Sauna treatment has been
around for hundreds of years
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in Japan, Turkey, India,
Finland Ancient Greeks enjoy
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their steam baths,
Native Americans have their
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sweating huts. The Fins
call it the poor man's pharmacy
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and for good reason.
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In one Finnish study death
from cardiovascular disease
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was 50% lower for men who
were in the Sauna four to seven
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times a week.
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It's been found to improve
depression, reduce the risk
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of dementia, kill
viruses, but the reason why
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I'm bringing it to
your attention today
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is because it's a
powerful tool to support detox
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at least for those who are
willing to undergo the torture,
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I mean the
relaxation of Sauna's.
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In the last episode, we
became more aware of how exposed
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we are to
environmental toxicants.
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We also looked at how
we aren't the only ones,
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animal life is
groaning under exposure as well.
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I've even read about
how scientists have found
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what they call forever
chemicals in polar bears,
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chemicals many of us
have come in contact with
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on a daily basis and that
is disrupting their biological
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functions like damage to
their immune, digestive and
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reproductive systems,
polar bears are even becoming
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hypothyroid, can you imagine?
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The chemicals we release into
the environment find their way
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into the water, the
seas, the oceans and in fish.
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Sadly the contaminants
concentrate up the food chain
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we are definitely not
the only ones being affected.
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One of the things I would like
to clarify is the distinction
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between toxin and toxicant.
Technically a toxin is like
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snake venom a natural substance
produced from living organism
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whereas a toxicant is an
environment chemical that
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potentially is harmful to us.
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Many people simply refer
to environmental chemicals as
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toxins, so we'll try to stick
to that term to make it easy
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but just so you know
the difference and what's
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being referred to by the term.
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When I first heard
people talking about detoxing
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it was in reference to
nicotine or alcohol, drugs.
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You hear about people
going on cleanses and juicing's
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and while I think all of
that can be very helpful,
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detox is something your body
is designed to do on the daily
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clean-as-you-go type of thing.
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That's not to say that
focusing on supporting on detox
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as an event, isn't needed
at times, intentional focus
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detox protocol is actually
a good idea even preventively.
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I want to do that for myself
actually, but the main point
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is that the body is designed
to clean house on the daily.
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So, what are we referring
to when we use the word
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detox? A simple definition
of detoxification is the removal
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of contaminants,
toxins from the body.
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We've been exposed,
they've entered and the body
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kicks them out because
they don't belong inside of us.
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Sounds simple enough,
but in reality detoxification
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is complex to perform.
It's complicated and it requires
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multiple players,
multiple enzymes, nutrients,
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different steps, it's a process
that goes on inside of us
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all day, every day and it
is essentially a transformation
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process in which any
substance that would be harmful
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especially if it's allowed
to accumulate is changed by
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the liver and other cells into
a less harmful water-soluble
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form so it then can be
incorporated into your urine,
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stool, sweat, and
excreted safely from the body.
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We think of the liver as
the detoxification headquarters
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and for good reason, but
really, detox is something that
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every cell needs to
be able to perform well.
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Detoxification is a multi-step
process that takes toxins
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that have sometimes
been sequestered in the body
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to protect it like
skeletons in the closet.
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It brings them out and
converts them into water-soluble
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molecule that can be eliminated
from the body in your breath,
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sweat, stool, and urine.
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I call it an expensive procedure
just because it requires
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a lot of different nutrients
to support and enable it to be
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done effectively
in a healthy way.
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Some of our efforts at
detox can potentially be doing
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more harm than good if
we don't cover our bases.
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Now in our last episode we
touched on the fact that we are
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exposed. Some of the
ways in which we are exposed
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and how that exposure
is affecting our health.
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Today, we're going to continue
that focus and gain some
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insights on how to
support daily detox.
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So, we have
introduced toxins' everywhere,
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they actually found
Prozac, measurable quantities of
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medications that we
use as humans in fish.
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and fish. So we've introduced
chemicals into the world
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around us from arsenic
in some rice to chicken,
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to foods, and fish that
have these toxins and much that
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we don't even know
about because we don't measure
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we don't go around
regularly measuring toxins and a
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broad range of toxins.
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Now, I'm not
trying to scare people,
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it's okay we can do a lot of
healthy things to counter that
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but it's important for
us to have conversation
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about these things and
start having systems in place
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where we can actually
measure things we know and look
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for the things
that we don't know.
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Because otherwise, it's
like running around blind
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with the obvious factor that
we have toxins in our system.
