Universal Issues of Toxicity and Detoxification

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Our external environment has become increasing more polluted in the last 50 years, causing a greater cumulative toxic burden in humans than ever before. Unavoidable exposure to tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in the environment has delivered up the daunting task of detoxifying and eliminating these substances (hormones, biochemical metabolites) the body must detoxify on a daily basis, and you see the serious challenge to our organs of elimination. The liver carries the greatest share of the detoxification burden, as it is the liver's job to change potentially harmful substances into non-toxic, water-soluble compounds that can be eliminated by the kidneys or intestines. The liver and other tissues participating in the detoxification process must have available the proper nutrient co-factors to efficiently accomplish this task. In addition, specific botanicals are useful in ***isting hepatic detoxification.

In addition to this ever-increasing toxic load, the over-consumption of fats and sugars - and our forced reliance on nutrient-depleted vegetables, grains, fruits, and antibiotic - and hormone-laden meats - adds to the toxic load while providing inadequate nutrients for many metabolic processes, especially detoxification. These poor dietary habits also predispose us to the overgrowth of pathogenic microorganisms, potentially resulting in dysbiosis and intestinal hyper permeability. These conditions can subsequently lead to a number of maladies, including allergies, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune processes.


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