point where she was able to stop her allergy shots as well as the Zyrtec, nasal spray and Advair. Her blood pressure also dropped with her weight loss and she was able to come off of her Diovan. Her H. pylori infection was finally eradicated and she no longer needed her Protonix. Her hormones were balanced and she was close to coming off of estrogen
and she no longer needed the Hydrocorti- sone to support her adrenals. Lastly, she had reached her projected “ideal” weight of 155 pounds. It was a long process but with persever-
ance and persistence this patient was able to reduce symptoms, get off most of her medications (only her Synthroid remained which we recently switched to Armour thy- roid as a more comprehensive approach to treat thyroid disease). She also was able to achieve her weight goal. It required quite a lot of discipline for her to stay off of all the foods found to be “toxic” to her body, to go through the six-month chelation process
and then to follow the extremely restrictive Candida diet and treatment for 3+ months. The detoxification/chelation of metals from her body seemed to be the greatest catalyst in allowing her to achieve her ideal weight and to rid her of most of her symptoms. This case illustrates the far-reaching ef-
fects of a body burdened with toxins and the need for detoxification to improve and/ or reverse the symptoms of dis-ease. Detoxi- fication is a cleansing process for the body similar to spring-cleaning your house. There are varying degrees to which one can detox. What are the key components of a healthy detoxification program? Phytonutrients from plant foods especially cruciferous and sulfur containing foods; clean protein sources such as biologic whey protein or a specific medi- cal food for detoxification; vitamin, mineral and herbal supplementation; lots of water to flush the toxins and saunas are also helpful to induce sweating but must be eased into slowly and carefully to prevent the release of too many toxins. Each patient has his or her own unique biochemistry and physiol- ogy and this, in turn, determines how to best approach the detoxification process. Please consider consulting a healthcare profession- al who has experience in detoxification and/ or chelation especially if you have multiple medical problems or symptoms.
Dr. Deanna M. Cherrone is a board certi- fied internal medicine physician who prac- tices Functional Medicine at Natural Health and Healing, LLC, 60 East Main Street in Avon. Phone (860) 677-4600.
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