
things down into its smallest microscopic components, sort of where some vitamins come from (A, D, E, and K). Unabsorbed
the body’s version of dirt (note the analogy: dirt is the source of fats can coat other foods and prevent digestion and absorption,
all plant life). As soon as new food enters the small intestines, so adequate bile is not only critical for the entire digestive pro-
dozens, perhaps hundreds, of things occur, but let’s focus on the cess, it is needed to prevent decomposition of partially digested
ones important for understanding cleansing. foods by intestinal bacteria. A side note, which will become
more important in the liver flush: if the flow of bile is impeded
1. The first 12” inches of the small intestines is called the duode- by inflammation, gall stones, or other blockages, bile can start
num (pronounced either backing up, and bile poisoning—also known as jaundice or
(DOO’ oh deenum or doo OD ahnum). The walls of this some milder, unrecognized version of it—can result.
one-foot long duodenum section release hormones. Which
hormones? It depends on the contents of the chyme. 3. The tube that connects the liver and gall bladder to
Pay attention here: other words, what we eat plays a this first section of the small intestines is also shared
role on what hormones get activated and placed into by the organ called the pancreas (pan’-kree-as). The
our body. pancreas pours digestive enzymes into the small
intestines from this tube (at the rate of 1.5 to 2 quarts
2. The liver and gallbladder have a tube—called per day). These enzymes are very susceptible to acid;
logically the Common Bile Duct—that connects if the chyme is too acidic, or there isn’t enough bile
into that first section of small intestines, where they to neutralize the acid, then these pancreatic enzymes
release a green substance called bile (rhymes with don’t survive, and digestion and absorption suffers.
file). In the lower picture to the right, the liver has
been lifted up, so that you can see: 4. Small Intestines: The inner wall of the entire
• the gallbladder (green organ) small intestines is very wavy, lined with millions of
• the duodenum (that C-shaped part of the small 1/4-inch hairs called villi. Each hair has even tinier
intestines) mico-villi, adding even more surface area for absorp-
• pancreas (yellow banana-shaped organ) tion of the extremely broken down food as it moves
past. Gray’s Anatomy says that if you were to stretch
Bile is an extremely alkaline, bitter, salty substance out the entire surface of this 20-foot, 1-inch wide
that quickly neutralizes the still-acidy chyme—criti- small intestines, it would cover the surface of a tennis
cal because, again, the only area in our body that court. If this tennis court is covered with mucus and
withstand strong acid is the stomach. Bile also starts waste that never moves, then those hairs can’t absorb
mixing with fats, which then makes fat and oil ab- what is passing by them. You can put in the finest
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organic produce, and expensive supplements. If those hairs are foods with a greasy covering. We end up with bad absorption,
covered, those nutrients pass right through. undigested food, and bad internal chemistry.
The small intestines is where over 95% of all friendly bacteria This is why “disease” cannot be seen as an isolated, specific
live. There are over 100 estimated varieties of microflora or bac- organ problem. It works better to view it as an ecology problem.
teria in a healthy gut, all designed to promote nutrient produc-
tion and assimilation, maintain a pH (acid-alkaline) balance,
and to prevent proliferation of harmful bacteria.
Probably the most fascinating part of the small intestines is
its connection—directly—to blood. Tens of thousands of tiny
blood vessels connect with its outer layers, where the transfusion
of nutrients from the chyme get transferred to the blood. This is
why fats, minerals, enzymes, and vitamins pulled and manufac-
tured from the chyme get placed into our blood stream, which
then travels to every part of the every cell of the body.
Once chyme reaches the end of the small intestines, there is
another tight muscle valve that controls the opening into the
large intestines—again, located just inside of the area of your
right hip bone. The main function of the large intestines is to
reabsorb water and minerals.
As you start to see, each of these steps is dependent on the other
steps. If one of them can’t do its job, then other parts don’t work.
