Detoxification

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Detoxification

• Are Toxins in Your Body
• Making You
• SICK?

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Its no secret

• Pollution and pollutants are a serious problem.
• Pollution and its effects can be found in
  virtually every place on earth.

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Carcinogens with Largest Air/Water/Land Releases

• Pounds
• Dichloromethane
  64,454,387
• Styrene
  
  32,776,445
• Chloroform
  14,292,980
• Formaldehyde
  12,207,744
• Tetrachloroethylene
  11,570,197
• Benzene
  
  10,845,433
• Acetaldehyde
  
  6,543,215
• Lead
  
  4,056,624
• 1,3-Butadiene
  
  3,282,261
• Nickel compounds
  3,099,677
• Subtotal
  
  163,128,963
• Total for ALL Carcinogens
  179,858,444
• Source Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
  1993

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Chemicals Frequently Detected in Water

• Toluene
• Trichloroethylene
• Chloroform
• Chlorine
• PCBs
• Lead
• Mercury
• Pesticides
• Lindane
• Cidhlorobenzene
• Tetrachloroethylene

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Some of it we can see

• Air pollution is a visible stain covering our
  major cities.
• Water pollution fouls our beaches, rivers and
  streams.

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Typical Air Pollutants

• Carbon Monoxide
• Ozone Formaldehyde
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Acetylene
• Nitrogen Dioxide
• Ammonia
• Methyl Chloride

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But some of it we cant see

• Invisible CFCs from aerosol sprays makes holes
  in the protective ozone layer.
• Invisible fumes from chemicals used in paints,
  cleaners, solvents and fuels may contribute to
  health problems in some people.

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Some we even choose.

• Cigarettes, excessive alcohol, even poor diet add
  their weight to the toxic burden we already
  carry.
• These are lifestyle choices we make for
  ourselves, and can thus exercise control over.

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TOXINS IN THE COMMUNITY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES
The 1989 Toxics Release Inventory National
Report A report on data collected under Section
313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right
to Know Act of 1986.
According to the US EPA Office of Toxic
Substances, in 1989

• 551,034,696 pounds of industrial chemicals were
  dumped into public sewage systems
• 1,180,831,181 pounds of chemicals were released
  into the ground, threatening our natural aquifers
• 188,952,884 pounds of chemicals were discharged
  into surface waters
• 2,427,061,906 pounds of air emissions were
  pumped into the atmosphere

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We are drowning in a pool of chemicals . . .

• The chemicals pumped into our environment in the
  U.S. in one year alone (1989) would fill a line
  of semi-trucks stretching from Los Angeles,
  California to Des Moines, Iowa.

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Xenobiotic Compounds in the Adipose Tissue of
Americans

• US EPA National Adipose Tissue Survey, 1982
• Compound Frequency
• Styrene
  100
• 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 100
• Xylene 100
• Ethylphenol 100
• TCDD (Dioxin) 100
• 9 Other Chemicals 90-98
• (Benzene, Toluene, DDE)
• PCBs 83

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How Does our Toxic Environment Affect our Health?

• What is the Impact of the External
• Environment on our Internal
• Environment?

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Sometimes the Price Can be Too High

• These substances (toxins) may cause changes in
  the way your body functions.
• Pollutants and their effects have been linked to
  various medical problems, ranging from increased
  respiratory problems like asthma, and to
  increased risk to a variety of cancers.

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• How Does
• Our Body Rid Itself
• of Toxins?

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The good news is

• Our body is designed by nature to cleanse itself
  of many of these harmful agents and protect
  against the damage caused by them.
• The detoxification system is wonderfully
  adaptable and capable of handling a great many
  toxins.

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But theres bad news too..

• Our system may become overwhelmed by overexposure
  to the toxins found in air, water supplies as
  well as the chemicals and hormones added to food.
• The symptoms of fatigue, frequent headaches, lack
  of mental clarity, etc. that many people feel may
  be the result.

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The Big Questions Everybody Has Are

• What Can I Do?
• How Can I Protect Myself
• and My Family?

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Health Begins in the Digestive Tract

• The food we eat must be digested properly.
• Poor digestion may cause greater problems than
  not getting adequate macro and micronutrients to
  the cells that need them.

