Detox Starts with Voltage

Amy was a 46-year-old breast cancer survivor who wanted to detox from all the chemo and radiation she just had and get help with the swelling that was painfully down her right arm. It was the right side that had the mastectomy, and she thought it was post-surgery swelling that went down her right arm. 

Upon muscle testing, Amy’s liver and kidneys were testing well, which is what you need for a successful detox. The lymphatic system picks up toxins from the cells and dumps them into the blood at the collar bones. The blood is then taken to the liver and kidneys to be detoxed. The liver dumps it into the bowels to be eliminated while the kidneys produce urine that then goes to the bladder to be dumped. These pathways need to be working well if you want to help the body detox. Where Amy was weak was her lymphatic system since some lymphatic tissue was surgically removed along with the breast tissue. The rest of the lymphatic system would have to work hard to get the toxins out of the intracellular space and into the bloodstream. It takes time, but the body would form new lymph vessels to replace the old ones. 

The other piece I needed to make sure was happening well, as if the cells were moving out the toxins as they should into the intracellular space for the lymph vessels to actually pick up the toxins. We didn’t want Amy’s cells to be holding onto the toxins. Cells release toxins through ion channels in their cellular membrane. Not everything can go through the membrane, and these voltage-gated protein channels make sure only specific ions pass through.

Whenever someone comes to me and wants to detox, or the muscle testing shows heavy metal or heavy chemical detox is needed, the question always is where do I start? A healthy body should be able to detox on its own. So, if you need detox support, the question is where? Does the liver or kidneys need support? Do we need to do blood purification support? Is the problem in the lymph, or do we need to do cellular support?

To help patients detox at the cellular level, it’s all about the cellular membrane letting the toxins out so the blood or lymph picks it up. The right voltage needs to be at the cellular membrane for this to happen. This voltage is dependent on four electrolytes: sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Sodium and calcium are naturally outside the cell membrane and hold a positive charge, while potassium and magnesium are on the inside of the cell and hold a more negative charge.

During the day, sunlight moves sodium and calcium into the cell. The build-up of these two electrolytes in the cell pushes potassium and magnesium out of the cell and makes you tired. While you sleep at night, sodium and calcium make their way out of the cell membrane along with cellular waste and toxins, while magnesium and potassium move back in.

This is the exchange of electrolytes that has to be working correctly for toxins to move out of the cells. This is why detox starts with voltage. Amy’s detox at the cellular level was muscle testing well. So, in her case, we supported her with the right nutrition to make her lymphatic system stronger and gave her lymphatic therapy as well. 

Something that can get in the way of cellular detox and the exchange of electrolytes is if we are dehydrated. If we don’t drink enough water, the body goes on dehydration alert, and the liver makes more cholesterol than the cells put in the cellular membrane to make it less permeable so that the water stays inside the cell. This extra cholesterol may be good to hold water in, but it is not good for the exchange of minerals, and when the charge inside the cell is not correct, it means the pH of the cell is not correct. If the pH of the cell is not correct, then the cell cannot detox. To ensure the cellular charge is correct, you can drink electrolytes both for extra minerals and for the water that the body needs to no longer be dehydrated. 

This exchange of ions creates cell membranes that have a resting voltage of -70 millivolts, meaning the inside of the cell is more negative than the outside. If your resting voltage is not -70 millivolts, then you may have trouble sleeping, pain, or low energy. To help your body reset its voltage, you can do PEMF therapy. Your body is an electrical system. A person in good health has a positive charge of 80 to 100 millivolts running through their body at all times. This voltage is important for nerve impulse transmission and muscle contraction. We are literally a battery that needs to be recharged, and the PEMF therapy can do that. PEMF stands for Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field. To recharge your cells, you lay on a mat that emits the electric frequency that your body absorbs. The frequency is very light, so the therapy is relaxing. When the therapy is over, your body is holding a more optimal charge, and you can function better.

I think sunlight is a great way to recharge your body at the cellular level and something we take for granted. We absorb sunlight in little units called photons. It is the photons and electrons around the cell membrane that attract the oxygen and allow the cell to breathe. The more sunlight you absorb, the more photons your cells hold, and the easier it is for them to attract oxygen. 

Light does not only come from the sun, but we produce light within. Dr. Fritz Popp was a German scientist who showed our cells emit a very small amount of light called biophotons to PubMed. It’s not just human cells but all living cells. When two free radicals hit each other, they give off a very small unit of light called a biophoton. We make a lot of biophotons throughout the day, and the more we make, the healthier we are. 

This is why light therapy is so healing. There are a lot of red light therapies out there on the market that can be very helpful. Sunlight itself is very healing and holds the whole spectrum of light. Red light, orange light, yellow light, green light, blue light, and violet light. We have discovered that the different colors of light have different wavelengths that hold certain healing abilities. I have had red light therapy in my office since 2006 and have gotten great results with reducing inflammation, increasing circulation, hair growth, and reducing pain. It has only been recently that I have brought a new machine into the office for light therapy. This light therapy reads your body’s frequencies and then puts them into a red light, blue light, and infrared light pattern specific for you that can be very healing for the body, not just in helping to detox but also in killing any type of bad gut flora or chronic infections.

With the right voltage and light, you can release toxins at the cellular level. With healthy lymphatic and circulatory systems, the toxins can move from the cells to the liver and kidneys, where they are broken down and taken out of the body. With fewer toxins in your body, your health will be improved. 

Resources:

• Properties of Biophotons and their Theoretical Implications - National Library of Medicine