- Eat fewer
processed foods, as they often contain chemical additives.
- Eat organic meat,
butter, wild game, and produce. It's free of pesticides and
preservatives.
- Eat fewer meat and
high fat dairy products, which contain higher levels of some pollutants.
- Don't microwave or
cook food in plastic containers, Ziploc bags, or plastic wrap. Use
glass.
- Run your tap water
through a home filter before drinking. Remove chlorine through a shower
filter before bathing.
- Avoid breathing in
fumes from burned garbage and diesel/gas fumes.
- Check cosmetics
and personal care products for toxic ingredients.
- Avoid artificial
fragrances, deodorants, and air fresheners
- Reduce the number
of household cleaners you use. Try vinegar, natural soaps, and water
first.
- Avoid cleaning
products that say "use in well ventilated area" then replace with safe
products.
- Avoid breathing
gasoline fumes when you're filling your car.
- Eat seafood known
to be low in PCB and mercury, like northern wild salmon, sardines &
herring.
- Avoid tuna and
other predatorial fish (shark, swordfish, marlin, tilefish also grouper
and snapper), which are all high in mercury.
- Don't use nail
polish, which contains chemicals linked to birth defects in laboratory
studies.
- Stay 3 feet away
from appliances – microwave, stove, oven, toaster, dryer, heaters.
- Keep children 10
feet from the TV.
- Keep clocks,
radios, cassette players 3 feet away from sleeping areas.
- Keep 3 feet away
from computer video display terminal.
- Un-bag dry
cleaning and air out in the garage for a day.
- Use
environmentally friendly paint with low VOC-emittance.
- Avoid vinyl
products like shower curtains, wall paper and floor coverings.
- Choose carpet and
padding that have a low smell level; air out before installing.
- Orient your bed so
your head points north.
- Don't sleep under
an electric blanket or on a waterbed. If you insist on using these,
unplug them before going to bed (don't just turn it off).
TOXICITY TREATMENT
Dr. Riddle seeks to find the sources of contamination as well as the
overall level of exposure of patients to prevent further accumulation of
poisons. Through testing of the urine for heavy metals and sometimes
blood and fat biopsies for plastics and pesticides we are able find the
overall level of burdens that poison the body.
To clear the body of these harmful
chemicals we may choose several methods of detoxification. Dietary
modifications including an abundance of organic vegetables combined with
optimal water intake can be helpful in beginning the elimination
process. In addition, we often use herbal medicines that purge the
intestines, liver, kidneys, blood and lymph of excess wastes.
Homeopathic medicines liberate poisons within the cells through
processes called "drainage". Chelation is a very powerful method
by which certain substances like DMSA, DMPS, and EDTA can grab onto and
remove heavy metals. Vigorous exercise mobilizes fat stores and
eliminates chemicals through sweating and hyperventilation.
Hydrotherapy and body work such as skin brushing, deep tissue massage,
and hot water applications like saunas and hot tubs increase elimination
of chemicals through the skin. The underestimated cleansing action of colonics
helps remove a multitude of chemicals from the intestinal mucosa and the
liver through bile releases of the gallbladder. Water fasting to induce
ketosis is the ultimate means of cleansing by breaking down fat cells
that hold the body’s accumulated wastes.
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