I asked our Dream Team guest blogger, Dr, John Douillard about cleansing. There’s now a dizzying variety cleansing products out there – it’s actually become really confusing. How do we know if we really need to cleanse or not? I’ve never been a huge cleanse girl, as I have a really healthy lifestyle, that said, we are now bombarded with so many environmental toxins, it’s perhaps something that we should all at least consider. Here’s Dr. Douillard’s take and an exclusive offer for G.G. members. What set’s this cleanse aside from all others is that it’s a guided cleanse, whereby the doctor will guide you through the whole process from the comfort of your own home.
Why Cleansing is More Important Than Ever
In a world where we are exposed to more environmental toxins and pollutants than ever in history, the need to detoxify on a regular basis has become a prerequisite for optimal health. While there are many detoxification programs to choose from, it is important to choose a plan that restores the body’s natural ability to eliminate toxins, while reducing the amount of stress on the body so that fat metabolism is optimized.
Fat Soluble Cancer Causing Toxins Must Go
Our body was designed to continuously and naturally remove cancer and disease causing toxins. There are two kinds of toxins; water soluble and fat soluble. Water soluble toxins are easily flushed out of the body via the blood and kidneys, but the fat soluble toxins are a challenge for the body to remove. These fat soluble toxins are man-made toxins like heavy metals, parasites, pesticides, preservatives, food additives, pollutants, plastics and other environmental chemicals. If our digestive and detox pathways are not functioning optimally, these toxins find their way to the liver, blood, fat cells and brain where they store indefinitely causing disease and triggering negative emotions such as anxiety and depression.
How the Body’s Natural Detox Pathways Work
When we digest a meal, the nutritional and toxic fats are shuffled through the stomach into the small intestine where bile secreted from the liver and gall 
bladder emulsifies them. In the small intestine, millions of small villi and lacteals, which are little finger-like grasses that sweep the gut, help absorb nutritional fats and remove dangerous toxic fats. If this detoxification pathway is not working the body absorbs the toxic fats, rather than removing them.
Signs You Need to Cleanse
Your detoxification and assimilation pathways may be compromised if you experience constipation, loose stools, see mucus in your stools, have to avoid certain foods, or eat more healthy foods to maintain regular elimination. If you feel that a heavy or fatty meal just sits in your stomach or you get nauseous or experience pain after that meal, then your bile flow may be compromised and you are likely storing toxic cancer causing fats. Regardless of whether you’re experiencing these symptoms, we’re all exposed to toxic chemicals and stress that impact the body on a daily basis. Seasonal cleansing is a great way to maintain the function of the body’s natural detox channels.
Why Choosing the Right Cleanse is Crucial
Most popular cleansing methods today only focus on purging toxins through elimination, leaving the body depleted and stressed. A good detox program will nourish and heal all the components involved in the body’s natural cleansing process. I have designed a gentle detox plan that will balance blood sugar, heal the important intestinal villi, thin the bile and flush the liver, and reset digestive strength.
The Colorado Cleanse
Twice a year, I lead a seasonal detox program called the Colorado Cleanse. The Colorado Cleanse is a 2 week at-home detox and digestive rejuvenation 
program designed to detoxify the fat soluble chemicals that store for years in the fat cells. This cleanse can be done while working and leading your regular lifestyle. I will guide you throughout the cleanse with four live group conference calls and daily emails. I have helped hundreds of people through this method of cleansing and I’ve been amazed at the results.
I’d like to offer Gorgeously Green readers a special discount of 15% off the already discounted retail price.
To learn more and register for the Spring 2011 Colorado Cleanse visit http://www.lifespa.com/coloradocleanse.
Your special 15% off coupon code is: GORGEOUS
Offer good through 3/24/11.
