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The Narconon Sauna Detoxification Program

The oldest known medical document, the Ayurveda, appeared in Sanskrit in 568 BC and considered sweating so important to health that it prescribed the sweat bath and thirteen other methods of inducing sweat. You can find plenty of information about the health benefits of sauna sweating by doing a search for that phrase. Throughout history physicians have extolled the medicinal value of the sweat bath in its various forms such as the Finnish sauna, Russian banai, Islamic hammam, or the American Indian sweatlodge. In 1978, L. Ron Hubbard published his research on sauna sweating to cleanse the body in the book Clear Body, Clear Mind, after refining an exact regimen of vitamins, minerals, oils and amino acids to help get rid of unwanted toxins. It is this book and his research that the Narconon Sauna Detoxification Program is based on.

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"The method of detoxification developed by Mr. Hubbard is a precise protocol, documented for mobilizing fat-stored toxins and enhancing their elimination while restoring metabolic balance. The protocol has long been established as safe. Previous case reports, as well as a number of non-randomized, controlled studies of exposed workers (including firefighters), demonstrate that detoxification reduces body burdens of [toxins], various drugs, and pesticides with concurrent symptomatic improvement.

Publications over the past two decades also show that this regimen can improve memory, cognitive functions, immune parameters, and general physical condition in different study populations." (click here for the full research article)

- While this text is from a study done on World Trade Center Rescue Workers and is an exerpt from an article appearing in the April 2006 issue of the alternative medicine publication the Townsend Letter, it clearly outlines the benefits of removing toxins from the body using this method.

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The Niacin Issue

Niacin is the name for Vitamin B3. According to the National Library of Medicine under the National Institutes of Health: Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin necessary for many aspects of health, growth, and reproduction. It is part of the vitamin B complex. Niacin assists in the functioning of the digestive system, skin, and nerves. It is also important for the conversion of food to energy. When a higher does of Niacin is taken, it often turns of a red "flush" of the skin, but soon dissipates. For use in the sauna program, Niacin helps to open up capillaries and increase blood circulation throughout the body to aide in the cleansing process.

Some critics of this program have claimed that taking extremely large doses of Niacin is perhaps toxic to the liver and could cause deficiencies of other nutrients. However, the Narconon Sauna Detoxification Program uses an increasing amount of other supplements in proper dosages to eliminate the deficiencies and the Niacin is flushed out through sweating and therefore large amounts are not stored in the body.

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