Body Detox Diet: Symptoms to Expect When You Improve Your Diet
Body Detox Diet
by Dr. Stanley S. Bass
3119 Coney Island Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 648-1500
If I were asked which is the area of greatest
misunderstanding and confusion in the field of
nutrition, I would immediately be forced to reply that
it is the failure to properly understand and interpret
the symptoms and changes which follow the beginning of a
better nutritional program.
What is meant by a better nutritional program?
It is the introduction of foods of higher quality in
place of lower quality ones. For example, if a person
replaces a protein rich food such as pork with beef, the
beef may be considered the superior of the two due to
its easier digestibility, lower and less saturated fat
content, etc.; chicken is superior to beef and fish is
superior to chicken because of its more rapid
digestibility and lower saturated fat content. Lima
beans, lentils, or chick peas, which are eaten at the
same meal with vegetables are superior in all the
nutrients needed to rebuild health.
As we go higher on the scale of quality, we begin to
include protein rich food which may be eaten in the
unfired state, such as cheese which is made from raw
milk and unsalted. Then we ascend to the nuts and seeds
which are eaten in the natural state (raw and unsalted).
To summarize: the closer the food comes to the natural
state in which it occurs, or the closer to its raw,
unfired form, the higher its quality. In this condition,
all the enzymes are found intact. The amino acids are in
their finest form. The minerals, vitamins, trace
elements, carbohydrates, and "life force" are present.
The life force, in turn, is capable of reproducing
healthy tissue.
This same classification of quality which we analyzed in
relation to protein rich foods applies to the
carbohydrates (the starch and sugar-rich foods), the
fats, and the mineral-rich foods.
The quality of a nutritional program is also improved by
omitting toxic substances such as coffee, tea,
chocolate, tobacco, salt, pepper, etc. from your diet.
What is the relation of quality of foods to recovery
from illness? It is this in a nutshell: The higher the
quality of food we eat, the quicker we recover from
disease, provided we are able to digest and assimilate
properly.
To this must be added the knowledge of (a) proper food
combining; (b) proper order of eating the different
kinds of food at a meal, e.g., the most easily digested
food should be eaten first, the more complex one second,
and the most concentrated item last; (c) the correct
quantity of food to be consumed (of each type) in the
meal; and (d) the correct time for eating (when hungry
and not by the clock).
Now, what happens when a person follows these rules
and makes a decided improvement in the quality of food
consumed?
Remarkable things begin to happen to the body as well
as the mind. The amazing intelligence present in every
cell of the body and the wisdom of the body in its
operation immediately becomes manifest. The rule may be
stated thusly: When the quality of the food coming into
the body is of higher quality than the tissues which the
body is made of, the body begins to discard the lower
grade materials and tissues to make room for the
superior materials which it uses to make new and
healthier tissue.
This is the plan of Nature -- the body is very selective
and always tries to produce health and always will,
unless our interference is too great. Only then do we
fail to recover and degenerate further into disease. The
self-curing nature of many conditions such as colds,
fevers, cuts, swellings, injuries, etc., furnishes
endless examples of how the body tends towards
health--always--unless we do something to stop the
process.
Symptoms and signs
What are the symptoms or signs which become evident
when we first begin to omit the lower grade foods and
instead introduce superior foods--those which are most
alive, more natural than we are accustomed to? When the
use of toxic stimulants such as coffee, tea, chocolate,
or cocoa is suddenly stopped, headaches are common and a
letdown occurs. This is due to the discard by the body
of the toxins called caffeine and theobromine which are
removed from the tissues and transported through the
bloodstream during its many bodily rounds.
Before the noxious agents reach their final destination
for elimination, these irritants register in our
consciousness as pain--in other words, headache. The
letdown is due to the slower action of the heart--the
resting phase which follows the stimulation of more
rapid heart beat forced upon the body by certain poisons
called stimulants. The more rapid heart beat (or pulse)
produces a feeling of exhilaration, and the slower
action produces a depressed state of mind. Usually,
within three days, the symptoms vanish and we feel
stronger due to the recuperation which follows.
To a lesser extent, the same process occurs when we
abandon lower quality foods and replace them with better
foods. Lower quality foods have undergone more
preparation. Spices, salt, and other ingredients have
been added, as they tend to be more stimulating than
less prepared and more natural foods. Animal foods such
as meat, fowl, fish, etc. are more stimulating than
cheese, nuts, and vegetable proteins.
Consequently, the withdrawal of stimulation which
follows the abandonment of animal food produces a slower
heart action--a resting phase--which registers in the
mind as relaxation or a decrease of energy. This initial
letdown lasts about ten days or slightly longer and is
followed by an increase of strength, a feeling of
diminishing stress and greater well-being.