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How Healthy is Your Colon?

• One major line of defense is an effective barrier
  provided by an intact digestive tract.
• If this is compromised, higher amounts of harmful
  agents may be absorbed.

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THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
The gut breaks food into nutrients the body can
use. By the time food reaches the small
intestine, the process is occurring on a
molecular level.
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Healthy liver function is the key.

• The liver is the organ primarily responsible for
  modifying these toxins so they can be eliminated
  from the body.
• It occurs in a two-step process, called Phase I
  and Phase II.

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Phase I and II

• These harmful, fat-soluble chemicals are modified
  in such a way that they can be dissolved in
  water, which makes it possible for the body to
  then eliminate them in the urine.

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• Most people who think
• they are tired are actually toxic.
• Sherry Rodgers, M.D.
• Board of Directors American Academy
• Of Environmental Medicine.

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Symptoms of a Toxic Body

• Headaches
• Candida
• Gas
• Acne
• Fatigue
• Constipation
• Infertility
• Racing Pulse
• Arthritis
• Constant Hunger
• Dizziness
• Hyperactivity
• Allergies
• Bloating
• Body Odor
• General Aches Pains

• Cancer
• Weakness
• Poor Skin
• PMS
• Sweaty Palms
• Difficulty Breathing
• Pre-Mature Aging
• Obesity
• Irritability
• Depression
• Asthma
• Bad Breath
• Insomnia
• Sinus Congestion
• Varicose Veins
• Difficulty Concentrating

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How Toxic Are You?

1. Do you feel tired or fatigued?
2. Do you feel dizzy, foggy-headed or have trouble
   concentrating?
3. Do you use coffee, cigarettes, candy or soda to
   get up?
4. Do you eat fast, fatty, processed or fried foods?
5. Do your bowels move less than twice a day?
6. Do you experience intestinal gas and bloating or
   constipation?
7. Do you experience headaches or yeast infections?
8. Do you live with or near air and water pollution?
9. Do you experience general headaches and pains or
   arthritis?
10. Do you have food allergies, or skin problems?
11. Do you experience frequent back pains or sinus
    problems?

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How Toxic Are You?

• Are you often exposed to chemicals, sedatives or
  stimulants?
• Do you rarely exercise or feel sluggish or
  overweight?
• Do you eat mostly organic, fresh foods?
• Are you using mostly water, vinegar, baking soda
  or borax to clean with?
• Do you air out your office and bedroom for a
  few minutes everyday?
• Do you have a shower filter?
• Have you installed a new filter in you
  heating/air conditioning unit in the past six
  months?
• Is your shampoo made of mostly water, herbs,
  plants and vitamins?
• Do you use detergents that dont add chemical
  fragrances, stabilizers or color fasteners?
• Have you done a cleansing program before?

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How Toxic Are You?

• If you answered yes to three (3) or more of
  the questions 1-13, or no to more than three
  (3) of the questions 14-21, it would be desirable
  for you to purify your system of toxins.

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DETOX

• CLEANSE AND RECHARGE YOUR
• MIND, BODY AND SOUL
• Optimal health and energy requires that each and
  every cell of our body is vibrantly clean and
  well nourished. If that is accomplished, most of
  a persons host of ailments MIRACULOUSLY
  disappear.

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Reasons For Cleansing

• Prevent Disease
• Reduce Symptoms
• Treat Disease
• Cleanse the Body
• Repair Organs
• Purification
• Rejuvenation
• Weight Loss
• Clear Skin
• Slow Aging
• Improve Flexibility
• Improve Fertility
• Enhance the Senses

• AIDS IN BEING MORE
• Organized
• Creative
• Motivated
• Productive
• Relaxed
• Energetic
• Clear
• Conscious
• Inwardly Attuned
• Spiritual
• Environmentally Attuned
• Relationship Focused

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• Cleanse Your Body Of TOXINS Today!

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Health is a Matter of Choice

• Optimal Wellness
• Repair Regenerate
• Normal Healthy Function
• TOXINS Causing Dysfunction
• Chronic Symptoms
• Disease/Degeneration
• DEATH

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THE CHOICE IS YOURS!!