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and in our food system and
in our environmental system,
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and our agricultural
system and just ignore it,
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that's not wise.
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Can you imagine Prozac in fish?
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They even found
glyphosate in rainwater,
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they found hundreds of
chemicals in the umbilical cord
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blood. We're being
exposed in the womb, yeah,
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chemicals from
stain and oil repellents,
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from fast food
packaging and microwave popcorn
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clothes, textiles,
forever chemicals from Teflon,
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brominated flame
retardants, and pesticides.
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Individually these
chemicals are toxic to the brain
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or nervous system and we
don't even know the dangers
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and the damage
when we combine them.
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We're not just exposed to them
individually, it's not helping
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us to ignore what's going
on, but awareness is only good
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that's helpful. Otherwise
it just becomes one more thing
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outside of my
control to worry about.
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What can we do?
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Well, the first step is to
reduce exposure and then support
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the body's detox efforts.
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Reducing exposure includes
what we put on our skin,
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what we breathe in,
what we put into our mouths.
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So my husband and I what we
slowly done is we've learned
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about all these
different toxins because our
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desire is to live as healthy
as possible and to minimize
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the impact of our body being
influenced by these toxins.
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I'm glad she said slowly
because it can be completely
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overwhelming when you look
around your house and realize
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that they are in a lot of
products that we have in our
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cupboards and our shelves,
walking down the aisles of
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stores when you
typically purchase items you use
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and you realize it's everywhere.
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And so we've transitioned
to glass or stainless steel
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for all of our
storage containers,
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we've transitioned away
from certain cooking materials,
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to just ceramic that is
inert, and so there's a lot of
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transitions we've transitioned
away from toxins in our
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shampoo's and our conditioners,
and our lotions and our
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laundry detergents,
and our cleaning supplies,
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and our house, and all of
those kinds of things that we
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slowly worked on for
the last number of years.
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For that very reason one
of the resources I give to my
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patients is environmental
workgroup and they have an app
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and on that app and that
website you can actually look
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up...And they have the Dirty
Dozen which are the 12 foods
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that have the heaviest pesticide
laden spraying that can be
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problematic. And so I always
tell my patients like okay
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these are The Dirty Dozen,
these are The Clean Fifteen
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that I go come out from
EWG and if you are going to buy
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organic, buy the Dirty Dozen
organic so those are things like
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your apples, and your peaches,
and your berries and your
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green leafy' s and a few other
things and so those are the
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ones those are the ones
that will be the best for you
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to buy organic if you
can't buy everything organic.
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Reducing exposure and
gradually changing the products
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and the cookware we use is good.
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Another thing we can do
reduce exposure is have a
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healthy gut border, we tackled
leaky gut in the last episode
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but it's worthwhile bringing
it up again in the context
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of this topic.
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Well, we definitely need to
be mindful about where these
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toxins come from...One of
the things to do to prevent
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the accumulation of all these
toxins is to really be aware
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of all the toxic
substances in our environment.
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But as some of them enter into
our without us being aware of it
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we should instead of
focusing on specific toxins,
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we should try to
create a healthy body.
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You know and then also in
a lot of the products that we
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put on your skin, we can
be exposed to toxins that way.
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The reason you are able
to smell things is because
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particles at a microscopic
level are going through the nose
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hitting those nerves,
those olfactory nerves okay,
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to give you the smell
and subsequently the taste
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if it's going through the
mouth it's going into the body,
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the body has to
get rid of that stuff.
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That thought is a little
eerie we smell because particles
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are entering our nose.
It doesn't sound bad when
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it comes to smells
that I love, good smells,
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but we are also
exposed to bad smells.
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Walk down the street of
some European cities and
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instead of the smell of baked
bread in some local Boulangerie
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all you smell is
cigarette smoke and you are just
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taking that in. Walk into
some homes and it smells perfect
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like you just stepped
into a field of wildflowers
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which seems great except that
odor comes from a plastic gadget
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that plugged into the
wall releasing small amounts
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endocrine disruptors into the
air. Their smell-good chemicals
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but they are
chemicals none-the-less.
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On top of that, there's
the topic of off-gassing.
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This is the airborne
release of chemicals,
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a chemical in vapor form
from stuff we have in our homes,
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the flooring, the furnishings,
it can come from new cars,
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newer furniture and products.
We breathe them in unknowingly
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and they get dumped in our
body's toxic burden bucket.
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We all have a bucket
that is supposed to be empty
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when we are born but as
we touched on, modern babies
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can be born already exposed
to hundreds of environmental
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chemicals while in the womb.