Food is not broken down into small enough compounds, and
therefore gets pushed down the digestive tract in a form that the
body can’t really use. It can’t get at the vitamins, or the miner-
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The Very Basics: How to Just Get Started
Part One:
It is suggested that you read this e-book from beginning to end. But
for those who want to just get started on a colon cleanse, flip to this Nutritional Cleansing
section.
Along with the changes in diet outlined in Cellular Cleansing
Made Easy 28-day program, there are some supplements to
take during a colon cleanse. These are designed to help pull out
and absorb toxic material, replenish some key ingredients, and
The Two Parts to regenerate the tone and tissue of the intestines.
Anyone who has followed the How Health Works systems of
health knows that I am not a big fan of over-supplementation. It
Colon Cleansing is too easy to start taking pills all day and think that is the key
to making you healthier. So every supplement here has a very
specific reason and a long track record for results. Here are the
basic parts you need to get:
There are two distinct parts to advanced colon cleansing: A. Liquid bentonite clay
nutritional help and internal help. They are approached from...
B. Psyllium husk herbal formula
well, from both ends. Let’s explain both parts, and then put it
together into your program in the following section. C. Digestive Enzymes
D. Friendly bacteria
E. Chlorophyll and Mineral superfoods
Check your local health food store, or check out the can get all
of these at your local health food store, or for online access, see
the Supplies and Sources section for the least expensive sources
I’ve found.
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Let’s understand how each one works and why they help. toxins.
This dietary clay comes in a few names: Pascalite, bentonite,
A. Liquid bentonite clay Terramin, Montmorillonite, specifics such as calcium bentonite,
Hydrated liquid bentonite clay is one of the most effective even Therapeutic Living Clay. While they probably each have
natural intestinal detoxifiers and has been recognized as such slightly different effects on the body, I’ve tried them all and
for centuries by native peoples around the find everyone of them do the basic job of helping detoxify and
world. I read one first books on the diet- strengthen the colon. Use whatever product you can get hold of.
disease/diet-health connection in 1979. It See the Supplies & Sources section for ideas.
was Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Bentonite works as an absorbent. It pulls material with it as
by Dr. Weston A. Price. In his world travels it travels from mouth to end. While some users believe that
throughout the 1920s and 30s, he describes clay’s inherent negative charge is responsible for its detoxifying
how he saw indigenous people often us-
properties, helping to pull heavy metals, pesticides, and so forth
ing clay internally to prevent digestive Weston A. Price from the colon, I’ve yet to find anything that proves this. Clay
problems. He saw it in use as far ranging as the Andes, Central
could very well have no chemical effect with the body, simply
Africa and Australia. The Aborigines actually traveled with it in
a physical one. As with all natural remedies, it doesn’t really
their knapsacks, and told Price that was used to prevent a “sick
matter how it works. It just does, and history and many cultures
stomach.”
have proven this.
The Max Gerson Institute, a long time
While dry bentonite can be purchased, it’s not recommend, be-
proponent of internal cleansing, still recom-
cause it is a mess to use, and difficult to swallow without chok-
mends clay to help detoxify the body.
ing. Instead, purchase your bentonite clay from a manufacturer
Liquid bentonite clay is made up of water that has combined it with purified water.
and bentonite clay. Bentonite is the name
given to a dietary clay discovered around The taste in its liquid form is actually not unpleasant, and can be
1880-1890 in the Wyoming Montana area. made in a formula of 1 teaspoon in about 8 ounces of water. As
Created from volcanic ash, it becomes very your cleanse progresses, you can add more, up to a tablespoon,
Max Gerson
slippery (almost gel-like) when mixed with and be used 2 or 3 times each day. But as with all formulas, start
water. It’s widely used in the cosmetic industry for skin masks, slow.
but it was the cleansing practitioners who discovered early Because of its highly absorbent quality, let bentonite go through
on that it had an extremely high ability to absorb and pull out the body on its own, or mixed with the psyllium “B&P Shake”
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(described below). Other nutritional supplements can then be clay, psyllium has a great ability to pull out and bind with mate-
taken about 60 minutes or more afterwards. This insures that rial with it as it bulks its way through your colon.
