In today’s world, your body is navigating more toxic exposure than ever before, from environmental chemicals to food contaminants, to biological and electromagnetic stressors we didn’t face even a decade ago.
And while this may sound overwhelming, there is good news:

Your body is brilliantly designed to detox, repair, and protect you, when it has the right support.

One of the most powerful things we can do during times of increased toxic load is strengthen the body’s natural detox pathways. This isn’t about extreme cleanses or harsh protocols. It’s about nourishing your system with the tools it naturally recognizes.

Recently, I’ve been sharing more about a group of herbs rich in shikimic acid, a compound known for its ability to support the body in neutralizing harmful spike proteins and reducing inflammation. These herbs include:
- Shilajit
- Stinging nettle tea
- Pine needle tea
- Fennel
- Japanese knotweed

Each of these supports detoxification at a cellular level, helping your body...

Over the last few years, many people have noticed something unexpected happening in their health, fatigue, inflammation, recurring infections, menstrual irregularities, difficulty detoxing, or a sense that their body simply isn’t responding the way it used to.

If you’ve ever wondered why, you’re not imagining it.

In today’s world, our bodies are being influenced by far more than lifestyle or aging. Environmental toxins, mRNA exposures, electromagnetic influences, and the rise of spike-protein shedding from vaccinated individuals continue to affect both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. Many people who chose not to get the vaccine are still experiencing symptoms that feel “mysteriously new.”

And this is exactly what I’ve been seeing in my clinical practice.

Over time, I’ve worked with patients who are dealing with:
– unexplained inflammation
– hormonal disruption
– immune dysregulation
– chronic fatigue
– brain fog
– elevated stress responses
– difficulty clearing viruses
– heightened sensitivity...

We’ve been conditioned to see our bodies as fragile in need of constant medical intervention to survive.
But the truth is far more empowering: your body is perfectly designed to heal itself.

The immune system is your built-in defense mechanism, constantly working to restore balance and protect you. When you live in harmony with nature, through nourishing food, rest, movement, and emotional awareness, you amplify that healing intelligence.

Yet for decades, conventional medicine has taught us to suppress symptoms rather than understand them. Fever, fatigue, cough, these aren’t failures; they’re your body’s way of purging and repairing.

True vitality comes when we support the process, not silence it.

In this week’s feature, Dr. Atousa shares how to rebuild your immune system naturally, restore energy, and reconnect with the wisdom of your body’s perfect design.

Your body is not the problem. It’s the solution.
Let’s start listening to it.

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Protein:

Protein helps maintain and support muscle formation and repairs within the human body. It can also help with energy. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, they suggest that athletes should consume between 0.5 to 0.8 grams of protein per pound of body weight. ⁽⁶⁾For example, an athlete weighing 150 pounds would consume between 82 to 136 grams of protein daily. Your best source of protein can be found in the following foods: meats, eggs, beans, seeds, nuts, sprouts, quinoa and nut butters. It is best to avoid proteins with processed soy, dairy, or pork and any lunch meats containing nitrates or nitrites.

Carbohydrates:

Carbohydrates are used to provide energy during a workout or athletic event. Foods that are highly processed or contain sugar unfortunately do not provide the body with adequate nutrition. Over time, processed carbohydrates can cause excess fat storages, low energy levels, and muscle loss. ⁽⁴⁾The carbohydrates you want to avoid are the follo...

There are hundreds of detox diets and programs out there that promise the consumer quick fixes for weight loss, improved energy, better digestion, and other reasons.  For many of these people, they may have been indulging in an unhealthy lifestyle for too long and want a fast way to reverse it. 

If you have been wondering if a detox is something that you should do, this may actually be the worst time for it because it is a sign that the body is in a weaker state and needs nutrient support.  The body naturally detoxifies itself every day through the liver, the colon, kidneys, skin, and the lymphatic system.  If, for example, the liver is already sick, and you do an extreme cleanse, you may end up with serious side effects or even a hospital visit. 

"A crash diet once won't hurt your heart. But crash dieting repeatedly increases the risk of heart attack"

Avoid crash diets for weight loss

Aggressive detox diets promoted by some celebrities like the Master Cleanse, which is basicall...

Dietary fat serves many important functions and is good for the body when the right fat is consumed.  Secondly, having excessive adipose tissue—body fat—does not denote that a person lacks self-control or will power, but is the result of an inappropriate diet.  Humans evolved with a “famine reflex” that caused metabolic changes to conserve fat and ensured survival when food was scarce.

Humans depicted in Baroque traditional art, that by today’s standards would be considered, “fat” lived before industrial vegetable oils and seed oils became the norm in most processed food, and before our intake of processed omega-6 linoleic acid doubled or tripled, while our intake of omega-3s from plants and marine animals fell tenfold.

Luckily we can control this to a great degree.  The key is to reduce your omega-6 intake and to consume undamaged, unprocessed omega-6 in the form of plant seeds and tree nuts, not vegetable oils, while simultaneously increasing omega-3 intake, especially marine based...

We’ve been told to avoid high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in our daily diets, but what is it? It is a particular type of sweetener that is derived from cornstarch. In order to create high fructose corn syrup, enzymes are added to glucose and converted into another simple sugar known as fructose.⁽⁹⁾ Most high fructose corn syrup is comprised of 42- 55% fructose; the rest is water or glucose. ⁽⁹⁾

High fructose corn syrup is typically cheaper than table sugar making it attractive in the food industry as a sweetener. It was originally developed in the late 1950’s, but it wasn’t until the 1970’s that HFCS was introduced as sweetener in soft drinks.  Coca-Cola was one of the first soft drink companies to use it in their products. ⁽⁴⁾ Since then the use of HFCS has sky rocketed in our food and beverage industry.

Americans are consuming more HFCS and sugar in pharmacologic quantities, never before experienced in human history: 140 pounds a year per person compared to our caveman ancestors who...