As a Naturopathic Doctor, one of my main goals in helping my patients work back to a state of health and well being is to address the underlying causes of their health concerns. At the root of many health issues is a system overloaded and overwhelmed with different stressors – notably toxic stressors in the system. The simplest way to think of toxins in the system is to compare the blood in the blood vessels of our body to a stream that is polluted with oil, muck, pop cans, chip bags, plastic bags. This stream will not have a lot of oxygen in it, and the fish and plants living in the stream will suffer due to lack of nutrients and fresh clean water. If our bodies have become accustomed to living off nutrient poor foods, highly processed foods, foods filled with chemical flavors, preservatives and pesticides, our blood stream begins to look like this stream and the blood we carry to our muscles, organs and brain is sluggish, and filled with toxins. It becomes easy to see why we might feel tired, sore and achy and have some difficulties with concentration, memory and headaches!
Compare this with a stream (blood in the blood vessels) that is pure clean and unpolluted. The water has a high oxygen and nutrient content and the fish and plants living in it (our cells) are able to survive and thrive!
Detoxification or cleansing refers to the process of clearing toxins from the body by neutralizing or transforming them into less harmful particles in the liver and then removing them from the body through our bodies’ “emunctories” – the bowels, the kidneys, the lungs, the menstrual flow and the skin.
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Compare this with a stream (blood in the blood vessels) that is pure clean and unpolluted. The water has a high oxygen and nutrient content and the fish and plants living in it (our cells) are able to survive and thrive!
Detoxification or cleansing refers to the process of clearing toxins from the body by neutralizing or transforming them into less harmful particles in the liver and then removing them from the body through our bodies’ “emunctories” – the bowels, the kidneys, the lungs, the menstrual flow and the skin.
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