Toxins or body pollutants are any substance, natural or man made, that harm our body chemistry. A Harvard University sponsored autopsy study as reported by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., the author of “Living Downstream”, found Americans have an average of 200 different harmful toxins in their body. Two hundred! Scientists and the Food & Drug Administration say some otherwise deadly toxins are safe in small dosages. But wait, they also admit there is much they do not know about the human body chemistry.

Did you know not much is understood about the chemistry makeup of our cells, nervous system, brain, hormones or contents of digestive fluids? A Mayo Clinic M.D. described fibromyalgia as a chemistry imbalance of the nervous system. He continued to say that unfortunately they do not know what the fibromyalgia chemistry is or what healthy chemistry should be.

Each year many so called ‘safe’ products are recalled due to reported harmful side effects. Years of testing, costing millions of dollars to fulfill FDA requirements to approve products and medications for market, is not a guarantee of safety. Basic high school chemistry teaches we must know what we are doing before mixing different elements and chemicals together. If no one really knows the body’s chemistry, then how can anyone know what quantities and mixtures of chemicals are safe for our body’s to absorb?

Science reports cancer and other diseases to be caused from toxins disrupting normal, healthy cellular function. It is not always just one (1) toxin that is harmful but it is also the combinations of toxins in the body that are harmful. More people and younger people are suffering from cancers, diabetes, depression and many other illnesses linked to dysfunction of the body’s cells. For good health, it only makes good sense; these harmful toxins must leave the body.

The body naturally releases most toxins through the colon and into the bowel movement. Our bodies are over 70% water in substance. Our digestive system, blood, lymphatic fluids, detoxing organs, and our bowels require hydration for normal function. One function of the colon is to absorb and recycle over fifty percent of the body’s fluids. If the colon cells are dehydrated or worse, blocked by old mucous and waste matter, the absorption process can be seriously jeopardized and whole body dehydration may take place. Often the inside of the colon wall is dehydrated even though the individual may consume healthy amounts of water.

Consuming powders, pills, bentonite clay formulas, liquids and even fasting does not provide the much needed hydration for the colon and body fluids essential for effective detoxing. Drinking large amounts of water is always required for these programs. But what they don’t tell you is that if your colon is impacted or dehydrated to begin with, then their effectiveness is compromised. Bentonite clay formulas can be downright dangerous as bentonite can dehydrate the colon exceedingly fast and cause even more hard matter and impactions.

Colonics are important for detoxing because Colonics cleanse and hydrate the colon. Colonics provide a gentle continuous flow of water through the entire colon. The water softens the hardened matter and carries it out of the body without strain or effort by the individual. Most importantly, the water also hydrates the cellular tissue of the colon wall itself. Once the colon tissue is hydrated, the body fluids and cells become hydrated. This hydration is essential for the body to release harmful toxins. Colonics should be done before starting any other detox program. Colonics should also be done throughout the detox program as they help all programs to be more effective and with less stress and discomfort for the individual.

If the body has difficulty releasing toxins as autopsies have shown, then it would behoove us to help the body. We can no longer afford to let others decide what is good for our health. It is time to take responsibility and make choices about what we eat and what chemicals we will not have in our household or lawn care products or skin and hair care products. It is time to help our bodies detox.

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