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Detoxification

If you believe, as we do, that environmental toxins such as heavy metals, pesticides, glyphosate, solvents, plastics, etc., are a root cause of many chronic health conditions, then you should be interested in how to both reduce exposure and to increase the body's ability to detoxify itself.  Exposure to toxins negatively impacts cellular energy production (mitochondrial function), and increases oxidative stress, one of the main hallmarks of all chronic diseases.

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One of the best books on the complex topic of detoxification:

The Toxin Solution: How Hidden Poisons in the Air, Water, Food, and Products We Use Are Destroying Our Health--AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX IT | www.thetoxinsolution.com

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A few ways to significantly reduce toxin exposure:
1)Filter your drinking water (must remove arsenic).  I recommend Clearly Filtered water filtration.
2)Consider buying organic food to
reduce pesticide and herbicide exposure.

 

Other ways to support the body's ability to detoxify:
Increase dietary fiber intake.  Dietary fiber supports detoxification through improving the microbiome and through increasing bile acid excretion.

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A supplement called Robuvit (French Oak Extract) supports detoxification and mitochondrial function.
 

Curcumin supports detoxification:

Curcumin: A Potential Detoxifier Against Chemical and Natural Toxicants - PubMed

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 Can you measure toxicity?  It is difficult, but analyzing liver enzymes, even in the normal range, can give some indication (GGT and ALT in particular).  Here is a free useful tool to help with assessing potential toxic burden, including how to use common blood tests:
http://www.thetoxinsolution.com/assessment

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A potential measure of toxic burden is MDA (malonodialdehyde).
 

More useful links:

"Environmental Determinants of Chronic Disease and Medical Approaches:  Recognition, Avoidance, Supportive Therapy, Detoxification"

 

"Thoughts on a Unified Theory of Disease"

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