A closer look at our detoxification system – our body’s unique design allows us to come in contact with known and unknown toxicants and metabolizes or clears those substances from our body, so they do not cause harm. Often folks get the inkling to clean house during the change of seasons, spring cleaning, well our body is always trying to clean house for it to be efficient.

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The body does a pretty good job, but there are things that often cause this clearing process to get backed up a bit. Our biggest players in the detoxification system is the liver, digestive system, and lymph. If for some reason our liver is a bit sluggish, then we reduce our effectiveness as detoxing.

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If we think of our detox system like a sink or bathtub, and the liver, lymph, and digestive system as the drain, then whatever we put in, needs to come out the drain. If it becomes backed up, then the sink will overflow.

What causes the drain to get back up is the increased exposure to environmental toxicants, poor diets, poor digestion, liver damage or infections, fatty liver or weight gain. So when we experience symptoms it is our body’s way of letting us know it needs a little extra support.  Let’s identify what symptoms you are experiencing that may be due to an overload of your body’s toxic burden.