HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH, STOP DISEASE, AND REVERSE AGING.

People now carry within their bodies a modern-day chemical cocktail derived from industrial chemicals, pesticides, food additives, heavy metals, anesthetics, and the residues of pharmaceutical, legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, caffeine), and illegal drugs (heroin, cocaine, marijuana, E, speed).

Toxins undermine our health. Elson Haas, M.D., in his book Staying Healthy with Nutrition, defines a toxin simply as “any substance that creates irritating and/or harmful effects in the body, undermining our health or stressing our biochemical or organ functions.”

Toxins such as chemicals, heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury), polychlorinated biphenyl’s (PCBs) and pesticides have become part of our world. They are hard to avoid and even harder to remove once they have embedded themselves into our tissues.

Today people are exposed to toxic chemicals in far greater concentrations then were previous generations: for example, over 69 million Americans live in areas that exceed smog standards; most drinking water contains over seven hundred chemicals, including excessive levels of lead; some three thousand chemicals are added to the food supply; and as many as ten thousand chemicals in the form of solvents, emulsifiers, and preservatives are used in food processing and storage, which can remain in the body for years.

After living for thousands and thousands of years in chemical balance, mankind, in the last hundred years has literally changed the chemistry of our environment through the progressive poisoning of nature with the chemical by-products of modern agriculture, industry, power generation, and transportation. The chemical changes these poisons cause are not confined to areas of local release. Scientists have found evidence of pollution every where on earth, from the largest cities to the remote and isolated South Pole.

To give you an example of the quantity of poison we are exposed to each year, consider the following amounts released into the environment in 1989 alone:

• Over 550,000,000 pounds of industrial chemicals were dumped into public sewage storage.
• More than 1,000,000,000 pounds of chemicals were released into the ground, threatening our natural ground water sources.
• Over 188,000,000 pounds of chemicals were discharged into surface waters, i.e. lakes and rivers.
• More than 2,400,000,000 pounds of air emissions were pumped into the atmosphere.
• The grand total of chemical pollutants released into the environment was 5,705,670,380 pounds. That is enough to fill a line of semi-trailers parked bumper to bumper and having a cargo capacity of 45,000 pounds each, stretching from downtown Los Angeles to Des Moines, Iowa!

Toxins in Our Food

In the United States, we allow 10,000 food and chemical additives into our food supply. The average American eats about fourteen pounds of additives a year. In addition to colorings, preservatives, flavorings, emulsifiers, humectants, and antimicrobials, we consume on average 120 pounds of sugar and eight pounds of salt.

Internal Pollution

With the number of bacteria in the colon being estimated at 10,000,000,000 per gram of fecal material, it is suggested that we have a greater number of bacteria than we have human cells. These bacteria release byproducts; some of which have healthful effects while others can be toxic.

Our Health May Be Adversely Affected!

Consider the example of Mr. Thomas Latimer, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. Hours after treating his lawn with a pesticide, he experienced dizziness, nausea, and a pounding headache that intensified. Despite extensive medical care, he continued to get worse and now suffers from visual and concentration difficulties, speech impairment, nightmares, brain seizures and takes anti, epileptic medication. He no longer rides a bike and even has difficulty walking. The collective medical opinion was that an anti-ulcer medicine he was taking suppressed his liver’s ability to detoxify the pesticide he was exposed to. With his natural defenses compromised, the poison carried out a potent and ongoing attack on his nervous system.

Mr. Latimer is not the only victim. Recent estimates suggest that each year there are 3,000,000 severe pesticide poisonings with 220,000 deaths worldwide. Pesticide-related illnesses in the United States are estimated to occur between 150,000 and 300,000 times a year. This situation begs an important question! What can we do to protect ourselves from the damaging effects caused by toxins in our environment, food, or even internal pollution?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently recognizes more than four million chemical compounds. More than 60,000 of these are produced commercially, with three new compounds introduced each day. In 1992, the EPA published the results of a study in which the urine of 7,000 randomly sampled Americans was tested for toxic chemical residues. The Results!