your herbs or probiotics, etc. can be absorbed by the body, not
There are many other forms of water-soluble fibers such as oat
the bentonite.
bran, apple pectin, and guar gum. Virtually any whole grain
does a mini-cleanse on its way through the colon. And if you
Note: every nutritional clay I’ve seen contains some amount
find the psyllium formulas to be too irritating to your colon,
of Hydrous Aluminum Silicate. Since the absorption of alumi-
feel free to use another source. But for most people, a simple,
num is a concern these days, you will hear of some people’s
inexpensive psyllium-based formula will work just fine.
concern in using earth clay. I spoke with the manufacturers
of two of the largest providers of bentonite. Both said that
aluminum in silicate format is a very complex structure, The B & P Shake
quite different from the aluminum in cooking pans, and The best way to take psyllium and bentonite is together, in a
not absorbable, or leachable, by the body. It would require “shake.” Get a mason jar with a tight cap (or any other tight
temperatures exceeding 1700º F to extract the aluminum container), mix 1-3 teaspoons of psyllium and 1-3 teaspoons of
from bentonite clay. One of the strongest (and smartest)
bentonite clay with 10-12 ounces of cool water or very diluted
proponents of dietary clay, Dr. Richard Anderson, has publicly
citrus/fruit juice. Actually, I prefer pretty cold water, to prevent
stated that he thinks he could be the world’s largest ben-
it from gelling too quickly. Shake vigorously. Drink immediately.
tonite consumer, yet hair analysis has shown no aluminum
in his body. Once again, I think empirical evidence of past
Note the accent on immediate! Psyllium’s gelling properties
cultures is the best science we have as a guide to health. If
act quickly, and if you don’t use cool enough water, or let it sit
it’s worked all these centuries, it can work for us. more than about 10 seconds, it will gel so quickly that you won’t
enjoy drinking it. NOTE: there is no need to “add more for more
results.” It’s better to keep the mix fairly diluted and drink more
B. Psyllium husk herbal formula than one shake per day, than to try and down a lot of psyllium
Psyllium is the name given to a large spectrum of plants that or bentonite at one time.
have water-soluble seeds that swell and gel when eaten. This pli-
able yet bulky gel stimulates the muscles in the digestive system, C. Enzymes
absorbs water and toxins, gently scrubs the sides of the intestinal
walls as it passes through the body, as well as triggering the de- If you’ve read the book, Cellular Cleansing Made Easy, and
sire to defecate. Since these plants grow in many places, psyllium listened to the 3-CD audiobook, Real Food, Real Health, you are
very familiar with enzymes, so I’m not going to go into great
has been used as an inexpensive method for helping digestion in
detail here. Enzymes are the almost invisible components of all
Russia, Europe, India, and other countries. Along with bentonite
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living things that act as a catalyst. They are found in anything body’s ability to manufacture B vitamins, balance cholesterol
that is alive, from microbes to grass to the muscles of your heart levels, and recycle estrogen (thus reducing the likelihood of
to every food we eat. They help break down fat, carbohydrates, menopausal symptoms). They actively produce antibacterial
and proteins into their basic building blocks. Interestingly, no substances which kill disease-causing bacteria. They’ve also been
one has yet to actually see an enzyme (even with the most pow- shown to play a role in controlling the herpes virus.
erful microscope). We only know they’re present (or not present
During this colon cleanse, increase the ways you have been
and deactivated) by their action or lack of action. Yet it’s known re-bacterializing your body. Try to find cultured foods, such as
that there are tens of thousands of different kinds of enzymes, non-pasteurized kimchi, or sauerkraut, as well as encapsulated
present in everything that lives, from trees, to soil, to microbes, varieties from your health food store, or the Supplies & Sources
muscles, and our digestive tract. section at the end of this e-book.
