Washout of cocaine during a sauna detox regimen at Narconon
There has been a lot of buzz on the celebrity scandal sites lately about Katie Holmes using a sauna detox regimen to prepare herself for her next pregnancy. These being gossip rags, they are heavy on innuendo and drama and light on the facts.
The program was developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and is detailed in his book Clear Body Clear Mind
- Perform some moderate aerobic exercise to stimulate blood flow,
- Take a high dose of immediate release Niacin to mobilize the fatty acids in their body,
- Sit in a relatively low temperature sauna (150°F / 65°C) for up to 5 hours per day, exiting as needed to shower, both to cool down and rinse toxins excreted through sweat off your skin.
- Participants drink lots of fluids during their regimen, and take prescribed doses of vitamins and cold-pressed oils to compensate for other nutrients lost in the detox procedure.
This detox regimen has been used to remove toxins from both drug abuse and environmental exposure.
Narconon uses the detox program in their addiction recovery program for drug addicts. Their philosophy is that with drugs stored in your fat, you will constantly be getting a low dose of drugs into your system. As long as these are present, you can’t make other changes to eliminate drugs from your life. The chart that accompanies this post shows a case study of a former cocaine addict in their program. At the beginning of the program, the participant had no traces of cocaine in his sweat or urine. Within a few days of starting the program, the levels returned to those of a habitual user, then over a period of 50 days, all the remaining cocaine washed out of their system.
Sauna detoxification has also been used for people exposed to environmental contaminants, for instance 9/11 rescue workers, and Chernobyl residents.
If you think you have heavy contaminant levels in your system, DON’T ATTEMPT A SAUNA DETOX WITHOUT MEDICAL SUPERVISION. Done properly, a detox can cause a sudden release of contaminants into your bloodstream. These can give you the same affects as your original exposure, or worse. If you’re not properly replacing the other necessary things that the detox is removing from your system, you could be creating new problems for yourself.
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