TTwo Types of Toxins that Adversely Affect Your Health
What the body interprets as a toxin is one of two types — exotoxins (toxins that come from outside the body) or endotoxins (toxins that develop within the body).
An exotoxin is generally any one of tens of thousands of agricultural, industrial or household chemical substances that we are exposed to in our day-to-day life. To some point, we are able to control and restrain our vulnerability to these types of toxins. The types of products and produce we buy is one area of our lives where we can be in almost complete control. Recently, more retailers are supplying high quality cleaning and personal care products that are toxin-free.
Endotoxins are far more challenging to control. These are the by-products of our body’s normal metabolic processes. An endotoxin can be a digestive waste product, antibodies, hormones and cellular material whose constituents need to be excreted.
Many of us who live in urban societies today meet an increasing degree of toxic overload. Though our body is fit to handle the detoxification and elimination of endotoxins, the body is not able to deal with the increasing number of exotoxins that we consume through our air, food, beverages, cleaning products and personal care products.
As much as we may try to avoid environmental toxins, the ability to do so is very problematical. We are simply exposed to an overwhelming number and diversity of chemicals that are completely foreign, if not really detrimental, to the body. Uncomplicated ways we can trim our exposure to toxins is to purchase natural, organic personal care and cleaning products, and to always purchase organic produce when possible.
As well as minimizing our exposure to dietary and environmental toxins, we can do a lot toward assisting the body’s normal detoxification operations. Doing a monthly body detox program will cleanse your body and do much to subdue the physiological burden on your body that toxicity causes.
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