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Spring Cleaning...Your Body, That Is
By Cynthia Sebry

Detoxification is the process of clearing toxins from the body using our organs. Daily, people consume a chemical cocktail made up of chemical residues in farm products, processed foods, water supplies and the air we breathe. Modern day health hazards. Our bodies eliminate toxins at a normal rate, but because of the environment we live in, the amount of toxins accumulated in our bodies is greater than what we can eliminate.

Detoxifying the body is essential to maintaining good health. It involves dietary and lifestyle changes that reduce toxin intake and improve elimination. Avoiding chemicals, refined food, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco and many other drugs, will help minimize the toxin overload. Drinking lots of water and increasing your fiber are good initial steps in the detoxification process.

Detoxification Organs

1. Our Colon: The colon is considered the most important organ in cleansing the body. If the colon is not functioning properly or toxins regularly remain in our body, placque can build up on the walls of the intestine, which normally leads to constipation and deterioration in the absorption of nutrients into the body.

2. Our lungs: The lungs aid the body in detoxification by expelling metabolic wastes that build up in basic metabolic functions. The most widely recognized waste is carbon dioxide, which is removed from the blood and expelled through the breath.

3. Our liver: The liver is the second largest organ in our body, after the skin, and one of the most important. Important functions that the liver performs are storing protein; secreting bile, which aides in digestion; producing glucose to maintain blood sugar levels and break down fats and proteins.

4. Our kidneys: The kidneys filter out toxins and waste products from the blood, disposing of them in urine. The kidneys also produce an enzyme that regulates blood pressure.

5. Our skin: It does a great deal more than hold your bones, muscles and organs together. Skin acts as a barrier against environmental pollutants, chemicals and harmful bacteria. It controls the temperature of the body and produces vitamin D from the rays of the sun. The skin also helps the body to rid itself of toxins through its sweat glands and it absorbs all that we apply onto it.

Detox Therapies

Supplements such as a Friendly-Flora, Enzymes, and Antioxidants

Ion Cleansing
Fasting
Colon Cleansing
Massage Therapies and Reiki
Sea Salt Bath

Cynthia Sebry is the owner of Essential Energy and Laser Centre in Lacombe. For additional information Cynthia can be reached at 403.391.4117 or please visit her website at www.essentialenergyandlaser.com.