Detoxification Strategies for Clinical Practice
Episode 16 – airs January 9, 2025
Do you know the best day to start a detoxification program in January? (HINT: It’s not January 1st!) Dr. Kim Besuden, DC, CFMP shares her tips and tricks for running successful individual and group purification programs in her practice, including best days to start, what support to offer as a practitioner, and suggestions for community support opportunities. Dr. Sarah Clarke, DC, IFMCP, host of this episode, asks Dr. Besuden what clinical signs she identifies to determine if a patient needs to detox, and how to establish healthy eating habits after the progam has finished. She shares ways to establish yourself as a nutrition leader in your community and ways she supports other practitioners in growing their practices.
Dr. Kimberly Besuden began her career in Chiropractic in 1994. Her first office located in Winter Park grew quickly. After moving to rural Lake County as a ranch owner, she opened a second satellite office in Eustis in 1998. In 2011 she purchased an office building and created Bay Street Wellness, which hosts wellness minded practitioners of massage, acupuncture, skin care, and functional medicine, as well as chiropractic care.
Dr. Besuden has a long history as a competitive athlete. This background, as well as her “hunger” for nutrition, has created her transition from a Chiropractic physician to a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. “I became frustrated hearing patient after patient complain about taking pills to treat symptoms.” This launched her into the journey for functional approaches to create specialized programs for patients to support them back to being well and in good health.
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Highlights of the episode include:
- Detoxification program done by staff gives optimal support for patients
- Clinical signs that a patient could benefit from a detox program
- Detoxing in community helps with compliance and offers a significant learning opportunity
Podcast Summary
- 3:00 Detoxification program done by staff gives optimal support for patients
- 4:18 Appropriate timing for detox program after holidays is crucial for success
- 5:20 Single best way to reach out to your community and guide them through the process
- 6:45 Community support helps patients get through a detox program, virtually and in person
- 9:40 Celebrate the holidays guilt free and without withholding, it’s the amount and quality to be mindful of
- 10:42 5-day flash detoxes throughout the year around holidays
- 12:38 Advice for patients that want to continue exercising during a detox program
- 14:43 Clinical signs that a patient could benefit from a detox program
- 16:33 Adopting new healthy habits after completing a detox program
- 17:20 The caffeine dilemma – when to take a break and how much to drink for optimal health benefits
- 19:20 Top 2 improvements patients report after completing a detox program
- 20:00 How detox programs support liver health
- 21:50 Detox programs for the whole family – teaching children life long healthy habits
- 24:00 Food, Movement, Blood Sugar Balance, and Sleep – tools for monitoring sleep, blood sugar and more to understand each person’s biomarkers
- 29:34 Detoxing in community helps with compliance and offers a significant learning opportunity
- 30:50 I made it through the detox!… what’s next?
- 33:40 Clinical success stories – lab markers that indicate the need for a detoxification program
- 39:50 Choosing your hard and meeting patients where they’re at
- 44:10 Benefits of using an OTC CGM to learn about blood sugar regulation
- 45:36 Best way to establish yourself a leader in your community on nutrition
- 46:26 Dr. Besudan as a resource for other practitioners
