Reset, Recharge, Renew: The Real Impact of Detox Cleanses

How Do Detox Cleanses Reset The Body And Elevate Energy Levels?

Tired, inflamed, and still breaking out despite “eating clean”? We go straight at the real problem: daily toxins hiding in ordinary foods and “healthy” labels. From canola-loaded dressings to coffee creamers with seed oils and sugar bombs, we break down where inflammation sneaks in, why it derails skin and hormones, and how a smart detox restores energy without giving up joy.

We start with subtraction—removing refined sugar, hydrogenated oils, bleached flour, and excess alcohol—then layer in practical, sustainable additions. Think fasting windows that give your system space to heal, mineral-rich hydration, and simple herbal supports to nudge the liver, gallbladder, and gut. We share restaurant tactics that actually work, like swapping the fryer for butter-seared protein and keeping orders simple to avoid hidden oils. You’ll hear how “moderation” becomes meaningful when you stop treating daily sugar and seed oils as harmless and reserve treats you truly love.

For stubborn skin and hormone issues, we highlight targeted supplementation that accelerates healing, including protocols designed for acne, rosacea, and PCOS-related breakouts. Expect honesty about timelines: real change often takes 90 days or more, but the payoff is better sleep, stable energy, calmer skin, and less reliance on caffeine. We also point you to a free, detailed detox roadmap with safe brand lists and everyday swaps so you can change your pantry without losing the foods you love.

Ready to feel clear-headed and strong again? Hit play, grab the free guide from Instagram, and start with one swap today. If this conversation helps, subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick review to support the show.

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Transcript

Welcome And Focus On Detox

SPEAKER_01 0:03

Welcome to Timeless Takeover, your no BS guide to lasting anti-aging and longevity solutions. Hosted by Marissa Parchman, founder of Timeless Skin and Wellness, this is your exclusive source for honest anti-aging solutions and elevated wellness. We offer a full scope approach to beauty and vitality because at Timeless, we believe aging is optional. Serving discerning clients across Denver Metro and Northern Colorado, your transformation begins here.

SPEAKER_02 0:40

From sluggish mornings to renewed vitality, detox cleanses can help the body hit refresh. Welcome back, everyone. I'm Julie Schwenzer, co-host and producer in the studio with Marissa Parchman, the founder of Timeless Skin and Wellness. Marissa, how is everything going right now?

SPEAKER_00 0:57

Hi, Julie. I'm great. Christmas week, so just a couple more days of work, and I'm ready for the holiday. How are you? Yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:06

I'm not ready, but I'm with you, and I'm excited for a fun holiday, that's for sure. Yes, absolutely. So we appreciate you joining us again.

Personal Struggles And Why Detox

SPEAKER_02 1:15

And in our last episode, you did mention a lot of great details about detoxing. So we're gonna continue that conversation and ask you how does detoxing help the body reset and elevate energy levels?

SPEAKER_00 1:30

Oh, this is such a great question, and one of my favorite things to talk about. I have become very passionate about detoxing the system and what I like to call living a detoxed lifestyle. Um, and that is because I struggled with so many things in my teens and 20s. Um, what started with acne led to hormone issues and bloat and digestive issues and medication recommendations from different doctors, and I was on a few different medications that were helping with the acne but causing other issues. So through my experience of dealing with an imbalanced system that was coming out in my skin, in my gut, in rosacea, in um psoriasis, or sorry, not psoriasis, um eczema, um, all kinds of skin conditions and just issues that I look back now and realize were secondary to a system full of toxins that needed to be detoxed and just inflammation that could have been controlled way before I started to take control of my own health and um finally educated myself on what it means to detox the system. Um, so again, I've preached about how we are just deprived of all this information when it comes to detoxing our system and when it comes to how our body operates. And no matter what you're dealing with, especially if there has been a diagnosis, the number one thing is to detox the system. And what does that mean? That means literally taking all of the toxins out of the system, often putting in herbs and good things. Like I always think about like ritual tea drinking, you know. There, we all know that tea has been around for thousands

