Revitalize4Life

Detoxing is something that I truly believe in. What is detoxing?  It is the process of ridding the body of potentially dangerous toxins that are stored in our body because they have not been broken down (seen as foreign matter) and used by the body for nutrition and substance.   Since we are exposed to so many toxins on a daily basis, how are we to rid them if we can’t escape them totally? Where are these toxins found and why doesn’t the body rid them totally on its own?

To begin, almost everything that we are exposed to: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we consume and the personal care products we put on our bodies, all can have potentially harmful toxins in them.  Unless you live in a bubble, you are exposed to all the things that are in the air - car exhaust, manufacturing pollution, smoke (second hand), burning of materials that can cause harmful fumes, living close to an industrial area or powerplant.  These are just some of the things that are in the air and we breathe into our lungs every day.  The oxygen we breathe just doesn’t go into our lungs, it goes into our bloodstream as well. 

Same for the personal care products you use on a daily basis.  Most teens and women put on an average of 12-17 products per day!  If you don’t use organically or botancially based products, then you run the risk of the chemicals, animal by-products used, dyes, colorants and man made fragrances that your skin absorbs through shampoo, conditioners, body washes and lotions, cosmetics, perfumes, hair styling products, nail polish and so much more.  Read the labels of your products and see what the ingredient listing is.  If you can’t pronounce most of the words, then it probably contains harmful ingredients that with long-term and continued use, can lead to disease and even cancer!  The toxins are absorbed into your skin and then into the bloodstream.  Both the kidney and liver serve as the main organs to purify the blood but most can’t be “cleaned” as they are foreign to the body and therefore aren’t rid of as “waste”, but are actually stored in the body – typically in fatty areas.  So you are always carrying toxic waste with you because they are not in digestable form the way natural and botanical things are processed since the body recognizes those and uses them as nutrients. 

We all need to eat food, but we really need to know and understand  that the majority of our meat, fruits and vegetables come from farms that use pesticides to grow the crops so the farmer has better crops to sell to market. We consume these pesticide laiden fruits and vegetables and therefore these chemicals stay in the body.  These foods are fed to livestock and they too are injected with hormones to promote faster growth.  The hormones again are stored in the body of the animal so when we consume the meat or milk  from an animal, those chemicals get stored into our body as well.

Luckily there are teas, cleanses and even bodycare products that can help rid the body of the many toxins that we come in contact with daily.  Did you know your daily shower is one of the biggest culprits of your body absorbing the most toxins?  First, if you don’t have a filter on your showerhead, the chlorine in your water that is used to treat bacteria and other harmful things is going into your body with every drop.  The warm water opens your pores and the steam that is created is now being breathed.  So chlorinated water (we all have it unless you have a well), is used daily for washing and drinking purposes.  Then you use your personal care products – add those to the mix and you’ve got yourself a pretty toxic routine.  These toxins from the water and the personal care products used are immediately pulled into your skin and into your bloodstream within a minute!  Your kidneys and liver can only do so much, and if they are filled with toxins, then what is cleaning your blood?  I liken it to a vacuum cleaner – once the bag or dispenser gets filled, how much more dirt can it pick up? 

That’s where the detoxing products come into play!  Many are made with sea botanicals that cleanse and actually pull out the toxins from the body.  This can be done by the use of teas and internal cleaners.  A natural cleanser is the lemon! Drink one 8oz glass of filtered water and squeeze the juice of half a lemon into it – do this twice a day.  Apple cider vinegar is also a natural cleanser both externally and internally.  Luckily there are products that help with internal detoxification that are much more pleasant.  With the continued use of detoxing products that actually can pull the chlorine off your body before it enters the bloodstream, teas that cleanse the liver and kidneys to function better and cleanses that rid the colon of stored, unprocessed matter, you too can feel better and expect a healthier life that will add years to your life and protect you from many harmful “would be” cancers and disease. 

Email me for more information on a complete plan of detoxification.  I’d be happy to help you cleanse and protect your body.  You only get one body, so take good care of it!  To your health—-