Does Your Fat Store Toxins for You?
There has been a lot of talk lately about toxins that get stored in the body, waste that doesn’t get pushed out of the body and collects in the colon and a variety of bacteria and parasites that may be lurking in various organs. This has fueled a lot of consumer activity for colon cleansers and detox type diets, but how true are these claims? Is it possible that part of your weight problem is due to toxins being stored inside your body?
There is quite a bit of truth behind some of these stories of toxins, parasites and bacteria, but a harsh laxative based cleansing system or near-starvation detox diet is not going to solve the problem for you. The first step to making sense of this is to understand what we are talking about when we say there may be toxins inside your body.
Environmental Toxins
Every day you walk out the front door, you are exposed to a variety of toxins through the air. If you live in the city you are inhaling emissions from millions of vehicles on the road as well as fumes and other toxic waste coming from industrial businesses. If you ride a public bus, then you are inhaling those fumes as it pulls up to curb as well.
If you live out of the city where the air is clearer, you may still be faced with some toxins though it won’t be as obvious.
Pesticides and Other Food Toxins
Much of our produce today has been sprayed with pesticides to reduce crop loss to bugs and other chemicals have been proven to leak into crops through water drainage that gets into the soil during the growing season. There can also be toxins introduced to food sources while they are being harvested, sorted and packed for shipment to your grocery store.
Of course, you are already aware that many water sources contain toxins today as well. Even bottled water may include toxins! Finally, many preservatives used to extend the shelf life of packaged foods are toxic to the body in large quantities.
Once inside your body, these toxins can do great damage to your system over time. Since they are not natural particles or food sources that the body is familiar with, your organs can quickly become overwhelmed by all of these toxins.
When this happens, you will start to store much of the toxic matter in your fat cells. In fact, you may actually create completely new fat cells just for the storage of these toxins! Since those additional fat cells can never be taken away (though they can be emptied and shrunk down), this is obviously a big problem if you are trying to lose weight!
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