Toxins

You should be aware that your body accumulates more toxins in the modern world than its natural detoxification system, such as your liver, kidneys and lungs, can get rid of. Chemicals from pesticides, chlorine, bleach and ammonia, and carbon monoxide build up over time and cause disease, without us even knowing its happening.

Unless the colon is thoroughly cleansed and the toxins removed, nutrients will not absorb properly, and digestion will be hindered – leading to constipation, gas, bloating, IBS, headaches, bad breath, allergy symptoms, PMS, fatigue, depression, irritability, frequent infections and weight gain.

People are ideally supposed to have one or two bowel movements a day, but many Americans go two or three days between bowel movements. A normal pathway for toxins to move out of the body is through the liver, because the liver converts harmful chemicals into water-soluble molecules that can be flushed out in urine or feces. If there’s a delay in elimination, however, those toxins will remain in your system longer.

Some people aren’t able to detoxify chemicals naturally because their systems aren’t working well for one reason or another or the level of toxins stored in the body over the years is simply too high for the body to handle without assistance.

In recent years, detoxifying the colon has become one of the most popular therapies commonly recommended by natural health practitioners. For good reason since more than 50 percent of the immune system is located in or around the digestive system, especially the large intestine.

The Need For Antioxidants

Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in our foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. When our body cells use oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals (by-products) which can cause damage. Antioxidants act as "free radical scavengers" and hence prevent and repair damage done by these free radicals.

Health problems such as heart disease, macular degeneration, diabetes, cancer etc are all contributed by oxidative damage. Many studies have shown the link between free radicals and a number of degenerative diseases associated with aging. If your diet does not contain enough antioxidants, the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, immune dysfunction, cataracts, stroke, and macular degeneration increases.

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