Detoxification

The majority of toxins is stored in fat tissues and cannot be dissolved in water. They can only be dissolved in oily or fatty solutions. This means that these toxins are fat soluble and cannot be removed through your waste or urine. These toxins can accumulate on fatty organs, such as the hormonal glands and the brain. These toxins have been linked to many diseases such as Parkinson's disease, chronic fatigue, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer.

All of the cells in the body participate in the detoxification process. The most important organ in this process is the liver because it handles about seventy five percent of the detoxification process. The liver will turn the toxins into water soluble chemicals that can be eliminated through the bowel and kidneys.

The liver goes through the detoxification process in two phases. Phase one of the liver detoxification process involves the use of enzymes that convert the toxins into less harmful chemicals. This process allows these chemicals to be removed through your bile or urine. In phase two of the liver detoxification process, nutrient molecules, such as amino acids, methionine, sulphur, and glucuronic acid, get attached to the less harmful chemicals in the body. These nutrient molecules transform these less harmful chemicals into water soluble substances that can be removed through your bile or urine.

You can help the liver detoxification process by observing some dietary requirements. The first thing that you should do is avoid foods that contain toxins. This means any food that contains antibiotics, pesticides, or hormones. Instead of these foods, you should eat organic produce and some meat without any toxins.

You should also avoid putting anything into your body that might speed up phase one of the liver detoxification process. If you speed up phase one of the detoxification process, you will increase the number of phase one metabolites and this will make your body more toxic. There are many phase one metabolites that can cause cancer. Among the things that can speed up phase one of the detoxification process are alcohol, cigarette smoke, coffee, recreational drugs, and some prescription medicine.

You should also add a nutrient called flavonoid to your diet. This nutrient will allow phase two of the detoxification process to keep up with phase one. You want to do this because if phase two of the detoxification process slows down, this will result in more toxins in your body. You can find flavonoids in green and black tea, berries, parley, and citrus fruits.

Phase two of the liver detoxification process requires a large supply of nutrients so you should consider adding more nutrient-rich food to your diet. Foods that are rich in nutrients include sulfur-containing foods and crucierous vegetables. Sulfur-containing foods include egg yolk, onions, and garlic. Crucierous vegetables are from the brassica family. They include cauliflower, brussel sprouts, argula, bok choy, horseradish, turnips, and collard greens. The detoxification process uses a lot of nutrients and these foods can replenish those nutrients.