Consider this… up until the 20th century (that would be the last century) all of our food was grown “organically”. There were no synthetics added to the process. Same goes for raising cattle, there were no antibiotics or hormones introduced into the herds until this past century. Only recently have we had to make the distinction between farming and “organic” farming. Very interest and extremely telling.
We have little enough control over many things in our lives – the economy and jobs, the weather and climate, pollution and urban sprawl, where and how our food is produced. Just when you think it’s OK to eat “organic” you come to find out that it’s not really healthy, it’s not really better, it’s just a less of a bad thing. And, wait a minute, that’s the good news.
Our bodies are forced to deal with toxins of every variety – in our water, our air, our environment and, of course, in our food. There is literally nowhere on the face of the planet that has not been touched by pollution of some sort. Over 10,000 chemicals are used in the processing of our food and less than 10% have been tested.
Concerns about mineral depletion in our soil were presented to the United States Senate as far back as in the 1930′s. Little has been done to alter the situation. Our exhausted soil is constantly absorbing environmental toxins and cross-pollination from genetically modified crops; it just cannot be prevented.
How important is this? In terms of nutrition the mineral balance in our soil is so depleted, so polluted that it would take 12 apples today to provide the same nutrition as one apple from 1976, 51 bowls of spinach to one from the 70’s. And, that’s only good if you body has enough essential trace minerals in it to support nutritional absorption. But, the toxins get in.
It’s the same for the water we drink. Most of us are severely dehydrated. Our cells can’t absorb the water without certain minerals and salt. If your cells are locked and unable to take in the fluid the body simple eliminates it. Since we are mostly water, 65 to 90%, dehydration is a major contributor to diseases.
Still thinking organic? In 2002 we consumed 3,240,000,000,000 prescription drugs. Yes, 3 trillion! Where did they all go? Passed through our bodies right into the water system. Filtration plants must put up filter screens to catch undigested pills, toxins. Ever hear of a pill that causes healthy? Me neither.
And on and on it goes. Jet fuel, carbon dioxide, industrial waste, chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. I haven’t touched on what’s happening to our children, the contamination in newborns, the effect of hormone-mimicking pollutants and how all of these abnormalities have changed our rate of metabolism.
Beginning to get the picture? Have I upset you yet? Our bodies have become a storehouse of 21st Century toxins and our bodies were not designed to dispense with so much toxic material. But, it is a miraculous machine, our bodies. The way it handles the pollutants is ever so uncomplicated. It simple encases the toxins safely in fat and stores them harmlessly away. Or is it so harmless? Look around.
Currently 2/3 of the population of the United States is overweight and it is predicted that by the year 2040 100% will be overweight. In a land of abundance and opportunity lives are lived on empty, empty of nutrition. We are literally rusting from the inside out.
How long can you continue to ignore what toxin are doing to our precious health? Fortunately, each of us can control what we eat. Fortunately, cleansing is a ready solution to get the toxins out of our bodies so they can begin to function as intended. Given the right nutrition, the corrective simple building block, the miracle that is our body will correct and heal itself through natural detoxification.
Taking in the proper nutrition gives your body the chance to start the healing process naturally. By doing a whole system nutritional cleansing process, rather than a liver or colon cleanse, our bodies will begin to slough off the toxins, eliminate the fat capsules and function just like it was supposed to function – healthily.
We can’t do much in the short term about detoxing the planet, but we can certainly create a safe space for and within our personal space by detoxing our bodies.
This article was written by my husband, Rick Lelchuk, for our newsletter, The Vita-Lean Vision”. We had just attended a seminar given by Peter Greenlaw, an expert on the subject and successful network marketer, about the impact of toxins on the planet. He was so stunned and appalled by the information he was compelled to spread the word.
What are you going to do to protect yourself from the ravages of toxins?
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