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Even though detoxification/cleansing therapies have been practiced throughout history and have proven their effectiveness over and over, some people are still skeptical as to their need for our bodies. Their argument is that the human body is equipped already with an elimination system that gets rid of “junk” on a daily basis. Not surprisingly, these are the same people that say something of the sort “My grandfather ate red meat and drank lots of alcohol every day and lived to be 97…” or some other lifestyle comparison with our ancestors… “So, why would I have to watch my diet?”
The only excuse for these kinds of comments is ignorance.
In this present age, we cannot ignore the fact that the advance in comfort and our comfortable lifestyle have to match our needs. Since the idea of hunting for the modern men involves a short walk down the street rather than a day of running in the wild, it only makes sense to review our energy needs coming from our food intake.
Sure, exercising regularly helps, hut how close in energy expenditure do you think a trip to the gym compares to our ancestors’ hunting for food?
Another strong argument speaking for regular detoxification need is our environment and its state of pollution.
Only since the Second World War, the number of chemicals introduced in the atmosphere is astonishing… and the pollution we continuously dump into the environment is now getting us back and affects our health. Recent studies show that even babies are born with over 220 environmental toxins in their body, with an astounding 190 of those being carcinogenic! While the human body is equipped with well-functioning elimination systems, it is possible to become overwhelmed, aside from the fact that the human body doesn’t know how to deal with many of the new chemicals.
Nowadays, toxins also show up in unexpected places:
Bedding: Mattresses, foam rubber pillows release chemicals. Cotton mattresses are laced with pesticides and fire  agents that are toxins to your nervous system.
Cleaning supplies: Chemicals found in cleaning materials are formaldehyde, phenols, toluenes, xylene, methylene chloride and butane; they are all damaging to your immune and nervous system.
Soft vinyl floors: These contain dangerous chemicals like benzene, toluene, phenols, phthalates, and styrene; they are all associated with infertility, aplastic anemia (bone marrow problem), white blood cell chromosome damage, leukemia. Hard vinyl might be a better choice as it is more inert and safer.
Office supplies: Fluids from correction and copying machines emit  trichloroethylene (TCE) – also used in dry cleaning procedures, rug shampoos, floor polishes, old anesthetics – which is known to cause confusion, inability to focus and concentrate, tiredness, delayed reaction time, peripheral neuropathy, poor coordination, headache, muscle cramps, etc.
Cosmetics: They are notorious chemicals, overused in this society, despite their clear association to many health issues; they contain nitrosamines – known to cause cancer; black hair dyes contain mutagenic chemicals – which cause changes in the DNA code – therefore considered pre-carcinogenic. When used more than 20 years, the risk for contracting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma increases four times.
Occupational toxins: Industrial jobs pose a greater risk of exposure to toxins resulting in a variety of occupational hazards.

COMPOUND…………………….OCCUPATIONAL SOURCE…………………………CANCER

Aromatic amines ………..Manufacturing chemicals, coal, gas, rubber………………          Bladder

Arsenic……………………….Pesticide manufacture, mining substances…………………..Skin, lung

Asbestos……………….Asbestos manufacture, applications (e.g., car brakes)………….Lung, abdomen

Benzene……………………………………….. Glues, varnish………………………………………….Leukemia

Bischloromethylether…………………Certain types of resins………………………………………..Lung

Cadmium…………………………………………….Refining……………………………………………… Prostate

Chrome ores……………………………………Manufacturing……………………………………………….Lung

Mustard gas…………………………………….. Manufacturing……………………………………….Lung, larynx

Nickel ores………………………………………….. Refining…………………………………………..Lung, sinuses

Polycyclic hydrocarbons………Combustion of coal and mineral oils…………………………Skin, lung

Wood dust……………………………………….Hardwood furniture……………………………………Sinuses

Vinyl chloride…………………………Polyvinyl chloride manufacture………………………………Liver

Vinyl chloride…………………………………. Rubber processing……………………………………….Lung

Vinyl chloride………………………………Leather and shoe industry………………………………Sinuses

Coal products……………………………………. Chimney sweeping…………………………………..Scrotum

Shale oil…………………………………………..Tar and pitch exposure…………………………………… Skin

 
One of the greatest hazards we are all exposed to is air pollution. One of the greatest health risks is air and the pollution it carries which is only getting worse every decade. Government sources claim that the worst air pollution is caused mostly by industry and automobiles. The risk and incidence of respiratory diseases like asthma parallels the rise in automobile emissions.
Besides the outside air pollution, the 21st century presents our bodies with extra toxins from the air in homes and offices. The building industry produces invisible, not measurable, and unknown (until recently) air toxins; the highest concentration of construction chemicals are found in newly constructed offices, hospitals, schools, etc. from carpets, plywood, cabinets, containing toluene, acetone, phenols, benzene, xylene, styrene, and other petroleum-based chemicals that are just starting to be researched regarding health effects.
Many people find themselves prisoners working in “tight buildings,” in which ventilation systems are compromised because of inability to open windows.
Water is an essential element of life; as necessary as it is, caution must be exercised when it is not “clean.”
Along with the air pollution, water is the next medium for transporting and sorting  all environmental toxins in our world.
Referred to as a “toxic soup,” water can cause many damages to your health; good “clean” water is your #1 investment you should make towards a better, healthier you.
Food represents the fuel of our lives; we get all our nutrients and energy to be, do, think, and heal from the food we give our body to digest, assimilate, and use.
It only makes sense that if you supply your body with good, “clean,” and nutritious food, your body will benefit health wise. Unfortunately, in today’s world, our food supply contributes the greatest source of toxicity for us; it usually lacks essential vitamins, minerals, enzymes, fatty acids, and phytochemicals (nutrients from plants) that we require. Not only do we use chemicals (pesticides, insecticides, etc.) on our plant-based foods, but they grow out of depleted soils (devoid of minerals). The “dead corpses” we cook and barbeque while calling them steaks come from animals pumped with hormones for accelerated growth and productivity and “prophylactic” antibiotics to reduce the meat industry’s loss. Even the fish either swim in polluted waters or are farmed and drugs-fed.
As if all this wasn’t enough, we proceed further and process all this raw food sources, adding more chemicals to increase shelf life (trans-fats) or to satisfy our already “confused” taste buds (additives, colorings, etc.).
This all sounds like we live in a toxic soup, but it is the truth: we do live in a toxic, damaging to our health world. Until we clean up the world around us, the only choice to stay healthy we have is to ensure our human body can handle the extra toxicity so it can keep us healthy, as it is supposed to do.
This is easily achievable by following a good regular nutritional cleansing program.