Many people are interested in supporting their body’s detoxification systems after receiving a vaccine. The truth is that vaccines can be toxic to the body; this is intentional. After all, vaccines aren’t just a viral antigen; they contain many other ingredients designed to provoke the immune system and deliver the active ingredient.
When making decisions about vaccines, toxin exposure is something to consider, and many people decide that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh the risks. Yet, others who are more vulnerable to these toxins or have been injured by vaccines previously may make a different choice.
The additives in vaccines are also one reason why people may experience post-vaccine symptoms, such as low energy or brain fog.
IV therapy is an excellent strategy for vaccine recovery to support the body’s clearance of toxins. It can be used in addition to detoxification supplements as well as diet and lifestyle change.
This article will cover the ins and outs of nutritional IV therapy. You will learn more about:
IV therapy is a medical treatment where nutrients enter the bloodstream through intravenous delivery. It requires an IV drip set up and a needle inserted into a vein from a doctor, nurse or phlebotomist.
A PIV, or peripheral intravenous line in the arm, is how IV nutrition therapy is most often delivered. IV therapy can also be administered via PICC line (peripherally inserted catheter) or CVAD (central venus access devices0, allowing people to receive frequent treatments.
IV therapy is offered through IV clinics by Functional Medicine or integrative health care providers. Your doctor can tailor the mixture or cocktail of nutrients to your individual needs or needs or goals, including detoxification support.
IV nutrition isn’t new; it has a long history of use in hospitals to treat nutrient deficiencies in malabsorption syndromes, alcoholism or provide nutrition when a patient can’t eat food.
IV nutrition therapy for detoxification, and other purposes, doesn’t provide total nutrition support but is designed to be used in addition to the nutrients one obtains through the diet.
An IV can provide the following nutrients:
An example of a popular IV nutrient formula is the Myers’ cocktail, named for the doctor who developed it in the early 1980s.
Includes:
It’s essentially a B complex with electrolytes and vitamin C. The IV solution appears yellow because of the riboflavin, vitamin B2.
Nutrients delivered via IV supports a range of symptoms and diseases, including:
IV therapy also supports wellness and overall well-being.
In one placebo-controlled trial of the Meyer’s cocktail use in fibromyalgia, study participants saw an improvement in tender points, pain, depression and quality of life following the treatments. Because of this study’s small sample size and the placebo effect, the placebo group also experienced an improvement in tender points over four weeks.
As another example of IV therapy, IV vitamin C is being used as part of a Covid treatment protocol in some hospitals because of the benefit to upper respiratory infections and the immune system.
IV therapy offers many advantages compared to oral nutrients from food, medical foods or supplements.
These advantages include:
The goal with IV therapy in vaccine recovery is to use this fast and efficient delivery system to provide abundant nutrients to support detoxification. These nutrients assist the body, and specifically the liver, in neutralizing and eliminating toxins from the body.
Since the liver can get overwhelmed from toxin exposure, IV therapy just makes sense. In addition, many of us have increased requirements for certain nutrients, because of genetic polymorphisms, for example. You may be able to recover faster post-vaccine than using diet and supplements alone.
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and Phosphatidylcholine are two IV infusions used therapeutically for detoxification support.
NAD+ is the active cofactor form of vitamin B3 (niacin) used by every cell in the body for energy metabolism. NAD levels decline with age and increasing levels in the body via oral supplementation, IV therapy, strength training and flavonoids that inhibit NAD breakdown are strategies used in anti-aging medicine and chronic disease management from the Functional Medicine perspective.
Because NAD+ works to decrease inflammation and enhance immune function, it is a helpful tool for the prevention or treatment of both viral illnesses and vaccine injury and may be particularly supportive in the elderly. More research is being conducted in this area, but clinical results are already being seen.
Phosphatidylcholine is another molecule that is administered intravenously and orally to support detoxification. Phosphatidylcholine is the most abundant phospholipid in the cell membranes and mitochondrial membranes throughout the body.
In this role, it helps to protect cells from damage caused by toxins and displace toxins from the membranes themselves.
Phosphatidylcholine is also important for liver health, a main site of detoxification in the body and the choline component supports methylation, which is also required for effective liver detoxification of a variety of chemicals.
People recovering from vaccines may experience changes in brain health and memory. A recent animal study found that phosphatidylcholine administration increases levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain, thus improving memory and reversing dementia.
IV therapy is generally safe; however, since it is mainly unregulated be sure to work with a trusted provider for your care. When using IV therapy specifically for detoxification, your doctor can tailor the IV formula to your body’s needs and specific toxins you are working to clear from the body.
The main downsides to IV therapy include cost and access. IV therapy treatments may cost $200-1000 per session and may not be available in all areas. If cost or access are a barrier for you, depending on what’s included in the IV, effective detoxification protocols using diet, lifestyle and supplements are recommended and can be quite successful.
If you are recovering from a vaccine, talk with your Functional Medicine provider to determine if IV therapy would be a good addition to your treatment plan.
