Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself |  | Author: Alejandro Junger
Publisher: HarperOne
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ISBN: 0061735329
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How many of us can honestly say we do not suffer from at least one of the following: - Colds or viruses each year
- Allergies or hay fever
- Extra pounds that won't come off
- Restless nights
- Recurrent indigestion, constipation, or irritable bowel syndrome
- Itchy skin, acne, or any other troubling skin condition
- Depression, anxiety, or frequent fatigue
If you were to seek medical advice for any of the above, you would likely be prescribed pills, topical lotions, injections, or even surgery. Such treatments are used to manage the symptoms and do not address the root of the problem. Too often, doctors treat these common ailments as inevitable costs of living a modern life. The result is a patchwork approach to health care that has become the norm. In Clean, a New York City cardiologist and a leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Alejandro Junger offers a major medical breakthrough. Dr. Junger argues that the majority of these common ailments are the direct result of toxic buildup in our systems accumulated through the course of our daily lives. As the toxicity of modern life increases and disrupts our systems on a daily basis, bombarding us through our standard American diet and chemical-filled environments, our ability to handle the load hasn't accelerated at the same rapid pace. The toxins are everywhere, but Clean offers a solution. Clean is an M.D.'s program that provides all the tools necessary to support and reactivate our detoxification system to its fullest capabilities, and can be easily incorporated into a busy schedule. The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear, extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives we will experience what it truly means to feel healthy. Every day spent on the Clean program is a major step in healing not just the symptom but the root of the problem, effectively and simply. Dr. Junger's life-changing program restores what rightfully belongs to you—your health, vitality, and peace of mind.
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 Quantum Clean July 12, 2009
E. Rodriguez (Woodside, California, USA)
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
In Clean, a new book, Alejandor Junger M.D. invites us to be in the zone as we de-tox. Providing a complete nutritional program that safely eliminates environmental toxins from one's body, this month-long program proves that we never have and never will feel hunger in developed society. With all needs met, still one's mind recalls memories justifying the next meal, as if our survival depended on it. Junger proposes that we meditate and give up the mind's interpretation of the present moment as hunger. This has transformed me: with a whole new level of energy that I never knew was possible, powered by a profound new taste for organic foods--freedom from the constraints of previous eating habits. Having enjoyed whole foods and consistent exercise for several years, I never expected Clean to make such a big difference in my life.
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I feel Clean June 2, 2009
S. Phillips (new york)
46 out of 51 found this review helpful
I read and followed the program in the kindle book and to my surprise my aches and pains as well as my brain fog is all but gone. My energy levels are high throughout the day with no coffee just whole foods without the junk.
A consultant's experience on the Clean program... April 28, 2010
A. Hushyar
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Hands down, the BEST investment you will EVER make in your life. That's a bit bold to say, right? Well I consider any investment to improving your health the best. Let me tell you my story...
I travel every week for work, Mon - Thurs. I eat out for lunch and dinner during those days, most of the time I skip breakfast which in itself is very bad. Then on weekends, I meet with friends for dinner and drinks to keep up with social life. Given that I am away from family and friends the majority of the week, and most of my time is spent in airports and hotels, I naturally gravitate towards comfort foods. Lunch would entail pizza, burgers and fries, or chipotle, and dinner would entail appetizers, entree, dessert from any restaurant, AND of course cocktails / wine. This lifestyle made me extremely happy while I was eating, in fact I was in heaven, but as soon as I was done eating my meal, I fell into an unfulfilled stage where I searched for more food and snacks. And things like nuts did not satisfy me, it was things like peanut M&Ms that satisfied me.
Then comes along the Clean book. I was looking for a detox program to help me lose weight but more importantly teach me how my body reacts to certain foods. Our bodies today are NOT equiped to digest / process the chemicals / sugars we have in our foods today. I always knew that but shrugged my shoulders at it. So I later YAHOOed for a good hour and I came across an article about how Gwyenth Paltrow tried the Alejandro Jungers Clean program. I know it's cliche to do something a celebrity does, but in Gywenth's case, she has this elegant, smart, good girl, and 'not a typical hollywood skinny girl bc she starves herself' reputation and that encouraged me to buy the book. After reading several other programs, I concluded that I wanted to try Clean because Alejandro Jungers Clean program focuses so much on changing our current eating habits but in a HEALTHY way, not depriving our bodies of nutrients, vitamins like other programs do.
