[I’ll probably catch some flak from someone who believes insecticides are perfectly safe – or from those who think natural medicine and the belief the body can heal itself, is pure quackery. If you are one of those people, this post is not for you.]
Let me just state that I hate mosquitoes and the diseases mosquitoes carry (Lyme, Zika, malaria, West Nile, and microorganisms including parasites).
But honestly, even more, I hate environmental toxins that damage the human immune and nervous system!
Remembering back to the 2017 flooding by Hurricane Harvey in southern Texas and into Louisiana, we saw repeated, heavy insecticide spraying of large portions of these states. And it is not at all uncommon to have regular mosquito fogging in whole neighborhoods, in state parks, at large outdoor events and and on city streets which threaten to sicken us.
Anytime there is increased exposure, consider this simple protocol or portions of it to detox. The good news is that there are some very helpful things we can do to help rid our bodies of these neurologically-damaging insecticides and other toxins.
8 Safe Ways To Detox Insecticides & Pesticides:
A few of these are helpful with mold, as well, as noted.
1. TRS
TRS stands for Advanced Toxin and Contaminants Removal System. The inventor is Dr. Tracy Holdford. He holds 5 PhDs in various disciplines, used to work at NASA, and is extremely knowledgeable about environmental pollution and detoxification. There are only two ingredients in TRS- nano zeolites and purified water.
To see what TRS can actually do, see Avalyn’s Story: How TRS – A Safe Heavy Metals Detox Can Help You and Your Child.
If you are serious to learn more, leave a comment in this post, and I will contact you via email.
If you want to try this (and I hope you will!) visit my back office here for pricing. I have decided to become a distributor because of the many wonderful testimonies I have heard and now our own personal story.
2. Milk Thistle
We take milk thistle almost weekly. It is a great way to support liver detoxification from common toxic exposure (including ubiquitous insecticides). My dad healed from 40 years of psoriasis when I put him on this regularly for 6 months. I recommend capsules of 150 mg. twice a day. Look for dried extract with a minimum of 80 percent silymarin – the liver-cleaning active ingredient. We take this one.
3. Epsom Salts Detoxification Bath
Sweating in a hot bath (along with exercise) is a major supporting method for detoxing your body through the skin and helps with lymph drainage.
It is best to use a warm water temperature that you can enjoy and sit in for 15-20 minutes without discomfort. The suggested temperature range is 101-103 °F/ 38-39 °C, as this is perfect to open the pores for maximum transdermal absorption of the magnesium and sulfur contained in Epsom salts.
When you are finished with your Epsom salt bath, simply get out of the tub and dry off. Do not rinse yourself and most especially do not suds up afterward as this will prevent additional absorption of the magnesium and sulfur that can occur as the Epsom salt bath water dries and remains on the skin.
Possibly the best news of all besides the fact that you get healthier with an Epsom salt bath is that this holistic therapy is dirt cheap!
My simple detox Basic Recipe (Store these ingredients in a clean jar with a tight fitting lid and add 1 C. of mixture into running hot bath water):
- 2 cups of Epsom Salts (we use this one with no additives).
- 2 cups of Dead Sea Salts (optional) (we use this one with no additives)
- 1/2 cup bentonite clay (optional)(I personally do not have concerns about clay clogging drains if using only 1/2 cup)
Did you know you can also use detox baths for aspartame poisoning?
4. Glutathione For Detox AND Prevention
Glutathione detoxification is one of the most important defense pathways. Unfortunately few even know of it. It is effective for insecticides and agri-chemicals, smog, even the corner of a busy intersection.
“Basically it protects us in two ways. One, it detoxifies or helps remove toxins when they enter the body and subsequently the individual cells in the organs. So after the attack it goes to work removing the toxins.
When a person overdoses on Tylenol, in the hospital, ED or ER Doctor will administer NAC, a drug that promotes the production of Glutathione. I’ve taken it every day for years to promote ongoing general detoxification.