We need enzymes to digest. All foods carry with them their own
internal set of enzymes. The problem is that processing kills E. High Chlorophyll and Mineral foods
food enzymes; so does heat over about 115 degrees or so. During
Chlorophyll is a well known blood purifier. During the cleanse,
a colon cleanse, we want to dose the body with a high level of
eat leafy greens daily. I also suggest getting some form of en-
enzymes, both encapsulated pills as well as our food. Enzymes
capsulated green foods, such as wild blue green algae, spirulina,
can help tremendously with cleansing, and have shown to be
Chlorella, wheatgrass, and barley green.
helpful with allergies, hardening in the body, diabetes, high
blood pressure and cholesterol. I don’t think there is a better all around superfood to use daily
than wild blue green algae (Aphanizomenon flos-aqua). It is one
D. Friendly bacteria of the highest natural sources of chlorophyll as well as a wide
spectrum of trace minerals.
Friendly bacteria (aka probiotics or friendly flora) are talked
about at length in Cellular Cleansing Made Easy, and the second
CD Real Food, Real Health, so you already know the importance
of these health enhancers. Essentially, we are not sterile environ-
ments, and friendly bacteria are the interface we have between
life outside, and life inside. They are the key to conditions such
as digestive disorders, allergies, skin problems, and many, many
other symptoms. Particularly, they are critical to getting rid of
candida, and other yeast and fungus problems. They aid in the
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Part Two: main governing body is IACT, the International Association for
Colon Hydrotherapy. To
Internal water therapy find a certified therapist in
your country, click here.
A colonic is the name of
the procedure. It takes
Colonics and Colemas: Internal Water Therapy about 45 to 55 minutes. A
tube about 3/4 inch in di-
Colon hydrotherapy involves the gentle introduction of a few ameter is inserted into the
gallons of purified water—sometimes infused with minerals or rectum to a depth of about
chlorophyll—into the colon using a small tube that is placed a two inches. This is for
few inches into the rectum. outflow. Within this tube is a 1/8 inch tube of water for inflow.
You change into a gown and lie onto a padded table. The thera-
This internal water therapy has a history that goes back at least pist inserts the tube, and starts the warm water flow. She can
a few hundred years. Hippocrates mentions a type of enema in also massage your abdomen to help move things along. Because
his writing. Lewis and Clark’s physician, before their long voyage of the natural separation between the large intestines and the
across America in 1803, gave the men instructions on the use of small intestines by the ileocecal valve, the colonic water only fills
internal water therapy for reversing the onset of fever and illness. up the six feet of large intestines. When the need to evacuate is
As late as the 1930s, US hospitals used colon irrigation machines felt, the inflowing water is paused, and all evacuation takes place
as part of their standard practice. through the existing tube, all while you are still lying down.
There is no smell, no mess, and the process is actually quiet
Colon hydrotherapy can be done through two ways: by going to
relaxing. Throughout the session, there will be a few water fills
a professional colon hydrotherapist, or self-administered, using a
and evacuations, each helped along with some gentle abdominal
device called a colema board. Let’s look at both.
massage. When the session is done, the tube is removed, you get
up and go the toilet for any last evacuation, and the session is
complete.
Colonic All of this sounds odd only to those that have never experienced
it. Whenever I travel and speak, I regularly ask the audience who
A colon hydrotherapist is someone that has gone through one of
has gotten a series of colonics. Usually about 20% of the room
the accredited schools throughout the world. Here in the US, the
raises their hand. When I ask them how the experience was,
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invariably people sing its praises. Imperceptibly, the water starts to fill up your large intestines,
just as with a colonic. At some point, you will feel the urge to
evacuate. No need to remove the speculum; it is small enough
Colema so that everything happens while you are still lying down. You
The second method for internal water therapy is the home ver- repeat this process a few times until the five gallons of warm
sion. This is done with the help of a colema board. water is complete. Between rounds, it’s nice to read, or listen to
relaxing music, or massage your belly to help release and remove
A colema board is a brilliant device for home colonics first old matter. Once the water is finished, you can sit up. I like to
designed about 20 years ago by a company called California walk straight into the shower, with the colema board to clean up.
