The past four weeks have been spent getting to know all about topic of detoxification: what it is and what it means to detoxify; the history of various cultural detoxification rituals throughout time; organs of the body involved in the…
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Detox Series Part V: The Secondary Detoxification Pathways – Kidneys, Skin, Lymphatic & Respiratory Systems
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Last week’s article described the major pathway through which the body detoxifies itself: the liver and associated organs (gall bladder and intestines). The importance of the liver cannot be overstated; not only is it responsible for upwards of 500 functions…
Detox Series Part IV: Phase I and II Detox Pathways of the Liver
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Last week we introduced the general functions of both the liver and gall bladder in the process of detoxification. This week we take a more detailed look into each of these pathways in order to gain a more clear understanding…
Detox Series Part III: Mechanisms of Detoxification – The Liver
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From the moment we wake up in the morning to the minute we fall asleep at night, and even the hours in between, our bodies are constantly exposed to toxins, both inside and out. The human body is bombarded with…
Detox Series Part II: The History of Detoxification
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While the concept of detoxification, including the programs and techniques claiming to successfully accomplish the process, may seem like yet another unnecessary trend currently flooding the health scene, the theory supporting its efficacy actually goes back thousands of years. Cleansing has…
Detox Series Part I: Toxins
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Last week’s newsletter featured the introduction of our new series: Detoxification! “Detox” is a term that has a variety of meanings to different people, from drug and alcohol detoxification, to metabolic and nutritional detoxification, and even cleansing programs that utilize food,…