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There is a big gap between knowledge and experience.
We can intellectually understand that pollution is harmful. We read words like “carcinogen” or “teratogen” or “aflatoxin” and sense that we should probably avoid them.
But when it comes to real life, these are just words.
Despite alarming statistics about the number of chemicals we ingest, the contamination of water supplies, or the disturbing levels of toxins hiding in everyday products and foods...
They’re just numbers.
Few of us know what it actually feels like to be toxic.
And because toxins accumulate slowly over time, the symptoms of toxicity creep up on us, blending into our busy everyday life.
This leads to a shocking realization:
We have no idea if we are toxic or not.
So here are the most common signs of toxicity to help you catch it before it turns into an even bigger problem: Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune conditions or any of the other long lists of potential problems.
One Root, Many Symptoms: Why “Load” Matters
Before we get to the different ways toxicity can show up, it’s important to understand “total load.”
Imagine you have a bucket attached to a long chain. You put stones in the bucket, one by one... until finally, the chain breaks.
The stones are toxins. It’s not any single stone that broke the chain, it’s the total weight.
The total load of toxins in your body is what matters.
The chain is your body and the links in the chain are different organs.
The weight of the bucket breaks the weakest link. That is where symptoms show up. It could be your brain, your kidneys, or a skin disease. It’s different for everybody, which is why there are so many different symptoms for one underlying problem.
The more toxic load you have, the more likely symptoms will show up.
Your gut is where all the toxins that sneak in through your food and water enter your body. It should come as no surprise that this is one of the most-affected areas when it comes to toxicity.
It is especially sensitive because your gut is much more than “you”––it is a thriving, complex ecosystem also known as the microbiome. Toxins disrupt this sensitive ecosystem, which can lead to many different symptoms.
Different chemicals can change your gut pH, feed bad bacteria, trigger yeast overgrowth, or cause leaky gut which leads to systemic inflammation. Inflammation is one of the common causes behind many of the symptoms.
Symptoms: eczema, rashes, psoriasis, acne, puffy or dark rings around eyes
Because your skin is a major organ of detoxification, skin changes are a significant indicator of toxicity. When your body is overloaded with toxins, they can build up in your skin causing irritation and inflammation. This creates acne, rashes, and other skin problems.
The brain and the gut are deeply intertwined. When things go wrong in the gut, it can often affect brain function. Other toxins, like heavy metals, end up in the brain itself, disrupting normal function, memory, and mood.
Bad Breath
Symptoms: morning breath
If your breath is embarrassingly bad in the morning, this is an indication that something in your system is wrong. The mouth has its own microbiome and if toxins disturb this environment bad bacteria begin to flourish and cause halitosis – a fancy science word for nasty breath.
Your body also detoxes itself through your tongue, so if you have a thick white coating on your tongue it is an indication of toxicity issues.
Joint Pain and Muscle Soreness
Symptoms: persistent muscle soreness, achy joints
Context is important here: we are not talking about feeling sore after a hard day of weight training or having joint pain after a long hike.
Pain from a long session in the gym is largely due to accumulated lactic acid in your tissues. After a day or so, your body eventually detoxifies the built-up acid and the pain goes away.
When pain appears for no reason and doesn’t go away, it can indicate your body is not detoxing properly. Your natural detox system is likely overloaded and toxins (which are often acidic) are not getting flushed from your body.
Joint pain can also be an indicator of systemic inflammation, which can also be toxin driven in some cases.
Hormonal balance is crucial for health. Too much or too little of a hormone can throw our health into chaos. Many synthetic chemicals flooding our food supply are known as xenoestrogens.
They act like estrogen in your body, throwing off your delicate hormonal balance.
This causes a cascading problem with far-reaching effects. For women, it often shows up as problems with the menstrual cycle. This is harder to notice in men, but typically manifests in depression and loss of drive.
Taking Stones Out of the Bucket
Make no mistake, if you have serious toxicity issues, you should consult a medical professional.
That said, the best solution is to not accumulate toxins in the first place––prevent the stones from getting in the bucket.
This means eating organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meat not treated with antibiotics, drinking filtered water, and avoiding areas with high amounts of environmental pollution.
