The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease, and Reverse Aging, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Bruce Fife (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0941599329 | ISBN-13: 978-0941599320 | Publication Date: September 1, 2001 | Edition: 2

We live in a toxic world. Environmental pollution and disease-causing germs assault us continually day after day. Our food is nutrient deficient and our water supply dangerously contaminated. People today are exposed to chemicals in far greater concentrations than were previous generations. Diseases that were rare or unheard of a century ago are now raging upon us like a plague. Millions are dying from diseases that were virtually unknown in the past. Experts tell us that by the time we reach middle age, each one of us will have already been affected by either cancer, cardiovascular disease, or some other serious degenerative condition. Conventional medicine has no sure cure. Drugs, surgery, and radiation treatments can be as dangerous and debilitating as the diseases they attempt to cure. This book outlines the steps you need to take to thoroughly detoxify and cleanse your body from these disease-causing agents. You will also learn how to reduce your toxic exposure and how to strengthen your immune system.

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Substances that are toxic to our bodies come at us from all directions: the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, the cleaning products we use, and the metabolic waste produced inside us. Toxins build up in the body faster than they can be removed, contributing to premature aging and chronic and degenerative diseases. Fife, a nutritionist, naturopath, and codirector of an alternative health center, provides a comprehensive handbook of detoxification therapies, including healthy nutrition, fasting, juicing, oxygen and heat therapies, exercise, and kidney and liver cleansing. Chapters give extensive background information on each subject, reports of research (but little documentation), and precise, detailed instructions for self-administration of the therapies, though the reader may also want to consult a practitioner for additional guidance. Line drawings and charts enhance the text, and short lists of additional resources are given at the end of chapters. An encyclopedic look at how we can care for and cleanse our amazingly resilient bodies. Penny Spokes

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Piccadilly Books; 2 edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941599329
• ISBN-13: 978-0941599320
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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148 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it works!, December 30, 2004

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This review is from: The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease, and Reverse Aging, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

I purchased this book a while ago and while reading did find parts a bit repetitive (hence the one less 'star'). Other than that it was in simple language and easy to follow - not to mention making perfect sense: in a very small nutshell - eat what is not processed, and if it's not organic, peel it first before eating. There is lots of other enlightening information about shellfish and what types of fish to eat/avoid, problems with certain meats, types of oils to avoid and use, water and air purifiers, things you can do for your body to help with cleansing, etc. If I followed the detox programme the author mentioned that I'd become sick, and boy did I ever. My body was getting rid of so much built-up toxins that I was flat out in bed in a sweat for two days solid. I knew it was coming and why, so I didn't bother with doctor visits or pills to stop the fever, which would stop the detoxification process. When the fever broke I sat up in my bed and could only blink my eyes as I was so shocked how great I felt, even sitting there in a sweat-soaked t-shirt, I never felt better. Although I have waned from eating properly again and I feel tired and drained most of the time through poor choices with my diet, my New Year's resolution is to follow Fife's detox programme again and this time, make a lifestyle change with it, rather than a temporary fix. I highly recommend it!

192 of 200 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book with one tiny exception..., August 28, 2002

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Melissa A. Lambert "Melissa Ann Lambert" (Studio City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease, and Reverse Aging, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

The book is the best health book I've ever read. The tiny exception is, I showed it to my friend who's got a ph.D. in biochemistry. He read it and said "the book is right on, with the exception of the idea of the "single organ" cleanse (liver detox, etc.). His feeling is that(for the most part) you can't target organs with a detox, the entire system is affected (much the same way you can't "spot" remove fat!)

Highly recommended, regardless!

160 of 168 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Detoxification, May 31, 2000

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Joy Remington - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Detox Book: How to Detoxify Your Body to Improve Your Health, Stop Disease, and Reverse Aging, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

This is my favorite natural health book. I have gone through Dr. Fife's detox program and feel healthier than I ever have. This isn't a simple 10 day detox program but an intense cleaning out of the entire body. Dr. Fife's descriptions of the detox process are right on. Besides having great information for eating right and detox, this book has amazing stories all throughout. If you've ever been bored before by all the facts, this is the book for you-the facts can be entertaining-what an easy way to remember them. I wish I could get everyone to read The Detox Book.