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The Cleansing Secret for Lifting Your Health to a Whole New Level

by Dr. David Williams

Published 02/04/09

I’ve long been a believer that detoxification is essential for good health. Today, it’s more important than ever due to our less-than-optimal environment and often unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Our bodies are constantly bombarded with toxins and stressors, many of which are man-made and relatively new to the human condition. Consider these statistics on modern-day environmental poisons, and you’ll see why detoxification is critical for your long-term well-being:

• Mankind has invented no fewer than 10 million new chemicals, approximately 3,500 of which are in your food, with an equal number in your homes and household products.
• Since World War II, nearly 80,000 new synthetic chemicals have been released into the environment.
• In the U.S. alone, over 4 billion pounds of pesticides are used every year, which translates to 8 pounds for every man, woman and child.
• The average home contains 3–10 gallons of hazardous materials.
• There are at least 5,000 chemical ingredients in cosmetics.
• A just-completed Associated Press investigation found a vast array of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers, and sex hormones, in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans.
• Detectable levels of dozens of long-lasting synthetic chemicals, such as DDT, plasticizers, dioxins, benzene-related solvents are found in tissues of all living things on earth.
• Roughly 300 known harmful substances can be found in most blood samples taken these days.

On top of all these external threats, your natural body processes also produce toxic byproducts. For example, when you breathe, you inhale oxygen and exhale the unhealthy byproduct—carbon dioxide. Another toxifying factor is age. The older you are, the longer your body has been absorbing toxins and the greater your need for detoxification.

The toxic overload you face each day can create havoc in every part of your body, from your digestive system, to your cardiovascular system, to your mental processes, and beyond. And, much like a car, your body needs to be cleaned and tuned in order to remove the accumulated toxic sludge and revitalize its natural detoxifying systems. Only then can it return to running smoothly on all cylinders.

A Successful Detoxification is Comprehensive…

Proper detoxification can help remove toxins—whether they originate from inside or outside of your body—and will help replenish your energy levels, keep your mind sharp, improve your digestion and sleep, return a healthy glow to your skin, and most importantly, promote long-term health and well-being.

But, for a truly successful cleansing, you need to address every major avenue of detoxification in your body, including your gallbladder, digestive system, liver, kidney, urinary tract, skin, lymph system, and lungs. This is absolutely critical not only because each detoxification step focuses on an important body system, but also because each step leverages the health benefits you receive from all the other detoxification steps you take.