The Best Detox For Lyme Is Not A Product – It’s A Practice
Updated March 18, 2024
The best detox for Lyme disease is not a product, it’s a practice. Now how can that be, you might ask, when there are so many cleanse products to choose from, and many integrative doctors offer a wide variety of products to support your liver and detox function?
It’s true, certain quality supplements and herbs CAN support the body’s detoxification pathways in certain ways. However, they don’t always work as intended. Why is that? When you take your detox support products, can you tell that they are making a difference?
When we are successfully detoxifying, we should feel lighter, more clear-headed, and more energetic. If your cleansing supplements are having good results, then stick with them! As a practitioner who works with people who are looking for the best detox to support treatment of complex illness, I recommend certain products too. But they are never a replacement for the lifestyle practices that physically and mechanically remove more of the body’s waste than it’s capable of doing on its own. These lifestyle practices directly do the job of removing the infectious and toxic excess that can make you feel so sick.
There’s nothing wrong with these herbs or supplements, and in theory if not in practice they really DO support your body on some level. But they fall extremely short of what chronic Lyme patients need to accelerate their healing.
The truth is, real cleansing – the kind that leaves you feeling lighter, energized, younger and more vital – only happens when you put cleansing practices into place, not just rely upon detox products.
In fact, if you are taking lots of pills and powders, your body may detox better without all the supplements, for they are just adding to the internal traffic jam despite their best intentions.
Instead, you want to adopt what I call a holistic cleansing lifestyle. This is a foundational piece of the Uprooting Lyme approach to healing chronic Lyme disease.
Holistic means that we’re dealing with your whole body-mind-spirit when we cleanse, not just the liver. Cleansing means that the purpose of the health practices we put into place is to purify the entire system. And lifestyle because these routines become a part of your daily way of life, just like brushing your teeth.
You may not realize that your body’s natural cleansing abilities are a part of your circadian rhythm, which is divided into 3 equal portions throughout a daily cycle:
Appropriation of nourishment: noon – 8pm
Assimilation of nourishment: 8pm-4am
Elimination of waste: 4am – noon
The holistic cleansing lifestyle takes advantage of the human body’s natural cycle.
This is why, for example, we recommend to all of our patients to begin their day with a quart of pure spring water (even better to add alkalizing lemon).
This hydrating ritual is followed by the consumption of fresh vegetable juice to further alkalize and hydrate the body’s tissues, which magnetizes the acidic waste and helps to escort it out of the body.
Fresh vegetable juice also energizes and supplies a high amount of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and enzymes to the body, in an easily absorbable form, to support the body’s cleansing and re-building efforts.
There is much more involved in the Uprooting Lyme approach to cleansing, and consistency is key. But these are a couple of essential practices that serve as the initial building blocks of a holistic cleansing lifestyle, and they’re a great place to start.
The true promise of effective cleansing is that it will remove what is blocking your healing. This is because cleansing removes the obstructions that trap and block your inner power and vitality, which is your innate self-healing capacity. So hold off on purchasing more pills and powders until you put these basic daily practices into place!
Ready to learn how to effectively, safely detox – and literally clear the way for healing? Check out Detox For Lyme, our 8-week online course, which teaches you everything you need to know to cleanse and fast, whether you are just learning how or ready to move to an advanced level of cleansing.
So what specifically do you suggest is used for the fasting, liquid diet other than water? Is there a purchasable shake one can use soley? What exactly should be used for the enemas, when during the day,’and how often during each day? If I’m left alone to do this myself without a specific shake that I can buy premises, my chances are slim that in will not lose control thru the day and eat regular food as its my weakness for comfort reasons. I need a rigid program of what and when to have/use and one that leaves nothing as an option for me to use or fall back on in addition. Please tell me detailed, the products (shakes pre made) and when and how many exactly to have. And then, which enema to use and when. I ask for this bc left w the physical ability to make up my own plan, I will break into gummy bears at night, and literally anything to comfort myself. I overeat and it’s all junk unfortunately, which I know is only delaying my chance if healing inside. Thanks’
Hi Debbie, I highly recommend this for you: http://www.uprootinglyme.com/detox-for-lyme/
Comes complete with 1 hour / week call with our resident Health Coach, who can answer all of your questions and more!
