Question:
I decided to go to a holistic practitioner two weeks ago. He asked me afew questions, then looked into my eyes with a penlight and magnifyingglass. As he looked, he called out various areas of the body that werehaving problems (iridology?). Each thing he called out matched up tosymptoms I'd been having. He then prescribed a hypoglycemic diet forme, and gave me some supplement pills. It was an amazing experience.Some areas he mentioned we in no way touched on. There was no way hecould have known otherwise, so it looks like there must be something toit.

I felt better the next day, and continued to feel great for about aweek. During the past week, however, I've felt run down, depressed, outof shape, and generally fatigued and uninterested in most things.

Did I just have a placebo reaction, or is this normal for "holisticdetox"? I guess I can stand it if I know things will improve.

Answer: well sisyphus that giant boulder is a heavy load but the view is great up onthe mountain. Detoxification is a complex issue covered in many ways in bothwholistic and medical literature. Going on a hypoglycemic diet is not a realdetoxifying event per se-to actually detoxify according to a wholistic ideationyou would need to chelate metals or remove organic toxicants via hepaticmediation in order to actually detoxify and as you do an increase in symptomsare usually felt until the deed is accomplished. The materials used to detoxifyrange from severe and potent use of peroxides or edta interveneuoslyadministered to the use of antioxidants and some amino acids used as oralsupplements with some agar or apulgite which acts as an absorbant. To stabilizeblood sugar levels one does feel a sense of depression and fatigue as you areleaving a general state of hyperglycemia-hypo-to a more stable blood level andyour addictive allergy is some what craving the rush-it stabilizes in about 1-2weeks