Profile of a Detoxification Candidate
In today’s modern world, the environmental and chemical stressors are innumerable. As a result, there are actually very few people who would not greatly benefit from a detoxification program. Below is a partial listing of those persons who are particularly prone to suffer from a variety of health challenges imposed by contemporary lifestyles and dietary practices.• Lives in a high-stress environment, physically or emotionally;
• Has excess body fat and wants to lose weight;
• Drinks and bathes in chlorinated, and/or fluoridated water. Both of these substances are considered to be poisonous, killing micro organisms necessary for vital health;
• Inhales air rich in carbon monoxide, the signature of city smog and pollution;
• Suffers from lack of rest or sleep-deprived. It is when the body is at rest that it is able to do crucial repair and maintenance functions;
• Consumes medications which burden the liver and tissues with biochemical states of stress with which the body was not designed to deal with;
• Smokes, or is exposed to cigarette smoke;
• Drinks alcohol regularly;
• Takes, or has taken, any sort of hormone-altering medications, including cortisone, prednisone and birth control pills;
• Has undergone surgery, an extremely taxing process;
• Has a genetic predisposition to any sort of health ailment, especially cancer, heart disease, obesity, kidney or liver malfunction, diabetes, and endocrine, immune and lymphatic dysfunction;
• Consumed, or has consumed, multiple stages of antibiotics;
• Eats anything made from processed oils, especially hydrogenated oils;
• Ingests refined sugar, refined and bleached carbohydrates like bread, rice and pasta, and any foods canned, heat-treated, preserved, artificially flavored, genetically-altered or treated with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides;
• Consumes refined salt or monosodium glutamate (MSG);
• Eats a diet high in animal-based products, particularly red meat, pork, animal organs;
• Eats, or was raised on, pasteurized and homogenized milk and milk products like butter and ice cream;
• Was not breast-fed as an infant;
• Maintains a tendency to eat quickly, or to overeat;
• Eats food that is not ripe when harvested, and foods that are gassed, colored or coated (These are now routine agricultural procedures in most places);
• Consumes hormone-stimulated meats or milk products;
• Travels by plane regularly, without properly supplementing one’s antioxidant stores;
• Cooks all food he/she eats, meaning that little-to-zero fresh foods enter the bloodstream;
• Eats a diet rich in shellfish, such as crabs and shrimp, and fatty fish like salmon.
A few of the many physical symptoms that arise from the lifestyle characteristics mentioned include the following:
Lethargy, weight problems, constipation, chronic bad breath, lack of clarity, poor memory, pronounced body odor, excessive gas, skin disorders, poor complexion, bloodshot eyes, poor vision, slow reflexes, general need for more sleep, prone to addictions, mood swings, and any other malfunctions of the body. All of these are profound signs that the body is in need of support, which the Mandala Spa’s Detox Holiday provides.