Thank you for the great info.
thank you Jin!
How do you address the fact that your body needs protein in the morning, best within 2 hours of waking and especially important to keep blood sugar levels steady? There’s no protein in fruit juice.
Hi Krista, great question. First, actually there is protein in certain vegetables, especially the greens. Cleansing is a different approach to fueling and energizing the body. We recommend that you juice first thing, then eat something more proteinaceous when you are truly hungry for it. As you cleanse, your body depends less on dense sources of protein such as animal-based foods, and does well on light-derived sources of energy, such as fresh fruit / vegetable juice. Each person needs to go at their own pace in this regard.
Thank you so much for this and for your web site. It is such a relief to find this holistic approach.
Thank you Patricia! It’s our pleasure to share.
Thank you for this! I’m having a rough time with the die-off (even with taking a break from medicines/vitamins/protocols)- this made me feel like I’m not alone and that there is hope!
Hi Aurora, yes lots of hope. Please consider our Detox For Lyme program, or a free 30 minute consultation with us. Sounds like it would be very helpful for you.
I am interested in this, but have issues with mast cell activation from herbs and from die-off. Does this program address this? This is a fairly common issue for people with lyme. Thanks!
Hi Sonja, yes this program is very appropriate for people with die-off symptoms and mast cell activation. As you can see, it doesn’t rely on supplements to initiate much needed detox (although a few are recommended). The focus is on the mechanics of detox and how we can support the body’s normal mechanisms via lifestyle tools and practices (versus ingesting pills). This approach is ideal for die off and MCA!
How do I get the 30 minute free consult to see if the 8 week detox is for me?
Thanks,
Rhonda
Hi Rhonda,
You can apply for a free consult on our website here. We look forward to hearing from you!
Hi. Can you use the liposomal EO while juice fasting or is that only recommended to take with food? Thank You
Hi Kimberly,
Yes, you can most definitely take it during a juice fast – all the better! It does not need to be taken with food.
Hi Hillary,
Where do I go to sign up for a free consultation for the 8 wk cleanse program?
Christy Lennon
Hi Christy, you can request a free 30-minute discovery call with our clinic manager here: https://uprootinglyme.com/application-for-a-free-discovery-call/
And you can sign up for the 8-week Detox for Lyme program here: https://uprootinglyme.com/detox-for-lyme/
Hope that helps!
Thanks! Eating according to my natural rhythm has been a godsend to me. But the time intervals differ for me and my body is very persistent in sticking to these intervals. If I stray from it, I usually end up feeling nauseous and sick.
Appropriation of nourishment: 8am-10am (11am-1pm) 4pm-6pm
Big meal 8am-10am
Small meal 11am-1pm
Big meal 4pm-6pm
Probably this rhythm differs by person.
Thank you for sharing this Mariann! Yes, this will vary from person-to-person, thus the importance of getting in touch with your own “inner healer”!
I have had chronic Lyme for 4 yrs.
Hey Robie! Sorry to hear you’ve been dealing with chronic Lyme. Feel free to reach out to us at info@uprootinglyme.com or call our clinic at 845 687 6211 if you’d like to learn more about our approach or schedule a consultation.
Will colonics help for detoxing, and what about activated charcoal?
Hi Joan, yes, colonics can help a LOT for detoxing! Here’s an article we wrote on this topic. Our self-guided Detox for Lyme online cleansing program also dives deep into colon cleansing.
Activated charcoal is one of several binders we use in our clinic; other binders we use often include Zeolite, The Cell Core binders HM-ET binder, Biotoxin binder, Carboxy binder, and others. These can help bind to particular toxins and help move them out of the body.
If you’re interested in setting up a consult, call our clinic at 845 687 6211 so we can offer the treatment plan that’s best for your particular situation. Happy detoxing!
What if a person wants to see you as a patient but with there lyme disease a big symptom is insomnia and there only sleeping a few hours a night. Also can people make a full recovery from bartonella and lyme without the antibiotics?