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And then, they are sucking on
plastic toys and drinking milk
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from plastic bottles,
getting chemicals slathered
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on their skin, flame retardants
in their clothes and as life
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goes on the bucket is
potentially getting filled up.
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We're supposed to be
detoxing from stuff as we go but
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sometimes it's just too much,
the bucket starts overflowing
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and we develop different
kinds of health conditions.
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God made the body so that
we could get in to some toxins,
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we have Glutathione that is
supposed to clean these toxins
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out, Glutathione is made
by protein so we have protein
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in our foods okay. But when
we get this mass of problems
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either due to cigarette
smoke, alcohol, chemical that
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we're using to clean the house,
even paint fumes, car exhaust,
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diesel, all that kind of stuff.
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We can't get rid of a lot
of that stuff unless we do
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something else in addition.
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Okay, good, now we're going
to get in to how to support
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the body's house
cleaning or detox.
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So, the first thing we
learned was to minimize exposure
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you don't want to
keep adding to our bucket.
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Do you know that scientists
have found micro plastics
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in our bloodstream, brain,
lungs, even men's testicles
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and semen? I'm sorry to
say micro plastics in the most
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intimate recesses of
male reproductive anatomy
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and researchers have
hypothesized that this heavy
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concentration of micro
plastics in the testicles may be
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a factor of the global
decline and sperm count in
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male infertility.
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We can also have a bio-
accumulation of toxic metals
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in our bodies which has
been found to disrupt Vitamin D
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functioning and
hinder calcium uptake.
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I'm really hoping that this
information will motivate you
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to take this topic
seriously and work on minimizing
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your exposure, but what about
the exposure we've already had?
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How can we support our body
being able to get rid of these
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compounds?
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You can use nutrition,
nutrition and natural therapy so
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even things like your
cruciferous vegetable family
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are significant detoxifiers,
so this is your Brussel Sprouts,
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your Broccoli, your Cauliflower,
or your Cabbage, Kale,
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so those foods, if you could
make sure you get a serving
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or two of those every
day you're going a long ways
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in helping support
your body detoxification.
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Wow, Dr. Ray just touched on
a number of practical necessary
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detox ingredients, Cruciferous
vegetables, drinking plenty of
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good pure water, and deep
breathing, High fiber plant-
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based diet, healthy bowel
movements, earlier Dr. Sheer
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mentioned Glutathione
which is one of the body's most
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powerful and valuable
antioxidants found in nearly
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every cell in your body,
Glutathione is absolutely
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necessary for good detox.
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There are various things we
can do to support our body's
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production of Glutathione's
certain vegetables we can eat
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can support healthy levels
and there's a very popular
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supplement NAC that helps
support healthy Glutathione
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as well. Also, we need to
be aware that our Glutathione
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levels can become depleted
because we just got too much
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to detox from an unhealthy
lifestyle or consistent
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intake of alcohol or
work related exposure.
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Maybe we have a lot of
inflammation or have had
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significant mold exposure,
the body needs Glutathione
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to address all of this, so it's
important, but it's just one cog
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in the wheel of the
much bigger picture.
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There is a massive epidemic
of non-alcoholic fatty liver
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disease going on in the
United States, young individuals
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in their 20's and 30's with
cirrhosis that is not related
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to alcohol, why? Because
of the horrible food products
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that we're exposed to
and obviously when your main
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filter system is not
working properly you're going to
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start accumulating other toxic
substances so its just again the
00:15:10.77\00:15:15.04
concept this negative spiral,
when one thing falls apart,
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everything else
falls apart as well.
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So eating healthy is one
of the best ways to get rid of
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toxic substances from your body.
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Yeah, if you're drinking
a lot of alcohol and you
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start getting that fatty liver
disease, the liver is really
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churning out trying to
get all the stuff cleaned out.
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And that's why people
start getting all kinds of other
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subsequent problems with
edema and everything else
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because the liver is not
working like it should so it's
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compromised for sure.
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Just like so many other
organs are getting compromised
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from that also.
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That makes sense, our liver
is an important part of detox
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in terms of throwing a bunch
of alcohol at it won't allow it
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to perform up to its potential.
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You also have the elimination
process, urine, feces,
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but you also go
through the liver and the liver
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is one of the key organs
that it is supposed to detoxify
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for you, unfortunately depending
on your diet, you may be getting
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stuff that is preventing
the liver from doing what it's
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supposed to do.