Secondly, Glutathione detoxification acts to protect the cell from the invading toxins. So this is, in-effect, preventative medicine.” (source)
Glutathione supports liver enzymes that break down mold toxins, man-made toxins (like these insecticides) and heavy metals.
Your digestion will destroy normal glutathione, so opt for a liposomal glutathione supplement that makes it through your stomach. Instead our family uses N-acetylcysteine (NAC), and alpha-lipoic acid, (1 a day each) which the body can use to make its own glutathione.
5. Burdock Root
Help get the toxins out once they are released from the cells. This classic detoxifying agent produces a diuretic effect on the body which aids the filtering of impurities from the bloodstream. By promoting perspiration, burdock root eliminates toxins and molds that are dying off through the skin. We use this one 2-4/day.
6. Grapefruit
It may surprise you but alkalinizing grapefruit binds to toxins and helps flush them from your body (similar to lemons). It contains a flavonoid called naringenin, a potent antioxidant that also decreases your body’s insulin resistance to help prevent diabetes, and reprogram your liver to melt accumulated fat, instead of storing it.
Why is this important to detoxification? Because toxins tend to collect in the fat around your tissues, like your liver, and eating grapefruit (and drinking lemon juice) will help you stop this process.
7. Garlic
Another food that can help clean out your body is garlic. Garlic increases phagocytosis. This boosts the ability of your white blood cells to gobble up and expel the effects of toxins in your body.
Eating three cloves of fresh garlic (with food) per day will help you detox. If you don’t like the smell of garlic, you can get odorless aged garlic, 2/day, like this one at any health food store.
8. Fiji Mineral Water
Fiji water is believed to flush aluminium out of the body. More on aluminum (here and here).
Update: Several have asked how to use in combination. We personally have used different combinations of all of these (depending on what I have on hand): soaking Epsom salts/clay baths, grapefruit, we make Essiac tea that contains burdock root and other cancer fighters, garlic, NAC and Alpha lipoic acid (every day), and milk thistle to assist the liver do its job. These all work together when done together. Just drink a lot of water all day when you do this so it flushes out!
I hoped to keep this simple and give you some ideas of how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from this toxic environmental situation.
Medical Disclaimer: I am no longer a practicing medical professional, and I am not doctor. I am a mother. I do seek scientific confirmation of the safety and effectiveness of the herbs and remedies I use. Using remedies is a personal decision. Nothing I say on this blog is intended to treat or prevent disease. Consult your own doctor.
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Thanks for reading!
Kath says
Thank you! I love your blog and check it often. Please do not grow weary in doing good. Keep writing and blessing your audience!
Laura says
Agreed!!
Alicia Mae says
Thank you for this!
Diane says
Thank you for your courage to see and speak truth. Please continue you are so well appreciated and followed.
Suzanne says
Do you do ALL of these? Pick just one? Pick some that work together? I’m not clear on the application of the suggestions (i.e., how many to do).
Jacqueline says
Suzanne, you can do them all if you have the resources or a few.
We personally use a combination: soaking hot baths, grapefruit, Essiac tea that contains burdock root, garlic, NAC and Alpha lipoic acid (every day), and chlorella. We eat cilantro freely b/c I grow it in the garden almost all the time…it is up to you… they all work together when done together.
I hope this helps! and I may just add this to the post…TY!
Jessica says
My husband is a automotive mechanic, and I’ve been wondering how large his toxin exposure is… even though he’s not exposed to pesticides would you recommend these tips for him?
Jacqueline says
Jessica, Yes, I do think so. Have you read Avalyn’s Story? https://deeprootsathome.com/avalyns-story-how-trs-a-safe-heavy-metal-detox-can-help-you-and-your-child/
The TRS has become a big favorite of many of us bc the fact that it is nano-zeolite and can for the first time take metals out of the brain safely and completely w/ releasing the to recirculate in the body.
