Kristina Amelong, Optimal Health Network

Kristina Amelong is the creator of the Optimal Health Network. She is a certified colon hydrotherapist, certified nutritionist and a Metabolic Typing Advisor. Her goal is to provide effective lifestyle tips that help people create individualized health programs using a variety of alternative health tools such as colon cleansing, a fasting diet, a detox diet, supplements, massage, the far infrared sauna, and/or simple diet changes.

Kristina is also a survivor of a chronic illness who recovered from irritable bowel syndrome and chemical sensitivities. She speaks from a large repertoire of personal and professional experience. Stop by the Optimal Health Network – it’s our favorite source for colonic and home enema information and products.

WBDD: What does "optimal health" mean to you?

Kristina: It is a commitment to ourselves - to living to the best of our ability in our bodies, our hearts and souls, our homes, our communities and on our planet.

WBDD: What personal life experiences contributed to your understanding of health issues?

Kristina: I put myself into drug and alcohol treatment when I was 21, twenty-four years ago. Ten years later, I became chronically ill. It was quite heartbreaking to have put so much effort into my emotional, spiritual and community health to then have to face the difficulties of a chronic physical illness. This multi-year experience and the persistence, hope and facing the pain square on is the core of my understanding of health issues.

WBDD: How would you describe the primary components that create optimal health?

Kristina: Decision is one of the primary components, even when you feel hopeless that you won't heal; my motto is "You Can Heal" and even with my own long, long haul, I am still completely committed to this belief. Loving discipline is another primary component that creates optimal health, like sticking to a particular decision of avoiding a food or behavior that you know is bad for you even when feelings come up like not belonging or feeling discouraged. Additionally, making the decision to gather a smart, resourceful and attentive team of people to support you is a component of creating this optimal experience of health.

WBDD: What advice do you have for someone who may be brand new to nutritional detoxification?

Kristina: It works.

WBDD: In your teaching, what is the role of fats in a healthy diet?

Kristina: Daily consumption of healthy fats, like coconut and olive oil and raw butter, is absolutely needed in order to be optimally healthy. I describe this in depth in my movie, Cleansing, Coffee Enemas and Colon Tubes and in my book, Kristina Amelong's Ten Days to Optimal Health.

WBDD: What are problems that can arise with a detox diet and how does one minimize these complications?

Kristina: Time and again, I have seen people end up sicker than before they started by partaking of a detox diet without proper preparation. I have people take on a detox diet in stages, always using the support of colon cleansing, incremental dietary modifications and adrenal and thyroid herbal support.

WBDD: What is colon cleansing and what role can it play in a detox program?

Kristina: Colon cleansing is using herbs and/or colonic or enema therapy to assure that the colon empties completely throughout each day.

WBDD: For someone brand new to colon cleansing, how would you recommend they begin?

Kristina: I recommend reading through our website, Optimal Health Network and , as we are a comprehensive resource for how to begin safely with a colon cleansing. We also have numerous educational materials such as my book, Kristina Amelong's Ten Days to Optimal Health and our downloadable videos such as Large and Small Volume Enemas and Colon and Cleansing Using Colon Hydrotherapy.

We welcome phone calls, emails and posts on our Facebook page. And, just try it. Some people find they love it and others don't, which is also just fine.

WBDD: Thank you so much for sharing with us Kristina. You have created a rich, informative resource network with top-notch products. We wish you continued success and healing!