Interview with Kaori Murphy, our colon therapist and nutritional consultant

Why did you choose being a nutritionist?
I chose to be a nutritional therapist as I believe that the fundamental importance of achieving optimum health is directly related to nutrition.
You are also a colon hydrotherapist. How does that help you with being a nutritionist.
Having a nutritional background, it really helps me to advise clients what aspects of their lifestyle & diet that need addressing specifically based on the waste matters released during a colonic session. It also helps me to understand what kind or levels of cleansing programme that the client may suit best.



You are very much health-orientated. Does it come naturally to you because of your childhood time in Japan and Japanese diet or you are that way for a specific reason?
No, unfortunately Japanese diet had been westernised since the Second World War. I wasn’t health conscious when I was young. I was surrounded by sugar, refined carbohydrates, dairy products and junk foods like anyone that doesn’t have any ideas on health and nutrition.
Because of my childhood health issues, I became interested in health to improve my issues, which led to me to where I am.

Tell us about your first cleanse, what was the experience like and the reason behind it?
I remember that my first cleanse was tough. I did a water fast. That was when I was studying naturopathy back in 2001. There was a lecture on fasting, so I tried as an experiment.
At that time, I didn’t have nutritional knowledge and my blood sugar wasn’t balanced, so I felt hungry all the time and experienced really bad headaches. I couldn’t continue more than two days. It would have suited me best if I started to balance my blood sugar levels first before the fasting.

We know that you normally cleanse via diet so what is it consist of?
I don’t usually cleanse just using diet alone. However, some clients who have never done a cleanse before and their diet is a full of acidic foods e.g. sugar, refined carbohydrates, stimulants and processed foods, it is best to start with dietary changes first. These changes itself bring the body to prepare detoxification process. Then once their diet is balanced and they feel fine with the changes, they are ready to do more an intense detox like the Purifyne cleanse programmes.
If this preparation hasn’t been done in advance, they often will experience the worst headaches, nausea and bloating etc., which are called a healing crisis.
There are many ways to cleanse the body just via diet and foods e.g. brown rice detox diet, lemon detox diet and raw food diet, for instance. You need to find that one that suits you best taking a consideration of your work or home situation, stress levels and whether you can take a time off during the cleanse etc. These factors will influence the effectiveness of your cleansing programme.  Whatever the methods that you decide to use, it is vital that you must cleanse your bowel during the programme. Otherwise, the toxins that are realised from the body will be reabsorbed back into your system. It will cause more harm than the benefits!

What is your favorite Purifyne juice combination?
My favorite Purifyne juice is Green Supreme. I like the combination very much and very cleansing.
You have a lot of clients while on juice cleanse. What are the changes you see in your clients’ diet after the cleanse?
I think some people do the cleanse because they want to kick start of a healthy, balanced diet & lifestyle.
Other clients stick to more sensible diet i.e. no sugar & no stimulants and other clients start a new dietary programme e.g. Alkaline / raw food diet, elimination diet and food combining etc. after the cleanse.

Do you have any healthy nutrition tips for our readers so that they may incorporate into their daily diet? 
There are so many heath tips but I will write one health tip that everyone should take into a consideration, which is about a subclinical blood sugar imbalance.
This is extremely common issue that I come across a lot in my practice.
The common symptoms of a subclinical blood sugar imbalance are tiredness and lethargy if a meal is missed, energy dip after meal especially around 3-4p.m. headaches, irritability, craving for sugar and stimulants and many more.
This subclinical blood sugar imbalance can be caused by many factors:

• Skipping a meal
• Eating refined carbohydrates and high Glycaemic Index/Load (GI/GL) Foods
• Taking stimulants e.g. coffee, tea, alcohol and smoking
• Lacking in good quality proteins in each meal
• Stressful lifestyle

If you are pushing your body from the subclinical level to the clinical level in relation to blood sugar imbalances, this will lead to the type 2 diabetes, which is also associated with inflammation in the body. Chronic health issues are all linked to some degree of inflammation of the body. Therefore, it is vital that everyone should address this and change your diet and lifestyle wherever and whenever possible.
To help support your healthy blood sugar, you need to:

• Avoid eating refined carbohydrates and high GI/GL foods
• Avoid stimulants as much as possible
• Reduce your stress levels – taking more holidays and find a time to relax
• Eat good quality of various proteins in each meal and snacks
• Eat whole grains that has low GI/GL values
• Eat more Greens – in the pH miracle book, it talks about eating green (alkaline foods) helps balance the blood sugar levels
• Do regular exercise – exercise is very important for increasing in glucose uptake in the muscle and improves insulin sensitivity.
• Eat smaller and frequent meals – 3 small meals and 2 snacks daily