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I'm thinking of a person
who is drinking a lot of alcohol
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well, they're going to
get fatty liver disease
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okay, where the liver
isn't working like it should
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because the
alcohol has ruined it.
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It's not just alcohol,
there's something called
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Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver
Disease and factors other than
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alcohol are contributing.
Factors like dietary sugar,
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blood sugar and byproducts of
our gut microbiome and it's not
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just the liver that
slowly detoxes it, we have detox
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function in every cell.
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We have inbuilt
systems for example our liver,
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our lungs, our kidneys,
their incredible, powerful
00:16:50.14\00:16:54.38
detoxification systems and
if we have a healthy liver,
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a healthy kidney, or renal
system and lungs that starts
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kicking in the process of
getting rid of these toxicants.
00:17:03.39\00:17:07.29
I always like to focus
on the bigger general health
00:17:07.32\00:17:12.96
threat than specific toxicants
because in my experience
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there's been a lot of
erroneous messaging out there
00:17:17.40\00:17:20.94
and benefitting from the
concept of detoxification with
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certain vitamins and concoctions
that have no scientific evidence
00:17:24.34\00:17:28.51
for them. But I like one
of them though... Which one?
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That black strip that they
put on the bottom of the feet
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and in the morning it's a white
strip and in the morning it's
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black and they...Laughter!
It leaches lead from your toes.
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Oh goodness. It's so funny.
Right. It doesn't work like
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that. The part of the sleep
that actually detoxifies you is
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not that strip, sleep
detoxifies you. Right.
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that's so funny, I love the
Schozias chemistry and how they
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bounce off of each other, they
are a beautiful couple for sure.
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I'm not sure what the
white strip that turns black is
00:18:01.98\00:18:04.38
but I think it's valuable
to increase our knowledge
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of how detoxification works.
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Detox is actually a complicated
process and to fully address it
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is beyond the scope of
this program suffice it to say
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and it takes a lot more than
eliminate fast or foot strip
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to do it right.
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And again depending on
what your disease state is
00:18:22.46\00:18:25.37
if you have some
sort of advanced disease,
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I will tell my patient, hey
look you might get a strong bang
00:18:27.87\00:18:31.91
for your buck really
diving deep into this.
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Taking a deep dive might include
getting tested, some symptoms
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might hint it like a mold
exposure, you can get tested
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for that. There are tests
to assess Glyphosate load,
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heavy metals and so forth.
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After you access what your toxic
load is, then with the help
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of a practitioner, you can
do a focused detox protocol
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that could include dietary
intervention, supplements,
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herbs, sweating, sleep,
insuring good gut function, etc.
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but don't forget the main
topic, daily detox, and living
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a healthy life on the daily
is the best way to support it.
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Most people wait until they
are failing and then they do
00:19:08.98\00:19:12.05
this big event it would
be a lot cheaper and simpler
00:19:12.08\00:19:16.28
and better for you if you
make it a daily occurrence.
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And that's why you eat a
certain diet, the more red meats
00:19:19.45\00:19:23.73
you're eating, the more
toxicityyou are getting.
00:19:23.76\00:19:26.36
Animals are toxic, okay, just
like people are getting toxic,
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animals are really toxic
and that's one of the reasons
00:19:30.53\00:19:33.57
you want to stay
away from animal products
00:19:33.60\00:19:35.24
because of that toxicity.
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And the reason why we recommend
a whole food plant-based diet
00:19:36.74\00:19:40.64
is as you go up on
the food chain animals are
00:19:40.68\00:19:43.91
bio-concentrators so whatever
environmental toxins exist
00:19:43.95\00:19:48.35
they get concentrated in
the flesh of these animals and
00:19:48.38\00:19:51.29
so eating plants
reduces that risk as well.
00:19:51.32\00:19:54.92
So all the healthy lifestyles
help the high fiber diet
00:19:54.96\00:19:59.89
with all the right
nutrients help neutralize toxins
00:19:59.93\00:20:03.16
and how the fiber helps extract
the toxins from the body.
00:20:03.20\00:20:07.37
as the liver basically
gets the toxins into the bile,
00:20:07.40\00:20:11.81
which then is bound by
fiber and another key factors
00:20:11.84\00:20:17.68
in the digestion tract.
So there's many things that
00:20:17.71\00:20:21.62
we can do to minimize our risk.
