Clear Body, Clear Mind

{{Main|Purification Rundown}}

The Purif consists of a "combination of exercise, vitamins, nutrition and sauna use," which purportedly "dislodges drug residues and other toxins from the fatty tissues so that these substances can then be eliminated from the body."{{cite web|title=What is the Purification Program? |work=Basic Facts About the Scientology Religion |url=http://www.scientology.org/html/opencms/cos/scientology/en_US/news-media/faq/pg019.html |accessdate=2006-06-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522093809/http://www.scientology.org/html/opencms/cos/scientology/en_US/news-media/faq/pg019.html |archivedate=2006-05-22 }} Scientologists are expected to take the Purif as part of their spiritual progress,{{r|refslund}}{{cite book|title=Australian Soul: Religion and Spirituality in the 21st Century |first=Gary D. |last=Bouma|publisher=Cambridge University Press| year=2006|page=9|isbn=0-521-67389-5}} and it is also promoted in secular contexts via Scientology-related groups including Narconon, Criminon and Second Chance.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/02/BAGN292LAC1.DTL |title=Church's drug program flunks S.F. test|last=Asimov|first=Nanette|date=October 2, 2004|work=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=2009-02-14}}{{cite news|last=Proctor|first=Jeff|url=http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/25104016state01-25-09.htm|title=Scientology Base Denied By Officials|date=January 25, 2009|work=Albuquerque Journal|accessdate=2009-02-14}} It is promoted as a cure for conditions including cancer, AIDS, heart problems, kidney failure, liver disease and obesity.{{cite web | first=Geoff |last=Dougherty | title = Store selling Scientology vitamin regimen raises concerns | url = http://www.sptimes.com/News/32899/Pasco/Store_selling_Sciento.html | work = St. Petersburg Times | date = March 28, 1999 | accessdate = 2009-02-14 }} The procedure is viewed as dangerous by many medical professionals, as it calls for saunas and vitamins far in excess of safe levels.{{cite web|first=John |last=DeSio |title=The Rundown on Scientology's Purification Rundown |url=http://www.nypress.com/20/22/news&columns/feature.cfm |publisher=New York Press |date=2007-05-30 |accessdate=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601161307/http://www.nypress.com/20/22/news%26columns/feature.cfm |archivedate=2007-06-01 }}{{cite news|title=The Prisoners of Saint Hill|last=Kelsey|first=Tim|author2=Mike Ricks|date=January 31, 1994|work=The Independent|page=(II) 1|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-prisoners-of-saint-hill-the-scientologists-call-it-babywatching-but-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-looking-after-infants-tim-kelsey-and-mike-ricks-investigate-the-potentially-dangerous-and-possibly-illegal-secret-treatment-that-the-worlds-largest-cult-uses-to-deal-with-difficult-members-1403815.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130081930/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-prisoners-of-saint-hill-the-scientologists-call-it-babywatching-but-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-looking-after-infants-tim-kelsey-and-mike-ricks-investigate-the-potentially-dangerous-and-possibly-illegal-secret-treatment-that-the-worlds-largest-cult-uses-to-deal-with-difficult-members-1403815.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 30, 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-17}} Side effects listed by Scientology include dehydration, electrolyte disturbances including hyponatremia (low sodium level) & hypokalemia (low potassium level), and heat-related illnesses.{{cite journal| last=Al-Zaki |first=Taleb|author2=B Tilman Jolly|date=January 1997| title=Severe Hyponatremia After Purification |journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine |publisher=Mosby, Inc.|doi=10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70335-4 |volume=29 |issue=1 | pages=194–195| pmid=8998113}} Some families have sued the Church of Scientology, claiming that the Purif was responsible for the death of a relative.

{{Main|Medical claims in Scientology doctrine}}

Clear Body, Clear Mind includes a disclaimer to the effect that the Purification Rundown is not a medical treatment and that it should not be read as making medical claims. However, in their Introduction to the book, David Root M.D. and James Barnes write:

L. Ron Hubbard's Purification program remains the only proven and safe method for reducing or eliminating chemical residues from the body. It has been used to alleviate the symptoms and concerns of people exposed to radiation. With each year, the importance of this discovery to every man, woman and child on this planet becomes more evident.

Hubbard claims to have been the discoverer of the "acid flashback" phenomenon, in which LSD is said to lodge itself in tissues and re-enter the bloodstream years later. He claims to have made this discovery "In the 1970s, working with cases of individuals who had been drug users". (pg. 23, 1990 hardcover edition)

Scientology's official website says of the book:

"Pesticides, solar radiation, drug and environmental toxins have become increasingly pervasive in today's society. They damage not just your health, but your personality and your ability to think clearly. Clear Body, Clear Mind -'The Effective Purification Program', by L. Ron Hubbard, details his groundbreaking discoveries in this field. Discover the world's only all-natural, proven program to eliminate drug and toxic residues lodged in the fatty tissues of your body. Over 250,000 have done this program with spectacular success." [https://web.archive.org/web/20080112082001/http://www.scientology.org/en_US/results/introservice/books/cbcm.html]

The claim of "Over 250,000" successes drew censure from the UK's Advertising Standards Authority.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1425742/Scientologist-drug-claim-on-poster-is-censured.html|title=Scientologist drug claim on poster is censured|last=Petre|first=Jonathan|date=March 27, 2003|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-06-13}} The figure was a count of everyone who had completed the program, including people whose "drug" exposure was infrequent use of alcoholic drinks or prescription drugs.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/mar/27/religion.anglicanism|title=Cult church censured on drug ads|last=Bates|first=Stephen|date=March 27, 2003|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=2009-06-13}}

A 1995 review of the book at a medical conference described the mega-doses of niacin as inappropriate, especially since they cause the release of histamine, which is counterproductive when dealing with chemical sensitivity.Kurt, T. (1995) "Sauna-Depuration: Toxicokinetics" presentation at 2nd Aspen Environmental Medicine Conference. Aspen, Colorado, September 7–9. cited in

{{cite book|last=Staudenmayer|first=Herman|title=Environmental Illness: myth and reality|publisher=CRC Press|year=1998|pages=48|isbn=978-1-56670-305-5}}

In All About Radiation, Hubbard (1957) sets out his idiosyncratic theories of radiation, including the idea that large doses of vitamins could both alleviate and prevent radiation sickness.{{cite book|first=Jon|last=Atack|year=1990|title=A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed|publisher=Lyle Stuart / Carol Publishing Group|isbn=0-8184-0499-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/pieceofblueskysc00atac/page/142 142]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/pieceofblueskysc00atac/page/142}}

Purification: An Illustrated Answer To Drugs (New Era Publications, 1984. {{ISBN|87-7336-350-2}}) is an earlier, illustrated explanation of the Purification Rundown.{{r|refslund}} Another illustrated book, Narconon New Life Detoxification Program: the effective purification program by L. Ron Hubbard. (Bridge Publications, 1991. {{ISBN|0-88404-658-3}}) is listed as based on Clear Body, Clear Mind.

• Bibliography of Scientology
• New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project

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• [http://www.clearbodyclearmind.com clearbodyclearmind.com]
• [http://www.detoxacademy.org/ International Academy of Detoxification Specialists]
• [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Stop-Narconon/Documents/ClearBody/ Stop Narconon] Critical commentary on the book's introduction by Dr Dave Touretzky
• [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3701177M/Clear_body_clear_mind Full text of book] available via online book loan at Open Library

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