There comes a point in most people’s health journey when you realise that adding more isn’t always the answer.
Another supplement. Another remedy. Another new health trend.
Sometimes we need to look at what we’re exposed to every single day through our environment, food, water and lifestyle and start thinking about how we can better support our body’s natural processes.
And, most importantly, we need to become consistent.
At Real Life Healing, this is something we come back to again and again.
You can buy the best supplements in the world, fill your fridge with beautiful fresh food and promise yourself that Monday will be the day you finally start taking care of yourself…
But if we only do it for three days and then stop, we never really give ourselves the chance to establish the habits that support us long term.
Detox Isn’t About Starving Yourself
When we say detox, we’re not talking about surviving on water for three days or buying a mysterious “detox tea.”
We’re talking about supporting the body’s own elimination systems with hydration, nourishing whole foods and sensible lifestyle choices.
Your liver, kidneys, digestive system, lungs and skin are already involved in processing and eliminating substances from your body every day.
So rather than thinking:
“How can I force my body to detox?”
A better question is:
“What can I do every day to support my body properly?”
That change in mindset is incredibly important.
The Medical Medium Approach to Heavy Metal Detox
Many people within the Real Life Healing community follow Anthony William’s Medical Medium information, which is why we stock many of the products used within his protocols.
One of his best-known protocols is the Medical Medium Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie.
Medical Medium recommends five key foods to be consumed within the same 24-hour period:
Wild blueberries
Spirulina
Barley grass juice powder
Fresh cilantro
Atlantic dulse
According to Medical Medium, these five foods work together as part of his protocol for removing toxic heavy metals from the body.
They can be consumed separately throughout the day, but one of the easiest ways to stay consistent is to put them together in the famous Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie.
And consistency is really the point.
It’s not what we do once when we’re feeling unwell.
It’s what we repeatedly give our body that creates our routine.
The Five Detox Essentials
Wild Blueberries
Not ordinary cultivated blueberries, wild blueberries.
Medical Medium places wild blueberries at the centre of his heavy-metal detox protocol and recommends fresh or frozen wild blueberries, pure wild blueberry juice or wild blueberry powder.
They’re also naturally packed with plant compounds and antioxidants, which makes wild blueberries a wonderful whole food regardless of whether you’re following a specific cleanse.
For those of us in Europe who can’t always find frozen wild blueberries, a pure wild blueberry powder or juice can make the routine much easier.
Spirulina
Spirulina is another of Medical Medium’s five core Heavy Metal Detox ingredients.
It’s incredibly easy to incorporate into your morning because you can simply add it to your smoothie.
When choosing spirulina, quality matters. This isn’t an ingredient where we want unnecessary fillers, flavours or additional ingredients.
Barley Grass Juice Powder
This is one people often confuse with ordinary barley grass powder.
They’re not necessarily the same product.
The Medical Medium protocol specifically calls for barley grass juice powder.
It’s another ingredient that can simply be added to your morning smoothie alongside spirulina and wild blueberries.
And once those products are sitting together in your kitchen, something interesting happens:
The routine becomes easy.
You don’t have to think about it.
Scoop. Blend. Drink.
That’s exactly what we want when we’re trying to make health part of our everyday life.
Atlantic Dulse
Atlantic dulse is a sea vegetable and another of the five foods Medical Medium includes in his Heavy Metal Detox protocol.
It can be incorporated into the smoothie or consumed separately depending on the product and the protocol you’re following.
As with all sea vegetables, sourcing and quality are particularly important.
Fresh Cilantro
And finally one of the simplest ingredients of all.
Fresh cilantro.
Pick it up with your weekly vegetables, wash it, keep it ready in the fridge and add it straight to your smoothie.
Five ingredients.
One simple daily habit.
The Medical Medium Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie
The standard Medical Medium recipe uses:
2 bananas
2 cups wild blueberries
or pure wild blueberry juice/powder
1 cup fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon barley grass juice powder
1 teaspoon spirulina
1 tablespoon Atlantic dulse flakes or the specified amount of liquid dulse
Juice of 1 orange
Plus water, coconut water or additional fresh orange juice if needed for blending.
Blend until smooth and enjoy.
Start Your Morning Before the Smoothie
Medical Medium’s Heavy Metal Detox Cleanse goes further than the smoothie alone.
His published protocol begins the morning with lemon or lime water, followed later by plain celery juice on an empty stomach, and then the Heavy Metal Detox Smoothie or the five key ingredients.
This is one reason we often talk about creating a morning healing routine at Real Life Healing rather than simply taking a collection of supplements whenever we remember.
Prepare your lemon the night before.
Have your celery washed.
Keep your spirulina, barley grass juice powder, wild blueberry product and Atlantic dulse together.
Buy your cilantro.
Make it EASY to be consistent.
Stop Waiting Until You Feel Bad to Look After Yourself
This is probably the biggest message I want you to take from this article.
So many of us become interested in our health only when something feels wrong.
We’re exhausted.
Our digestion isn’t right.
Our skin changes.
We’re struggling with our energy.
We don’t feel like ourselves.
And suddenly we’re prepared to do absolutely everything.
But then we start feeling better and slowly our routines disappear again. This actually happed to me..
Health shouldn’t only become important when we’re frightened of losing it.
We need to start treating the things we do every day as an investment in the person we’re going to be five, ten and twenty years from now.
Drink the water.
Eat the fruit.
Eat the vegetables.
Move your body.
Sleep.
Reduce the processed foods.
Choose clean supplements when you need them.
And be consistent.
Not perfect.
Consistent.
Make Your Detox Routine Simple
This is exactly why we created Real Life Healing.
We wanted one place where people could find carefully selected products without spending hours searching through European websites trying to find the right spirulina, the right barley grass juice powder, clean supplements and the products commonly used by the Medical Medium community.
If you’re ready to begin incorporating the Medical Medium Heavy Metal Detox into your routine, start with the essentials:
✓ Spirulina
✓ Barley Grass Juice Powder
✓ Wild Blueberry Powder/Juice
✓ Atlantic Dulse
Then add your fresh wild blueberries and cilantro whenever they’re available to you.
You don’t need twenty new products.
You need a routine you can actually maintain.
Shop the Real Life Healing Detox Essentials →
And perhaps this time, instead of doing it for a week, make it part of your life.
Because supporting our health isn’t something we should save for when we’re sick.
It’s something we deserve to do every single day.