Now let us return to the symptoms which occur in the
process of regeneration. The person who starts a better
diet, stays on it for three days to a week, and then
quits will say, "Oh, I felt better on the old diet--the
new one makes me feel weak." He failed because he didn't
give his body a chance to adjust and complete its first
phase of action--recuperation. If he had waited a while
longer, he would have begun to feel better than before
he started.
Initial stage
During the initial stage (lasting about ten days on
the average to several weeks in others), the vital
energies which are usually in the periphery or external
part of the body such as the muscles and skin, begin to
move to the vital internal organs and start
reconstruction. This shunting of much of the power to
the internal region produces a feeling of less energy in
the muscles, which the mind interprets as some weakness.
Actually, the power is increased, but most of it is
being used for rebuilding the more important organs and
less of it is available for muscular work. Any weakness
which is felt here is not true weakness, but merely a
redeploying of forces to the more important internal
parts. Here it is important for the person to stop
wasting energy, and to rest and sleep more. This is a
crucial phase, and if the person resorts to stimulants
of any kind, he will abort and defeat the regenerative
intent of the body.
It is important that he have patience and faith and just
wait it out, and after a while he will get increasing
strength which will exceed by far what he felt before he
began the new program.
Success in recovery or improvement of health hinges upon
the correct understanding of this point -- realizing
that the body is using its main energies in more
important internal work and not wasting it in external
work involving muscle movements. Be wise, take it easy
here, and relax. Just coast in your work and social
obligations until you're out of the woods.
Improving diet
As one continues on the improved diet and gradually
raises the food quality, interesting symptoms being to
appear. The body begins a process called retracing. It
says to itself, "Now we have a chance to get rid of this
old garbage and build a beautiful new house. Let's get
started immediately. Let's get this excess bile out of
the liver and gall bladder and send it to the intestines
for elimination. Let's get the sludge moving out of the
arteries, veins, and capillaries. These smelly, gassy,
brain-stupefying masses have been here too long--out
with them! These arthritic deposits in the joints need
cleaning up. Let's get these irritating food
preservatives, aspirins, sleeping pills, and drugs out
of the way, along with these other masses of fat which
have made life so burdensome for us for so long. Let's
get going till the job is down--till we have a beautiful
house--and from there on we'll keep it a beautiful ideal
model house."
First phase
During the first phase (called catabolism), the
accent is on elimination, or breaking down of tissue.
The body begins to clean house--in short, to remove the
garbage deposited in all the tissues--everywhere. During
this period, the body removes the ashes from the furnace
preparatory to getting a better fire. Here the
accentuation is on removal of the gross and immediate
body obstructions. Wastes are discarded more rapidly
than new tissue is made from the new food. This becomes
evident as weight loss. This persists for a while and is
then followed by the second phase--called stabilization.
Here, the weight remains more or less stable. During
this phase, the amount of waste material being discarded
daily is equal to the amount of tissue which is being
formed and replaced by the newer, more vital food. This
occurs after the excess of obstructing material in the
tissues has been removed.
Third phase
This state persists for a while and is then followed
by a third phase -- a build-up period called anabolism,
wherein weight starts to go up, even though the diet is
lower in calories than it was before. At this point,
much or more of the interfering wastes have already been
discarded -- the tissues which have been formed since
the diet was raised in quality are more durable and do
not break down easily. Also, new tissues are now being
formed faster. This is due to the improved assimilation
made possible by the ceasing of wrong food combining.
The body's need for the usual amounts of food decreases,
and we are able to maintain our weight and increased
energies with less food.
Many are able to function very efficiently on two meals
a day. As the body progressively increases in efficiency
and decreases in tissue breakdown under exercise, so do
we gradually need less and less food to maintain life.
The higher the percentage of raw food one lives on, the
slower the rate of tissue deterioration which one
evolves into. A sick body requires a gradual, carefully
worked-out entry into this stage, where one is able to
live on a 100% unfired (raw) diet, if desired.
Symptoms
Returning to the symptoms which occur on a superior
nutritional program, people who have had tendencies in
the past to recurring skin rashes or eruptions will
frequently tend to eliminate poisons and harmful drugs
through the skin with new rashes or eruptions. If they
go to a doctor now who is not familiar with this aspect
of nutrition, he will diagnose it as an allergy.
They ask, "How come? I'm eating better now than I ever
did before, and instead I'm getting worse." They don't
understand that the body is retracing.