Chemicals like pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative, and others were found in 71 percent of individuals tested. There were not people working at chemical factories or industrial waste incinerators. This study looked at the average citizen – you and me. It is disconcerting to find such a high percentage of individuals with chemical residue in their urine. These are all chemicals not even in existence 100 years ago.

To make matters worse, food and product labels do not always list every ingredient. When people consume these foods - especially seafood, meat, and poultry - they ingest all the chemicals and pesticides that have remained as contaminants accumulating in the food chain.

With such a massive attack on our health we should all be sick from toxic overload. And we are! A body overloaded with toxins can result in a number of symptoms. These include but are not limited to constipation, stomach bloat, poor digestion, gas, fatigue, weight gain, excessive mucus, poor concentration, headaches, poor skin, poor memory, depression, body odor, and bad breath.

In no other time in the history of the world has degenerative disease been as prominent as it is today. Diseases that were rare or unheard of a century ago are now raging upon us like a plague. Millions are dying from diseases that were virtually unknown in the past.

Most, if not all, chronically ill individuals are suffering from neurotoxin exposure (toxins that effect the Nervous System). According to Doctors John Foster, M.D., Patricia Kane, PhD and Neal Speight, M.D. these neurotoxins impact the following patient populations: Fibromyalgia, MS, Autism, CFS, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, IBS, Infertility, ALS, Parkinsons, Lyme, Toxic Building Syndrome, Estuary Associated Syndrome, Psychosis, Diabetes without family Hx, Optic Neuritis, Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Stroke. The removal of toxins, which often act as neurotoxins, can be as challenging as the symptoms they produce.

Experts tell us that by the time we reach middle age, each one of us will have already been affected by either cancer, cardiovascular disease, or some other serious degenerative condition. Conventional medicine has no sure cure. Drugs, surgery, and radiation treatments can be as dangerous and debilitating as the diseases they attempt to cure.

Nature, however, has provided us with the solution. Our bodies are amazingly resilient. If the disease-causing toxins are removed, the body will heal itself. Detoxification therapy can helps to rid the body of chemicals and pollutants and can facilitate a return to health.

Through detoxification therapy you can free yourself from the chains of pain, reverse degenerative conditions, gain more energy, feel and look younger, improve your memory, and be happier. Virtually all the diseases of modern society, including many chronic illnesses, can be avoided or even cured by sensible systematic detoxification.

How Do You Know if Your Body Requires Detoxification?

According to David Steinman, former representative of the public interest at the National Academy of Sciences, everyone has a specific level of tolerance that cannot be exceeded if good health is to be maintained. If the amount of toxins within the body stays below that level, the body can usually adapt and rid itself of these. "However," says Steinman, "when the system is overwhelmed, the body's defense mechanism malfunctions, and symptoms such as fatigue, confusion, aggression, pain or mental disorder may occur."

Great care must be taken to insure the safe and effective removal of toxins, and any detailed detoxification therapy should be administered only after a consultation with a qualified health professional.

Indications that the body may need detoxification are headaches, fatigue, joint pain, recurrent respiratory problems, back pain, allergy symptoms, insomnia, mood changes, and food allergies. Conditions such as arthritis, constipation, IBS, hemorrhoids, sinus congestion, ulcers, psoriasis, skin conditions and acne, growths, chronic illnesses and cancer strongly suggest the need for detoxification.

Some Preliminary Cautions

A key question to ask yourself is: am I well enough to undertake rapid and active detoxification or should I string the process out and do the job slowly? If a person is robust and vital, a more vigorous program may be required than if the person is unwell and somewhat fragile in health. People who are recovering drug users, alcoholics, diabetics, or who have eating disorders should not apply any method without strict medical supervision.

It is also important to note that detoxification may not be appropriate for individuals who are underweight or physically weak, or for those people with a hypothyroid or a hypoglycemic condition. Anyone with a cancerous condition, or who is just recovering from surgery, should always consult a qualified health professional before any detoxification program is carried out.

Detoxification Therapy

A detoxification therapy program for evaluating and treating toxicity is now available through The Natural Health Technologies Clinic. We provide our patients with a wide variety of detoxification and nourishing procedures, which are done under the Doctors supervision.

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