already severe problem, the available laboratory tests used to determine whether these organs are working properly, are so poorly able to accomplish this task, that their test results can often be useless. The tests I am referring to are , Creatinine and eFR for kidney function and the two liver enymes ALT and AST (sometimes still referred to as SOT and SPT). It turns out that we have two separate problems with these tests. The rst is that the organ must be operating at more than 60-0 ELOW optimal capacity, before these levels begin to creep out of their laboratory ranges. The second is that certain poisons, in the case of liver function, actually prevent the liver from manufacturing these indicator enymes that would show that a problem exists.


I consider one of the single most important processes that we can do for autism, and most other immune and neurological conditions is to always make certain that we give slow, steady, adeuate support to the patient’s liver and kidney function. This single relatively simple process, if carried out correctly (slowly, gently and for many months) will always be helpful and supportive to any and all other therapies being used. Many individuals, and I see this a lot in autism, will be made demonstrably worse, when a detoxifying process such as sauna or chelation (I or oral) is used. This is caused by overloading the ability of the body to handle the uantity of toxic substances that this process is forcing to be processed through the liver and kidneys. In all cases, the practitioner should have known to go much slower, and then titrate up the dose cautiously so as never to cause any maor reaction. It is even more important however, to rst take the time to prepare the body for the onslaught of this poison release by appropriately supporting liver and kidney function with good products, slowly, and for an adeuate period of time, generally one to three months or more. It is important to understand that as we support these organs with properly formulated herbal, nutritional, homeopathic, or combination products, we are also accomplishing detoxication. Since the purpose of this support is to effectively help these organs drain out their accumulations or overloads of existing toxic substances, we are most denitely detoxifying them and therefore the body. I always need to explain this both to physicians and patients so that they do not feel that liver and kidney support is in some way holding them back from the all important chelation or detoxication which will begin next. Rather, it is the rst line of detoxication so that the second line will not make them feel worse instead of better


Remember, in most people, toxins have been accumulating for a very long time, and in children, since conception. Even though the symptoms may have begun only in the last couple of weeks (or years) this is simply due the body nally becoming so overburdened that it could no longer handle the poisonous uantities which had been building up for a lifetime. It is because of this, that detoxication must be done slowly Imagine never cleaning your home for the last 20-0 (or more) years and then having someone with a commercial vacuum cleaner move through the house. You would stir up so much dust that you would have to stop immediately and would be coughing for hours. In the case of detoxication of the human body,


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it might even send you to the hospital. Detoxication, must be done correctly and slowly. The body must be “prepared” for the detoxication process.


There are so many benets to reducing our toxic load that they are almost endless, but a few include (everyone is different); more energy, better elimination, less or no more headaches, better and more recuperative sleep, im- proved memory, pain reduction, reduction or elimination of various skin conditions, reduced tingling in body parts, regulation of irregular heart beat, better hearing, improved smell or taste, and many others. The single most important benet for many is the huge reduction in the risk of developing numerous degenerative and possibly even fatal diseases. In the case of autism, the best results continue to come from those practitioners who work to remove poisons from the body tissues, while at the same time repleting decient nutrients.


If we continue to expose ourselves to all of the same toxins every day, then it will be a great deal more difcult (and slower) to rid the body of those which have already accumulated in our tissues. Learning where these poisons come from and what must be done to begin the detoxication process is not an extremely complicated educational endeavor. The education will take a bit of time and a commitment on your part ust like any important knowledge you have ever decided to acuire.


The rst ob is therefore to slow down the amount of incoming poisons. This means you have to switch to non-toxic toothpastes, shampoos, conditioners, lotions, cleansers, detergents, waxes, air fresheners, pesticides, foods, deodorants (never anti-perspirants), etc. I have added some of these product recommendations to my web site at this address - http://naturopath4you.com/imphlth. htm.


The next ob is generally to complete one to four (or more) months of slow but adeuate liver and kidney support. There are hundreds of pretty bad products on the market and a handful of really good ones. se whatever you have found to work best for yourself, your clients or your patients. If you want many of my own procedures and product recommendation they are clearly covered, along with printouts, on my 2 hour Detoxication DD available from a non prot foundation at www.ppnf.org After I have done at least 30 days of liver and kidney support, I generally continue this support while adding in the products I use which begin to pull or chelate out specic poisons, but that would be another article.


One of the most important pieces of information regarding liver and kidney support, whether it is for an autistic child (or adult) or for any other condition (or as a preventive therapy) is the following. If any dose of a properly prescribed, high uality, liver or kidney support product, causes any reaction, stop the product. You are either using too high a dose, too freuent a dosing schedule, or the patient is so toxic or easily triggered, that you need to do only one organ (such as the liver) for a month or so before adding in the product for the other organ. Disregard the instructions on the product bottles as they are often too


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