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Step 3:
Detoxification
The Angeles Functional Oncology Program places Detoxification as one of the central tenets of our Functional Medicine program.
Our program is designed to ensure proper nutrient balance through the use of proteins, amino acids and herbs to support adequate liver function during detoxification.
Modernization has created many advantages to western cultures, but at a price: the proliferation of pollution, radiation and contaminants in our food and water supply mean that we are virtually surrounded by substances/molecules characterized by toxic impact on the human body.
Our bodies are designed with systems whose purpose is to neutralize the threat of an insupportable toxic burden; these systems are ‘ignited’ by specific nutrients required by the master organ and which are key for liver detoxification.
These nutrients are crucial for adequate liver function and effective detoxification, however, many chemicals as well as cancer treatment drugs are known to impair and inhibit some of these functions.
The end result: defective detoxification and in an increase in the toxic burden.
Key Influential Factors
Each of the following factors is taken into account by your Functional Medicine team during the crafting of your individual detoxification plan:
- Genetic blue print
- The presence of Disease
- Diet and lifestyle
- Environment
- Age and gender
As a patient of the Angeles Functional Oncology Treatment Program, our team will design a specially prepared detoxification plan, which will include some or all of the following elements:
Glutathione
Glutathione is a tripeptide (very small protein) that plays a key role in liver detoxification, acting as a ‘scavenger’ of destructive free radicals and therefore essential for liver support.
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N-acetylcystein
N-acetylcystein is an amino acid that contributes to glutathione synthesis and protects against liver cell damage.
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Milk thistle
Milk thistle herb has been utilized for years to remedy a variety of ailments, particularly liver and gall bladder problems. Scientific studies suggest that substances in milk thistle (especially a flavonoid called silymarin) act to protect the liver from toxins.
Silymarin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and is thought to help the liver repair itself by growing new cells.
Additional treatment modalities that improve the mobilization and excretion of waste will be included in your customized program. For example, for those who are physically able, an exercise or other physical activity is integrated as part of your detoxification program. Other treatments may include:
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Colon Therapy
The Angeles Functional Oncology Treatment program underscores the importance of a healthy colon through the administration of various colon therapies for detoxification.
The colon plays host to the body’s largest concentration of bacteria, which is essential for proper function and health of the colon. Inadequate dietary fiber, dehydration, bad (pathogenous) bacteria and bad dietary/lifestyle habits are all contributors to toxic overload and impaired elimination of the colon; the colon’s natural resource of ‘good’ bacteria countermand these negative impacts to the colon.
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Extra corporeal filtering
“Extra corporeal” means, literally, “outside the body”. This filtering therapy takes place externally through the use of perfusion: blood is pumped out through a central line, passing through a UV light and filter to remove cellular debris and microorganisms.
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