Colema. It is shown in the diagram
below. At about $180, I consider it With both the colonic and the colema board, you can add
to be an excellent investment (that’s things to the water, such as dissolved blue green algae, liquid
about the cost of three professional chlorophyll, enzymes, bentonite clay, or probiotics. I also make
hydrotherapy sessions). The design sure I’m really going to be comfortable for about an hour. Books,
is ingenious. It’s made of one piece of lighting, a sheet for warmth. I am so comfortable during the
lightweight plastic, has a handle, and process that I often fall asleep.
can be stored upright in a closet. Added Herbal Helpers
The system works by gravity. You Another advantage to home water hydrotherapy is the ease with
fill a five gallon bucket with warm which you can add powerful detoxifying agents and herbal toni-
water, and place it up on the back fiers to your water. Here are some ideas:
of the toilet, or some other high location. The included silicone
hose goes from the bucket down through a hole in the end of the Garlic helps kill parasites, harmful bacteria, and cleanses mu-
round circular end (the left side in the image) and is attached cous congestion. Blend 6 garlic cloves in 2 cups water and strain
to a small pencil-size speculum. You then place a towel or two into the full 5 gallons of water. Don’t overdo this one, or it will
down for a back cushion, a few pillows for your head, and lay create too strong a burning sensation.
down on the colema board. You “plug in” to the speculum, so Blue Green Algae, spirulina, or other dried green superfoods
that it rests about two inches into your rectum, and then posi- helps detoxify both blood and bowels. Use a tablespoon or two
tion yourself so that your butt rests on the large round opening. in the 5 gallons.
Relax for a few minutes, and then you reach up and release
the water stop on the tube, which starts the gravity-fed water. Aloe vera heals tissues in cases of hemorrhoids, irritable bowel
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and diverticulitis. Use the juice that can be found in the health colemas and colonics, I received an email from a How Health
food store, or fresh leaf, if you can get it. Works member, saying, “I believe that doctors with the title MD
are the highest source of knowledge, and I’ve read that no doctor
Wheatgrass juice. Fresh. You can’t overdo this one. Use towards believes in colonics.”
the end, and hold it in for a few minutes, to let the large intes-
tines absorb as much as possible. So just in case you are hesitant to try out colonics because it is
something no medical doctor would ever recommend, I leave
Acidophilus relieves gas, yeast infections and candidiasis. Mix this section with the following quotes:
4oz. powder in 1 qt. water.
Coffee enemas detoxify the liver, stimulating both liver and
“Through my 25 years in medical practice and health care…I have
gallbladder to remove toxins, open bile ducts, increase peristaltic
come to believe that the cleansing/detoxification process is the missing link
action, and produce enzyme activity for healthy red blood in Western nutrition and one of the keys to real healing. I have seen hun-
cell formation and oxygen uptake. Use 1 cup of regular strong dreds of patients over the years transform regular or persistent illness into
brewed coffee to 1 qt. water. Often effective for migraine head- health and greatly improved vitality.”
aches. Dr. Elson M. Haas, MD
Director of the Medical Center of Marin
“Colon hydrotherapy is excellent as a treatment for yeast syndrome.
Skipping the Internal Water Therapy? I have trained and certified colon hydrotherapists working as part of my
staff.”
If you, the reader, are like many people that I’ve met over the Dr. Sharda Sharma, MD,
years, there is a high chance that as much as understand the primary care physician for
27 years, Milburn, New Jersey,
necessity of a clean colon, and even cleansing, you would like to
skip the whole second part of colon cleansing, this internal water
“I’ve had a colon hydrotherapy device in my office for twenty-five years.
thing.
How the equipment works so effectively is nothing short of astounding.”
Plenty of results can be had by simply doing the nutrition part of Dr. Michael Gerber, MD, Reno, Nevada
this program. Don’t be put off of colon cleansing if you can’t see
yourself getting a colonic. “One of my more significant cases was Tommy, an eight-year-old boy
with the most awful constipation anyone could imagine. I improved the
However, as I was writing this today, trying to come up with child’s diet and removed all junk foods, and balanced his colonic flora. But
ways of encouraging people experience the health benefits of
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most vital for Tommy’s welfare is that he took colon hydrotherapy under
my prescription. The beneficial effect was dramatic, for within six months
he was experiencing a natural and normal bowel movement every day. It’s
been two years that Tommy remains in excellent physical condition.
