In our contemporary society, we normally blame anxiety, inadequate diet, biological organisms, genetics, and absence of exercise, physical as well as chemical means, autoimmunity, inflammation, anomalous growth and degeneration for occurrences of nearly all diseases.
While it is true that to a great extent these components are responsible for most diseases, there is also a fundamental factor that adds to every health disorder endured by us.
It is worth mentioning here that toxicity remains the most widespread factor. Coming in contact with toxic substances and their ensuing build-up in our body leads to innumerable health disorders - immediate as well as long-term.
However, the fact remains that we can possibly remain healthy even after being exposed to toxic substances.
You should rest assured that it is not necessary to live in constant fear of being exposed to toxins or be fixated with the 'poisonous world' we live in or to resign ourselves to 'germaphobia'.
Although toxins are detrimental for our well-being, it does not mean that majority of the people need to make or flee to any isolated, germ-free milieu. It is possible to enhance our present health condition by undergoing simple therapies.
For instance, detoxification procedures as well as balancing techniques may possibly help us in refurbishing our body and, at the same time, fortify the immune system.
Undertaking commonsensical defensive methods are often good enough for our well-being, leading to an extended life and having notably lesser chances of developing degenerative ailments as well as other diseases.
Many people often ask what a toxin is. Precisely speaking, a toxin is any noxious substance that may be produced by plants, animals and even epidemiological bacteria.
A different, but somewhat restricted, definition of toxin says that it is basically a xenobiotic, which denotes an alien chemical substance, which our body does not produce.
In addition, the word toxin also denotes any substance that may prove to be unsafe or dangerous for our body or anything that disrupts the equilibrium of our body.
Right from the commencement of the history of humans, all people have come in contact with toxic substances that have had a negative impact on their health.
During the course of several thousand years, there have been several changes in our body which enable us to put up with majority of the substances that occur naturally.
Nevertheless, our exposure to toxins have increased manifold following the 'Chemical Revolution, which took place following World War II, as well as the rampant industrialization across the globe.
The exposure to harmful chemical substances has reached a point that is virtually inestimable. Precisely speaking, over the years, our body has been rapidly threatened by more than two million synthetic materials giving it hardly any time to get used to them.
It may be noted that for the majority of people chemical exposure does not take place owing to spraying large amounts of pesticides or spillage of toxic substances.
They actually happen from small or moderate exposures that take place day in and day out, adding to an accumulation of toxic compounds inside the body.
As our bodies have not experienced these new synthetic substances earlier, they do not possess the effective means for metabolizing or getting rid of such toxic substances.
In current times, people suffer from various health disorders day after day, many of them caused by these toxins.
On the one hand, there has been tremendous progress in the fields of science and industry; on the other hand, we also have had to suffer from it greatly.
Today, the air we breathe in is not clean anymore; the soil has become polluted; the water supplied to our homes and offices encloses elevated amounts of microbes and noxious chemicals; and even the quality of food we consume is hazardously poor.
In fact, it is even impossible to guarantee that the foods we eat are unadulterated.
Even as we go about our everyday routines, we come in contact with several toxic substances. For instance, we are exposed to toxins even while performing very simple things like bathing.
Provided we have not been very careful while purchasing the products of our daily use, even carrying out our every day toiletries like shaving or applying makeup are most likely to expose us to harmful chemical substances.
Similarly, when you visit a beauty salon or a barber shop, it could mean that you are being exposed to lots of harmful chemicals.
Even going to a grocery store exposes you to an assortment of toxins that may include products meant for cleaning and laundry; products for personal care; and most of all pesticides, which may be stored in the premises.
On the other hand, you are exposed to formaldehyde when you are making purchases in any mall or large stores offering products at discounted price. It is interesting to note that your body may be exposed to toxins even when you are going to school or work.
Irrespective of our occupation, all of us are subjected to toxic substances. For instance, mechanics usually working without protecting their skin always come in contact with solvents, oils, greases and gasoline.
As many building materials contain different toxins, contractors and people engaged in carpentry and house painting are exposed to those harmful materials.
People who are working in offices are subject to the chemical substances released by paper, copy machines, computers, fluids used for correction as well as the personal care items used by their colleagues.
Even the teachers, whom you thought worked in a pollution-free environment, are subjected to office supplies as well as the personal products used by others, besides coming in contact with additional toxic substances.
