Peter Bennett - 7-Day Detox Miracle: Revitalize Your Mind and Body with This Safe and Effective Life-Enhancing Program

An unfortunate reality of modern life is our high level of toxic exposure. Environmental pollution from industrial waste, build up of metabolic poisons due to nutritional deficiencies, antibiotic-induced abnormal bacteria in the gut, all add to increased toxicity and decreased health. The guidance and wisdom offered by Doctors Bennett and Barrie provide a welcome pathway to detoxification and restored vitality.

-Joseph E. Pizzorno Jr., N.D.,
president, Bastyr University and author of Total Wellness

Physicians will lose their fear of the process after reading this book for they will understand it better. They will be able to treat their patients who are following detox programs recommended by their naturopaths more effectively. This is a valuable book. I know detoxification programs work for I have witnessed this over the past thirty years.

Abram Hoffer, Ph.D., M.D., author of Smart Nutrients

This book is an excellent how to and why rega rding environmental toxicity and detoxification. It is a valuable addition to the library of all clinicians and a clearly written guide for patients.

Mitchell V. Kaminski Jr., M.D.

Copyright 2001 by Peter Bennett, N.D., Stephen Barrie, N.D., and Sara Faye

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Originally published by Prima Publishing, Roseville, California, in 2001.

Interior graphics by Paula Bishop

EcoTox is a registered trademark of Peter Bennett, N.D., and Stephen Barrie, N.D.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bennett, Peter, N.D.

7-day detox miracle : revitalize your mind and body with this safe and effective life-enhancing program / Peter Bennett, Stephen Barrie, Sara Faye2nd ed.
p. cm.

1. Detoxification (Health). I. Title: Seven-day detox miracle. II. Barrie, Stephen. III. Faye, Sara. IV. Title.
RA784.5.B46 2001
613dc21 2001021765

eISBN: 978-0-307-79434-5

v3.1

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The term detoxification means many things to different people. To the doctor specializing in toxicology it means the treatment for patients suffering from drug and chemical overdose, for the pharmacologist it means the mechanism by which the body metabolizes pharmaceutical substances and eliminates them from the body, for the environmental scientist it means the way that substances in the environment are decontaminated, for the chemically dependent person it means a treatment program designed to rid them of their drug addiction. In the context of the book 7-Day Detox Miracle by Drs. Peter Bennett and Stephen Barrie, both naturopathic physicians of international distinction, it means the process whereby people who have chronic health complaints due to the low grade poisoning of their metabolism. As is eloquently described in this book, this low grade poisoning is something that happens to many of us as we accumulate toxins from a polluted environment, lifestyle habits such as smoking, excess alcohol and caffeine consumption, faulty diet, medications, stress, and too little activity.

What makes 7-Day Detox Miracle such an important book is that it represents the clinical wisdom and experience of two doctors who have successfully practiced natural medicine over the past fifteen years that includes the use of science-based detoxification programs. Their clinical experience in the use of the approach described in 7-Day Detox Miracle makes this book much more than a theoretical and interesting approach to improving health. Rather it is a tried and proven program for people who are looking for a way to get rid of chronic health complaints such as fatigue, low energy, digestive complaints, muscle aches and pains, and a myriad of other aggravating symptoms.

As a nutritional biochemist who has been involved in research focused on the better understanding of how nutrition influences the bodys detoxification process, I found Drs. Bennett and Barries book to represent a significant contribution to making this concept more accessible to the average person who can benefit from its application.

Biochemists often speak in very specialized jargon that makes their message hard to understand. Drs. Bennett and Barrie have made a major accomplishment by weaving together in understandable terms the basics of the physiological and biochemical processes of detoxification with their clinical experience in how this information can be used for improved health. The most amazing distinction of the book is that they have done this without compromising the integrity of either the science or the easy reading style of the book.

By using case histories and clinical experiences the story of the 7-Day Detox Miracle unfolds. From our experience at our Functional Medicine Research Center, our clinical staff has found that a nutritionally supported detoxification program can help improve the health and functional vitality of many people who are walking tired.

Although no single program is successful for all people, 7-Day Detox Miracle does provide a very well-formulated and clinically evaluated approach to accessing the power of our own bodys detoxification and recuperative abilities. It is interesting that nutritionally based detoxification is not considered a standard approach in medicine even though it has been demonstrated to reduce migraine headaches, improve the muscle pain of fibromyalgia, and improve sleep in many studies. This may be a result of the fact that medicine today is based upon the presumption that dont fix it until its broken. A person may not be sick enough yet to be seen as broken during this age of managed care, but rather may be suffering from a significant reduction in their quality of life due to chronic symptoms for which 7-Day Detox Miracle could be of great value.

I am very pleased that Drs. Bennett and Barrie have written this very helpful book that will make the power of nutritionally based detoxification more accessible to countless people.

Jeffrey S. Bland, Ph.D., President,

Institute for Functional Medicine

No book can be written without the enthusiasm and contribution of other people. The librarians at Healthcomm were very helpful finding and sending research material; John Furlong, N.D., was very focused in providing salient research; Jeff Bland, Ph.D., was inspiring in his vast knowledge of the subject; Paula Bishop was amazing at generating graphics with no time and very little guidance; Brad Rachman, D.C., was a wonderful source of ideas and organization; and Jennifer Risden at Prima successfully navigated a complex edit.