December
2009
Toxins that Directly Affect Your Health
What the body construes as a toxic substance can be one of two forms — exotoxins (toxins that external to the body) or endotoxins (toxins that are produced within the body).
An exotoxin is generally any one of thousands of agricultural, industrial or household chemical substances that we are exposed to in our day-to-day life. To a certain point, we can restrict and limit our exposure to these environmental toxic substances. The choices we make when we shop is one place in our lives where we can be in nearly full control. Increasingly more shops are supplying high quality cleaning and other products that are non-toxic.
Endotoxins are far more tricky to control. Endotoxins are the by-products of our body’s natural metabolic processes. An endotoxin can be a bodily waste product, anti-bodies, any of the many hormones in our body and material parts must be excreted.
Many who live in first-world cultures today meet at least some amount of toxic deluge. While our body is made to process the detoxification and elimination of endotoxins, the body is not able to deal with the raising sum of exotoxins that we take in through our beverages, food, air, household products and personal care products.
As much as we may try to avoid environmental toxins, our power to do so is very challenging. Our bodies are exposed to a phenomenal number and diversity of chemical substances that are totally foreign, if not very damaging, to our body. Uncomplicated ways we can trim our exposure to toxins is to purchase 100% natural health care and cleaning products, and to always buy organic produce when available.
In addition to reducing our exposure to internal and external toxins, we can do a great deal toward assisting the body’s normal detoxification operations. Doing a seasonal body cleanse detox program will cleanse your body and do much to minimize the chemical burden on your body.