What Detox Really Means

SPEAKER_00 3:20

of years, and there's a lot of ritual behind drinking tea in a lot of cultures. And what is tea? It should be just herbs that you're picking outside. And what do these herbs do? They help detox our system. So something as little as drinking a detox tea on a daily basis is gonna help detox our system. So imagine elevating that to a higher level and whatever level works with your lifestyle and what you're trying to accomplish. But our bodies are detox systems in general, you know? We all use the bathroom, we all blow our nose, we all clean our ears, we all have stuff that comes out of our tear ducks. Our body is detoxing all the time. And what we don't practice as a culture is a full detox that resets the system. So think about some cultures where they don't eat for 24 hours, or some cultures where they don't eat for several days and only consume water, or, you know, again, things that we don't practice as Americans. Um, but taking everything out of the system, fasting, adding in herbs that are going to cleanse the colon, cleanse the system, cleanse the gut, cleanse the gallbladder. That is going to literally flush the body of all the toxins and reset the whole system. If you have a body that does not have toxins in your body, you're gonna feel so much better. Um, for myself, I really try to stay away from hydrogenated oils, a huge toxic ingredient in a lot of our food supply, um, excess caffeine and alcohol, and processed sugar. Those are the things we need to stay away from. We can talk about dyes and other things all day, but you're not going to find something with the main three processed sugar, white flour, hydrogenated oils that, you know, if you're if you find something that has the other ingredients like the dyes, it's going to have one of the other three. It often is gonna have all three. It's often gonna have processed sugar, white flour, hydrogenated oils, and then they make it beautiful with this bright fluorescent food

Fasting, Herbs, And Full Reset

SPEAKER_00 5:20

dye that just adds another toxic ingredient that doesn't even add flavor or anything, you know? So this whole mindset of like, oh, pick your poison. Yes, absolutely. I have been eating way too much sugar. I gave up alcohol this year, and I just have been eating way too much sugar this season. And the number one thing that I notice is it's affecting how I feel in recovery. It's affecting how I feel when I work out, my knees, my ankles, my wrists. I've had issues with my wrists for a very long time. And when I'm eating too much sugar, it is affecting my body's ability to detox, to feel great. So um, come the new year, I am going to really lean into getting all the processed sugar out of my system and just elevate my January to, you know, a higher detox level than what I've been doing, because again, I always am trying to avoid the things that I know are toxic and everything in moderation. You really have to look at that from a perspective of if you go eat a toxic ice cream treat, say Dairy Queen, it's gonna have 30, 40 ingredients, maybe more. It's not like making your own ice cream that has three ingredients, and that is a serious treat. It's gonna take your body a lot of time to detox all those ingredients, you know? So having coffee creamer in the morning every day, that's a toxic coffee creamer with sugar and several ingredients and often seed oils in your coffee creamer, that is not moderation. Having a Starbucks every morning that has 40 grams of sugar is not moderation. Having a soda every single day that has 40 grams of sugar is not moderation. Moderation in optimizing our body's ability to detox and perform optimally is taking everything out consistently and then really leaning in really hard at least a couple weeks out

Sugar, Oils, And “Moderation” Myths

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of every quarter and doing a full reset. And your body can't reset and feel great without getting all of that stuff out. So that is something I'm very passionate about. I preach that all the time. People will come and see me as an aesthetician when their skin is wreaking havoc, and that is not the time to touch somebody's skin. We can put a little chemical peel on it, we can get some of the inflammation down, we can do an IPL to make rosacea subside a little bit. But the real way to optimize how you look and how you feel, you know, is to get all those toxins out and then work with a practitioner that can help you supplement with vitamins and herbs that your body needs to cure on a deeper level.

SPEAKER_02 8:02

And when clients come in and ask you for help with detoxing, what's an example of a plan of action that you have for clients recently that is something they can do with you, you know, in the office, and then they can also carry out actions at home and stick with a plan and then be accountable and then talk to you about it next time they see you?

SPEAKER_00 8:26

Yeah, so I am very, very passionate about providing the information that we have not gotten from, I mean, really the school system. We should be teaching our kids this in preschool. Um, I have a packet, it's on my Instagram. If you go to my Instagram um link, there are a few links. I think on the bottom link is a document that is called Detox a Lifestyle. That is a very, very thorough document that talks about how to detox your household from mostly foods and um like household cleaners and things like that. And there's documents about um just how to become a little more aware of the toxins that we're exposed to that we're unaware of. That is something that I come across all the time. The biggest challenge are my clients who think they're doing all the right things. And then I come in and say, you're really doing none of the right things because you think you're buying non-toxic cleaner, you think you're buying non-toxic perfume, you think you're buying non-toxic toothpaste, you think you're buying non-toxic food. And what did we just outline? I mean, your entire day of toxin, toxin, toxin, toxin. So unfortunately, again, the FDA and the food system does not advocate for us as individuals to be able to look at a label and see what we see is propaganda. We do not see the truth, you know. So unfortunately, we see something that is natural flavors or low fat, and we're like, oh, this is a healthy alternative, but we've not been taught to look at a label and see all the labels. So I have that packet of information that is really, really great information. I tell everybody download that document and keep it forever. There is a list of safe brands in there. There are places where you can get bread and pies and cookies and cakes and meat and chips. And um, one of the biggest things that I want to preach is making people aware that living a detoxed lifestyle and taking control of your health and what you put in your body and in your kids' body is not, does not mean you're taking all the fun stuff out, you know? It just means that you're not shopping in

