Avoid Detox Insanity: How Constipation Interferes with Detox
If you’re trying to detox from mold but feel like nothing’s working, constipation might be sabotaging your efforts.
I’m Dr. Jill Crista, naturopathic doctor, mold expert, and author of Break the Mold, and I want to help you stop wasting time and energy. Before diving into deep detox, you need to get your digestion moving.
Ready to stop the insanity and get results? Let’s dive in.
What Is Detox Insanity?
The definition of detox insanity is pushing the body to detox while constipated. When your body tries to eliminate mold toxins, it does it mostly through bile and bowel movements. But if you’re not pooping regularly? Here’s why it’s a problem:
- Reabsorbed Toxins: Excreted toxins that hang around too long can more easily absorb back into your system. This stalls detox progress.
- Liver Overload: Toxins are delivered again to your liver, which has to process and package them all over again. This repetitive cycle is inefficient.
- Cycle of Frustration: Processing the same toxin over and over again and expecting detox results? That’s detox insanity!
That’s why I tell my patients: no pooping, no detoxing. It’s a one-way ticket to detox insanity.
Why Constipation Blocks Effective Detox
If you’re constipated you’re now asking your liver for detox insanity. Here’s how constipation interferes:
- Toxin Reabsorption: Slow bowels allow toxins that are wrapped up in the bile to come loose and be reabsorbed, worsening symptoms like fatigue or brain fog.
- Liver Strain: The liver has to reprocess them over and over again, overloading this vital detox organ.
- Blocked Progress: Without regular bowel movements, binders can’t work effectively, as toxins aren’t cleared.
I’ve seen this over and over. People push hard with binders or detox protocols, but if their bowels aren’t moving, nothing works.
Pre-Binders: Your Key to Bowel Regulation
Before even considering a binder, I make sure my patients are pooping. That’s the golden rule. And to get there, we start with what I call pre-binders—the tools that prep the body before binding anything:
- Stimulate Digestion: Things that induce digestive function and secretions, like herbal cholagogues and bitters
- Bile Flow: Things that move bile like herbal cholagogues ensure toxins are packaged and excreted properly.
- Supportive Nutrients: Phosphatidylcholine, bile movers, ox bile, and sometimes betaine HCl enhance digestion and bile production.
- Gentle Laxatives: For chronic cases, we often also add laxatives like magnesium or senna.
Bitters and herbal cholagogues like those in Bile Movers are my go to. This formula brings together the right support to get bile flowing, so detox doesn’t backfire.
Tips to Avoid Detox Insanity
Start with regulating the bowels. Here’s how to get that going:
- Use Bile Movers: Incorporate bitters or herbal cholagogues, like dandelion or artichoke, before meals to stimulate bile flow.
- Eat Mindfully: Eating in a relaxed state, smelling food before eating it boosts digestion and complements bile movers.
- Hydrate Smart: Hydrating between meals but not during prevents dilution of digestive juices.
- Add Laxatives if Needed: For chronic constipation, try high dose vitamin C, magnesium, or senna alongside bitters and cholagogues.
- Bring in Binders: only after your bowels are moving well
- Work with a Trained Pro: Someone who understands the full picture of mold recovery
And remember: detox isn’t a race. You’re supporting your body to heal, not pushing it to the edge.
You’re Ready to Detox the Right Way!
Constipation can totally derail your detox—don’t let it. Starting with Bile Movers gives your body the tools it needs to move toxins out before you bind them up.
💚 You’re not stuck. You’re just one good bowel movement away from better results—without the insanity.
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