Spring is detox time
I did my first detox attempt 50 years ago at the advice of a physician turned Naturopath. I stopped eating because that is what I thought fasting was - stop eating. I had no knowledge of the importance of proper supportive protocols. Over the last 50 years I came across many detox systems and 15 years ago found Shaka Vansiya Ayurveda that clarified many important points in successful detox. Let's start with toxins. The industrial age has given us many comforts and also many toxins, The President's Cancer Panel informs us that nearly 80,000 chemicals are on the market in the USA. 50 years ago Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring" and unfortunately the governments have done little to stop the number of chemicals in our environments. Ayurved was cognized by the ancient doctors starting about 5000 years ago when there were no industrial toxins in people's lives. The toxin written about in the ancient texts was "AMA" or undigested food. Ama is cold and...