Do This, Detox That: reclaiming health through ancient wisdom and modern science

Do This, Detox That is a methodical, holistic search of your whole life — your thoughts, your home, your water, your plate — for the hidden toxins draining your health. Eighteen chapters that join ancient wisdom to twenty years of naturopathic practice and modern science.

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Do This, Detox That book cover by Mayim Vega

A holistic search for what's making you sick

The things that undermine modern health are small, invisible, and everywhere — and they quietly poison us precisely because no one is looking for them.

This book teaches you to look. Not another detox fad with a green juice and a promise, but a methodical walk through every room of your life — the inner rooms of thought, stress, and marriage; the literal rooms where fluoridated water, EMFs, heavy metals, and mold accumulate; and the kitchen, where the modern diet has displaced the foods our great-grandparents thrived on.

Mayim Vega writes it from experience. A former NASA computer scientist turned naturopathic herbalist, she began this search out of necessity — as a young mother with debilitating migraines that the medical system could scan but not solve. What she learned over the twenty years since became this book.

What makes this book different?

Most detox books sell you a protocol. This one teaches you an order of operations. The search begins with the inner rooms — because the body that keeps the score of unexamined stress and a troubled home will undo any supplement regimen — and only then moves outward to the environment, the plate, and the tools of intensive restoration.

And it refuses to overpromise. In eighteen chapters, Mayim never claims the work will cure a condition or add years to your life. She teaches what twenty years of practice and study have convinced her actually matters — drawing on teachers like Dr. Weston A. Price, Dr. Russell Blaylock, Jordan Rubin, and Dr. Richard Schulze — and trusts you with the honest version.

Who is it for?

Anyone who suspects the modern world is making them sick and wants a sane, ordered way to respond. Mothers running households. People whose labs came back "normal" while they feel anything but. Readers of faith who want health teaching with depth behind it — and readers of no particular faith who simply want the practices. Each chapter ends with sources, and a study guide closes the book for families and groups working through it together.

Read The Arukah Method first?

No need — this book stands alone. It builds on the five-levels-of-the-soul framework from Mayim's earlier book, The Arukah Method, but explains everything as it goes. If it leaves you wanting the deeper framework, that book and the Arukah Academy are there when you're ready.

Inside the Book

Eighteen chapters, one holistic search


Five parts plus a study guide — a complete search of the house, inside and out.

The Opening

  1. The House Before the Festival — A Story, a Framework, and the Order of the Search

Part One — The Inner Rooms: The Detoxification of the Ruach

  1. Negative Thoughts Are Toxins — Coaching the Mind in the Torah Tradition
  2. Stress, Trauma, and the Body That Keeps the Score
  3. The Marriage and the Home — Shalom Bayit as Detoxification
  4. The Phone in the Home

Part Two — The Rooms of the House and the World: The Detoxification of the Environment

  1. The Toxic Soup
  2. Water, Air, and the Halogens — Fluoride, Chlorine, Bromine
  3. Iodine: The Missing Key
  4. EMFs: The Invisible Toxin
  5. Heavy Metals, PFAS, Mold, and the Modern House

Part Three — The Plate: The Detoxification of the Nefesh

  1. The Neurosurgeon's Warning — Dr. Russell Blaylock and the Excitotoxins
  2. The Aggregator — Dr. Joseph Mercola and the Modern American Diet
  3. The Dentist Who Traveled the World — Dr. Weston A. Price and the Wisdom of Traditional Foods
  4. The Maker's Diet — Jordan Rubin and Biblical Eating

Part Four — The Tools of Restoration

  1. The Herbalist's Way — Dr. Richard Schulze and the Intensive Cleanse
  2. Fast, Sweat, Juice, Move
  3. The Pantry — Supplements and the Orthomolecular Tradition

Part Five — The Restored Life

  1. Toward Arukah — An Invitation

Plus a Study Guide

Questions and exercises for every chapter — for individuals, couples, families, and study groups working through the search together.

The Ebook

Eighteen chapters. Eighteen dollars.


One complete, ordered search of your life for what's quietly draining your health — and the tools to restore it.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions


What format is Do This, Detox That?

It's a digital ebook (PDF), delivered to your email after purchase. You can read it on any device — phone, tablet, computer, or e-reader — and print it if you prefer paper. It's $18.

What will Do This, Detox That teach me?

How to search your whole life for hidden toxins, holistically and in the right order. The book covers the inner work of thoughts, stress, and the home; environmental toxins like fluoride, EMFs, heavy metals, PFAS, and mold; nutrition through the lens of teachers like Weston A. Price and Jordan Rubin; and restoration tools including cleansing, fasting, and orthomolecular supplementation.

Do I need to read The Arukah Method first?

No. Do This, Detox That stands alone. It references the five levels of the soul framework taught in The Arukah Method, but everything you need is explained within the book itself.

Do I need a particular faith background to read this book?

No. The book draws on ancient wisdom traditions alongside modern science, and Mayim writes from her own life and practice — but it's written for readers of any background, or none. The science, the protocols, and the practices work regardless of how you frame them.

Does the book promise to cure anything?

No — and that's deliberate. Mayim refuses the hype of wellness culture. The book is educational, not medical advice, and makes no claims about specific outcomes. It teaches the work she believes matters, honestly, and lets you do it in your own life.