The condition of science teachers is worse, as they have to deal with many toxic chemicals in the laboratories. Similarly, teachers of industrial arts, auto mechanics, and those employed in shops also have to work with a wide range of toxic substances.
Even individuals associated with medical care are exposed to medical supplies, cleaning products, laundry items and pesticides, which have an adverse affect on their health.
If you are staying indoors most of the time, it does not mean that you are not exposed to toxins. For instance, homemakers are subjected to various cleaning as well as laundry items, mold, dust, and the personal care products used by different family members.
Even children are exposed to several toxic substances at home, in their school as well as when they are undertaking any recreational activity.
We may come in contact with toxins in two different ways - internally and externally. Hence, they are categorized as external toxins or internal toxins.
The toxins with which we come in contact in our everyday life are known as external toxins. External toxins may be found in air, water, foods, plants, herbicides, pesticides, microbes, chemicals used in agriculture and industry, solvents, toxic metals and even weather, noise, radiation and altitudes.
These may affect us in various forms, including industrial pollution, or in the form of everyday toxins like cigarette smoke, perfume, and cleaning supplies.
Exposing ourselves to any of the above mentioned toxins may result in a range of symptoms in people who are very sensitive.
These symptoms may include skin rashes, headaches, exhaustion, muscle aches, emotional disturbance, mental confusion, problems related to the nerves, weak coordination and also problems related to eyesight.
In addition, toxic substances are known to be linked to weak functioning of the immune system, autoimmune diseases, hormonal imbalance, enzyme dysfunction, nutritional deficits, psychological anomalies and even cancer.
Internal toxins are noxious substances that are either amassed or produced within our body. Our bodies work in the same manner as sponge and take up many chemicals that we come in contact with.
While chemicals that are soluble are soaked up and later excreted, those that are soluble in fat build up inside the cells as well as cell membranes of our body, turning out to be internal toxins.
When the body is under pressure, these internal toxins are freed by the body to flow in the bloodstream. Subsequently, these toxic substances go back to the cells as well as cell membranes to be released again later.
In fact, this cycle keeps on for an indefinite period unless we initiate some measure to detoxify ourselves or remove them from our body.
Chemicals that comprise internal toxins are generally the usual metabolic products. Metabolism or anomalous formation of usual chemicals in the body, for instance, neurotransmitters and hormones, may result in a detrimental imbalance.
Substances produced by our body in reaction to a variety of conditions and turn out to be toxic when they are present in excessive quantities are also known as internal toxins.
For instance, pollution, wounds and even anesthesia result in the body to generate free radicals that are noxious for all body tissues.
In addition, undertaking exercises may also lead to the accumulation of too much lactic acid inside the muscles, causing the muscles to become stiff and painful when people are unable to process it appropriately.
It may be noted that even strain, emotional disturbances and the collective experiences of one's life may turn out to be internal toxins. In effect, individuals undergoing emotive or spiritual trials may find particular detoxification techniques to be beneficial.
Internal toxins may lead to several symptoms, including headaches, exhaustion, loss of memory and mental confusion. In addition, they may also result in irritation of the mucous membrane, symptoms akin to those of flu, problems related to the skin, iris inflammation (iritis) and musculoskeletal pains. Internal toxins may also lead to gastrointestinal symptoms like vomiting, nausea and diarrhea.
In brief, the word detoxification can be defined as a technique to reduce or get rid of the toxicity of any chemical. Fortunately, our body possesses the means to perform this task.
By means of various chemical reactions, the body changes toxic chemicals into compounds that are less noxious and can be easily expelled from the body.
The word 'depuration' denotes cleansing or purifying and this term may be used to precisely describe the means used by us to cleanse our body.
In fact, all the words - detoxification, cleansing and balancing, are frequently used in turns. The term balancing refers to achieving equilibrium inside the body (also known as homeostasis) and it facilitates detoxification, which cleanses the body and cleansing restores the balance in the body.
Such interactions within our body help to reinstate as well as sustain our health.
Our body has a mechanism that helps to detoxify it naturally on a routine basis, enabling many people to maintain the requisite balance in their bodies.
These are healthy people who are generally exposed to lesser toxic compounds and, hence, the accumulation of toxins in their body is less too.
