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The environment has grown increasingly toxic. The food supply, water and air all contain a variety of chemical toxins. Detoxification involves cleansing the body to remove toxins and maintain health. Detoxification includes diet changes and nutritional fortification for the blood and organs of the body.

Detoxification refers to a cleansing of the organs that remove toxins and foreign substances and waste from the body. This includes the bowels, liver, blood, kidneys and lungs to maintain general health and wellness. The job of the liver is to reduce toxins to compounds that can then be excreted through the bowels, lungs, skin or kidneys.

There are a wide range of detoxification programs available that focus on detoxification of a specific organ. At the Center for Health and Healing, we combine the benefits of several types of detoxification for a comprehensive detoxification program that approaches the problem from several levels to improve health, energy and vitality.

Detoxification is necessary for optimal health, but there are possible side effects. Some potential side effects include headache, nausea, vomiting and malaise. If these symptoms occur, it is important to back up the program a bit and then move forward at a slower pace. Going too fast can result in an overload of toxins being released into the circulatory system.

The body needs to be ready to eliminate toxins before they are released into circulation. The organs involved in elimination (kidneys, bowels, liver) need to be functioning well in order to filter toxins from the body effectively. Detoxification happens naturally every day. Increased exposure to toxins in the environment has resulted in livers and other organs becoming stressed.

Our detoxification programs involve a variety of other factors, including nutrition, exercise, fluid intake, fresh air and rest. In general, the healthier your lifestyle, the easier detoxification will be. Individuals with a diet that consists of natural and organic foods will have an easier time with detox. For this reason, we offer advice and guidance for improving diet and overall lifestyle to promote wellness.

The next time you drive by a field of fresh peppermint or hike through a pine forest, breathe deeply—you’re experiencing the soul-soothing power of essential oils. But essential oils are more than nice scents; these powerful plant extracts are your path to the lifelong wellness we are committed to helping you discover.

At the intersection of cutting-edge research and traditional wisdom, Young Living formulates targeted, essential oil-based wellness solutions that empower you to dodge harmful chemicals, energize your life, ditch stress and negativity, and reclaim your natural radiance.
Young Living essential oils are extracted through careful steam distillation and cold pressing, the purest essential oils have the power to uplift your spirits, promote physical wellness, and purify your home.

Essential oils have been used for thousands of years for their health, cosmetic, and emotionally uplifting properties. We use only Young Living oils which has always been at the forefront of bringing this ancient tradition to modern users, introducing millions to a total mind/body wellness they may never have dreamed possible. Primarily extracted through careful steam distillation, but also through cold pressing, the purest essential oils are far more powerful and effective than dry herbs, delivering quick and effective results. Any time you hold a bottle of their powerful essential oils, you are holding the pure essence of health-promoting botanicals that can be diffused, inhaled, applied topically, incorporated into massage, or taken internally.

Love the way the spritz of fragrance from a fresh orange peel can brighten your day? Each essential oil’s complex, pleasant, and unique scent activates the limbic system—the brain’s center of emotion and memory—differently. While some essential oils may uplift the spirits, others may empower you to release negative thoughts and habits. Essential oils can be your key to a more fulfilling and balanced emotional life.

What is Gluten Intolerance

There is much confusion regarding gluten intolerance these days. Mainstream medicine classifies gluten under the single heading of “Celiac Sprue” which is an inherited condition that causes serious allergic, gastrointestinal and immunological reactions when someone eats Gluten (a large complex protein) that is present in grains, such as wheat, barley, rye and oats. A person with Celiac disease has their own immune system attacking their intestines which result not only in the classic GI symptoms but also in very specific damage to the fingerlike villi that are located in the intestines. Thus the gold standard diagnostic tool for this type of Gluten reaction is a biopsy of the intestines looking for this very specific damage. Celiac Disease leads to severe malnourishment and possible development of other autoimmune illnesses later in life.

Then there is “Gluten Intolerance” which is much broader and usually undiagnosed. As many as 1 in 7 persons suffer with this broader Gluten sensitivity than true Celiac Disease. Since there is often no intestinal damage visible with this type of reaction, there is also not a widely accepted test for this type of Gluten problem. However, there is an immune test for IgA and IgG reactions for Gluten proteins. This test is what most alternative or holistic healthcare doctors use to diagnose this type of Gluten reaction. The majority of Gluten sensitive people will have a negative result upon tests for Celiac disease so it has been suggested that the correct term for these people should be Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitive (NCGS). Up until very recently it has been believed that some people were simply genetically predisposed to Gluten intolerance and would not develop symptoms until later in life, or when the intestinal wall becomes damaged. However, more recent science is leading us to believe that the immune system is indeed responding in these NCGS people, however, it is not specifically attacking just the intestines but other parts of the body as well including the liver, heart, joints, or even the brain.

Gluten sensitive people can experience many of the same GI symptoms as Celiac Disease people do such as diarrhea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, gas, bloating, and abdominal cramps and pain. However, more often they experience symptoms like headaches, mouth ulcers, skin problems like Eczema, malnutrition, anemia, chronic fatigue, brain fog, muscular aches and pains, to name just a few.

An additional issue that often needs to be dealt with is that Gluten intolerance causes the gut wall to become damaged and leaky. This leads to passage of intestinal particles into the bloodstream that creates a virulent allergic reaction and an over revving of the immune system, where the control switch is always in the “on” mode. This results in the patient often becoming sensitive to many other foods in addition to the Gluten itself. These additional food reactions result in further or overlapping symptoms and are often the culprit in such illnesses as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Asthma, Eczema, Autism, Depression, as well as such learning difficulties as ADHD.

The Need for Probiotics and Gut Healing

In order to digest complex proteins, like Gluten, a healthy gut micro-flora is necessary. A person needs a balance of about 85% “friendly bacteria” to about 15% “unfriendly” bacteria in the gut. The friendly strains of bacteria are the primary digestive activators for the complex Gluten protein. In case you are unaware of what probiotics are, they are the opposite of antibiotics. They are the natural, beneficial, “friendly” bacterial organisms known to help maintain a proper intestinal balance of the gut micro-biological organisms. Gut micro-flora are often destroyed and the balance damaged from the use of antibiotics, poor diet, harmful pharmaceuticals (e.g. steroids, chemotherapy, antacids). This imbalance results in an overgrowth of the unfriendly bacteria in the gut (a good reference book on this subject is by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride called “Gut and Psychology Syndrome”, Cambridge, England). Additionally, the presence of small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been linked to the common symptoms seen in IBS, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Crohn`s disease, depression, ADHD, and some auto-immune diseases (e.g. multiple sclerosis, lupus.) by Dr. Pimental at Cedars —Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (See Pimental et al, 2000, Am.J.Gastroenterol.95(12):350-6.)

A healthy gut is full of many, many organisms but the friendly bacteria are among the first in the gut to be depleted so the Gluten sensitive person has a very real need for supplementation of these essential friendly organisms to not only help replenish their gut microflora but also to prevent bacterial species that would harm them from colonizing the gut—a barrier effect. Probiotic are known to induce certain cells to produce cytokine cells, that can either “up-regulate” (turn on the immune system) to fight infection, or “down regulate” the immune system when not fighting infection, so that auto-immune diseases are not so easily developed (Aubrey A. 2006.National Public Radio. Dec 10. “Your Health. Pros and cons of Probiotics”).