Some of the main toxins that threaten your health are the heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic. Although not a heavy metal aluminum is also toxic. These toxic metals get into your body from food, water, air, or absorption through the skin. They become attached to proteins and molecules and disrupt the function of your cells causing serious damage. Liquid zeolite is gaining a reputation as an ideal natural solution to detox them safely from your body.

Why do we need to detox heavy metals?

Toxic metals replace nutrient minerals and impair the function of enzymes that are involved in thousands of your body’s metabolic reactions including the detox system. They can also weaken and cause free radical damage to tissues such as your arteries, joints, bones and muscles.

The kidneys, intestines and nervous system are most sensitive to damage by mercury but it can lodge in the brain and many other tissues weakening the immune system. Mercury amalgams (silver dental fillings) have been found to be the main source of mercury exposure in most individuals. Although people who eat a lot of fish may also accumulate mercury especially if they are not good detoxifiers of it.

Long-term heavy metal exposure may result in slowly progressing physical, muscular, and neurological degenerative processes that are similar to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, and multiple sclerosis.

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The health of your bowel or colon is directly related to the the health of your whole body. Your bowel is the sewer of your body. It has to get rid of all the toxins, by products of metabolism, neurotransmitters (brain chemicals), and hormones, that are processed every day by your liver. If the toxic sludge sits in your bowel it gets backed up and toxins and hormones get reabsorbed into your body. They get taken to your liver to be recycled all over again overloading it. You become toxic and your health will suffer. A bowel cleanse is something that most people need.

Lets have a look at this in more detail:

The bowel or intestine as it is also known is a long tube-like organ that is the part of the digestive system that runs between your stomach and anus. It is divided into 2 parts, the small bowel, also known as the small intestine, and large bowel or large intestine.

The function of the small bowel is to digest and absorb your food. The indigestible fiber passes into the large bowel where excess water and minerals are absorbed into your body together with some vitamins made by the intestinal bacteria. The left over waste becomes feces and are eventually eliminated. But this is where it often goes wrong.

Modern day living with processed and fast food, stress, lack of exercise has led to nations of constipated and sick people. If you are not eliminating the waste at least twice a day it sits in your bowel and becomes an ideal breeding ground for bad bacteria, yeasts, parasites and viruses.

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We normally associate the word inflammation with pain, swelling and redness and joint stiffness but did you know that many of the common diseases that people suffer with these days are related to chronic inflammation?

Researchers have found that chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, some cancers,  Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, eczema, psoriasis, asthma, diabetes and many others are related to underlying inflammation in the body. Even aging is due to an inflammatory process in the skin. So you are probably wondering what this has to do with a detox diet?

First let’s have a look at what exactly inflammation is.

Inflammation is a normal response of the body to fight an infection. For example if you get an infection your body produces a fever a part of the process to kill the bacteria or virus that is causing it.  And inflammation is part of the healing process. If you have an injury your body produces inflammation as part of the process that repairs and heals it. We could not do without it

But in some cases a low grade inflammatory process is constantly switched on. When this happens you become more susceptible to disease and the aging process. You may have low grade inflammation for hears without knowing it because the body can control it to a certain extent for a while. Then one day you start to get niggling symptoms and realize that something is not right.

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If you are making an effort to eat your five potions of fruit and vegetables a day you might be getting more than you bargained for. Along with your anti-oxidants, phytochemicals, (beneficial plant chemicals) vitamins, and minerals you could be getting a cocktail of toxic chemicals.

Pesticides

Farmers use pounds of pesticides and fungicides, toxic by design,  every year to grow their crops and some inevitably end up on the produce you eat. Researchers have found the people who eat the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables consume an average of 10 pesticides or pesticide residues a day.

Fruit and vegetables are not the only produce that contain pesticides. Your meat and dairy products contain them too. Toxic chemicals are applied directly to animals and their feed. I was shocked to discover that although the amounts of pesticides used on crops for human consumption are controlled there is no limit for pesticide use on cattle feed.

