The harm of toxins and the benefit of detoxification

Imagine waking up without an ache or pain, cruising though your daily tasks with abundant energy, and ending your day with a refreshing night’s sleep. Then imagine waking up to do it all over again. Think it is impossible? Think again. An accumulation of toxins can leave you feeling sluggish, achy, heavy, and out of shape. It can also lead to disease in the form of cancer, arthritis, diabetes, allergies, and many other serious illnesses. When you eliminate the myriad toxins in your body, you will greet each day feeling great.

Toxins are substances that disrupt the normal healthy flow within our bodies. Literally thousands of toxins and harmful synthetic chemicals lurk in our food, air, water, clothes, homes, and workplaces. The very things that should nourish our bodies or comfort us are often making us ill. They take the form of foods, cleaning products, beauty and hygiene products, cooking oils, food additives, pesticides and herbicides, industrial chemicals in our air, damaging emotions, sugar, and much more.

Detoxification is the process of cleansing the body of harmful substances, and thereby restoring the body’s natural healing ability. This process is accomplished through the use of herbs, foods, juices, aromatherapy, exercise, breathing techniques, and other therapies. Detoxification gives your body a short break from dietary and lifestyle habits that may be wreaking havoc on your health. During this
time, you internally cleanse your body of waste products that clog its normal metabolic processes. Even people with minor problems or no visible symptoms often have toxic buildup.

Detoxification is comparable to cleaning your home. Imagine what your bathtub or shower would look like if you did not clean it regularly over twenty, forty, or even eighty years. Yet most people will allow similar conditions to fester in their bodies, without any form of internal cleansing.

Your body has its own ways of dealing with some toxins, but it can be overburdened by the volume and type of toxins found in our modern world. To effectively cleanse your body you must eliminate toxins from your respiratory system, liver, gallbladder, kidneys and urinary tract, skin, fatty deposits (including cellulite), lymphatic system and other detoxification organs and systems. To minimize further toxic buildup you must reduce your exposure to additional toxins.