However, for several other people, either this natural detoxification process is very slow or their body slowly becomes overloaded with toxins following frequent exposures to such detrimental substances.
Therefore, the detoxification means in their body are not able to totally purify all their body tissues and organs, which, in turn, results in an imbalance.
In such instances, employing other detoxification techniques aids the body to rinse out as well as maintain a proper balance in itself by getting rid of substances that cause ailments even before the diseases are evident.
While nearly all people are likely to find the detoxification methods to be beneficial, exposure to toxic compounds affect a number of people more severely.
In fact, to some extent, the consequences of the toxic chemicals are subject to genetic disparities as well as biochemical individuality.
It has been found that individuals who are overloaded with toxic compounds will show several symptoms. Nevertheless, a lot of people are actually not conscious of the fact that the symptoms endured by them may possibly be the body's note of caution.
In fact, our body gives us numerous indications that it is high time for one to undergo detoxification.
Such indications may include asthma, persistent respiratory problems or problems related to sinus; recurring inexplicable headaches, arthritis, joint or back pains; disgusting body smell, foul breath or even a coated tongue; mental confusion, depression, sleeplessness, lack of memory, constant tiredness or tetchiness; allergic reactions from foods or multiple allergies; gaining or losing excessive weight; and fragile nails and hair, adult acne or even psoriasis.
Contrary to some people's belief that living in an environment free from pollution, consuming organic foods grown in farms where no pesticides were used, drinking unpolluted water and inhaling clean air would keep us free of toxins, even then it would be necessary for us to undergo detoxification processes in order to get rid of the internal toxins as well as the metabolic waste products produced in our body.
It has been found the individuals suffering from insignificant health disorder may frequently suffer from the burden of excessive toxic accumulation in their body.
Unless the body is cleansed and balanced properly, these toxic chemicals will keep on creating health problems and these may possibly result in degenerative disease some time later in their life.
During the early days of civilization, people considered diseases to be a fall-out of a disequilibrium or lack of balance of various elements within the body.
This theoretical attitude holds true even in contemporary times, because health may be perceived as a matter of maintaining the proper balance in the body.
A rigorous body is an amazing mechanism that works to maintain the synchronization among the several elements with a view to sustain good health.
In order to possess a healthy body and mind we need to balance several elements and some of them are discussed briefly below.
When we have allergic reactions, they disturb the equilibrium of our body by resulting in intensification in antibodies - triggering the cells of the immune system and causing inflammation of the tissues, while the body discharges chemicals in an endeavour to cure itself.
Several hundred biochemical reactions within our body every moment make it possible for us to live. It is important that the equilibrium between acid and alkaline in the body should be within the best possible range so that the pathways for detoxification are able to function appropriately.
When the organic molecules are broken down inside the body, it liberates energy that is utilized by the cells to perform different functions. In the absence of a balance in the levels of energy, it is not possible for our body to perform its normal tasks and maintain the normal temperature of the body.
The emotional health of an individual is subject to the extent to which one's body is balanced. It is important to give as well as receive love. At the same time, feelings like anger, anxiety and grief need to be relieved by articulating them.
When there is any disequilibrium in the electrical levels in our body it results in several health disorders, including sleeping problems, severe susceptibility to changes in weather conditions, as well as symptoms when we are subjected to any electrical appliance or gadget.
Since no biochemical reaction can take place without enzymes, a shortage or surplus of every enzyme will influence the competence, pace as well as equilibrium of such biochemical reactions. Moreover, all detoxification mechanisms in our body are controlled by enzymes.
In order to sustain good health you require a home that is out of harm's way as well as a place of work having the least ecological stress and toxic substances.
Hormones are vital in a number of activities undertaken by our body, such as circulation, metabolism, managing stress, reproduction and maintaining the proper balance between water and electrolyte. Any kind of disequilibrium of hormones may have an adverse effect like decreasing these activities within the body significantly or even bringing them to a halt.
Our body encloses usual microbiological flora which facilitate various functions of the body, including digestion. Any kind of insufficiency or any excessive growth of such organisms, in addition to any contagion by pathogens, may possibly result in an imbalance as well as diseases.
Our brains generate a stable magnetic field and a magnetic field is also sent off by us into the area surrounding our body. Any type of imbalance in the magnetic field has an adverse effect on the biological sequences, for instance, the cycle related to sleep.