Before the program, I was 15 lbs heavier than I should have been, my skin was pale and puffy, my gut was always bloated and I wanted to take a nap everyday after work. I followed the program to a T for three full weeks (I did the book version), and I didn't stop at that. I still have 2 smoothies a day and 1 solid meal, except on weekends, and I'm finishing up week 5. During the program, I had headaches for the first four days but managed to get thru them (do not take over the counter drugs to get thru the pain). My body was so use to breads pastas, fried foods that it was responding with headaches because I wasn't eating any of that anymore. If you workout hard, you will see some changes in that department. I tried a TRX class which is intense and felt light headed and tired, but this was expected. After a week, I found that I was getting full with less food consumption, for example, after 3/4 cup of a smoothie, I didn't want to finish the rest. It's important though to have your full portion for each meal on this program. Taking fiber everyday is very important to help eliminate on a daily basis. Results after the program: I've lost 12 pounds, my skin is pinkish, I am no longer bloated, my energy levels have skyrocketed, and to be honest, I love healthy food. I didn't realize how tasty healthy food is until this program. Can you imagine, who would want steamed carrots when you can have french fries? Funny thing is, I do, now. Even thinking about french fries makes my tummy heavy and makes me feel lethargic. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to stop eating these types of foods for the rest of my life, but treat yourself occasionally...no need to have it on a daily basis.
Expect to learn a lot from this book and Alejandro's program. You will find yourself needing to read some chapters over again to digest all the info. What I personally love about the book, is that he repeats some of the key pieces of information. Repetition like that, in the right way, helps you to understand better, and more importantly to remember. Read the book in parallel with reading through Clean program's support community website. There are many new findings, ingredients, recipes, input, and updates that are posted daily!
You have nothing to lose on this program besides toxins that has been sitting in your body for years! I look forward to doing this program again in 6 months.
Clean is changing our lives July 8, 2009
Allen Solomon (Boca Raton, FL)
26 out of 30 found this review helpful
I am writing this as an indirect observer. I brought the book home to read and my wife grabbed it. She hasn't put it down since. She changed her diet, started juicing and lost 6 pounds in a week (and she is not fat to begin with). She seems like a new person. And our fridge's contents have changed completely. I have also changed and have begun to lose weight as an indirect consequence of my wife reading the book. So I can say this is a very powerful and wonderful book since it has transformed my wife who is typically a non believer in such topics, and because I have been affected from a distance. I am now very eager to read the book but my wife refuses to part with it! I highly recommend this book and I am yet to read it!
Don't read this book at your peril August 1, 2009
neurodr (california)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Dr. Junger's advice in Clean is sound, practical and doable. He takes the complex and myriad approaches to detox and makes them approachable and practical for all of us who have busy lives. His common sense approach has the ability to take you from sick to healthy, or from just not feeling right to experiencing your life transformed. I have benefited tremendously from Clean, but what really separates this book from the others thatI have read is its practicality, and plain old common sense. The thesis of this book that the link between many diseases is an underlying inflammatory process is now being better understood in mainstream medicine. That inflammation is often driven by a toxic burden to the body/mind and the recognition of this is not only long overdue, but can prevent untold suffering and unnecessary medications and surgeries. Dr.Junger should be commended for the courage to step outside mainstream medical thinking, and for applying his critical eye to the source of many health issues.
For those reviewers who have not experienced the clean program, and say this is "junk science", or find something to criticize here--I can only say that it's easy to stand on the sidelines and criticize something that you're unfamiliar with .It seems to be a part of human nature to excoriate that which we don't understand, but it might be better to examine your own reactions to a doctor who is giving you the key to unlock your own bodies innate desire to heal. Perhaps instead, it would serve you better to try the doctors suggestions in Clean, and experience for yourself the results, and then comment. I've yet to meet anyone who has done this cleanse who hasn't experienced very positive to extraordinary outcomes. Those expecting or needing double blind studies- not to diminish the importance of scientific proof of something working, are often not as critically minded of the sources of those studies. As Dr Junger explains-- it isn't in the best interest of those who typically can afford to do those studies to report on this. Just follow the money trail.
My own very well known and terrific pediatrician once said to me, when you have enough anectodal experiences, that is evidence. Bravo to Dr. Junger for stepping out of the entrenched medical model in which he was so well trained to get to the real source of so much suffering, and sickness. He shows an astute and agile mind and clear thinking that is at the very core of Clean. He is a terrific messenger and I found the book to be written very cleanly. This is a highly readable book, and I recommend it to everyone. Read it, but more importantly--do what he says, and experience feeling CLEAN for yourself. It will be one of the best investments you've ever made in yourself.
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