Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. Photo courtesy www.wisdomsofhealth.com
Health news. Alternative medicine believes that 70% of the immune system lives in the gut, aka the digestive system, and especially in the small and the large intestine. This also means if you experience frequent constipation, bloating and gas, your immune system is constantly inflamed and agitated – which is partly why it is in a state of confusion and launches an attack on its own body cells.
In short: to have a healthy body, you need a very healthy digestive system.
Here are the Seven Sources of Toxins:
Toxin #1. Food
Vilma Brunhuber, Holistic Integrative Nutrition and Health Coach
Toxin #2 Water
Toxin #3 Household Cleaning Items
Toxin #4 Skincare Products
Toxin #5 Antibiotics and Drugs
Toxin #6 Parasites
Toxin #7 Negative Emotions and Stress
You need to learn to recognize where the toxicity is coming from and how to eliminate, neutralize or minimize it without too much fuss and expense.
If this is making sense to you, then you probably would agree that taking just one toxin out of your life might not produce the results you want. It’s like cleaning your house; you tell yourself “OK, this weekend I will make the house clean again.”
Then, you only do the master bedroom and leave everything else in a mess. It’s no different with your general health and your immune system; you need all the rooms cleaned up in order to really experience the difference.
Do YOU Need a Detox?
If you have any condition, you are also likely experiencing other symptoms which you are not aware are hugely connected to your thyroid:
- Bloating, gas and constipation – these are common digestive issues.
- Craving sugar and/or salt.
- Feeling worse when going through emotional or stressful moments in your life.
- Fertility issues (high thyroid antibodies levels even when labs are normal are the #1 cause of unexplained infertility and failure to conceive with IVF).
- Your blood labs are “normal” but you are still experiencing many symptoms
- You experience recurring and unexplained miscarriages (undiagnosed and under treated thyroid problems are one of leading causes).
- You suspect an autoimmune disease but cannot get a diagnosis (in most cases it takes 10-20 years for an autoimmune disease to develop until it can be diagnosed).
- You have “always had” slow metabolism; cold hands and difficulties to lose weight.
- You have been exposed to environmental toxins.
- You are not feeling any better on medication alone.
- You are taking a long list of supplements.
- You failed to lose weight on all previous diets (because nobody ever told you how to get to the root cause of your slow metabolism, sick thyroid and hormonal imbalances).
Photo courtesy www.schwartzlabs.com
And this is why a gentle detox will be a perfect opportunity to put you on the path of healing your digestive tract by cleaning it up nicely before you adopt a new or modified diet that works for you.
Treat yourself to the best because you are worth it!!!
I would love to hear about your experiences.
You can find suggestions on my website www.vilmaswellness.com or you are welcome to contact me personally via [email protected] or contact me on the CaribDirect The Caribbean and You radio show on Monday 17th February 2014 at 8am.
To your health, ~ Vilma B
