The body’s capacity to detoxify weakens over time as the effects of age and lifestyle gradually
undermine its natural eliminative functions. For this reason, it’s important to learn how to
enhance and facilitate the body’s inherent purification mechanisms.
Toxins accumulate in the body for a number of reasons. Environmental toxins is one factor,
but so is digestive dysfunction, which causes incomplete elimination of metabolic waste
products. Emotional stress, impaired lymphatic function, and reduced oxygenation of body
tissues caused by shallow breathing also contribute to the accumulation of toxins in the body.
The accumulation of toxins in the body, according to most systems of natural health, is the
underlying cause of a numerous health problems. Even Western medicine is finally starting to
recognize detoxification as a vital body process. Most degenerative diseases as well as
premature aging are thought to be related to accumulated toxins that impede cellular function.
Detoxifying Naturally
The body has numerous inbuilt ways of getting rid of waste products. The basic actions of
breathing, digestion, and circulation bring nutrients to bodily tissues and eliminate waste
products. In addition, sweating, elimination, and lymphatic circulation are all mechanisms for
removing waste products. Over time, these processes become less effective due to the effects
of lifestyle factors and the normal progression of aging. For any detoxification program to be
effective, restoring the body's own eliminative functions to greater health is a first step.
undermine its natural eliminative functions. For this reason, it’s important to learn how to
enhance and facilitate the body’s inherent purification mechanisms.
Toxins accumulate in the body for a number of reasons. Environmental toxins is one factor,
but so is digestive dysfunction, which causes incomplete elimination of metabolic waste
products. Emotional stress, impaired lymphatic function, and reduced oxygenation of body
tissues caused by shallow breathing also contribute to the accumulation of toxins in the body.
The accumulation of toxins in the body, according to most systems of natural health, is the
underlying cause of a numerous health problems. Even Western medicine is finally starting to
recognize detoxification as a vital body process. Most degenerative diseases as well as
premature aging are thought to be related to accumulated toxins that impede cellular function.
Detoxifying Naturally
The body has numerous inbuilt ways of getting rid of waste products. The basic actions of
breathing, digestion, and circulation bring nutrients to bodily tissues and eliminate waste
products. In addition, sweating, elimination, and lymphatic circulation are all mechanisms for
removing waste products. Over time, these processes become less effective due to the effects
of lifestyle factors and the normal progression of aging. For any detoxification program to be
effective, restoring the body's own eliminative functions to greater health is a first step.
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| Yoga for Spring Detoxification |
"The benefits of yoga for
detoxification are unequaled.
Yoga encourages the proper
circulation of blood and
lymph fluid, enhances
digestion, reduces nervous
tension, and strengthens the
endocrine system. . . Every
organ system in the body
benefits from yoga."
Peter Bennett, N.D., Author
of the 7-Day Detox Miracle
detoxification are unequaled.
Yoga encourages the proper
circulation of blood and
lymph fluid, enhances
digestion, reduces nervous
tension, and strengthens the
endocrine system. . . Every
organ system in the body
benefits from yoga."
Peter Bennett, N.D., Author
of the 7-Day Detox Miracle