Toxins are everywhere though, and avoiding will only get you so far. Here are some helpful practices and tips to help you detox.
Drink lots of water
Use detoxifying plants like milk thistle, cilantro, and dandelion root
Oil pulling and tongue scraping for better oral hygiene
Eat probiotic foods
Skin brushing
If you want to take your detox to the next level, consider using Body Detox, our all-natural detox support formula.
The idea of hidden poisons in our food and water is disturbing, to say the least. Once you understand how to protect yourself and boost your own natural detox pathways, it becomes a game of keeping stones out of the bucket.
But the best part?
Toxicity is reversible.
Once the stones are taken out of the bucket, the chain fixes itself like magic.
Dr. David Minkoff
Dr. David Minkoff graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1974 and was elected to the “Phi Beta Kappa” of medical schools, the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Fraternity for very high academic achievement. He then completed both a Pediatric Residency and Fellowship in Infectious Disease at the University of California at San Diego.
He worked at the University of California and Children’s Hospitals in San Diego as an attending physician in infectious disease while conducting original research on Ribaviron, a broad spectrum anti-viral agent to fight disease. He also co-directed a neo-natal intensive care unit and worked in emergency medicine.
In 1992, Dr Minkoff’s wife Sue, a Registered Nurse, became interested in nutrition and health and began to go to lectures from some of the experts in the field. At the time, Dr Minkoff was pretty fixed in his view of traditional medicine and it took a lot of convincing to get him to come to one of these lectures. After hearing Dr Jeffrey Bland speak, Dr Minkoff had a eureka moment and began pursuing the alternative field with a vengeance. Based on this new knowledge Dr Minkoff and his wife set up a small clinic in 1997 to help some friends with their medical problems. What began as an experiment blossomed into Lifeworks Wellness Center, one of the most successful clinics for complementary medicine in the United States. In the process, he gained expertise in Biological medicine, integrative oncology, heavy metal detoxification, anti-aging medicine, hormone replacement therapy, functional medicine, energy medicine, neural and prolotherapy, homeopathy and optimum nutrition. He studied under the masters in each of these disciplines until he became an expert in his own right. Dr Minkoff is one of the most in demand speakers in the field and wrote an Amazon best selling book called The Search For The Perfect Protein.
The demand for the products and protocols he discovered became a catalyst for founding BodyHealth.Com, a nutrition company that now manufactures and distributes cutting-edge nutritional solutions for the many health problems of today. Dr. Minkoff writes two free online newsletters, “The Optimum Health Report” and ”The BodyHealth Fitness Newsletter”, to help others learn about optimum health and fitness.
Dr. Minkoff is an avid athlete himself and has completed 44 Ironman Triathlons. To keep his fitness maximal, he lives the lifestyle he teachers to others and tries to set an example for others, so they can enjoy a life free of pain and full of energy.
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So-called “energy drinks” litter the shelves in health food stores and grocery stores. Each brand promises to deliver the energy boost you need for workouts or just to make it through the day.
The sad truth is that most commercial drinks and drink powders come with a steep price to your health.
Most of the popular brands contain stimulants such as caffeine and high levels of sugar. They make you feel jittery and wired, with a crash that comes soon after.
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If you wake up feeling tired and groggy, suffer from an afternoon crash, or simply live with a general feeling of lethargy – you are not alone.
According tostatista.com:
Only one in seven Americans wake up feeling fresh each day
45% of Americans who sleep seven to eight hours per night report feeling exhausted at least three times per week
Only 20% of Americans who sleep well report feeling alert and refreshed all the time
Another survey found that 60% of Americans feel more tired over the last 12 months than ever before, especially with the huge socioeconomic shift that has so many people now working from home.
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If there is anything society has come to realize over the last century, it is that women are just as powerful, smart, ambitious, and capable as men. And while society as a whole is still catching up as far as true equality, the facts are evident when you look at some of the most incredible and influential people today.
When it comes to fitness, however, men and women arenotthe same. The natural, physiological differences necessitate unique approaches to achieve optimal results. While the fundamental science behind attaining a shredded, lean physique is basically the same for both sexes, the exact steps and application require careful consideration.
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