By Drs. Phillip and Jane Mountrose

Another important factor in ideal weight and health, which is often overlooked, is detoxification. This problem confronts us so directly that we might not even recognize it, like fish not knowing they are in water.

What is a toxin? It's any substance irritating or harming our body. We continually take in toxins from our environment by breathing them, by ingesting them, or through physical contact with them. In other words, we unavoidably absorb toxins daily.

Toxins include pesticides, antibiotics and hormones in food, chemicals from food packaging, household cleaners, detergents, food additives, heavy metals, pollution, drugs, and cigarette smoke.

WEIGHTY EVIDENCE

If our diet lacks nutrients, it can impair our natural ability to detoxify chemicals, which further leads to their build-up in the body.

Here's an important fact. Due to the chemicalized treatment of the soil for many generations, there are far less minerals in the soil. Thus foods have considerably less minerals than they did even 50 years ago.

Consider these statistics:

·  77,000 chemicals are produced in North America

·  Over 3,000 chemicals are added to our food supply

·   More than 10,000 chemical solvents, emulsifiers and preservatives are used in food processing

·   1,000 new chemicals are introduced each year

So increasing numbers of new and strong chemicals are released. Where do all of these chemicals end up? They go into our groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans, and spread into the air. This means they also go into the food supply.

Also there is air and water pollution, radiation and nuclear power. Plus we have many artificial ingredients added to our food. We also consume increasing amounts of sugar (Americans consume about 156 pounds per year/ 22 teaspoons daily or more.)

A study in the 2010 British Medical Journal estimated that perhaps 75 percent of most cancers are caused by environmental and lifestyle factors, including exposure to chemicals. A report by the Columbia University School of Public Health estimated that 95 percent of cancer is caused by diet and environmental toxicity.

The toxin-laden environment we live in is why Americans have somewhere between 400 and 800 chemicals stored in their bodies, typically in fat cells.

YOUR BODY BURDEN

Toxins have been independently linked to an increase risk of diabetes, insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, impaired neurological development, learning and attention deficit disorders, endometriosis, thyroid problems, hormone imbalances, and more.

Signs and symptoms of toxicity can include headaches, joint pains, fatigue, coughing, digestive problems, brain fog, bad skin, mood disorders, and yes, difficulty losing weight.

DON'T WE NATURALLY DETOXIFY?

Yes it's true that we are made to detoxify with the organs we have. We do excrete, urinate and sweat. However over-intake of toxins and under-elimination is the problem.

Even with the purest, raw food organic diet, we still breathe the air, drink water and have cumulative effects. Plus our negative thoughts and feelings can toxify us well, creating an additional stress on our system.

Just as we clean the oil from our car, it makes sense to clean out our body.

BENEFITS OF DETOXIFICATION

The benefits of a good detoxification program can include a reduction in many symptoms such as allergies, acne, fatigue, depression and cravings, as well as weight loss.

Detoxification can give you clearer skin, more energy, better mood and thinking, healthier food habits and ideal weight. It can optimize your health and energy and prevent disease.

We recommend a full body nutritional cleanse 

EFT: We also use EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), a powerful group of energy healing techniques, to eliminate imbalances in the energy system that may lead to toxification. Holistically, repressed emotions create physical imbalances, and may result in serious illness or disease over time. 

Processing these toxic emotions opens the energy channels, creating a freer flow of energy through the body. This provides an optimal environment for the body to maintain vibrant health.

The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a group of powerful processes that can help just about anyone to achieve genuine freedom from the emotions that have created problems in their lives. These techniques have been described by some as one of the most important breakthroughs in the area of psychology in this century. They have been used successfully with thousands of people with a broad range of difficulties.