“There is no question about the huge difference a health professional
can bring to the patient by utilizing colon hydrotherapy.”
Dr. Paul Flashner, MD,
Former general surgeion, Wellesley,
Massachusetts
“I am very well acquainted with the colon’s functions and my true belief
is that colon hydrotherapy is the perfect cleansing medium. Without any
reservation, I declare that my wish is to see it become an established pro-
cedure for many kinds of gastrointestinal problems.”
Dr. Leonard Smith, MD, of Gainsville, Florida
25 years as a board certified in general surgery
“I believe that the colon is one of the most neglected areas by the medi-
cal establishment. It is my own personal and professional opinion that colon
hydrotherapy is one of the most valuable treatment modalities offered at
our clinic.”
Dr. Donald J. Mantell, M.D.
“I have found that arthritis patients may be helped tremendously with a
series of colon treatments.”
Donald J Mantell, M.D.
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The Very Basics: How to Just Get Started Now that you know the why of colon cleansing, the two parts to
T his is the low down on what to actually do. colon cleansing, and the particular herbs and supplements and
how they work, you will find the following how-to steps very
easy and flexible.
Remember, though: the object here is to get results. That’s why a
colon cleanse works many times better when you’ve straightened
out your general diet as outlined in the HHW 28-Day Initial
Regeneration Program (done with the book, Cellular Cleansing
The Colon Cleanse Made Easy, and the 3-CD audiobook, Real Food, Real Health:
How to eat our way back to a health nation). This sets up the
basic habits of good nutrition, and let’s the body do a general
Protocol internal cleanse. To review this program, click here.
#1: Commit to a Time Frame
Step one is to commit to a number of days when you will do
your colon cleansing program. As you’ll see, it can be three days,
or five days, or two weeks, or even a month. It all depends on the
level of your health and the goals you need to reach.
#2: Set up water hydrotherapy sessions
Step two is to schedule in your water hydrotherapy sessions. If
you’re using a professional colon hydrotherapist, schedule at
least two sessions, based on their recommended time interval.
This will probably be three to seven days apart. If you have pur-
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chased a colema board, mark in your own schedule when you Ginger is the subject of over 350 scientific papers. Over 400
will do them. Evenings are often best, but choose the time slots compounds have been found in it, many focusing on its ability
that work for you. to lessen arthritic pain and joint stiffness. Andrew Weil notes
that ginger helps digest proteins, is effective for motion sickness
Three to six sessions are a good number. You can do them over and nausea, strengthens the mucosal lining of the colon, has
one week, or spaced out over a month. anti-cancer properties, and can help prevent ulcers and internal
parasites (no wonder that so many warm, third world countries
use it in their daily cooking). Absolutely a must have during this
and any cleansing protocol.
#3: Schedule your Supplements
During the evenings, make a simple but delicious ginger tea, in
place of dessert. Grate a few tablespoons of fresh ginger root.
Each day, during your Colon Cleansing program, use the follow- Poor hot water over it. Steep for a few minutes. Add a bit of
ing as a nutritional guideline: maple syrup. Mmm. Notice, too, how it really does aid in your
A. P&B Shake: dinner’s digestion.
Once or twice a day, mix up a bentonite clay and psyllium husk For the times you don’t have fresh ginger on hand, or for travel-
shake. As described earlier, use cool or cold water in order to ing, I carry a liquid ginger extract.
avoid it getting too thick before drinking it. If you do it only
once per day, try it after your last meal. Start with a thin mix-
ture, and keep it palatable.
B. The 3 Rs: Supplies & Sources
Two or Three times each day, gulp down a few enzymes, friendly
bacteria, and algae or other green food capsules. These will cover As anyone HHW member or reader will attest, I’m not a big fan
your “3 Rs”, the ReMineralize, ReBacterialize, ReEnzymize part on overdoing supplements. While they can be life saving, they
of your formula. can also lead to the disease called Supplement Roller Coasteritis,
where people start relying on capsules and tablets for their
C. Other Supplements and Teas:
health, instead of doing the daily homework of eating right.
