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| The Tao of Detox: The Secrets of Yang-Sheng Dao | 
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Category: Book
Author: Daniel Reid
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Studio: Healing Arts Press
Manufacturer: Healing Arts Press
Label: Healing Arts Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594771421
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781594771422
ASIN: 1594771421
Publication Date: October 25, 2006
Release Date: November 5, 2006
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Product Description
A practical guide to preventing and treating the toxic assault on our bodies
? Shows how the practices of periodic detox and ?rational retox? can counteract the toxic nature of our modern lifestyles, diets, and environment
? Provides ancient Chinese methods and remedies that help the body repair itself
? Includes detoxification techniques, formulas, and exercises that work within 10 days
Despite the wonders of modern medicine, the state of human health throughout the world is eroding at an alarming rate. The long-term accumulation of toxins and acid waste in our bodies--both from the chemically contaminated air we breathe and water we drink as well as the toxins we ingest in the form of low quality food, preservatives, and additives--damages our organs, corrodes our joints and arteries, enervates our nervous system, and inhibits our immune system. Chronic pain and fatigue, hypertension and heart failure, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, indigestion, insomnia, and even acne, are all caused by the long-term accumulation of toxins in our bodies.
In The Tao of Detox Daniel Reid combines traditional Eastern practices and the latest of modern Western thinking to offer detoxification methods that can repair in as little as seven to ten days much of the long-term damage done. He provides breathing exercises, massage techniques, and soft exercises such as yoga and tai chi that help the body to heal itself. He also explains the importance of ?rational retoxification,? which allows the careful reintroduction of less healthy substances, and offers ways to counteract those toxins we can?t--or don?t want to--avoid, including alcohol and tobacco. Reid explains that, just as we care for our cars with regular tune-ups, by practicing periodic detox as well as ?rational retox,? we can enjoy long and healthy lives and still be able to ?eat, drink, and be merry.?
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 best of old and new. April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Knowledge from the past blended with the most recent useful means of appling it. The physiology of how detox works, might be well established in "Yang-Sheng Dao", but this "how-to" hands the techniques to this baby-boomer in plain terms from more overlapping angles than I could have ever found in one source. Enjoy
Great Insight March 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has a lot of information in it. I came across it randomly in the book store and have recommended my more serious health-nut friends read it for more insight of ways to detox. I couldn't put it down. I hadn't come across a book for detox that really drew me in like this one. Sure, some of this seems so serious and too much for a beginner or even one who has taken on the challenge of detoxing, but it gives the reader an outlook in many dimensions. Get your hands on this book, read it for yourself and decide what you want to incorporate into your next detox. It is another learning curve . . . . there are many thoughts on detox . . . some agree with it and some don't . . . . some take it further than others . . . . Get as much knowledge as you can and decide how you want to go about it. Be smart!
 Not the Tao December 29, 2007
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
I was excited to buy this book because I am familiar with some of Reid's other books on Taoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I was hoping for some authentic Taoist and Traditional Chinese dietary and detox processes. Alas, what I got was an uncritical promotion of the worst fads, snake oil, and expensive products and devices imaginable. Taoist teachings emphisize the ability to discern reality from delusion, most of this stuff is pure magical thinking. It reads like Reid is just citing promotional literature for a lot of this stuff. Some of what he says is pure nonsense that circulates around the internet with no substantiation, such as Pasteur's deathbed recantation of the germ theory (never been documented) and the notion that colons are packed full of hard plaque (never been seen at an autoposy). In at least 2 of the products he discusses, the manufacturers have been subject to prosecution for false and misleading claims.
The good - A couple of useful chapters dealing with detox by diet and detox by fasting. Some useful food ideas and several herbal mixtures, both American herbal and TCM, that might be useful. Some simple exercises. These sections warrent 2 stars.
The so-so - The promotion of colon hydrotherapy. There is no evidence of hard plaque in anyone's colon, however the cleansing of the colon is typically part of any detox, so this may be a useful addition to herbs and foods. Despite Reid's uncritical acceptance of the manufacturer's claims, the product he discusses for home use is at least not very expensive and appears well-made. I, for one, wouldn't want to do 14 colonics in 7 days. This would seem awfully disturbing to normal gut flora. But at least it is probably not harmful nor too expensive for those who want it.
The bad - Uncritical acceptance of science fiction theories and products and promotion of these (often very expensive) products with stuff straight for the company's literature. Things like: the Grander Living Water Sytem, proven in independant lab tests to do nothing and which are extremely expensive; "alkaline water" generators which are expensive and produce a product which is immediately acidified by the stomach; water "microclusters" when in fact the stomach and intestinal lining can absorb any conformation of water with ease, body pH (I thought this fad had died out several years back)... the list goes on and on and on. Only 1 page of discussion of the yin and yang of foods, pretty much reduced to yang = acid = bad, yin = alkaline = good. Minus 1 star.
I don't usually like to chime in on the skeptic side of things and sound like some quackbuster. I'm willing to be open-minded and try a lot of new stuff. But I also worked as a microbiologist and in chemistry for a number of years and I know when things just don't work on a physical level. Much of this is just magical thinking and I hate to see people waste a lot of money on it.
I'd suggest skipping this one and just look at some simpler, more basic books on diet and detox. You don't need a lot of expensive products to turn your kitchen into a chemistry lab and your bathroom into a colon treatment center to do a little internal cleansing.
daniel reid is great! December 19, 2005
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
i have read many of daniel reid's books and they are all incredibly informative and easy to understand, this book is no exception. daniel reid gives a practical way to exist in our society that's full of toxicity and periodically or daily clean or 'detoxify' ourselves. that simple act can great lenghten and improve one's life. the best part is he really gives great suggestions on methods and products people could use to detoxify. i really recommend this book for everyone.
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