How to Do a 3-Day Cleanse

Video Transcript

"So we're looking at getting healthy and maybe thinking about a cleanse. Hi, my name is Mark Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Human Performance and Physical Medicine Specialist. Cleanse can be done in many different ways, many of them have to do with cleanse in the intestines or possibly cleansing the blood. You can do them either with natural products that you can get in your grocery store or with more store about products that have certain cleansing properties to them. If I were just going to go for three days, I'm not so sure that I would go with a fast because when you're fasting and your limiting food intake, one of the things that really gives you the benefit is either just a day or two or when you get passed three days because that third, that third day with no food is when all the toxins in your body start coming into solution and so for about four or five hours you can get very grumpy, you can get a headache, you can get all sorts of problems that, they quickly go away but usually by the fourth day they're gone; which is when you experience the increase energy. So for three days, much more, probably a lot easier to do, would be one of the box cleansers that you can get at any of the health food stores. I usually recommend one that involves the gastro-intestinal system, large intestines, like an intestinal cleansing formula; but also something that's gentle. You just don't want something that's going to clean you out, you want something that's also going to replace any vitamins and minerals that you may lose and also any of the healthy bacteria that are in your abdomen. So something with either digestive enzymes and or an acidophilus type mix that's going to help through replenish what it takes out. I do recommend cleanses to my patients and cleanses of all sorts whether it's a no-food, whether it's a juice-fast, whether it's like a simple three day cleanse that you can get at a health food store, one of the products that they have there. They can be one of the best things you can do to improve your health and also limit any allergies that you may have or skin conditions. My name is Mark Brinson, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Human Performance and Physical Medicine Specialist, wishing you a happy, healthy and balanced day."