If you would like to have more information about it, I would love to share it. Our son is an organic farmer but it still exposed to a LOT and He is using this to constantly remove the things he is exposed to. It is less work for him bc it is a spray.
If you are on FB, we can communicate there. I will need your full FB name and what your profile pic looks like so I can friend you! I will invite you to the closed FB group of over 70,000 families using it with many gains on regressive autism, mold recovery, MRI contrast dye, Lyme’s, autoimmune and fibromyalgia, and seizure disorders, thyroid, PCOS (fibroids), and getting off of antidepressants safely.
Blessings, J
Jessica says
Jessica Wigcherink. I’m on your Facebook page 🙂
Kelli says
I’m interested! Can I use TRS while breastfeeding?
Jacqueline says
Hi, Kelly! Yes, absolutely! Our daughter is 26 weeks and is using TRS to make the environment for their little on cleaner and her breastmilk more pure. Here is the group of studies: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277462/?fbclid=IwAR0aP6KsX5j60zi0A3CaBJ0OcdmSAvWbjHSXuZyyCMJGhwFv49KN2anyFcU#!po=9.00621
Also:
Is TRS safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding?
Yes, it actually is! You may be surprised to learn that THIS detox IS safe during pregnancy. TRS detox is safe, and actually beneficial to use during both gestation and lactation. The fact is that the Clinoptilolite zeolites in TRS sequester and remove toxins with zero risk of “dropping” toxins, “shaking loose” unbound toxins, and/or redistributing toxins in vital organs like the kidneys/liver. In fact, TRS will NOT redistribute toxins in your baby’s body, and would only continue to safely detox.
The basic physical properties of the zeolite crystal make it indestructible in the human body, so it retains its integrity in vivo. This means that it does not break down and does not redistribute toxins.
There are also many animal studies on the use of Clinoptilolite supplements during gestation and lactation, all of which demonstrate that safely removing toxins during pregnancy and lactation is actually beneficial for gestational outcomes and for quality/yield of milk.
Here’s the science to support this information…
Information on how Clinoptilolite works in vivo to remove toxins with zero risk of redistribution…
“The basic structure of clinoptilolite is considered to be biologically neutral and non-toxic (Auerbach et al., 2003). EFSA recently released an expert opinion on the safety of natural zeolite clinoptilolite in vivo (EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed, 2013). EFSA evaluated and proved the zeolite-clinoptilolite non-toxicity for animal feed at doses of 10000 mg/kg. Oral consumption of this type of zeolite, due to its extreme chemical stability, in EFSA’s opinion, does not represent a potential risk for in vivo applications (EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed, 2013)….”
The authors showed that the ingestion of clinoptilolite was well-tolerated and substantiated by unchanged body mass in clinoptilolite-supplemented mice. An increased level of potassium by 20% was detected in mice receiving the clinoptilolite-rich diet, while other changes in the serum chemistry were not observed. Erythrocyte, hemoglobin, and platelet levels in peripheral blood were not affected by clinoptilolite supplementation either….”
“The authors speculated that the observed effects in tumor-bearing mice may be in correlation with the electrolytes balance, or immune system response to supplementation. A neuroprotective effect was also documented by Basha et al. (2013). Safety of the material was also proven by Ivkovic et al. (2004) where no adverse reactions to tribomechanically micronized clinoptilolite supplementation were observed in immunodeficient patients….”