The skin is getting more alive and active. It's throwing
out more poisons more rapidly now that the body is
building more power which is saved from those
hard-to-ingest meals which have been discontinued. These
toxins being discarded are saving you from more serious
disease which will result if you keep them in your body
too much longer--possibly hepatitis, kidney disorders,
blood disease, heart disease, arthritis, nerve
degenerations or even cancer--depending upon your
hereditary or structural weaknesses. Be happy you're
paying your bills now in an easy-payment plan.
With some, colds which haven't appeared for a long time
may occur, or even fevers. This is nature's way of
housecleaning. Understand that these actions are
constructive, even though unpleasant at the moment.
Don't, but don't, try to stop these symptoms by the use
of certain drugs, or even massive doses of vitamins
which will act as drugs in huge concentrations. These
symptoms are part of a curing process, and don't try to
cure a cure.
These are not deficiency conditions or allergic
manifestations -- not if you're eating properly in
quality, quantity, combination and sequence. Here is
where experienced advice is a great value.
Unfortunately, there are few good books present today
which give full guidance to the average reader. Try to
find guidance through a doctor or teacher who has the
requisite experience in this most confusing of all
subjects--nutrition in relation to health and disease.
You may be eating perfectly in regard to quantity,
quality, and observing all the correct rules, and still
symptoms will occur. Those who have lived better lives
in the past--who have eaten better foods and who have
abused their bodies less with over-eating will have
reactions ranging from almost none at all or very mild
symptoms which may be uncomfortable or acute. Those who
have lived worse lives and poisoned themselves more will
experience more severe symptoms if their liver, kidneys,
or other important eliminating organs have been damaged.
When they have been renovated to the point of fair
working order, they will no longer produce symptoms.
Headaches may occur at the beginning; fever and/or colds
may also appear; the skin may break out; there may be a
short interval of bowel sluggishness, occasional
diarrhea, feelings of tiredness and weakness,
disinclination to exercise, nervousness, irritability,
negativity or mental depression, frequent urination,
etc. However, the great majority of people find their
reactions tolerable and are encouraged to bear with them
because of the many improvements which have already
occurred and are becoming more evident with each day.
This acts as an inspirational force to them.
The symptoms will vary according to the materials being
discarded, the conditions of the organs involved in the
elimination, and the amount of energy you have
available. The more you rest and sleep when symptoms are
present, the milder they are and the more quickly they
are terminated.
Be happy you are having symptoms. Realize deeply that
your body is becoming younger and healthier every day
because you are throwing off more and more wastes which
would eventually have brought pain, disease, and much
suffering. Those who have the worst symptom-reactions
and follow through to their successful termination are
thus avoiding some of the worst diseases which would
eventually have developed had they continued their
careless eating habits.
Don't expect to go on an ascending scale of quality,
that improving your diet will make you feel better and
better each day until you reach perfection. The body is
cyclical in nature, and health returns in a series of
gradually-diminishing cycles. For example, you start a
better diet and for a while you feel much better. After
some time, a symptom occurs--you feel nauseous for a day
and have diarrhea with a foul-smelling stool. After a
day, you feel even better than before and all goes fine
for awhile. Then you suddenly develop a cold, feel
chills and lose your appetite. After about two or three
days (assuming you don't take drugs or do anything else
about it), you suddenly recover and feel better than you
did for years.
Let us say this well-being continues for two months,
when you suddenly develop an itch or rash. You don't
take anything special for it. This rash flares up, gets
worse and continues for ten days, and suddenly subsides,
immediately after this you find that your hepatitis is
gone and your energy has increased more than ever
before. The rash became an outlet for the poisons in the
liver which produced the hepatitis.
This is how recovery occurs--like the cycles in the
Dow-Jones Average at the beginning of a bull market
recovery. You feel better, a reaction occurs and you
don't feel as well for a short while. You recover and go
even higher. Then another reaction occurs, milder than
the last. You recover and go even higher. And so it
goes, each reaction milder than the last as the body
becomes pure--each becoming shorter in duration and
being followed by a longer period of feeling better than
ever before, until you reach a level plateau of vibrant
health. Here you become relatively disease-free.
We must learn to obey the laws of Nature. We must learn
to eat simple, pure, and natural foods, properly
prepared and combined, and our bodies in return will
cast off all the poisons we have taken in during our
lives. The mysteries of the body, the operations of
nature, the vital forces working in nature are far
beyond what our minds are prepared to understand at
present. Every great physician or scientist who ever
lived marveled in awe and humility at the wonders of
nature. Yes--we are "fearfully and wonderfully made!"
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