Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself
- Length: 304 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: HarperOne
- Publication Date: 2009-05-12
- ISBN-10: 0061735329
- ISBN-13: 9780061735325
How many of us can honestly say we do not suffer from at least one of the following:
- Colds or viruses each year
- Allergies or hay fever
- Extra pounds that won’t come off
- Restless nights
- Recurrent indigestion, constipation, or irritable bowel syndrome
- Itchy skin, acne, or any other troubling skin condition
- Depression, anxiety, or frequent fatigue
If you were to seek medical advice for any of the above, you would likely be prescribed pills, topical lotions, injections, or even surgery. Such treatments are used to manage the symptoms and do not address the root of the problem. Too often, doctors treat these common ailments as inevitable costs of living a modern life. The result is a patchwork approach to health care that has become the norm.
In Clean, a New York City cardiologist and a leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Alejandro Junger offers a major medical breakthrough. Dr. Junger argues that the majority of these common ailments are the direct result of toxic buildup in our systems accumulated through the course of our daily lives. As the toxicity of modern life increases and disrupts our systems on a daily basis, bombarding us through our standard American diet and chemical-filled environments, our ability to handle the load hasn’t accelerated at the same rapid pace. The toxins are everywhere, but Clean offers a solution.
Clean is an M.D.’s program that provides all the tools necessary to support and reactivate our detoxification system to its fullest capabilities, and can be easily incorporated into a busy schedule. The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives we will experience what it truly means to feel healthy.
Every day spent on the Clean program is a major step in healing not just the symptom but the root of the problem, effectively and simply. Dr. Junger’s life-changing program restores what rightfully belongs to you—your health, vitality, and peace of mind.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Why Clean?
Chapter 2. A Doctor’s Journey
Chapter 3. Global Toxicity: Another Inconvenient Truth
Chapter 4. Modern Food Exposed: We Are What We Eat
Chapter 5. How Toxins Affect Your Health
Chapter 6. The Common Root of Dysfunction: Digging for Answers
Chapter 7. The Clean Program
Chapter 8. After the Cleanse
Chapter 9. Cardiovascular Disease and Toxicity
Chapter 10. A Vision of the Future
Chapter 11. The Clean Recipes
Chapter 12. Unexpected Common Sources