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Why detoxify?

If you’ve been living on planet earth for the last 20-70 years, then you’ve been exposed to environmental toxins. We live in a modern age of convenience and abundance, fueled by technology and mass-production, and the by-products of these benefits are released into the air we breathe, the water we drink, and find their way, most certainly, into the food we eat.

There are basically three kinds of toxins:
• Environmental
• Lifestyle
• Internal

Environmental toxins include things like the air pollution from factories and auto exhaust, exposure to paint and household or industrial cleaning products, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides and radiation. Lifestyle toxins are the result of the choices we make—they include anything you ingest intentionally—like nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, recreational, refined foods and sugars, prescription and over-the-counter drugs—and also unintentionally, artificial food additives like colorings, flavorings and preservatives, or meats from animals treated with hormones, antibiotics or artificial stabilizers. Don’t forget that your skin is like a giant sponge and everything you rub on it, bathe in, or wear contains potentials toxins. Internal toxins are the result of your body’s processes or imbalances: metabolic, hormonal, digestive, and emotional. Internal toxins include things like: bacteria, yeast, fungi, by-products of metabolism (carbon dioxide, ammonia, hormones), undigested food, and the biological by-products of stress or unresolved trauma.

Because exposure to all three kinds of toxins is ongoing, it’s important to understand that detoxification is not a one-time treatment. It is an ongoing program, a commitment, and a lifestyle choice. I generally recommend that people consider a program of detoxification twice a year.