Skin Flares As Detox Signals

SPEAKER_00 10:30

certain aisles of the grocery store and maybe you're ordering more things on a subscription model because you know it's gonna be healthy for your household. Bread is a great example for that. Um, so number one, education, education, education. You can do all the detoxes in the world, but if you're going home and alcohol is the best example because everybody knows alcohol is toxic. If you're going home and drinking a half a bottle of alcohol every single day, everybody knows that's gonna lead to some very negative side effects and then eventually cirrhosis of the liver and your body just can't sustain it anymore. So if you think of it from that perspective, of there are things that we're putting in our system on a daily basis that are just as toxic as drinking a bottle of alcohol on a daily basis. And then we have this acne and all this inflammation that we're like, well, I'm doing all the right things, and the doctor has us on me on this medication, and I'm not eating gluten and I'm not eating dairy and I'm not eating iodized salt, but you're still eating things you shouldn't be eating. Non-foods is what I call them. You know, you can't eat a label that has three ingredients of food and then 30 ingredients of non-foods. You put it in your system, your body has three ingredients of energy to detox all of these non-foods, and then we're over consuming toxins. So, number one thing, education, being aware of what you're putting in your food, in your system on a daily basis. Again, I eat fast food a couple times a year, you know, and I enjoy every minute of it. But I wouldn't do that on a daily basis. Can I eat a cheeseburger at home that I make for my family? Absolutely.

A Practical Client Plan

SPEAKER_00 12:02

I'm gonna have zero side effects. It's gonna be made with sourdough bread, it's gonna be made with organic ketchup, it's gonna be made with um non-toxic organic beef, you know. You go to McDonald's, it's gonna be what do they say, like 120 ingredients you're consuming with a McDonald's meal. So we really need to understand this. A cheeseburger made at home is made of food. Obviously, most of us should not be eating McDonald's on a regular basis, but even like a lean cuisine or something packaged at the store that looks like it's healthy, a sandwich at Whole Foods, the fresh baked bread at Whole Foods, the whole cough, the whole um salad bar at Whole Foods, like hydrogenated oils, processed ingredients in their bread. I'm like, why are there 50 ingredients in the bread? It's not Whole Foods, it's whole bullshit, is what it is. And we really need to start understanding this. The food supply is huge. We should not be consuming fast foods. Okay, second course of action is to add in the appropriate supplements, and that is another huge missing piece is supplementing the things that our body is craving. The biggest missing piece of the medical system is supplementing vitamins and minerals and nutrients and herbs. And when it comes to detoxing, it's really about putting in the proper herbs. So I work very closely with a dear friend of mine, Dr. Diana Drake. She is a naturopath that specializes in hormone imbalances and detoxing the system. Skin Naturopathics is a supplement line that supports skin health. So she has protocols for rosacea, psoriasis, acme. And most acne is all about detoxing the system. So when it comes to supporting the body internally with supplements, we use skin naturopathics. And she has a product called the Derma Detox that is probably our number one selling product. She also has a product called hormonal breakouts. That is a product that's specifically for women struggling with PCOS. And what do you often get secondary to PCOS? Hormonal acne. So working with her has really changed my practice from a perspective

Hidden Toxins And Label Literacy

SPEAKER_00 14:10

of not just treating clients topically with skincare and being able to help them in my specialty, which is detoxing the system and then adding in these protocols that aren't necessarily a one size fits all. But what she's done is she really understands what causes rosacea, what causes psoriasis, what imbalance in the system is creating this signal to tell us, hey, something's wrong. And what do we do? We go to a doctor and we put medicine on it when our body is giving us a signal to tell us something is wrong in our system. I don't want medication. I want the proper detoxing and supplementation to be able to heal the system. So the protocols are some are more extensive than others. And it is a lot easier to talk about healing the system than it is to heal the system because often we're not dealing with somebody who just went through menopause. You know, that might be a lot easier to supplement a very healthy woman, a very healthy system who goes through menopause might just need HRT, a little bit of hormone supplementation, and that's gonna fix all of that individual's concerns. But somebody like myself, who at 25 had three or four different diagnoses, I'm dealing with a system that has been in balance for 25 years. So it took me about three years, I would say, to heal my body. I was still very sensitive in my first year of detoxing and understanding what I was sensitive to. And now I'm like, I'm not sensitive to anything other than toxins. I can eat whatever I want as long as it is a whole food form and it's not compromised ingredients, you know? So detoxing using Diana Drake's protocols has really just allowed us to help so many of our clients.

SPEAKER_02 16:01

And a last question for you, too, is when you and your colleagues, you know, you help kind of jumpstart the detoxing of the system for a lot of um the people that come in. Now, do you find that their body can also detox even better after taking all these steps to, I guess, for a lack of better words, clean out their system? And now they can do it nationally on their own a little bit better?

