They forget that the speedy relief they had was only temporary. But how many of us fail to realise that what is true of economical strength is also true of bodily and mental wellbeing. Toxaemia and toxins are words commonly used in the Natural Hygiene field but many people are still in ignorance of what they are and what they imply. Not many people have the time to undertake a fast. For those who want to detoxify themselves the following practical suggestions will go a long way in helping them to detoxify.
Many people make the mistake of choosing a fragment and building a total way of life around it.
Vegetarianism is one of them. In the past Dr Shelton was chastised by Hygienists for his strong language in criticising the medical profession - modern day Hygienists are still sitting on the fence. They seem to put the responsibility for their recovery from ill health on the shoulders of the practitioner and not, where it belongs, upon their own shoulders. They are so used to seeing their symptoms vanish with the prick of a needle, a whiff of gas, or the hurried application of some soothing balm or syrup that they expect more or less the same instantaneous relief when they embark on a Hygienic way of life. At the most, they are willing to give nature from two to three weeks to put things right, then they give it up as a failure.