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Help Your Pet Eliminate Toxins

posted by Annie B. Bond Oct 9, 2001 6:29 pm
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Adapted from Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, By Richard H. Pitcairn and Susan Hubble Pitcairn (Rodale Press, 1995).

The load of toxins our pets face every day is a heavy one: in today’s world, the body must work even harder to counteract the heavy load of synthetic chemicals in the air, soil, water, and food chain.

Here are three natural ways you can assist your pet’s hard-working organs–the skin, liver, kidneys, digestive tract and lungs–that carry wastes out of your pet’s body.

1. Daily exercise stimulates waste removal through improved metabolism and circulation.

2. An occasional day of fasting relieves the digestive tract of its usual duties and frees the organs to break down toxins stored in the liver, fats, and other tissues. During a fast, the organs can also consume excess baggage, such as cysts, scars, and growths.

3. Regular grooming not only removes dirt and secretions directly, but stimulates the skin’s natural elimination processes as well.

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Ann H.
  • Ann H. says
  • Aug 11, 2008 7:07 AM

Excellent advice. It strikes me that it would be good for humans too.

Gwen Ritch

Jenny, can you tell me where you purchased the Malaseb shampoo as my dog is going through the same thing right now...black fungus

kothakota p.

nature food diet like cocnut water also helps to detoxify. Barley also aids a lot.

Jenny Weeks

I also recommend GreatLife4Pets dog/cat food. They formulate one that is organic and specifically cleanses....also ProNzymes-Plus. These 2 products, along with Malaseb shampoo saved my little Corg-Chihuahua mix. He had a terrible black fungus caused by a Candida overgrowth. He's healthy, odor-free and all his hair came back!

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Adapted from Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, By Richard H. Pitcairn and Susan Hubble Pitcairn (Rodale Press, 1995). Copyright (c) 1995 by Richard Pitcairn and Susan Hubble Pitcairn. Reprinted by permission of Rodale Press.

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