SPEAKER_00 16:27

Right. Yeah. I mean, a question I get a lot is do I have to continue to do this? This is an investment in your health. And some of these protocols are not, I mean, they're not cheap. They're an investment. And having high quality supplements, again, a whole nother conversation, um, is very important. And having these very high-quality organic supplements in your system all the time, taking your supplements two to three times a day with some of these protocols, um, that is going to actually heal the system. So, in a perfect world, would we all be consuming 10,000 milligrams of antioxidants, vitamin C every single day for the rest of our lives? Absolutely. When you're put on a protocol, sometimes that protocol, when we build it out, it might be like a 90-day protocol and you're gonna purchase 90 days worth of supplements.

Restaurant Traps And Safe Swaps

SPEAKER_00 17:20

Well, sometimes it can take longer than 90 days for the system to fully heal. So the short answer is yes. Once you get to a place that your body is healed and your body is not in toxic overload mode, then your body can handle things a little better, you know? And with that, what's gonna happen? You're gonna start sleeping better, you're gonna have less fatigue, you're gonna have less chronic pain, you're not gonna feel like you need to rely on the coffee as much. So healing the system is going to get you to a place that, yes, you don't need to do all of the things so strictly, but I think that's one of the biggest disconnects is our food is supposed to be healing us, our water is supposed to be healing us. We're supposed to be consuming mineral and nutrient-rich water as our most consumed liquid. And we're drinking filtered water all day that doesn't have any nutrients and minerals in it. And some people are supplementing with supplements that might say trace minerals on the front, and you think you're putting healthy minerals in your water, but it's full of this many chemicals and toxins. It is mind-blowing. It is just so discouraging until it kind of clicks and you understand. Like, I am very sensitive to eating at restaurants. And often I go to a very nice restaurant and I don't want to change how they make the food. I don't want to say, oh, well, I can't have the hydrogenated oil and I don't eat this and I don't eat that. Then what are you left with? A boring entree, you know? It is safe to just eat like a steak with a potato. That's often safe. You can say, Can you just cook me a steak and butter? It's often way easier to be very simple when you're making changes to the menu. But my point is, is if you are going out all the time and you're like, I don't know why I feel like crap, well, how often do you eat at a restaurant? Well, I only eat a salad. Okay, well, 90% of salad dressings, the number one ingredient is canola oil. Canola oil is a hydrogenated oil that once it goes into our system, it creates stress on the system. The body does not know what to do with that oil because it's not a whole food like olive oil. It has been processed, it has been put through high temperatures, it has been exposed to gases, it's often uh slid across a sheet of hot, heavy metals. It's like you're left with this concoction of metal exposed, fiber-reduced, hydrogenated mess. So again, people think they're doing the right thing. Well I only order a salad on a menu. Well, that salad could have fried onion strings that have 30 ingredients and then candied almonds that have 30 ingredients, including four different types of processed sugars. And it's like, before you know it, your body is so damaged that it could take two years to heal that. System.

SPEAKER_02 20:02

Oh wow. Thank you for sharing this. I mean, and

Supplements And Protocols That Heal

SPEAKER_02 20:05

where again do we find your um like kind of a roadmap that we can take a look at on Instagram?

SPEAKER_00 20:10

You said it's yeah, so my Instagram handle is T SW Marissa. That's for Timeless Skin and Wellness Marissa. And we also have a business account. It's Timeless Skin underscore wellness. Um, and there's a link on my personal Instagram that you can download that document for free. It is just so much good information. I hope one day to turn it into a book, but for now it is for all of your pleasure.

SPEAKER_02 20:34

Well, I can't wait to read it when you have that done later. And I will print that out. You know, I'm gonna just carry it's just gonna scare around your purse.

SPEAKER_00 20:42

So it's good information for everyone. Even with all the knowledge I have, if somebody handed me something with this much information and, you know, like you said, a roadmap with links to where I can get this. Like, oh, my daughter will only eat pita chips. That was one that my client said, my daughter will only eat pita chips. And I'm like, well, let's find a pita chip that doesn't have bleached flour and doesn't have hydrogenated canola oil. And so I found one, I added it to the list, and now if I were gonna order pita chips, it would be this one healthy pita chip.

SPEAKER_02 21:14

That's great. We don't have to sacrifice the fun and our food desires, we can still have it,

Whole Foods vs “Whole Bullshit”

SPEAKER_02 21:20

and that's that's exciting. Well, Marissa, thank you again for explaining how detox cleanses can reset the body and elevate energy. We really appreciate it. Absolutely. Thank you so much, Julie.

SPEAKER_01 21:33

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