Narconon Drug Detox - Detoxification
3. The Detoxification Program Developed by L. Ron Hubbard |
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This program was designed to mobilize and enhance the elimination of fat-stored
xenobiotics. The Hubbard program was specifically developed to reduce levels of
drug residues but has proven to be applicable to the reduction of other
fat-stored compounds. The program has gained widespread support due to its
effectiveness and the fact that it is well supported by the medical literature.
Each component of the program is in alignment with current research on the
mobilization of fat stores and the facilitation of toxin elimination. The
components of this program are:
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| A. Exercise: |
| Fat is stored throughout the body, with significant deposits not
only in adipose tissue but in cellular reserves, membranes, etc. Exercise is
aimed at both promoting deep circulation in the tissues and enhancing the
turnover of fats. Numerous studies have shown that exercise promotes the
circulation of blood to tissues (18) and also promotes mobilization of lipid
from storage depots (19-24). Mobilization of fat stores is accompanied by
mobilization of the toxins stored in the fatty tissue (25-27).
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| B. Sauna: |
| Mobilization of chemicals is not desirable if routes of elimination
are not enhanced. Chemicals are excreted through many routes including feces,
urine, sweat, sebum, and lung vapor. The purposes of the sauna aspect of this
program are twofold. Heat stress is a means of increasing circulation (28) and
of enhancing the elimination of compounds through both sweat and sebum. It is
documented that methadone (29), amphetamines (30), methamphetamines and
morphine (31), copper (32), mercury (33), additional metals (34) and other
compounds appear in human sweat. Enhancement of this elimination route is a key
purpose of the sauna aspect of this program. In addition to an increase in
sweat production, increased body temperature results in heightened production
of sebum, the material produced by the skin's sebaceous glands (35). In
patients exhibiting "chloracne," a specific skin disorder caused by chemical
exposure, the causative compounds may be detected both in adipose tissue and in
sebum of the skin (36). Though not a major route of elimination for
polychlorinat-ed biphenyls (PCBs), PCBs may be found in sebum of exposed
individuals (37). Both the concentration of PCBs and the quantity of sebum
produced have been shown to increase during the detoxification program
developed by Hubbard (38)
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