MY Magazine VOL 5

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Detox is a way to find your balance and be more aware of what you really need. Bengt Valentino, founder of the
Body Self Development System and the man behind Dr Smood’s bread and salad dressings explains what detox
does to your body, your mind – and why he believes detoxing can change the world.
Text Kat. Sekjær | Photographer Lizette Mikkelsen
Detoxing will become a new revolution
in our time, Bengt Valentino predicts.
He is the man behind Dr Smood’s
vitalizing dressings and energizing
bread, and also the founder of the
Body Self Development System, a treatment
system, that consists of both therapy, healthy eating,
training – and detoxing.
For more than 25 years he has been detoxing regularly,
and that has improved both his physique, health and mindset
– and as both a therapist and a detox-expert he has helped
many people to get a healthier and stronger body and mind.
“There are three approaches to detoxing: The physical, the
mental and the psychological approach. I could talk about
this for hours, but to sum it up, I work with all three aspects.
Detoxing is a way to connect with yourself – and in our time
a lot of us need to do that. When you detox, your body is capable
of doing more, and it is also able to keep going for a
longer period of time.”
When you start detoxing, you might be dealing with health
issues, that goes way back, generations before you. Some of
your ancestors might have been living in polluted areas,
while others have been living on the country side. Some of
us are genetically stronger and healthier than others. But no
matter how healthy you are, a detox will force you to deal
with issues that overload your natural system. When you
eat unhealthy or live in polluted areas, your body will
accumulate and save toxins in your tissue: Think of your
body as a kind of a downspout, that over time gets clogged.
When your system is blocked by substances it can not
get rid of, you are not able to absorb nutrition and regain
your balance. When your body gets detoxed, it releases
the slags that prevent it from working optimally: Your life
energy gets boosted and your body’s cleansing organs are
being activated .
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