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Ion Foot Detoxification Program

An Ion Foot Detox is a fast, effective and non-invasive way of stimulating and balancing the bio-energetic fields of the body, facilitating better organ function, full body alkalization and auto-detoxification. It is strongly recommended that you follow a regular and continuous detoxification program.

In an Ion Foot Detox, water is broken down into lots of energy ions (namely positive and negative ions). These active energy ions penetrate into the skin and enter the cells via the human body through capillary pores and cell membranes to supply the body with negative and positive ions. After a complex biochemical reaction, the positive and negative ions in the body release more energy and increase the vigor of the cells. The detoxification process also improves the metabolic function of the organs in the body, and enhances metabolism. In 15- 30 minutes, toxins and wastes, which accumulate in the body, will be expelled quickly and safely, while the body will gradually start to heal itself.  The different colors of the toxins expelled from the body will help you uncover your body's health status.

The Ion Foot Detox has the ability to switch from a positive polarity which produces a predominance of negative ions in the water, to a negative polarity which produces a predominance of positive ions in the water. We treat you for equal periods of time with both negative and positive ions to help mobilize both kinds of toxins.

The Foot Detox treatment is a safe, straightforward process that involves immersing one's feet into a basin filled with water in order to help detoxify the body.

While immersing your feet in the water, a series of timed positive and negative ions that the Natural Vitality Center Ion Foot Detox emits, invigorates, alkalizes, re-conditions and synchronizes the body’s natural ionic flow. The result is that your body can detox safely at it’s own pace. This detoxification happens mainly after the treatment and is likely to take place via the organs of detoxification i.e. your kidneys, liver and skin. The best results are achieved by running a 15-30 minute detox program.

There is no discomfort during the treatment and the entire process takes 15-30 minutes. The process is very safe but it is not recommended for pregnant women, anyone with a pacemaker or people with organ transplants.  You will be astounded and curious as the water changes from a clear to lightly colored shade, then to darker shades.  The color change will often be different from person to person and session to session.

According to Dr. Theodore Baroody, author of Alkalize or Die, acid wastes attack joints, tissues, muscles, organs, and glands causing minor to major dysfunction. He asserts that avoiding disease and maintaining vitality, as we age, requires the maintenance of an alkaline environment throughout the body - which is virtually impossible to accomplish in our high-tech, high-stress, toxic society, unless we can walk on the beach every day.  The Natural Vitality Center Ion Foot Detox creates atrue alkalized body chemistry.

To schedule an Ion Detox Foot bath session please contact Amber Kent at the Natural Vitality Center: Vaughan Integrative Medicine; 336.808.3627 Ext. 17 or amber@vaughanintegrative.com

Far Infrared Detoxification Sauna

Detoxify your body and achieve radiant good health with the highest-quality, most effective, far infrared sauna at the Natural Vitality Center part of Vaughan Integrative Medicine. Our level of toxic exposure far outstrips our body's natural elimination mechanisms. Studies indicate that most of us have between 400 and 600 chemical residues stored in the fat cells of our bodies. To stay healthy and strong in this chemical-ridden world, it's essential to help the body increase its removal of harmful and potentially deadly waste products.

Health Benefits:

• Combating Toxic Overload
• Stress Relief, Anxiety and Depression
• Enhanced Immune Health
• Weight Control & Cellulite Removal
• Improved Cardiovascular Conditioning
• Pain Relief (Fibromylagia)
• Chronic Fatigue and Brain Fog
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

The solution is regular, effective, whole body detoxification. Far infrared sauna therapy boosts the body's ability to detoxify, leading to significant and lasting health benefits. In fact, use of the Natural Vitality far infrared sauna is recognized worldwide by medical doctors and health practitioners as perhaps the most effective method along with Chelation for removing both chemical and heavy metal toxins (including mercury) from the body.

Far infrared is a section of the natural band of light that is not visible to the human eye, but can be felt as heat. Unlike the high heat produced in traditional saunas, far infrared heat is able to penetrate the body to a depth of 1.5 to 2 inches. This stimulates the body's cellular detoxification process more effectively and at a lower temperature than a traditional sauna.

According to studies, the sweat induce by a far infrared sauna was found to be 80 to 85% water and the other parts cholesterol, fat soluble toxins, toxic heavy metals, sulfuric acid, sodium, ammonia and uric acid. This high concentration of toxins and heavy metals was not found in the sweat induce by conventional saunas.

