Purification Rundown

Question answered by formerscientologist in Scientology

Michael_Crichton asked this question on 9/2/2000:

How exactly is the Purification Rundown supposed to work? Has there been any scientific validation for it? If it has, in fact, been "Scietifically proven to work", then why has it been reported that those undergoing it have to sign a waiver first?

formerscientologist gave this response on 9/5/2000:

There is no scientific proof that the purification rundown does what it is supposed to do.

On the Purif, a person takes vitamin and mineral supplements, particularly niacin, all-blend oil, drinks plenty of water, consumes fresh vegetables, jogs, and sits in the sauna and supposedly sweats out toxins.

This can be a healthy routine, but it is dangerous to sit in the sauna.

Hubbard introduced the idea of a fat exchange. The idea is that if you provide a person with good fat, their bodies become willing to give up the bad fat.

The idea has some merit. Adelle Davis writes that if your body lacks essential fatty acids it will have trouble burning fat (No quotes here--just a shabby memory). However there are better quality fats than all-blend oil, and there is no guarantee that your body will burn up the toxic fat in the process.

Niacin, in large quantities, expands the capillaries, supposedly aiding circulation and thereby allowing the body to release more toxins. However niacin suppresses the burning of fat, and it is my understanding that many toxins are stored in the fat.

How can sitting in a hot sauna cause your body to sweat out more toxins than just urinating at room temperature? Perhaps there are some water soluable toxins that are located near one's skin?

Drinking more water can help, so does the jogging, and eating a healthier diet can certainly help. The jogging is the only activity that increases the circulation while burning the fat.

The sauna is certainly more dangerous than it is useful.

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