Aside from the above, there are a few herbal formulas that are
designed to help repair the digestive tract. Look for ones that That said, there are undeniable superfoods that can make a big
use herbs such as milk thistle, pumpkin seed, turmeric, ginger, difference in helping heal and helping get rid of symptoms. Get
burdock, fennel, clove, and so forth what you can locally, or use this list to purchase online. I only
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list the products that I use myself. Again, use the sources you are unfortunate crime is that every single one of these symptoms
comfortable with, or use these links: are normally translated in our culture as “Wow, I am getting
sick, I am getting worse, and I need drugs to stop this symptom
Probiotics, Enzymes, and wild Blue Green Algae. Use ID from occurring.” The list is long, but here are a few signs to be
number 114 0002 to get wholesale pricing. aware of: Headaches, Colds/Flu symptoms, Fever/ Chills, Joint
Wheatgrass Kits. These folks are the best on the Internet. They pains, Coughing, Gas and Bloating, Fatigue, Hives, Increased
sell kits that can easily have you growing your own wheatgrass menstruation, Decreased menstruation, Cramps, Rashes, Bad
trays in minutes. Check out their bulk pricing. Breath, Dandruff, Excess ear wax, Excess nose gunk, Excess
throat sludge, Constipation, Diarrhea, Wheezing, Tight/stiff
Foods and herbal supplements. I continually find these resellers neck, Acne, Backaches, Itchy skin, Red skin, Sleep interruption,
to be the best prices for items such as Raw Apple Cider vinegar; Dizziness, Mood changes, and Irritation.
Raw Coconut oil; colon fiber products, etc.
Instead of memorizing the list, the key is to realize that we ex-
perience these symptoms as a result of our body burning off old,
necrotic, metabolic waste. This is a good thing. The alternative is
to keep that waste in us, in our cells.
Understanding detoxification 2. You’re not sleeping enough, nor drinking enough. Listen:
You are going through a healing. You need more rest than you
normally need. This isn’t the time to be staying out late at night,
There is so much that goes on behind the cellular scene, so or even keeping your normal hours. For the first couple weeks of
much more improvement than you cannot visually see. If you’re your colon cleanse, plan your days so that you have more down
having a hard time, I am 99% sure that it’s because of the same time.
three things I see over and over:
Also, if you’re not drinking at least half your weight in ounces
1. You are feeling the effects of detoxification. Rarely does of water, the removal of old sludge and cells will take longer. A
someone escape the effects of old cell burn off during a cleanse. cleanse is a time when our lymph system is going full time, do-
You must understand that what your body is going through is ing the task of removing old material as new material comes in.
not only normal, but healthy. On the other side of detox is a level You need to stay hydrated.
of health you haven’t been at in years. Probably decades.
Imagine a clean flowing stream running through the front yard
There are many, many ways detoxification will show up in and of your mountain cabin. One day your neighbors upstream
on your body when metabolic toxins start leaving the cells. The decide to do a stream “cleanse,” and starts clearing out all the
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debris that has gathered over the past year in the stream; sticks, About the Author
weeds, backed up leaves, and a few stuck toys from last year’s
party. Within a short period of time, the water running by your Ok, read this to yourself in movie-trailer voice: In a world of age-
cabin has become dirty with debris. Such is the nature of cleans- less beauty, there was one man who was neither. That has little to
ing. It tends to get worse before it gets better. Increasing the do with this e-book, but I feel you are now emotionally prepared
for the About the Author page.
water flow helps this detox process move faster.
