Detox the Body

 

Spring is finally here! As I look out my front window, I can see my neighbor washing his car and sweeping out his garage. His wife spends her time picking up dead branches in the yard and opening the windows to let the fresh spring air in. Amazingly, as more people catch on, it seems to create a “domino effect”. And in no time at all, everyone in the neighborhood is now participating in their “springtime cleaning” chores. Fun!

Here's my thought: “What if everyone became this concerned or interested in cleaning out the garbage that has accumulated in their bodies?” Unfortunately, I feel, not enough attention has been given to the idea of routinely giving our bodies a thorough cleaning. Think for a moment, all the “crap”... some of which has been accumulating over a lifetime... lying dormant in the intestine due to the human body's inability to breakdown the types of foods we ingest along with all the foreign chemicals that are introduced into the mix...more on this in a future article.

Let me make things clearer by reminding you of what goes into the bodies of most people over the course of a lifetime;

• Commercial foods - the synthetic additives and processing of these foods are difficult for the body to breakdown.
• The pesticides, herbicides and toxic fertilizers that are sprayed on our foods are extremely toxic to the body.
• Prescription drugs - more advanced foreign chemicals infiltrating our bodies. My question is, “where does the responsibility lie when more and more people die from the harmful side effects?”
• The many chemicals in our water supply - more than 75,000 chemical compounds in our water today.
• Vaccinations - these attenuated viruses and other foreign chemicals persist in the body for a very long time and perhaps permanently.
• Overcooked foods - cooking at high temperatures destroy the important enzymes that help our bodies break down the food.
• Toxic metals - Mercury fillings that leak toxic residue in the body.
• Environmental chemicals - implicated in 60-80% of all cancers.

Yes, our bodies can handle some of these chemicals but not to the extent at which they are being introduced into the body and the increased complexity of their chemical forms. Many of these chemical compounds from the list above have been implicated in several types of cancers, psychological and behavioral disorders, birth defects, allergies and other chronic health issues. The long-term exposure to these chemicals puts everyone at risk of chronic disease and an early death. So, let me ask you, do you feel comfortable with the potential health hazards that will more than likely affect you in the future? I don't.I want to change this! How about you? Here's how you can start.

Over my series of articles, I will be sharing with you the many benefits of incorporating into your life a “Detox Program” of your own. I will share with you, step-by-step, the program that I personally use to detox my body. Also, I will share with you how I prepare myself to detoxify and give you some suggestions to follow once you have completed your program. Finally, I will provide you with a list of my favorite books that I have found to be incredibly inspiring and resourceful to me. Hopefully, when we're all done talking about detoxing the body, you will feel just as I do about the importance of internal cleanliness and get yourself started on your own path towards better health and wellness.

Read second article in this series - "Benefits of Fasting".