Kinds of Toxins

However, these harmful substances can build up in the body to harmful levels whichincreases the chance of illnesses like cancer, heart disease, arthritis and other lifestyle conditions.

These toxins are either created externally (out of the body) and subsequently absorbed into the body's tissue, or they are created internally (within our body).

External Toxins

Environmental Toxins- Everyday we are exposed to external toxins. Toxins in the form ofair pollution, factory emissions, polluted water sources, car fumes, chemicals used in ordinary household products and many more. If you are living in the city, there is almost no escaping these environmental toxins. Many individuals are exposed to chemicals at work with clothing, carpeting, new plastics and aerosols all adding to contamination of our personal environment. Even the beauty and personal care products we apply on our body are made from harmful substances such as petroleum, chemicals and other toxins.

Ingested Toxins - This refers to the food we eat cause they too can cause toxin build up in our body. Most of the foods we eat are produced by using artificial hormones, insecticides and other chemicals, which destroy the vitamins and essential nutrition of the food we eat.
cigarette smoke, alcohol, different medication, drugs and mercury fillings are also examples of toxin sources - these are toxins that we do not have much control over. By limiting alcohol, refraining from smoking and cutting down on unnecessary medications we will be helping the body a great deal to reduce toxic build up.

Internal Toxins

Toxins can also be generated within the body from viral, bacterial or fungal infections (as in the case of candidiasis). Other Illnesses such as HIV also impact the immune system. Stress also plays a big role in generating toxins within the body. Stress is a serious contributor to toxic build up in the body. In addition, our bodies own metabolism generate toxins as by-products called Autogenous toxins.


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