Former User of Spam and Velveeta Cheese
All success on this cleanse requires the breaking of old habits,
Scott Ohlgren is a 50-year old enthusiastic student, teacher, and beneficiary
and the old ways of doing things. And most importantly, bring- of the natural healing paradigm. Raised in the heart of Wisconsin (“The
ing attention to areas that were heretofore asleep. Any habit is a Dairy State”), where Spam and Velveeta cheese were considered part of
place where we are asleep, and this cleanse requires rethinking the 4 Food Groups, his introduction to the diet-symptom, diet-health con-
nection came just in time. At the age of 19, tired of acne, a growing sinus
and being aware in the world of food.
problem and four years of tetracycline, a friend shoved a book into his
hands, saying, “Change your diet,
You will notice a cleansing affect, often within the first couple
and those health problems will
weeks. This cleansing can go on for months, as more and more go away.” Five weeks later, the
of the trillions of cells get replenished with the newer, cleaner symptoms were gone.
fuel you are choosing to feed yourself. From that point on, period-
ic cellular cleansing has been a
When you put the body through a cleanse, billions of mucus- central part of his life and is
rich tissue cells, blood cells, and metabolic waste flood the the major reason why he
avenues of elimination. To avoid feeling slightly toxic and slug- hasn’t used a single antibiotic
or prescription drug since 1976.
gish yourself during this period, it helps to increase the 3 R’s:
He has since become an out-
ReMineralize, ReBacterialize, ReEnzymize. Make sure you are
spoken proponent, lecturer, and
using enough of these three key superfoods. author for a drug-free, pain-free,
and disease-free life, using real food nutrition as one’s main medicine
cabinet.
In 1985, Scott studied whole food nutrition at the 9-month Kushi Institute
Graduate Program. He became a certified Rolfing Practitioner (Rolf Institute,
Boulder, Colorado) in 1988. His writings started appearing in the Bay
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Area Monthly and Cell Tech International, and was interviewed in Success made 17 years earlier.
Magazine (July, 1998). He has sold over 90,000 tapes, videos and books Scott paraglides, skis, and has been a scuba diver since 1980. He and Gael
on the diet/disease, diet/health connection. His first book, The 3Phase live in Boulder, Colorado with cat Lila, Bo the dog, and an outside sauna
Manual sold over 68,000 copies. He is currently board-certified as a Holistic and cold plunge. His next big acquisition will be a goat and a few chickens,
Health Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners.
Each month, his online 28-day NACHO Cleansing Program takes hundreds to mess with the dog’s mind.
of participants through the same process that he learned 25 years ago.
Scott was the keynote speaker at the 2003 annual meeting of the
International Association of Colon Hydrotherapy (I-ACT), held in Snowbird,
Utah.
Acknowledgements
Scott’s passion, which is obvious in his videos and live events, is to have
people prove to themselves--to have the physical experience--of this con-
Dr. Dale Mabe, MD, General Family Physician, Asheville, NC
nection between their current symptoms and the food that they have been Dr. Nasha Winters, ND Namaste Health Center, Durango, CO
eating for decades. That the role of healer belongs not to those from hos-
pitals or laboratories, but is actually as close to home as hand to mouth. Dr. Kristin van Konynenburg, MD, Boulder, CO
To show that our job -- as parents, teachers, and leaders--is to return the
responsibility for our health back to where it has always belonged. He says, Russell Mariani, MA, Boston, MA
“Living with a body and mind free of prescription drugs is one of the great
hidden pleasures in our modern world.”
He is currently touring with the latest book, Cellular Cleansing Made Easy:
Learn to Regenerate Your Health Without Giving Up Food, Sex, or Sanity.
View the current schedule at the Live Events button. To bring the HHW lec-
ture to your area, or if you are a health practitioner and want to learn how
to co-teach a talk on cleansing, contact us at sales@howhealthworks.com.
For Fun
In his mid-twenties, shortly after reading Nutrition and Physical Degeneration,
by Dr. Weston Price, Scott took off on a trip around the world that lasted
just short of three years. From 1979–1982, he hitch hiked a few months
through eastern Europe, a year through Africa, sailed for four months on
a 41-foot sloop off the coast of Madagascar, and then six months living in
Australia. He did a similar seven-month voyage again in 1996, this time
with his wife, Gael, going back and visiting many of the friends he had
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