While benefits may be seen from IV nutrients alone, a holistic and integrative approach also requires dietary diligence, lifestyle support and well-placed supplements.
Many people find receiving IV nutrients to be quite pleasant and relaxing. It usually involves resting in a comfortable chair in a spa-like room, so you get the full benefits to body and mind.
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We live in a sea of toxins. Toxins make their way into our bodies through the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breathe and the products we use. It’s a reality of living in the modern world.
Unfortunately, the accumulation of toxins in the body is linked to most chronic diseases such as autoimmunity, diabetes, cancer, and vascular diseases. The good news is that when we become educated about the sources of toxins, we can avoid them, reduce them or support the body’s ability to remove them.
Sometimes we are exposed to a toxin (or several) through routine medical interventions, such as getting a vaccine. The toxic additives in vaccines may account for vaccine injury and symptoms that some people experience post-vaccine. In this case, we can be prepared to help the body handle the extra burden placed upon the detoxification systems.
This article will dive into the diet and lifestyle solutions to help heal and detoxify from vaccines. Many of these tools are free, low cost and widely available. Many of them are things that can be done regularly to support everyday detoxification.
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When something foreign gets into your body, the body has systems in place to remove it. The body also needs to remove waste materials generated by its metabolism. This removal is detoxification. Your body is detoxifying 24/7, every day of your life.
Detoxification is something that you generally don’t have to think about. But, given how much we are exposed to compared to just a few generations ago, it’s smart to give detoxification a little thought. And if you are planning to get a vaccine or are recovering from one, extra detoxification support may help your body recover with more ease.
Let’s start with the basics. Many toxins are fat-soluble. Therefore, they can get into cells. The liver is likely what you think of first when you think about detoxification, and it’s the liver that transforms fat-soluble toxins into water-soluble ones so they can be transported out of the body.
This is a nutrient – and energy-dependent process and happens in two phases – Phase 1 and Phase 2.
After liver transformation, or if the toxin is already in a form that can be eliminated, it will leave the body through the colon, lungs, kidneys/bladder or the skin.
Supporting each of these five organs allows the body to detoxify more effectively. We support the body in doing what it inherently knows how to do.
Let’s walk through each detoxification organ and how we can support it using diet and lifestyle tools.
The liver is the main site of biotransformation, along with the many other metabolic processes. Since the liver can easily get overloaded, we want to make sure it has the resources needed to do its job. Here’s how to give your liver a little extra love:
Many toxins leave the liver via the bile and enter the digestive system, to make their exit. Good digestive health is vital for detoxification. Here are some ways to support the colon:
The kidneys filter some toxins from the blood that collect in the bladder and leave the body via the urine. Here are some ways to support this detoxification pathway:
The skin is yet another organ of elimination. Like the digestive tract, the skin creates a barrier between the outside world and the internal body.
It regulates what gets in and what goes out. Here are some ways to promote effective skin detoxification:
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The lungs are the final organ of detoxification that we’ll discuss. Just as we exhale carbon dioxide, some toxins exit the body in the same way. Here are some ways to support this process:
Intentional deep breathing is supportive of releasing more of the air out of the lungs, therefore clearing more toxins. Deep breathing also increases oxygen to the liver and other organs. Try 10 mindful deep breaths several times per day. You can also focus on practices that encourage deeper or focused breathing, such as exercise, yoga, meditation or breathing exercises.
As you can see, the way we live and the simple habits we practice daily or weekly, may have a significant impact on the body’s ability to detoxify. You can employ the strategies discussed here to support vaccine recovery or anytime the body is exposed to additional toxins. Often simple solutions yield maximum support.
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We are all exposed to toxins daily through the air we breathe, what we eat and drink and the products that fill our homes, not to mention the toxin exposures from medical interventions, such as vaccines. Because of the modern environment, we all need to be thinking about detoxification.
After receiving a vaccine, some people may experience a new onset of symptoms related to difficulties with detoxifying the ingredients in the vaccine.
Specific antioxidants and mitochondrial support supplements can be helpful for vaccine recovery.
Keep reading to learn more about some of these supplements and why you might want to have them on hand during the post-vaccine period.
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Pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medications and vaccines all contain foreign ingredients. The body works to detoxify these substances and eliminate them from the body.
The liver is essential for transforming toxins before they leave the body through the lungs, GI tract, sweat or urine.
Designed to alert the immune system that something foreign has entered the body, vaccines evoke an immune response. Adjuvants are ingredients added to vaccines to enhance this immune response. Aluminum is an adjuvant you’ll see in some vaccines.
Other ingredients you might find in vaccines include preservatives, stabilizers, antibiotics along with the antigen (from a virus or bacteria) that the vaccine delivers.
Some of the symptoms we experience after a vaccine, such as a fever or body aches, might be due to the body’s immune response. The immune system sees the antigen and is working to identify it, attack it and develop antibodies for future exposures. It is the immune response that creates local inflammation and discomfort.
Other symptoms we experience after a vaccine, and in the case of vaccine injury, might be due to some of the vaccine additives and the body’s response to these toxins.
