Environmental Illness - Toxicology & Detoxification

April 9, 2014 - PRLog -- Our detoxification needs and the reasons for them are considerably changed from those of ancient people. Medical treatment that was not available to them is common place to us, but we have many more and different exposures to toxins in our lives. At the same time, we have many more detoxification techniques to help us. However, we have lost the realization of the necessity for detoxification and balancing.

Detoxification Demystified

In our society today, the majority of disease is blamed on stress, poor diet, genetics, physical and chemical agents, biological organisms, degeneration, inflammation, autoimmunity, lack of exercise, and abnormal growths. While these factors do indeed cause disease, there is an underlying factor that contributes to all health problems. Toxicity is the common component. Exposure to toxins and subsequent toxic accumulation cause untold health problems, both immediate and long term.

Despite our exposures to toxins, however, it is possible to enjoy good health.

We do not have to live in fear, nor do we have to be obsessed by "our poisonous world" or to succumb to "germaphobia." Most people do not have to create or escape to a remote, sterile environment. By using simple treatments we can improve our current state of health. Detoxification techniques and balancing methods make it possible for us to re build our bodies and immune systems. Common sense protective measures allow us to maintain our health, resulting in longer lives, with a significantly lower risk of degenerative diseases and other illnesses.

What Is a Toxin?

A toxin is often defined as a poisonous substance produced by plants, some animals, and disease-causing bacteria. Another, but rather narrow, definition for a toxin is a xenobiotic, which means a foreign chemical not produced by the human body. The National Treatment Centers for Environmental Disease, defines a toxin more broadly as "any substance that creates irritating and/or harmful effects in the body, undermining our health or stressing our biochemical or organ functions."

How Are We Exposed to Toxins?

Since the beginning of human history, people have been exposed to toxins that have affected their health. Over many thousands of years, our bodies have evolved to tolerate most naturally occurring substances. However, the “Chemical Revolution" that has occurred since World War II and ever increasing industrialization in all parts of the world have multiplied our exposures to harmful substances to incalculable levels.

Our bodies have been exposed to over two million new synthetic substances with no time to adapt. Chemical exposures for most people do not occur from a toxic wastes pill or from mass pesticide spraying. They come from small scale exposures that occur day after day, contributing to a buildup of chemicals in our bodies. Because our bodies have had no previous experience with these chemicals, they have no efficient mechanism to metabolize or eliminate them.

We are all exposed to toxins as we go through our daily schedules-even by something as simple as taking a shower. Performing our daily toiletries, such as putting on makeup or shaving, exposes us to chemicals unless we have selected these products with care. Going to the beauty salon or barber shop can mean a massive exposure. The grocery store provides a wide variety of exposures, including laundry and cleaning products; pesticides, both from produce and treatment of the store premises; and personal care products. Shopping in malls and large discount stores results in formal dehyde exposures.

Even going to work or school can subject our bodies to toxins. Regardless of their occupation, all people are exposed to toxins. Mechanics who generally work with no skin protection are exposed to gasoline, greases, oils, and sol vents. Numerous

building materials cause toxic exposures for contractors, carpenters, and house painters. Office workers are exposed to chemicals emitted by computers, copy machines, paper, correction fluid, and the personal care products of their co-workers.

Like office workers, teachers are exposed to office supplies and others' personal care products, but may also be subjected to other toxins. Science teachers use many toxic chemicals in the laboratory, and shop, auto mechanics, and industrial arts teachers work with a variety of toxic materials. Medical supplies, laundry and cleaning products and pesticides can adversely affect the health of people involved in the health care field.

Benefits of Detoxification

The benefits of detoxification are many, and can improve every aspect of your health. As your body detoxifies, you can expect digestion to improve, sinus congestion to clear, blood pressure to normalize, mental clarity and memory to improve, and emotional and hormonal fluctuations to stabilize. Once your body achieves balance, your energy level will rise with the removal of its toxic burden, the body's immune system will be strengthened, enabling it to cope more effectively with common illnesses.

Chronic health problems can be expected to improve or disappear entirely.

In addition to helping restore the body and mind to full health, detoxification increases the effectiveness of any subsequent healing treatment. Over the long term, people who maintain the balance of their body can expect to live longer in better health, to experience fewer degenerative diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and cancer, and to recover from illness and injury more quickly.

The Way to Health

There are many ways of detoxification but, for complete health, the whole person must be addressed: body, mind, emotions, and spirit. Healing is a comprehensive process of cleansing and re balancing. People with a low toxic burden will need only a few detoxification methods, and their health will be re stored quickly. Those with more serious health problems will have to follow a more complete detoxification program, and their recovery will take longer. If you have serious health problems, consult qualified practitioners to help you detoxify. Choose a team who are proficient in more than one method of detoxification, which can help you cleanse, re balance, and rebuild your body.

Once you have taken steps to cleanse and balance your body, you will want to maintain your new level of wellness; thus, methods of prevention are also important. Preventive techniques help to ensure continued good health. We are the guardians of our own health -it is our most precious gift. Without it, our adaptability declines, our quality of life suffers, and our enjoyment of life is mediocre. Cleansing and balancing the body to restore health becomes a learning experience, even an adventure, when we accept the challenge to pursue the best health possible and therefore the highest quality of life.

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