Relieving the Body’s Toxic Load
The key to detox is eliminating toxins naturally instead of mobilizing them into the bloodstream. There’s a huge difference between moving toxins and stirring them around, and actually eliminating them. We can take botanicals or go on fasts that stimulate the movement of toxins, purging them out of tissues, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re eliminating them from our body through the waste stream.
Elimination of toxins is critical because when toxins can‘t evacuate, they‘re simply being redistributed—they‘re going back into circulation and being dumped elsewhere in the body. This can have an even more serious consequence. For instance, cortisol stress can create perforations in our barrier system that allow toxins that are mobilized in the bloodstream to cross the barrier and cause “leaky” gut. The brain and lungs also have a protective barrier system.
Our bodies have multiple detoxification pathways that make up the drainage system used to eliminate wastes: skin releases toxins through perspiration, lungs filter toxins and expel them upon exhale, liver cleanses blood and prepares toxins for excretion by the kidneys, kidneys convert water-soluble toxins and waste to urine, then flush them from the body, lymphatic system removes pathogens like bacteria, infections, etc. from circulation and the colon excretes solid waste.
Because we live in a toxic world, there’s no longer a question as to whether our bodies are toxic or not—everyone’s body contains toxins. Through a process of bioaccumulation, successive generations have become more toxic than those before. The questions to ask ourselves is how toxic we now are and how well our detoxification systems are working to lower the body’s toxic burden. The reality is that most of the degenerative diseases we see today are in part due to toxic burden, so keeping our body’s detoxification system functioning smoothly is an important facet of healing.
Lowering the body’s toxic burden is among the most important starting points, and it all begins with foods and beverages we consume. A primary example is something many of us drink—coffee, one of the most chemically treated crops on the planet. That doesn’t mean giving it up, just prioritizing it as one of those purchases to make that is organic. Where practical, switching to an organic diet overall is a great way to help lower toxic body burden and avoid ingesting the pesticides, herbicides and fungicides that are used in agriculture.
Another way to lower the toxins in our bodies is to use less plastic and choose “cleaner” containers, like glass, bamboo and stainless steel. When taking out a hot drink in a to-go cup, the plastic lid on top likely contains the chemical compound BPA (bisphenol A), which is the number one endocrine (hormone) disruptor and notorious for increasing “fake” estrogens in the body. BPA is also used in K-Cup pods, which release BPA directly into the coffee when “brewed”. With plastic to-go cup lids, the steam hitting the lid inside the cup releases BPA that leaches right into any hot drink.
A great strategy to start with is hydration. Begin each morning with a large glass of filtered, purified water and follow that up two or three more times throughout the day.
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