Proceed carefully and slowly when using a far infrared sauna based on the approval of your doctor. A far infrared sauna treatment releases toxins from the fat cells into the blood stream, and into the sweat. A person with mold toxicity for example should proceed very slowly to avoid uncomfortable symptoms caused by mold toxins. Also if you have ever used recreational drugs, a sauna may cause you to relive those experiences as you sweat out those drugs. A person with a history of exposure to pesticides or heavy metals Ð lead, cadmium from smoking, or mercury from silver amalgams can also get sick as they sweat out these toxins after they are released into the bloodstream.

Supplements to take following Sauna to improve detoxification:

• A general digestive enzyme supplement
• Buffered Vitamin C (3000 mg of Vitamin C)
• Lipoic Acid (300 mg)
• N-Acetyl Cysteine (500 mg)
• Milk Thistle (350 mg)
• 2 Large glasses of purified water

Please consider exercising before a sauna treatment. It has added benefit of stimulating the movement of lymph to remove toxins. Be careful not to overdo it and to exercise at a comfortable level.

Contraindications: Hemophiliacs and a pregnant or nursing woman should not use the sauna. People with advanced symptomatic heart disease, unstable angina, or severe adrenal suppression should use the sauna only under medical supervision.

References:
Mary Beth Short-Ray M.S. D.O.  Surviving Toxic Black Mold Syndrome
High Tech Health International

How to survive the shortage of Armour Thyroid.

Once again, people who are hypothyroid and take glandular thyroid (specifically Armour Thyroid®, Nature-Throid®, or Westhroid®) are having a difficult time getting their hormones.

It's not going to get better for at least three months. Unfortunately the manufacturer of Armour Thyroid®, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has reduced production and other manufacturers of glandular thyroid are unable to keep up with consumer demand.

There is little, if any, supply of Armour Thyroid® or other glandulars available in drugstores (both local and online). A few compounding pharmacies may have a dwindling stock, but I learned yesterday that local compounding pharmacies like Pill Time in Lexington, NC, and Custom Care Pharmacy in Greensboro, NC, no longer have any glandular thyroid.

What's a person to do?

You actually have three choices.

We can call in two prescriptions for you: Synthroid® (T4) and Cytomel® (T3). This will approximate the T4 and T3 in Armour Thyroid®; however, it will not have the glandular component.

Or, you can come by the office and purchase a supplement that we have ordered specifically to help remedy the situation called GTA-Forte®. This is glandular porcine thyroid exactly like Armour Thyroid® but the T4 has been taken out of it. It does contain T3. This can be combined with a prescription of Synthroid® to get the T4. This will be the closest thing available to Armour Thyroid®, Naturethroid®, or Westhroid® for the next few months.

The recommended dosage for this supplement is somewhere between 1 pill per day up to 1-2 pills three times per day, depending on your unique situation. This is the recommendation of my friend and colleague, Dr. David Brownstein in West Bloomfield, Michigan, author of Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It and Overcoming Thyroid Disorders.

We can have your prescription compounded. This will contain T4 and T3 in the same amounts as Armour Thyroid®. It will not have any glandular in it. This is an excellent option for people who are sensitive to corn or pork.

Before You Run Out Of Your Armor Thyroid®:

Please be patient with our CMAs and nursing staff. We have been inundated by phone calls, as I'm certain all physicians have across the country, and we are responding to your concerns and requests for refills as quickly as we can, given the situation. For those of you who still have a supply of Armour Thyroid®, please contact us no less than one week before you run out of your medication so that we may help you make arrangements to continue with treatment for your hypothyroidism.

Lastly, don't panic... We will get through this.

FYI: A very useful article by Mary Shomon can be found at thyroid.about.com, where she discusses the shortage of Armour Thyroid®.

Take care of yourself,
Dr. Elizabeth Vaughan

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Vaughan Integrative Medicine is now taking appointments for Healing Touch sessions with Nancy Fletcher, RN, CHTP
Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy therapy. Gentle touch assists in balancing your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Healing Touch works with your energy field to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. Sessions are 1 hour and can be scheduled on Thursday afternoons between 1-5pm. Call our office (336) 808-3627 X13 to schedule your appointment with Nancy.