“Studies provide intriguing data on positive medical effects for this type of materials, especially effects on the immune system and detoxification, all substantiated by so far presented safe profile…”
(Source: Critical Review on Zeolite Clinoptilolite Safety and Medical Applications in vivo https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277462/)
More information on the beneficial properties of Clinoptilolite in vivo…
Neuroprotective, improves memory… http://jhealthscope.com/en/articles/20043.html
Neuroprotective against lead toxicity… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877486/
Reduced oxidative stress, improved weight gain and growth performance… https://lipidworld.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12944-018-0820-7
Reduced oxidative stress, improved blood glucose in diabetics… https://www.canadianjournalofdiabetes.com/article/S1499-2671(16)30037-5/fulltext
In these studies, Clinoptilolite zeolite improved the gestation/lactation outcomes of the livestock tested:
“An interesting effect of clinoptilolite was observed in fluoride-intoxicated rats (Madhusudhan et al., 2009). Fluoride is neurotoxic upon penetration through the blood–brain barrier during gestation and post-gestation periods. As a consequence of fluoride-intoxication, inhibition of antioxidant enzymes occurred in pups along with lipid peroxidation. Upon supplementation of pups with clinoptilolite, oxidative damage was restored and levels of GSH-Prx were substantially ameliorated in the cerebral cortex and medulla oblongata. Similar results were, however, observed in animals supplemented with vitamins E and C as well (Madhusudhan et al., 2009). In line with these results, it should also be hypothesized that clinoptilolite might have the potential to combat acute fluoride-intoxication in animals, as well as in humans. In the gastric juice, fluoride anions are converted into hydrofluoride acid. Such a weak hydrofluoride acid may form hydrogen bonds with the clinoptilolite framework and be eliminated from the body in the stool.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6277462
A field study on the effect of in-feed inclusion of a natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) on health status and performance of sows/gilts and their litters. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12002638
Diet supplementation with clinoptilolite improves energy status, reproductive efficiency and increases milk yield in dairy heifers http://www.publish.csiro.au/an/an11347
Zeolite clinoptilolite nanoporous feed additive for animals of veterinary importance: potentials and limitations https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/277660
Sow’s milk improved with zeolite supplementation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12002639/
Effect of long-term dietary supplementation with clinoptilolite on performance and selected serum biochemical values in dairy goats. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19254146/
Effects of long-term feeding of a diet supplemented with clinoptilolite to dairy cows on the incidence of ketosis, milk yield and liver function. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16997998/
I hope this helps you!
Kelly, let me know if you would like me to invite you to the closed TRS FB group! We will need to be friends so you can friend me and we’ll go from there.
Blessings, J
Johnnie says
I love your posts and all of this information!!
Please include me!! I also am on Zoloft for anxiety and panic attacks!! I would love to get off but am very concerned with how my body will react!!! Do you have any advice??
Thank you so very much!!
Jacqueline says
Hi, Johnnie! Thank you! I will email you now! ~J
Wendy says
Hi, Thanks for all the info about TRS, and your obvious faith!
My husband has MS and has had a number of root canals, so he has plenty of mercury in his mouth. Has anyone had good results with MS symptoms?
If possible, I would like to get on the FB group.
God bless you! Wendy
Jacqueline says
Hi, Wendy!
I will email you now! Yes, it removes the metals/toxins that lead to MS!! It is a spray, so it is simple and effective, but you will want to start him slowly. I will show you how. ~J
Natalie says
I am interested to learn more about this via email and belong to the FB group.
Jacqueline says
Hi, Natalie! I will email you now! ~J
Armgard K Everett says
I have been diagnosed with a myopathy (increasing core muscle weakness). Biopsy shows patterns seen with drug interactions. I’m not taking any of the drugs listed as possible causes. I have been thinking and ruminating on what I might have ingested for a long time (the condition iis now 4 years old). Have been eating strawberries daily, consuming about 1.5 lbs/week for at least as long. Found out strawberries carry a lot of pesticide residue. Of course one washes the berries, but their skin is thin and the stuff might penetrate. Stopped eating the berries. What might be best to try to flush the stuff out of my system if it’s there?
Thanks for responding,
Armgard
Jacqueline says
Hi, Armgard, I will email you! I am sorry you are going through that! ~J
Jacqueline says
Hi, Armgard! I emailed you at the email you gave on your last comment, but it came back undelivered. I believe TRS will help you like it helped me! You can friend me here if you prefer. https://www.facebook.com/jacque.line.357
OR give me another email to try! Praying for you! ~Jacque