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So you think because you’ve quit smoking and you enjoy a mostly vegetarian and totally organic diet that you don’t need to detox? If that is the case, you would be wrong. Toxins are everywhere in our daily lives. Toxins come in primary methods which are those that you ingest or absorb directly due to your own actions, and secondary methods which are environmental and occur without any action on your part.

But before we get too deep into where toxins exist in your life, we need to talk about the word ‘toxin’ or ‘toxic’. When we talk about toxins we don’t necessarily mean something that will instantly make you deathly ill or send you straight to your grave. Toxins are unhealthy substances that get into the body through any one of the elimination systems. What makes these toxins, toxic is that they make the elimination systems work inefficiently, which means these toxins seep into the blood stream and that is how we end up with short term or chronic illnesses.

Now that you understand toxins it is time to talk about how they get into your body so you can start cutting them off before they get close to you!

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healthy life exercise yoga “Take care of your stomach for the first fifty years and it will take care of you for the next fifty” – MD. Steven Smith on his 100-th birthday

How many times in the last twelve months have you felt sick or fatigued for no apparent reason? You suffer a few symptoms for a couple of days and then miraculously you feel better and forget all about those several days of misery. Have you ever stopped to wonder why these bouts of illness are so sporadic? One of the primary causes of this is what we call ‘autointoxication’, specifically intestinal autointoxication. When the bowels are not performing effectively, leaving too much waste inside the colon and giving bacteria time to grow, intestinal toxemia occurs. As a result of this toxemia the body starts to absorb too much of its own waste. One of the many problems with toxemia and autointoxication is that there are no clearly defined symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose. If you don’t know your symptoms are due to toxemia, then you likely won’t seek out a medical professional for diagnosis and treatment. Without a proper diagnosis effective treatment is unlikely and the best you can hope for is treating the symptoms, which do nothing to stop this cycle of illness and fatigue. In fact there are many different health problems linked to toxemia and autointoxication, which is why a detox diet and an improved lifestyle and diet plan are crucial parts of a healthy life. Continue reading “Why You Have to Take Care of Your Stomach”