My trip to India for detox made me think about how to deal with the toxins that surround us and poison our body. I started researching this topic and made a few conclusions that I want to share with you.
It turns out that scientists have discovered a surprising and disturbing fact: the toxins that we receive from harmful environments (in the special literature they are called environmental toxins, or “environmental toxins”) make us fat and cause diabetes. Once in the body, these chemicals interfere with the balancing of blood sugar and cholesterol metabolism. Over time, this can cause insulin resistance.
If the detoxification function is out of order, body fat will increase. The disturbances in the body caused by toxins are reminiscent of a scavenger strike: mountains of garbage grow and create excellent conditions for the spread of disease.
Detoxification is a normal daily process, during which the body gets rid of all unnecessary and unnecessary. However, we live in an environment rich in chemicals that our bodies are not equipped to process. According to the results of various studies, the body of almost every person examined contains many dangerous chemicals, including fire retardants, which are deposited in adipose tissue, and bisphenol A, a hormone-like substance found in plastic and excreted in urine. Even babies’ organisms are clogged. The body of the average newborn contains 287 chemicals in the blood of the umbilical cord, 217 of which are neurotoxic (toxic to nerves or nerve cells).
Getting rid of garbage
Our body has three main routes for the elimination of toxins: urine, stool, sweat.
Urination… The kidneys are responsible for flushing waste and toxins out of the blood. Make sure you are doing everything you can to help them by drinking more water. One of the first signs of dehydration is the color of your urine. The urine should be fairly light or slightly yellow.
Chair. Formed stools once or twice a day is one of the best ways to rid your body of toxins. If you find this difficult to achieve, you are not alone: 20% of people struggle with constipation and, unfortunately, this problem can get worse with age. You can control your bowel movements. First, increase your fiber intake. Fiber fibers cleanse the large intestine by forming stools and making them easier to pass. Second, again, drink plenty of water. The body retains water very well. Sometimes it’s even too good. When the walls of the large intestine take up a lot of fluid from the stool, it dries out and hardens, which can lead to breakdown of the formed stool and constipation. Drinking plenty of water and other fluids throughout the day will help soften your stools and make them easier to pass.
Sweating… Our skin is the largest elimination organ for toxins. Make sure you optimize the detox potential of your pores by working up a sweat at least three times a week. That is, you do exercises that make your heart pound and sweat for 20 minutes. It is good for health in other ways as well. But if that doesn’t work for you, consider going to a sauna, wet bath, or at least a bath to detoxify your body to stimulate your body’s natural ability to detoxify through sweat. Some studies show that sauna enhances the excretion of heavy metals from the body (such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and the fat-soluble chemicals PCB, PBB, and HCB).
Sources:
Environmental Working Group “Study Finds Industrial Pollution Begins in the Womb”
Jones OA, Maguire ML, Griffin JL. Environmental pollution and diabetes: a neglected association. Lancet. 2008 Jan 26
Lang IA, et al. Association of urinary bisphenol A concentration with medical disorders and loratory abnormalities in adults. JAMA. 2008 Sep 17
McCallum, J.D., Ong, S., M Mercer-Jones. (2009) Chronic Constipation in Adults: Clinical Review, British Medical Journal.