Toxins and Solutions

 

Well with recent events it is in question if we will even have sports to watch anymore. What do yall think?
I am not going to get into politics and I know we all like the good-bad stuff when we are watching the game. But would it kill us to try to have more good-good stuff more often? How can we make this easier?

Toxins-

According the Global Healing Center we are exposed to anywhere between 700,000 to 2,100,000 toxins on a daily basis if we include the crazy poisons that GMO companies are pumping into the food supply. So given this knowledge, health is defined as the ability to heal, correct? Does it make since that if we are exposed to these toxins every day it could be damaging our cells and the ability to heal? Would it make since that people having more issues with current disease might have weaker cells? Food for thought.

Top Three Toxins found in homes today-

1. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

    Risks- Vision and breathing issues, headaches, dizziness, memory issues. Prolonged and higher exposures can increase risk of cancer, liver, kidney and central nervous system damage.

    Sources- New carpets and home furnishings, paints, particle board, plywood and pressed wood, deodorants, shampoos, cosmetics, air fresheners and tobacco products.

2. Pesticides-
According the EPA, 60% of herbicides, 90% of fungicides and 30% of insecticides are known to be carcinogenic. Pesticide residues have been detected in 50% to 95% of U.S. foods!

Want to know how to grow your own food? I am working on this myself, but my biggest advice with food is know where it comes from and know what's in it. The best solution to this is to grow you own or buy local.

    Risks- Irritation of eye, nose and throat, damages to central nervous system and kidney, increased risk of cancer, Parkinson's disease, miscarriage, nerve damage, birth defects, blocking the absorption of food nutrients.

This makes you think about the production of our food. Why would food companies and or our Government put us at risk for these things?

    Sources- Food (some fruits, vegetables and commercially raised meats), household pest control products and sprays, and some chemical lawn treatments which drift or are tracked indoors.

How to minimize exposure:
- be aware of what you track into the house
- Buy fresh organic produce or better yet grow your own
- Avoid using chemical based pest control products in the home
- Use natural pest control methods for your lawn and garden

3. Heavy Metals
Metals like arsenic, mercury, lead, aluminum and cadmium, which are prevalent in many areas of our environment, can accumulate in soft tissues of the body.

    Risks- Cancer, neurological disorders, Alzheimer's disease, foggy head, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, decreased production of read and white blood cells, abnormal heart rhythm, damage to blood vessels.

    Sources- Drinking water (I recommend getting your water from a professionally filtered source like in NB we have WaterTree), some seafood, vaccines, pesticides, preserved wood, antiperspirant, building materials, dental amalgams, chlorine plants, lead paints.

How to minimize exposure:
- Install water filters or buy from a professional filtering company, alkaline water is good for health as well.
- Use cold water for drinking, making tea or coffee and cooking.
- Avid fish high in mercury, such as king mackerel, tile-fish, swordfish, shark, orange roughy, and marlin. Limit consumption of tuna, especially steaks and canned 'white' albacore.

3- ways Toxins Cause Weight Gain

So talking to real ER Doctors and reading stats, most people who are getting most sick or worse during this time, obesity is a common factor. From Global Obesity Levels- Vietnam is the least obese country with 2.1% of the population classified as obese. Among OECD countries, the United States is the most obese (36.2%). According to WHO, more than 1.9 billion adults worldwide were overweight, including 650 million who were obese, in 2016. 

Vietnam had one of the lowest incidents rates during this crisis. We have one of the highest. Is this related?

Does toxic exposures cause weight gain? For sure 100%

1. When our hormones are working properly, this is when we have an easier time of regulating weight. Toxins affect our normal hormones process for weight regulation.

2. Our bodies are very resilient and naturally does all it can to protect us. Our bodies do this by in some way placing fat cells around toxins to protect other cells and our organs. Lost of sugars and or high fructose corn syrup has a negative effect in this process.

3. Our thyroid can be heavily affected by toxins. Our thyroid helps regulate energy, our body temperatures (who has gotten temp checked recently?), and keeps our brain heart and other organs working as they should. If these things are working properly, again our body goes into protection mode and fat or weight gain is one our bodies protections.

Solutions

1. Be aware- be aware of the products you use and what is in your environment that may be a toxin. Use more natural products. Good rule of thumb- if you read a label and don't know half the stuff that is in the product, look for a product you know what the ingredients are.

2. Drink more and better water- again if you can get your water at a professional filtering company like WaterTree, that is best.

3. Eat more clean fruits and vegetables. If at all possible grow your own (I can show you a way to make gardening easier so let me know). I would say Organic and will write another blog talking about Organic, but if you can go Organic or ideally find local farmers who are practicing regenerative farming practices.

If you can eat at least two servings of each color of the rainbow of fruits and vegetables. There are 5-6 different colors and every color has different "plant chemicals" that help "clean out" toxins. You see you want to balance they types of chemicals you are exposed to. Human made chemicals reduce your body and cells ability to heal. Plant chemicals increase your body and cells ability to heal.

4. Buy Juice Plus from me 😁 Do me a favor and Google "The most researched nutritional product" tell me what comes up? I first started taking Juice Plus in 1994, before the research, for depression and stomach ulcers caused by the depression... It helped! I have not had the flu or more than a day of cold since 1999. When I run long distances like a 50K with over 300 up and down dune like hills, I don't get sore and have quick recovery. This is because of the plant chemicals (all the colors of the rainbow) helping with antioxidants to reduce cell damage.
Juice Plus is my insurance and assurance to make sure I am getting the nutrition I need. It does not replace fruits and vegetables, I still try to get as many as I can in a day, but it fills the gap of what I am supposed to be getting vs what I actually get. Do you think it is easy to eat two servings of each color of fruits and vegetables each day? What if you don't like most fruits and vegetables that much? Well Juice Plus is one of the best easy buttons in health that you can have in your arsenal against toxins and poor health! Order Now!

With all this information what do you think? Makes me wonder why we do things the way we do, mostly for profit and in my opinion not for peoples health.

I am told all the time, Nick, you can't tell people to be healthy, they are going to do what they are going to do. TRUE, but with these above facts, why wouldn't people want to be more aware and be concerned for their health and body function. Eventually we will reach a tipping point where we don't have a choice. A prime example is what we have seen happen to professional sports and many niceties we have.  

I am doing everything I can to educate, contribute and plan to be part of the change.

What do you choose?

If any of this makes since to you, I am here to help. Please contact me or let me know how I can best help you to reduce toxins in your life.

Thank you and keep Living to the PLUS!

nicktotheplus@gmail.com
210.843.4130