Why Might This Product Be Important For My Family?
 
There is mounting scientific data emerging, linking many disease states to negative environmental elements present in our world.  Negative environmental factors have been implicated in developmental disorders, gastrointestinal conditions, diseases of the immune system and a myriad of other medical irregularities. 

Included in the list of environmental insults that can affect disease states are toxic chemicals, toxins such as heavy metals, PCBs and pesticides present in the products we use and contaminants in the air we breathe and the water we utilize and drink.

These environmental pollutants can affect the body in numerous ways.  Natural body defense mechanisms such as immune response can be bombarded with the insults, thereby becoming less effective because of the toxic load.  Biochemical pathways may be altered leading to abnormal body responses.

When the body encounters these environmental toxins, a detoxification process must occur to prevent a toxic overload.  In developmental disorders, the detoxification pathways are often compromised requiring the system to obtain a “boost” from the outside.  Kirkman’s Detox-Aid Advanced Formula provides that “boost” to help the body detoxify properly. Our new and improved formulation contains alpha ketoglutaric acid as a replacement for n-acetyl cysteine (NAC).  Recent scientific information suggests that NAC may have side effects in a subset of individuals.  Alpha ketoglutaric acid accomplishes the same functions as NAC, but without the side effects.


     • As toxins become active in the body, glucuronic acid combines with the toxins to form a non-toxic        molecule called a glucuronide that can be excreted into bile, thereby eliminating the toxin.  An enzyme        called beta-glucuronidase  present in the body, largely as a by product of intestinal flora, can disassemble        that non-toxic molecule, which frees up the activated toxin again.  Calcium D-Glucarate acts to prevent        that disassembly process of the glucuronide by becoming D-glucaro-1,4-lactone, the direct inhibitor of the        beta-glucuronidase. Without this inhibition process, the cleaving of the glucuronide would lead to the      • Turmeric is a powerful anti-oxidant that increases the formation of the detoxifying glucuronides.        Turmeric’s anti-oxidant properties also aid glutathione in doing its job.
     • Alpha ketoglutaric acid is present because it has to ability to bind with toxins in the body and helps escort        to cells.  It also reduces liver toxicity by blocking cell binding sites of toxins, thereby slowing or stopping        the cellular uptake of those toxins.  In human and animal studies, silymarin is protective against the        undesirable intestinal flora, harmful bacteria, fungi and yeasts, which tend to thrive in the presence of        aluminum and cadmium.