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Glutathione (pronounced gloota-thigh-own) is a powerful antioxidant and a key nutrient for the detox process. It is found in virtually every cell in your body and without it poisonous toxins that you take in every day would have a devastating effect on your liver cells.

Glutathione is made in the body from the amino acids glycine, cysteine and glutamic acid which you get from protein foods in your diet and it can be obtained directly from fruit and vegetables – one reason for the high intake of fruit and vegetables on a detox diet.  It is found in high levels in your liver, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, stomach lining, the organs that are most likely to be exposed to toxins. It is also high in your eyes where it protects the lens.

Stress, excessive exercise, poor diet and toxic overload cause deficiency of this vital substance. Water fasting for more than a few days depletes glutathione levels according to research. The amount you have in your body gets less as you get older and many diseases including cancer, liver disease, cystic fibrosis, heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease disease, diabetes and HIV/AIDS have been linked with low glutathione levels. Many people take various supplements to increase glutathione levels to try and prevent aging.

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Today I have a guest article about why to use herbs to detoxify by Kat Sanders.

It’s not something your regular doctor would recommend, but it’s something that is worth a try all the same. The practice of using herbs as a natural way of cleansing your body has been around for quite some time now, but is only now gaining in popularity with the importance that is being given to the right kind of diet and lifestyle. If you’re considering an herbal detox program, here’s added incentive to go ahead with it:

• Our body is full of junk: We are so used to our creature comforts that we lead sedentary lifestyles that contribute to the onset of diseases and illnesses that are so easily preventable. The food we eat is of the fatty and unhealthy kind. And to make things worse, the hustle and bustle of work and its associated stress make us worn out and fatigued so that our bodies are unable to take the strain over a period of time. This triple whammy of the lack of enough exercise, the insufficiency of nutrients, and the overdose of stress combine to make our body one big poisonous mess that starts to deteriorate sooner age would dictate. Herbal detox programs work to cleanse all the organs of the body and rejuvenate them so that they are able to function without any additional strain.
• Our mind must be conditioned to taking care of our body: It’s up to us to take care of our body the best we can, and one good herbal detox program is enough to make us realize the value of keeping our body clean and healthy. We then naturally begin to condition our thoughts to taking the action necessary to keep our bodies fit and healthy, by eating the right foods, by exercising regularly, and by avoiding stress as much as possible.

There are various herbs that help in cleansing different parts of your body. If you are new to the idea of detoxifying with herbs, I would suggest you go to someone who is used to doing this on a regular basis or join a group that conducts detox getaways. Some herbs can have adverse effects if they are not used in the right way, so you’re safer with people who do know what they’re doing.

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This article is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of x ray tech salary at her blog The X-Ray Vision-aries Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: katsanders25@gmail.com.

The death of Michael Jackson has highlighted the problem of toxicity of the drugs that people regularly take without a thought about the impact on their livers or immune systems.  Many people regularly take over the counter (OTC) drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen or acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol, (known as paracetamol or Panadol in the UK)  for colds or aches and pains without being aware of the dangers.

Virtually all drugs need to be detoxified by the liver and the side effects experienced by some is due to the damage caused directly buy the chemical to the liver or their effect on the metabolism of other drugs. Adverse side effects are experienced by 15 – 30% of those taking both over the counter medication and prescription medication. Some research has found that 8 million people (28% of all admissions) are hospitalized each year for conditions caused by prescription drugs. A frightening thought.

The liver detoxification tests that are used by some laboratories use aspirin and acetaminophen (paracetamol) as the agents to determine how the detox pathways are working.  Drug companies who produce these drugs always study how the drug is detoxified so the way aspirin and acetaminophen are detoxified is well known.

The Two Step Detox Process

The liver converts drugs in a two step process called Phase 1 and Phase 2 pathways into substances that can be more easily excreted in the urine. For most drugs the liver uses the route that will get rid of the chemical as rapidly and safely as possible but in cases where the preferred pathway is not working efficiently often other pathways can be used with the danger that it is not eliminated so quickly or efficiently. The result here is that toxin stays in the system longer, may get turned into a more toxic form or may not get completely detoxified so it can cause damage to health.

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