by Michele Catahay

Guam - Detoxifying the body is essential to maintaining good health. We are often exposed to chemicals, pesticides and preservatives that enter the body through the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe.

Advanced Chiropractic is one of several clinics offering a new way to detoxify the body. It not only gets rid of toxins, but it also promotes healthy lifestyle choices. Toxins and chemicals get stored in the body's joints as well as organs, arteries, nerves and tissues, disrupting their ability to function. Dr. Rod White explains how the ion foot cleanse detoxifies the body using ions.

He said, "The water molecule is split into hydroxide ion and a hydrogen ion that flow into the body as a charge and what the charge and ions do, they neutralize free radicals and wherever your body has stored toxins, acid wastes and stuff like that, they will be able to neutralize those wastes, cling on to them and draw them out."

Each session lasts about 30 minutes. The feet are placed in warm, salt water along with the ion cleanser. As time passes, it begins to neutralize and remove toxins through the pores in your feet. Each ion cleanse session is said to provide more energy and a better state of mind, promote healthy weight loss, and maintain good health. Dr. White says it's easy for toxins to build up in the body.

"You may breathe in the toxins, you may ingest them through foods and may pick them up through eating ocean fish, heavy metals, different things like that and just in our environment. everywhere you turn, we put toxins everywhere," he said.

White prefers for individuals to eat fresh produce and foods. In the meantime, if you're under 50, you could do the cleanse three times a week. If you're over 50, it's recommended that you do it twice a week. For more information, you can contact Advance Chiropractic at 649-0545.