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AAPI’S NUTRITION GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HEALTH: USING PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS 8 Detoxification Diana Noland, MPH, RD, CCN Continuing the theme of this book, it is important to include a chapter on the subject of detoxification. Realizing how much the food you eat makes a difference in how your body maintains a ‚clean‛ vibrant state of health, it empowers you to take a proactive role with your health and help prevent and/or manage chronic disease. Health of all living organisms depends on having the ability to efficiently detoxify. Detoxification is the metabolic process by which the waste products our body produces on a daily basis, and the environmental poisons or toxins we are exposed to, are bio-transformed and eliminated from our body. For our bodies to have good ‚detoxifying ability,‛ we must have three key factors in place: eating a detoxifying diet, optimum gastrointestinal health, and sleep and a healthy lifestyle i . Food is the most powerful medicine available to deter and heal chronic disease. Chronic disease is projected to account for over 50 million deaths and cost the global economy $47 trillion by 2030. All you need to do is eat your medicine and think of your grocery store and your meals as your pharmacy ii . Fortunately, the Asian-Indian cuisine has some of the best detoxifying foods and herbs known. By eating the whole-foods, traditional foods of the Asian-Indian diet, one can support detoxification in an excellent way. 66 The question may arise, what is the benefit of helping your body detoxify? First, in the past decade there has been a rapidly emerging awareness in public health and medicine that the increasing environmental toxin exposures to human, animal and plants on the earth are being identified as disruptors of our metabolism. These disruptions affect primarily the immune and neurological systems. These toxic effects are being recognized as significantly contributing to the development of chronic disease. For example, the toxin dioxin is strongly associated with risk of developing diabetes iii, iv and cardiovascular v disease, and toxic lead with hypertension and cardiovascular disease vi . For all of us to be able to prevent developing the chronic diseases of heart disease, cancer, neurological, autoimmune, diabetes, and others, each person would benefit from ensuring the food they eat includes those that assist detoxification. Secondly, it is important to realize that the human body is capable of eliminating most toxins via their stools, urine, outbreath, and sweat. The toxins are constantly being processed primarily by our liver –an amazing organ that filters our blood every two minutes to process toxins in preparation for elimination. Our bodies are made for detoxifying IF they have the right materials available (the materials are primarily NUTRIENTS from food). When you find 2012
AAPI’S NUTRITION GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HEALTH: USING PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS out what the root cause of your health issue is, you can improve your ability to get rid of it. Years ago Dr. Sydney MacDonald-Baker, a functional medicine physician, coined the term ‚Get and Rid‛ vii that captures the basics of how our physiology survives: These are general factors for all humans, but we must also recognize that each person is an individual and has their own unique genetic makeup. Nutrigenomics – Food Speaking Messages to Your Cells A newer concept in the field of nutrition science is that food contains information that is constantly speaking to our genes. With the emerging knowledge of nutrigenomics, the traditional concept that food was just calories is being replaced with the idea that food functions as a messenger to our body. Diet and lifestyle are moment-by-moment ‚talking‛ to our cells and DNA - turning them on and off determining health or disease. What we eat ‚programs‛ our body with messages of illness or health. 67 Nutrigenomics has revealed how individual each person’s ability to detoxify. Food also is messaging our ability to detoxify. Just by ensuring the frequent inclusion of the following table of foods, you can begin to tune-up your body’s ability to detoxify and support all three of the factors. For some people with more genetic difficulty in detoxifying, it is recommended to consult with an integrative or functional medicine practitioner viii that is familiar with nutrigenomics and detoxification protocols to individualize your diet and lifestyle plan. And remember, food is your most powerful tool in maintaining your health and preventing chronic disease. 2012
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