The problem that this approach creates is this: whereas one drug may be studied on a group of individuals, i.e., healthy, white, males, there are no studies showing what several drugs given together will do on an aging population. And, the use of multiple drugs can be extremely taxing to the organs, especially the liver, which is already occupied trying to take care of 75% of the body's cleansing process.

What does the body have to detoxify? The list of environmental chemicals is nothing less than daunting. Here are a few: mercury, lead, drugs, food additives, dyes, hormones, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and petro-chemicals all preside invisibly in our air, water, and food supply.

What does our body do about this toxic overload? The human body has the amazing ability to naturally cleanse. However, thousands of years ago our bodies didn't have to deal with the present onslaught of toxic particles. Our body's toxic overload is similar to what's happening with the issue of global warming and our environment. We have created levels of pollutants that, in fact, have compromised our environment so critically, that scientists are finally warning us that if we keep it up, we will have serious consequences.

Well, it's the same for the human body! But, it could take thousands of years for our body's system of adaptation to take effect so, if we don't intervene and support our body's natural detoxification process, it may be too late. Some sources say that 80% of the adult body's resources are directed towards cleansing. The central nervous system uses 10%, the immune system 5%, and organ repair requires 5% of the body's total resources. This should tell us how important detoxification is.