In order to function appropriately, repair the impaired parts as well as sustain a good health it is necessary that our body receives sufficient and balanced nutriments. If we are continuously suffering from vitamins, minerals, amino acid or essential fatty acid deficiency, it may result in severe health disorders.
To a great extent, our psychological health is dependent on appropriate balance between our emotions and our mind. When any of the health factors suffer from disequilibrium, it may also have a negative impact on our psychological health.
Our skeleton provides a structure to our body and, hence, should be appropriately aligned in order to maintain the good health as well as the balance of the body. Moreover, each cell of our body must also be correct as well as balanced from the structural point of view.
A spiritual equilibrium is essential for possessing good health. Therefore, we need to foster the perception regarding our higher self through worship, prayer and/ or meditation, subject to the beliefs of an individual. If you overlook this aspect of life, it may result in a severe disequilibrium, leading to ailments.
Our body is always undergoing a continuous development vis-à-vis biological alterations, which is dependent on stimulus received both from inside the body as well as from external sources.
In fact, envisaging a properly balanced mobile developed from the above mentioned elements may help to understand the subject better. For instance, even the minimum touch on any component of the mobile results in the movement of the other elements.
They restore the equilibrium by following a dissimilar, but steady position. Any major change in any portion of the mobile leads to further dynamic movement of the remaining elements and, in this case, additional time is required to obtain equilibrium.
While a number of adjustments to our balance take place rather quickly - often in just a few seconds or maybe minutes, there are others that take more than a few days or even some years to take place.
Provided the stress caused by an imbalance of the body continues, it will obstruct the process involved in recuperating. Diseases are caused if the body functions turn out to be rigid, inflexible, and incapable of changing.
Disentangling such imbalance as well as detecting the factors responsible for it may not only prove to be hard, but also a time consuming procedure.
Detoxification offers numerous benefits and it has the ability to enhance all facets related to our health.
When we detoxify or cleanse the body, we may expect an improvement in the digestive process, normalization of the blood pressure levels, clearing up of sinus blockage, enhancement of our memory, clarity of thoughts and the stabilization of hormonal as well as emotional ebb and flow.
Our levels of energy will also increase when there is a perfect balance in the body.
When the toxic chemicals are eliminated from the body, it fortifies the immune system, facilitating the body to deal with ordinary ailments more successfully.
In addition, we may also expect that it will lead to an improvement or even complete disappearance of the chronic conditions.
Besides aiding in reinstating the complete health of the body and mind, detoxification also enhances the success of any other healing therapy undertaken subsequently.
In the long run, individuals sustaining an appropriate balance in their body may look forward to have a longer life span and live healthily.
They are also likely to suffer from much less progressive diseases like arthritis, diabetes and even cancer. Such people are also likely to recuperate from their injuries and ailments much rapidly.
While there are several different means to detoxify the body, in order to attain complete health it is necessary that the entire body of an individual should be attended - the body, mind, sensations as well as the spirit.
In effect, therapy is an all-inclusive process involving cleansing as well as restoring the balance of the body. Individuals who have very low exposure to or accumulation of toxic chemicals will only require some detoxification techniques, and their health will also be reinstated rapidly.
On the other hand, people enduring more acute/ severe health conditions would require following a further comprehensive detoxification course and they will also take much long to recuperate.
In case you are suffering from any severe health condition, it is advisable that you check with an experienced medical practitioner who would be able to assist in detoxifying your entire body.
It is recommended that you select a medical practitioner who is expert in several detoxification methods - capable of assisting you to purify, restore the balance and reconstruct your body.
When you have already initiated measures to detoxify as well as restore the balance of your body, it is natural that you would like to sustain the new-found mental and physical soundness.
Therefore, it is important to adopt certain preventive measures too. Adopting preventive methods will help in making sure that the good health continues.
We should never forget that we ourselves are responsible for protecting our health, which is the most valuable gift bestowed on us.
When we are not in sound health, it reduces our adaptability, we suffer from poor quality of life and we are hardly able to enjoy our life. Purifying and restoring the balance of the body helps to reinstate our health.
Through this process we are able to learn many things and it can sometimes even turn out to be an exciting activity when we acknowledge the trials and tests in order to follow optimal health and, hence, the most superior life.
