Overview

The world's population is being exposed to an ever-increasing array and quantity of toxins. Among these are chemicals, heavy metals, food additives, anesthetics, drugs, from caffeine to recreational drugs and personal hygiene products. When our body is exposed to toxins our body's cells and tissues utilize them, excrete them, or store them in various tissues and cells of the body.

Stored toxins can damage the cells, tissues and organs they inhabit and alter their function, lower metabolism, cause enzyme dysfunction, create nutritional deficiencies, cause hormone imbalances, decrease energy production and ultimately lower the body's ability to resist disease.

Assessing Body Toxicity

There are various ways to determine if you require detoxification. These include lab tests to determine toxin levels, combined with a medical history including a patient's symptoms.

Symptoms that can indicate high toxin levels include worsening allergies or the onset of additional allergies, joint pain, headaches, skin lesions, sinus congestion, insomnia, constipation, fatigue, ulcers, and hemorrhoids.

Treatment/Solutions

Stop exposing the body to the toxin(s) that you are attempting to detoxify.

Make sure the detoxification pathways through the liver, kidney, colon and skin are as open via herbs, homeopathics and lymphatic drainage.

How long it takes the body to detoxify depends on the health of the person, what illnesses a person has, the amount of toxic buildup, and the status of the detoxification pathways listed above.

CAUTION should be taken by drug users, alcoholics and diabetics, and people who have hypothyroidism, are hypoglycemic, or who have certain types of cancer in their detoxification therapies.

NOTE: The detoxification process is improved and is less stressful to the body when an allergy or sensitivity to the toxin does not exist.

Things that Help the Body Detoxify

• Fasting
• Nutritional Modifications
• Saunas
• Baths that pull toxins from the body
• Foot Pads that pull toxins through the bottom of the feet
• Skin Brushing
• Oral Supplements [see products we carry]
• Specific Oils [see products we carry]
• Colon hydrotherapy
• Lymphatic drainage
• Liver, Gallbladder, and Kidney drainage
• Chelation Therapy, which introduces binding chemicals that grab onto toxins (usually metals) and assist excreting them from the body.

Detoxifying the body benefits virtually every person and is essential for anyone seeking optimum health. It is especially important for people suffering from chronic illnesses or who have been exposed to high levels of certain toxins via their job, lifestyle or their healthcare.

Schedule an Appointment

To arrange for toxicity assessment and/or a detoxification program, or to learn more about toxicity (sources, effects, etc.), contact Natural Horizons Wellness Centers at (877)-292-1571.