Why Detoxify Your Body?
We are living in the most polluted environment in the earth's known history. We are continually inhaling and assimilating residues from petrochemicals, plastics and pesticides that occupy cell receptor sites and block hormone utilization.
Consider the following statistics:
- 1,600% increase in birth defects since 1980
- 250% increase in breast cancer since 1980
- 59% decrease in male sperm count since 1940
- 500% increase in cancer mortality since 1900
- 400% increase in heart disease since 1900
All of the above statistics are directly related to the increased toxemia of the body. As discussed, most of us understand that there are pollutants in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink and the level and types of toxins that now surround us are far too great to list. Some of them occur naturally but most are man-made and it is these toxins that are causing the most concern.
In a recent article entitled The Pollution Within (National Geographic October 2006 pgs 117-143) David Ewing Duncan explores the toxic load our bodies are exposed to just living on this planet. Click here to view the entire article.
The thought of so many heavy metals now showing up in the food is a concern for most everyone, however the real threat comes from all the artificial compounds that are being widely used without almost any understanding of the danger they represent to the human body. Of all the substances we are constantly threatened by, it is the silent action of synthetic hormones that can cause serious damage to the genetics of the individual without them being aware of what is happening.
But to understand fully why detoxification is so important, I need to explain how the body functions and in particular how our cells work.
The numbers of problems that can occur from Toxification are many and the number of ways that the problems start, are also great. There are however, a few basic causes that we can address to understand how the body becomes toxic and how we can resolve the problem by helping the body cope using its natural processes.
We are going to examine two basic ways the body becomes toxic in relation to the effect it has on the cell: (It should be noted that although these processes are explained individually they can and do all occur simultaneously.)
1. Toxification by Natural Waste Product.
This is where the body accumulates a build up of the natural waste product from the cell, nucleic waste. This can occur two ways.
- Liver and Kidney function are low and are not extracting all of the waste out of the intercellular fluid (blood).
- Toxin build-up on the plasma membrane, restricting all of the waste product from leaving the interior of the cell.
The basic function of the cell is explained next. It goes like this, water enters the cell via passive transport, and water then reacts with the Internal Cell Structure and the Nucleus. The product of the reaction between water, Internal Cell Structure and the Nucleus is Nucleic Waste. The cell is very efficient when functioning fully and reacts with all the water on a 1:1 basis meaning all of the water is used with an equal amount of nucleic waste being produced.
- Low Liver & Kidney Function - When liver and kidney function is low the intercellular fluid becomes contaminated with waste product. What happens then is instead of just water entering the cell; the water becomes a combination of water and nucleic waste. This causes changes in the reaction inside the cell. Now there is a water, Internal cell structure and nucleus reaction, which is not how the cell is supposed to work. The cell is no longer operating efficiently and the metabolic energy being used is wasteful.
- External Toxic Build Up - External toxin build up is when toxins begin to accumulate on the outside of the cell. One of the causes of this is when the membrane voltage is poor; the toxins can stick to the membrane. This deprives the cell of the natural flow of water into it and also restricts the exit of the nucleic waste. Once again cell function is compromised so the cell can no longer function correctly. The process is cyclic, the more the toxins build up the less efficient the cell becomes and therefore, the longer this goes on, the harder it is to reverse the process.
There are two processes the body uses to solve this problem.
- Receiving from external sources what is required to raise the membrane voltage.
- The white blood cells.
2. Toxification by Low Level Artificial Toxins.
Toxification by low level artificial toxins is where a toxin has managed to penetrate the cell membrane and enter into the internal structure. Toxins can achieve this in times of low cell integrity. White blood cells play a part in this operation.
One of the things white blood cells do is clean the toxins off of the plasma membrane of the cells. White blood cells damage the membrane during the process of removal leaving it temporarily vulnerable. Once a toxin has entered into the internal structure of the cell it causes problems. To eject the toxin the cell requires metabolic energy to perform active transport; that is, the cell needs to use its own energy to eject the invader. If the cell does not have the spare energy to do this a build up can start.
The white blood cells clean the cells in the body. When a white blood cell removes a toxin from the outer surface of the cell it causes some damage. If the cell can not repair in time, it is vulnerable and toxins can enter into the cell.
While no process or modality can guarantee the prevention of the conditions (at the top of this page), it is logical to assume that an ongoing detoxification program - the act of minimizing toxic accumulations in the body - will reduce the incidence of chronic degenerative disease and improve overall quality of life.
You can also click on this link to view a Today Show segment with David Ewing Duncan.
In order to maintain a productive life, detoxification is obviously essential to your life.
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