| Today we live in an increasingly toxic | | | | gastrointestinal (liver, gallbladder, colon), urinary |
| environment, which is detrimental to our physical, | | | | (kidneys, bladder and urethra), skin (sweat, |
| mental and emotional health. The food we eat, | | | | sebaceous glands, tears), and lymphatic (lymph |
| the air we breathe, the clothes we wear and the | | | | channels and nodes) systems. |
| water we drink are all contaminated with toxic | | | | Our body is designed to use natural substances. |
| chemicals that do us substantial harm. | | | | Any foreign substance will elicit a response from |
| Detoxification refers to the different methods by | | | | the immune system to try and remove it. The |
| which we try to get rid of these toxins from our | | | | liver reduces toxins into compounds that the body |
| body. | | | | can handle and eliminate through the kidneys (as |
| The human body is assailed with toxins from both | | | | urine), skin (as sweat), lungs (as expelled air) and |
| internal as well as external sources. The main | | | | bowels (as feces). |
| external sources of toxins are by inhalation | | | | These systems usually work adequately, but the |
| (smoking, air pollution), ingestion (chemical residues | | | | increasing toxicity of modern life necessitates |
| on food, in water, and in drugs and alcohol) | | | | artificial intervention. What is eliminated during |
| injection (vaccination, tattoos), absorption | | | | detoxification is dead, dying or diseased cells, |
| (chemicals from paints, synthetic fabrics, plastics, | | | | unwanted fatty tissue, hardened coating of |
| pesticides) and irradiation (medical X-rays, nuclear | | | | mucous on intestinal wall, toxic waste in the |
| power plants, cell phones, computer monitors, | | | | lymphatic system and blood stream toxins in |
| microwave ovens). Internal sources include | | | | spleen, liver and kidney, mucous from lungs and |
| indigestion of food, malnutrition, and mental | | | | sinuses, and excess cholesterol. |
| ailments. | | | | A detoxification program may consist of dieting |
| In ancient times man lived on a sparse diet free | | | | (juice fasting, water fasting, raw food diet, eating |
| from pesticides, food additives, drugs and toxins. | | | | less, vegetarianism), exercise, homeopathic |
| Today we consume thousands of toxins through | | | | remedies, ozone therapy, acupuncture, massage, |
| the air, water, soil and food. Our bodies handle | | | | herbal liver or kidney cleansing medicines, colon |
| toxins in three ways: neutralizing, transforming and | | | | irrigation and vitamin supplements. Detoxification |
| eliminating them. Antioxidants neutralize free | | | | with regard to alcohol and drugs involves |
| radicals. The liver transforms toxic substances into | | | | pharmacological intervention to suppress |
| harmless agents. Blood carries waste to the liver | | | | withdrawal symptoms and make recovery easier |
| and kidneys and eliminates it through the bladder. | | | | and faster. |
| Waste is also eliminated through sweat glands. | | | | Detoxification is the way to a healthy, vibrant |
| The detoxification system given to us by Mother | | | | lifestyle and freedom from undesirable conditions |
| Nature usually suffices for protecting against | | | | like obesity, heart disease, skin disease, diabetes, |
| everyday exposure to toxins. Our major natural | | | | stroke and other ailments. |
| detoxification systems consists of respiratory | | | | It is also helpful to be free from unhealthy habits |
| (lungs, bronchial tubes, throat, sinuses, nose), | | | | like alcoholism and drug addiction. |