Energy Detox: for improved health
There are
four basic routes of elimination: colon (bowels or large intestine
with feces as the end-product),
lungs (air/breath), kidneys (urine, via the bladder) and skin (via
sweating and, when under pressure, skin problems). The coarsest toxins are
meant to exit via the feces. The breath, stool, urine or
sweat are the main vehicles the body has for getting rid of nasty
chemicals.
The system
burden of daily toxins - pollution in the environment as well as our food
and drink in addition to the by-products of our metabolism - is normally
disposed of through these four prime channels. Each is important and
plays a unique role in dispensing a specific kind of waste.
The colon and bladder are what we
normally think of when we say "elimination": feces being the solid waste
and urine carrying that which is water-soluble. The lungs and skin are
secondary routes of exit for wastes in solution – a sure sign that the
body is having trouble eliminating what it has been able to detoxify is
lung and/or skin problems. Of the finer toxins excreted by the body,
your lungs get rid of 70%, your skin glands get rid of 20% and your
kidneys get rid of 6%.
Sweat glands
have been observed to grow in size when the kidneys are damaged, for
instance. They are taking over some part of the load the urinary system
usually handles. Exhalation is also a more important route of excretion
than you might have thought. This is the preferred route of elimination
for volatile wastes - those that easily vaporize and leave the bloodstream
as gases. Of course the bulk is carbon dioxide but there is often a
mixture of the breakdown of fats and oils, as well as medicinally active
substances.
Many of the
by-products of bacterial degradation of fecal matter in a stagnant colon
are volatile - especially if you don't have an easy and regular bowel
movement - ideally about the consistency of soft ice cream and about twice
daily. The presence of these by-products in exhaled air is a common cause
of bad breath in constipated people.
If we were
dealing with a moderate level of wastes and pollutants, the four main
routes of exit should comfortably handle all necessary
elimination. Unfortunately, the influx of foreign substances as synthetic
chemicals and heavy metals currently swamping our bodies is far beyond
what must have been present in the environment during the evolution of
human physiology. Moreover, the internal production of wastes in the
system is probably at a level unknown in the past - largely owing to
modern methods of food production and distribution as well as
environmental pollution.
In addition,
the four main elimination systems are frequently not up to par. The
colon, the mainstay of elimination, is frequently sluggish. A low-fiber
diet and sub-optimal water intake, along with lack of aerobic exercise, are
probably major reasons that disabled colons have become the norm and why
so many have become laxative addicts.
The lungs,
the urinary tract and the skin all have their problems too. Full use of
these organs for elimination depends on adequate, clean
water intake (long term - not
just this week or next) good quality nutrition and ensuring that the body has sufficient
energy, or life force, to enable detoxification to take place.
Energy Detox
gives the body the needed boost to start to return integrity to
the body,
enabling it
to reverse
the decades of accumulated poisons.
It does not treat disease.
The information provided is intended for educational purposes;
it is not to be construed as providing medical advice or
substituting for professional services.