00:20:21.65\00:20:23.75
And even some of the
toxins that get eliminated
00:20:23.79\00:20:27.22
through the gut, you know
eating a whole food plant-based
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diet with the fiber, the
fiber grabs on to some of those
00:20:29.76\00:20:31.96
toxins and helps eliminate them
so there's a lot of different
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ways, nutrition, and water are
probably the biggest factors.
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Good water that doesn't
have toxins in it is really
00:20:38.63\00:20:43.17
great, keeping yourself well
hydrated a lot of the toxins
00:20:43.20\00:20:46.17
are eliminated through
the kidney's through your
00:20:46.21\00:20:49.21
urinary system so you have
several detoxification systems.
00:20:49.24\00:20:52.05
So, you have your
sweating through your skin,
00:20:52.08\00:20:54.78
through your gut you
have through your kidneys,
00:20:54.82\00:20:57.52
and so there are different
ways, even your breathing can
00:20:57.55\00:21:01.52
breathe out the toxins through
your lungs and so thinking about
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.13
what you can do
through these different systems
00:21:04.16\00:21:06.03
to support them I
think is important.
00:21:06.06\00:21:08.03
On top of that, sleep is very
important when we think about
00:21:08.06\00:21:13.50
repairing and restoring
and removing toxins too.
00:21:13.54\00:21:17.37
So, one of my
colleagues uses this analogy
00:21:17.41\00:21:20.98
and I really like it, he calls
it the Disney Land Analogy.
00:21:21.01\00:21:24.91
And so basically he talks
about how Disney Land is a
00:21:24.95\00:21:29.58
very active place
during the day, right?
00:21:29.62\00:21:31.02
Well, at night Disney
Land is actually just as active
00:21:31.05\00:21:36.12
as it is during the day but
there is just different things
00:21:36.16\00:21:39.66
going on. And it's
similar to with our body so
00:21:39.69\00:21:42.93
during the day we're
active doing things but at night
00:21:42.96\00:21:48.57
there's also a lot of activity
going on so at Disney Land
00:21:48.60\00:21:51.77
of course, they are
cleaning things, they're
00:21:51.81\00:21:54.61
repairing rides, etc.
00:21:54.64\00:21:56.24
While in our body is also
that repair, that restoration,
00:21:56.28\00:22:01.35
and that cleaning is
taking place and so if we're
00:22:01.38\00:22:04.35
sleeping properly, this
will actually, help to reduce
00:22:04.39\00:22:07.96
inflammation and it will also
help us to remove the toxins.
00:22:07.99\00:22:15.40
There's something that's called,
the very interesting that
00:22:15.43\00:22:18.73
found in the recent years
called the glymphatic system
00:22:18.77\00:22:22.40
and they used to think,
oh yeah, there's probably
00:22:22.44\00:22:25.14
not really any lymphatic
drainage or lymphatic system
00:22:25.17\00:22:29.98
in the brain but what
they've actually found is that
00:22:30.01\00:22:32.61
there's brain cleaning
that occurs while we're sleeping
00:22:32.65\00:22:36.89
and so normally there's
what we call the blood-brain
00:22:36.92\00:22:41.06
barrier that remains intact
so that the bad substances
00:22:41.09\00:22:45.46
can't get into you, the
brain. But when we're sleeping
00:22:45.49\00:22:50.13
that barrier actually relaxes
because the norepinephrine level
00:22:50.17\00:22:57.77
goes down the adrenalin levels
go down and so then there's
00:22:57.81\00:23:01.18
fluid that actually
goes throughout the brain
00:23:01.21\00:23:05.01
into the different spaces around
the brain cells and it will
00:23:05.05\00:23:10.59
literally, wash our brain
so that the toxins actually get
00:23:10.62\00:23:16.76
removed out of the brain
and this is one of the really
00:23:16.79\00:23:20.53
important aspects of sleep.
00:23:20.56\00:23:21.93
If we don't have the regular,
and especially that deeper sleep
00:23:21.96\00:23:25.43
where our brain can
really relax then we're not
00:23:25.47\00:23:27.70
going to get brain-cleaning
which will actually remove
00:23:27.74\00:23:30.47
toxins and prevent even
chronic inflammatory conditions
00:23:30.51\00:23:34.38
like Alzheimer's and that sort
of thing and just get us ready
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.98
for a new day
with a clean slate.
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Probably one of the reasons
we detox when we sleep is
00:23:41.58\00:23:45.89
because we are fasting and not
in digest mode so we can focus
00:23:45.92\00:23:49.52
on the other jobs.
00:23:49.56\00:23:50.89
It's really important
that we do an intermittent fast
00:23:50.93\00:23:55.60
for ideally about
five hours between meals.