The likelihood of health complications post-vaccine may have to do with the health of the person getting the vaccine, their level of immune function, underlying disease, toxic burden and genetics. Because of these factors, and likely others, some people can be more sensitive to vaccines than others.
But we can probably all benefit from supporting the body’s detoxification systems after getting a vaccine. Think about it like flushing the body, clearing what is no longer needed through detoxification pathways.
Supplements can be an incredibly supportive tool for optimizing detoxification while protecting the body from the damage caused by toxins found in vaccines. Let’s look at some specific supplements and their role in this process.
Phosphatidylcholine is a phospholipid, composed of two fatty acid tails attached to a phosphorus-based head. Phosphatidylcholine is the most abundant type of phospholipid, accounting for 50 percent of the phospholipids that make up cell membranes.
In the cell membranes, phospholipids arrange themselves in a bilayer. This structure creates a barrier to what can enter and leave a cell, allows for both strength and flexibility and is vital for cellular communication.
Phospholipids also are an integral structural component of mitochondrial membranes. Mitochondria are the energy centers of the cells where glucose and fats transform into energy as ATP.
As a supplement, phosphatidylcholine supports detoxification, energy and cellular health. Here are some ways it does that:
Every Life Well Phosphatidylcholine Pure Liquid is a concentrated liquid containing polyenyl phosphatidylcholine (PPC), an effective supplemental form of phosphatidylcholine.
NAD, or nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide, is derived from niacin, or vitamin B3. It is an essential coenzyme in every cell. Mitochondria contain over 70 percent of NAD, where it is required for energy production. In addition, NAD is required for over 500 reactions in the body, playing a role in most body processes.
NAD exists in two forms: as NAD+ and NADH. NAD+ is considered the active form because it accepts electrons and produces energy.
NAD levels decrease with age, toxin exposure, chronic disease and other factors, effectively creating a NAD deficiency that affects cells and processes throughout the body.
Supplementing with NAD is a promising therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. Restoring levels promote an increased life span and health span.
When it comes to detoxification, the liver requires a significant amount of energy to transform toxins, hence the need for NAD. Supporting mitochondrial health with supplemental NAD, supports detoxification in the cells, the liver and other detoxification organs.
Most supplemental NAD is in the form of a precursor called NR or nicotinamide riboside, which requires conversion to the active form to be used by cells.
Real NAD+ offers NAD in its active, NAD+ form and is only available through healthcare practitioners. You’ll find it as part of the Every Life Well Mitochondrial Bundle, which also includes phosphatidylcholine and CoQ10.
CoQ10, short for coenzyme Q10, is another crucial mitochondrial molecule that we can use for vaccine detoxification. You’ve likely heard of CoQ10 in terms of heart health, brain health and antiaging medicine.
As mitochondria make energy, they also make free radicals that damage the mitochondria, just like toxins do. CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant that lives in the mitochondria, helping to prevent this damage, so energy production remains efficient.
This ability for CoQ10 to reduce oxidative stress is why it is so helpful for chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, fatty liver and neurodegenerative disease.
Toxins from the environment and vaccines are a source of oxidative stress that CoQ10 can quench. In addition, CoQ10 plays a role in reducing inflammation, recycling the antioxidants vitamin C and vitamin E and supporting DNA. All these roles make it helpful for vaccine recovery.
As discussed with NAD, CoQ10 has two forms: ubiquinol and ubiquinone. The ubiquinol form is the active form. The delivery method of the supplement, such as using a liposome (phospholipid membrane) increases absorption and activity of CoQ10 as well.
Supplemental CoQ10 options include:
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We can’t talk about vaccine detox without mentioning glutathione. This peptide (protein) is the body’s master antioxidant. It also has anti-inflammatory and immune-promoting benefits.
Not only does glutathione help protect cells from damage caused by toxins, but it’s also involved in the liver detoxification of many chemicals. Specifically, Phase 2 liver detoxification requires glutathione for a reaction called glutathione conjugation.
Some toxins that require glutathione for detoxification include heavy metals, benzene, mycotoxins and bisphenol A. Because glutathione helps neutralize such a wide range of toxins, some refer to it as the master detoxifier.
The more toxins you are exposed to, the greater your need for glutathione. Although glutathione can be recycled and therefore reused with the help of vitamin C.
Increasing glutathione levels post-vaccine may be incredibly supportive. Every Life Well Liposomal Glutathione uses the phospholipid delivery to increase absorption and direct glutathione to the cells that need it most.
Supplements are a helpful tool to aid in detoxification and support mitochondrial health every day, and especially after receiving a vaccine. To learn more about other lifestyle tools to support the body’s detoxification systems, please read The Importance of Detoxification and How to Detox.
If you are recovering from a vaccine or have one scheduled, now is a great time to stock up on supplements that will help detoxify, reduce inflammation and support the body’s natural immune response.
Please always consult your trusted Functional Medicine provider for personalized guidance regarding vaccines, supplements and detoxification protocols.
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