Know Your Toxins!!

Toxins are the reason why we age, get sick and get diseases such as cancer and heart disease.
Our body's health is dependent on the health of our cells so we need to look after our cells to slow down ageing and prevent disease.

What are cells made of?

Cells are made up of many atoms and what makes an atom healthy is having paired electrons. Paired electrons means the atom is stable and less reactive. So the more atoms with paired electrons, the healthier a cell is, allowing it to replicate making copies of the healthy cell by a process called mitosis.
This allows tissues, muscles and organs to rejuvenate and keep us young and healthy.

How do cells age, get sick and get disease?

Atoms that have an electron removed are now unpaired and are called Free Radicals. Free Radicals alter or destroy other cells by stealing electrons from surrounding atoms. Some of these cells die but more worryingly, some of these damaged cells replicate contributing to premature ageing, sickness and diseases such as cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and many others.

Where do Free Radicals come from?

• Smoking
• Stress
• Sunlight
• Pesticides
• Pollution
• Airline travel
• Medications
• Foods
• Food additives
• X-rays
• Exercise
• Chlorine in treated water
• Mercury in sea food and teeth fillings

Free Radicals come from pollution released into our environment - China's pollution problem is our problem too.
Free Radicals come from pesticides, insecticides and herbicides put on plants, grass, weeds and the air.
Water treated with Chlorine to make it safe also generates free radicals.
One cigarette generates approximately one quadrillion free radicals - that's 1,000,000,000,000,000 free radicals.

What is Cancer?

There are many different types of cancer, but all forms involve the abnormal growth of cells.
Cancer is defined as the uncontrollable replication of cells and the halt of apoptosis or cell death.
Humans are made up of about 75 trillion cells that are continually replicating and renewing the tissues they make up.
Each cell has a nucleus which contains a set of genetic instructions called DNA.
DNA controls cell growth, development and cell replication via the cell cycle.
When the DNA gets damaged, it can replicate a damaged or mutated cell, which goes on to replicate more mutated cells - this can become cancer.

How Free Radicals can cause cancer?

Free radicals can damage DNA in cells.
Many scientists believe it is free radical damage to the DNA that begins many forms of cancer.

The solution to Free Radicals - Antioxidants.

Antioxidants have extra electrons that can be donated to Free Radicals, therefore eliminating their harmful effects.
Antioxidants are the body's defence against ageing, sickness and disease.

Where do Antioxidants come from?

Antioxidants are found mainly in fruits and vegetables but also in nuts, oils, beans etc.
Research has shown that organic foods have higher concentrations of antioxidants than processed foods grown with pesticides.
Vitamin C and E are also antioxidants which can be taken as a vitamin supplement.
However not all vitamin supplements are beneficial. Many stay undissolved in the colon and are not absorbed by the body so they cannot be utilised.

How antioxidants reduce the risk of cancer?

One of the most important roles antioxidants play in the body is to protect DNA from damage caused by free radicals.
Also, particular antioxidants can actually repair damaged DNA before it replicates but only if it is present so maintaining high antioxidant levels is important.

Toxins - What are they?

Toxins are any material or compound that has an undesirable effect on the human body.
Toxins originate from many sources- industry, burning, waste-processing, etc.
Most toxins are synthetic, man-made compounds that are found in our homes, our drinking water, our air and our soil.
They are now more prevalent than ever leading to a toxic state of the human body resulting in many diseases.

Toxicity begins in the womb.

A study by the Environmental Working Group revealed that the average person does not need to spend years being exposed to environmental pollutants to be affected.
They actually found that toxicity begins in the womb and that the placenta does not protect the foetus from toxins and pollutants.

The study showed an average of 200 industrial chemicals in umbilical cord blood from 10 babies born in 2004 in US hospitals.
This blood was found to contain pesticides, consumer product ingredients and wastes from burning coal, gas and rubbish.

The study also showed that as we age, the levels of contaminants increases. A study showed 167 chemicals were found in a group of people with an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants and chemicals found in their blood.
Of the 167 chemicals, 76 cause cancers in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain and nervous system and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development.

Your Guide to toxins.

PCBs

Industrial insulators and lubricants.
Persist for decades in the environment and accumulate up the food chain to man.
Cause cancer and problems with the nervous system.

Dioxins

Pollutants, by-products of PVC production, industrial bleaching and incineration.
Very toxic to developing hormone system.

Furans

By-products of plastics production, industrial bleaching and incineration.
Expected to cause cancer in humans. Persist for decades in the environment.

Organochlorine Insecticides

DDT, chlordane and other pesticides.
Banned in the US. Cause cancer and many reproductive effects.

Organophosphate Insecticide Metabolites

Potent nervous system toxicants. Most common source of exposure is residues in food.

Phthalates

Plasticizers. Cause birth defects of male reproductive organs.
Found in a wide range of cosmetic and personal care products as well as children's toys.

Volatile Organic Chemicals

Industrial solvents and gasoline ingredients like xylene and ethyl benzene.
Toxic to nervous system, some cause cancer.

Look out for the following in your toiletries and personal care products.

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS)

Found in shampoos, hair conditioners, toothpastes, body washes etc.
It is a strong detergent which can cause eye irritation, permanent damage to the eyes, especially in children, skin rashes, hair loss, flaking skin and mouth ulceration.

Propylene Glycol (PG)

Is a wetting agent and solvent used in make-up, hair care products, deodorants and aftershave.
It's also the main ingredient in antifreeze and brake fluid.
Similarly polyethylene glycol (PEG), a related agent found in most skin cleansers, is a caustic used to dissolve grease - the same substance you find in oven cleaners.
Both are strong skin irritants and can cause dermatitis, liver abnormalities and kidney damage.

Heavy Metals

Lead, Mercury, Arsenic and Cadmium. Cause lowered IQ, developmental delays, behavioural disorders and cancer.
Heavy metals in excess are extremely detrimental to our bodies and are the cause of a huge percentage of serious medical conditions.
Many people suffer with heavy metal poisoning and toxic overload.
The effects of this can be so debilitating in many ways.
Safe irradiation of heavy metals can positively change peoples lives. Please speak to us for more detail.

Mercury is one of the most toxic materials known to man but it is present in many of our mouths in the form of dental fillings.
Mercury is only slightly less poisonous than plutonium and dental amalgam fillings contain 50% mercury.
Therefore this heavy metal sits in our teeth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week releasing mercury into the body.
Mercury is a neurotoxin so can have detrimental effects in the body leading to MS and other neurological disorders and cancer.
(Source: Toxic Bite by dentist Bill Kellner-Read)

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