Detoxification runs deeper than liver support and binders. It starts with autonomic balance — the nervous system’s ability to enter the parasympathetic state where healing, drainage, and repair actually happen. Without that foundation, the chemistry doesn’t matter.
Dr. Christopher Shade joins Functional Forum to present a comprehensive framework for understanding how the body detoxifies, what blocks those processes, and what it takes to restore them at every level. Dr. Shade walks through cellular chemical detox and autophagy, liver-GI-kidney excretion, the mTOR-autophagy pendulum, and into what he calls the mindstream — the psychological dimension of healing that most detox protocols never address. This is one of the clearest single articulations of his full clinical framework..
IN THIS EPISODE:
8:50 Drainage – Cellular chemical detox – Cellular reprograming (Autophagy)
9:48 Microcosm (Cell) – Microcosm (Filters) – Microcosm (Membrane)
12:27 Autonomic balance – Directionality – Energy
16:41 Cellular release – Liver, GI, Kidney excretion – mTOR Autophagy pendulum
21:05 Supplementation – Dietary inputs – Mindstream
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