00:23:55.63\00:23:59.30
And that gives the body a
chance to actually get into a
00:23:59.33\00:24:08.51
detoxification mode. If we
are constantly eating snacks
00:24:08.54\00:24:11.68
for every two to three
hours, the body is never able
00:24:11.71\00:24:14.32
to properly detoxify.
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.18
So, yeah, the whole lifestyle
makes a huge difference on that
00:24:16.22\00:24:20.42
and it's much better to
know about this ahead of time
00:24:20.46\00:24:23.36
and recognize, why am I staying
away from sugar and all this
00:24:23.39\00:24:26.36
stuff, well that's why,
because the world is toxic
00:24:26.39\00:24:29.80
you want to get through
this as healthy as you can.
00:24:29.83\00:24:33.07
I do, another thing
that is helpful to experience
00:24:33.10\00:24:36.67
consistently is sweating.
00:24:37.17\00:24:38.51
I know we try to avoid
it at all costs daily but
00:24:38.54\00:24:41.18
getting in a good sweat
because of exercise or sauna
00:24:41.21\00:24:44.48
is really effective
in reducing toxin burden.
00:24:44.51\00:24:47.02
Researchers have measured
heavy metals in the sweat
00:24:47.05\00:24:50.09
participants
sweating in the saunas.
00:24:50.12\00:24:51.85
We have to help the
body appropriately detoxify
00:24:51.89\00:24:57.03
and that starts of
course with the lifestyle.
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.53
When we exercise and we sweat
that's one of the best forms
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.87
of detoxification. Your
skin can actually detoxify
00:25:03.90\00:25:09.54
mercury, it can excrete
mercury and heavy metals
00:25:09.57\00:25:12.24
through the sweat if we get
a good sauna sweat or exercise
00:25:12.27\00:25:16.18
based sweat. the exercise
with the sweating can be very
00:25:16.21\00:25:21.08
helpful in removing toxins.
00:25:21.15\00:25:23.25
Making sure that our diet
is rich in the antioxidant
00:25:23.28\00:25:27.66
nutrients, the Vitamin C,
the Vitamin E, the Zinc, etc.
00:25:27.69\00:25:32.03
Another critical factor in
this process and then some...
00:25:32.06\00:25:35.90
many of my patients and I
myself will take a little bit
00:25:35.93\00:25:39.90
of charcoal at bedtime
away from any medicine or other
00:25:39.93\00:25:44.14
supplement ideally or food
so that the body detoxifies
00:25:44.17\00:25:49.78
best at night and so it's
safer to detoxify at night
00:25:49.81\00:25:55.58
and it's also more
effective to detoxify at night.
00:25:55.62\00:25:59.22
And so using a little bit
of charcoal or other potential
00:25:59.25\00:26:03.39
binders at bedtime can
be one of the helpful ways
00:26:03.43\00:26:09.46
to help eliminate
these toxins from the body.
00:26:09.50\00:26:12.67
Yes, our body is
constantly detoxing, our body,
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.87
the way God created us
is constantly trying to heal
00:26:15.90\00:26:19.17
so it always is trying
to detox anything that is
00:26:19.21\00:26:23.04
problematic or
causing issues in our body,
00:26:23.08\00:26:25.58
it's just are we giving it
the tools to be able to do so
00:26:25.61\00:26:28.82
on a regular basis? So
that's where I say eat your
00:26:28.85\00:26:31.29
Cruciferous vegetables
every day and make sure you're
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.56
drinking enough water every
day and that will help to keep
00:26:33.59\00:26:37.03
your body healthy and
well and detoxifying 24/7.
00:26:37.06\00:26:40.93
Boy, how do we
summarize our topic today?
00:26:40.96\00:26:44.47
There's just a lot to
consider and it's great that for
00:26:44.50\00:26:47.77
most of our lives our
body performs this amazing job
00:26:47.80\00:26:51.21
of detoxification for
us without us even having
00:26:51.24\00:26:54.64
to think about it. It's only
because our society has changed
00:26:54.68\00:26:57.71
and we are bombarded
today with this burden of
00:26:57.75\00:27:01.02
environmental toxicants
and see our bodies caving
00:27:01.05\00:27:04.49
under the strain and we
would do well to provide some
00:27:04.52\00:27:07.76
extra support to this
amazing redemptive function
00:27:07.79\00:27:11.99
that we call detox.
00:27:12.03\00:27:13.63
We were made not to be a toxic
dump, we were made for health.
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