Every day we are bombarded by toxins from food, air, water, and the environment.
All of these chemicals need to be processed by the body and eliminated in a safe manner. The trouble is, our body becomes overloaded when toxins build up in the liver and digestive system. This leads to weight gain, hormone imbalances, and loss of energy. You can tell someone is “sick with toxins” when they come to the office and have bags under their eyes, they hurt all over, and they have put on weight without doing anything different. The frustration and stress of how they feel leads to even more weight gain and eventually can be diagnosed with some type of disease.
This does not have to be the case. You can restore your health through ridding the body of the toxins, cleaning up your environment, and eating foods that nourish the health of the gut and liver.It has long been said that “all disease starts in the gut” so it only makes sense to start healing there. Toxins build up causing gas, bloating, heartburn, constipation/diarrhea, and inflammation. The damage done by these toxins create a leaky gut which allows toxins to enter the bloodstream and get to wherever they want in the body.
Ways in which toxins can cause diseases and weight gain are:
- Production of inflammatory chemicals
- Taking good nutrients and making them into toxins
- Creating more sugars in the gut leading to more fat storage and weight gain
- Poisoning of mitochondria (part of the cell that generates energy)
- Slowing the liver detoxification process leading to fatty liver and weight gain
You need to stop the damage and clean up the gut to make sure you are eliminating toxins properly through the stool.
-Dr. Brian Opp D.C.