Is It Okay To Do An Ionic Body Cleanse When Your Pregnant?!
Question: I have heard about Ionic Foot baths/Body Cleanse and would like to try one. I just quit smoking a few days ago and I am pregnant. Is it ok to get an ionic body cleanse or foot bath when your pregnant?
Answers: I have heard about Ionic Foot baths/Body Cleanse and would like to try one. I just quit smoking a few days ago and I am pregnant. Is it ok to get an ionic body cleanse or foot bath when your pregnant?
Ionic cleansing is only considered worthwhile by alt med fanatics who cannot distinguish BS from reality. It's good that you recognized that fact before you wasted any money on this crap.
Ionic cleansing is only considered a scam by the quackbusters who are trying to stop Alternative Medical ideas from cutthing into their profits. They have posted much disinformation to try to get people to continue on the allopathic downward spiral. There are some ionic products out there that aren't trustworthy (as you have read in the news there are also some prescription drugs out there that aren't trustworthy - including recent news of the tamiflu deaths). The basic chemistry behind ionic cleansing is real. Clay baths are actually a very beneficial form of ionic cleansing if you get the right, and pharmaceutical grade, clays.
THAT SAID: When you sort it all out and find the real science that shows ionic cleansing works, I would NOT do any ionic cleansing while pregnant!!!!! Metal toxicity is highly implicated in birth defects, ADD/ADHD and Autism. Though you as the mother are likely to be metal toxic, ionic cleansing can also move these toxins around in your body. While they may remove some, they may just mobilize more. That mobilization could lead to more metals crossing the placenta to your developing child.
Best to not stir up any metals at all during this time. Avoid any dental work if you have silver (or amalgam/mercury) fillings. Do not eat Cilantro - which is a mercury mobilizer. Find out what are mercury mobilizers and avoid. Especially watch your supplements for ALA - alpha lipoic acid, which is a known mercury chelator that crosses the blood brain barrier. (do not confuse with ALA - alpha linoleic acid found in many fish oils). For more info on metal toxicity check out http://www.noamalgam.com
ALSO: Avoid all immunizations no matter how much your physician says you need it to stay healthy for your baby. The flu vaccine for adults still has mercury, and may also containn MSG, aluminum (another bad one) and a host of other dangerous toxins. Being directly injected into the blood stream, they give your baby no chance by passing through your cleansing system first.
Some other sites to check out and books to read:
Ina May's Complete Guide to Childbirth
Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective
http://www.thinktwice.com
http://www.nvic.org - subscribing to their newsletter will keep you up to date on news in the vaccine safety/additive world.
For a debunking of the quackbusters, go to http://www.quackpotwatch.org