Detoxification
Your toxic burden: demands on the detox system
Your body faces a toxic burden from myriad sources, including:
Environmental toxins
- Outdoor pollution
- Indoor pollution
- Carpeting
- Combustion by-products (e.g., carbon monoxide)
- Dust
- Mold and mildew
- Manufactured wood products
- Household cleaning products
- Chemicals in drinking water
- Chemicals in food
- Processed foods
- Colorings, preservatives (BHT, EDTA), additives, and flavorings
- Pesticides
- Food packaging
- Genetically altered foods
- Personal care products
- Heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic)
- Radiation
- Noise pollution
Drugs
- Prescription
- Over-the-counter
- Recreational (including alcohol)
- Stimulants (including caffeine)
Allergies
- Pollens
- Grasses
- Dust mites
- Animal dander
- Mold
Diet
- Trans fats
- Excess sugar and refined products
- Imbalance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
- Food sensitivities and allergies
- Constant dieting
Low-grade infections
- Parasites
- Yeast
- Viral
- Bacterial
Nutritional deficiencies
- Digestive enzymes
- Vitamins and minerals
- Amino acids
- Phytonutrients
- Essential fatty acids
Metabolic imbalances
- Hormonal
- Dysbiosis (gut flora)
- Chronic inflammation
- Poorly functioning organs
Physical
- Injuries
- Repetitive strain
- Tension
- Lack of exercise
- Lack of sleep
Work
- Too many responsibilities
- Long hours and not enough leisure time
- Boring and unfulfilling tasks
- Poor physical and emotional conditions
Psycho-emotional
- Low self-esteem
- No sense of purpose (or meaning)
- Lack of joy or love
- Holding grudges/inability to forgive
- Judging yourself and others
- Feeling helpless
- Being unable to reach out and ask for help
- Worrying a lot or feeling anxious
- Pessimism
- Guilt-ridden
- Fearfulness
- Doubtfulness
- Inability to fully express your emotions
Social
- Loneliness
- Isolation
- Lack of family support
- Divorce or break-up of long-term relationship
- Death of a spouse or other loved one
- Immigration
Spiritual
- Lack of trust in self, others, or the Universe
- Lacking sense of connection to a higher power
- Feeling separated from nature
- Disregarding inner guidance
- Little or no feeling of gratitude
- Lack of kindness and compassion for self and others
Adapted from Total Renewal: 7 Key
Steps to Resilience, Vitality and Long-term Health, © 2003 by Frank Lipman,
MD.
Our Personal Program is a great place to start
The Personal Program promotes natural hormonal balance with nutritional supplements,
our exclusive endocrine support formula, dietary and lifestyle guidance, and optional
phone consultations with our Nurse–Educators. It is a convenient, at-home
version of what we recommend to all our patients at the clinic.
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