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What Is a Detox?
A detox is a way to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over time. Toxins can come from food in the form of preservatives, pesticides and insecticides. They also come from smog in the air, tabacco smoke, drinking alcohol, and water. Did you know that toxins also come from over the counter and prescription drugs as well as synthetic vitamins? Did you know that you can make your body toxic by simply watching television?
Obvious signs of toxicity in the body are: fatigue, lack of energy, lack of concentration, emotional instability, easily getting sick, skin conditions and many more.
There are various ways to detox the body. The strategies we will cover in the seminar can be used daily, weekly, monthly and seasonally.
Detox, short for detoxification, is the body's natural, ongoing process of neutralizing or eliminating toxins from the body. Toxins (anything that can potentially harm body tissue) are transformed chemically to less harmful compounds and excreted via stools or urine.
Sources of toxins include those produced in the body during normal functions, such as the ammonia produced during the breakdown of protein, and chemicals such as pesticides, household cleaners, food additives, drugs, pollution, cigarette smoke, and heavy metals like lead that enter the body when we ingest or inhale them.
Other sources of toxins are: chlorinated water, additives, colourings, preservatives, food alteration, alcohol, tobacco, pesticides, gene-manipulated foods, processed foods, texturized foods, irradiated foods, synthetics producing gas, moulds, cosmetics, deodorants, cleaning products, over the counter and prescription drugs, treatments, vaccinations and immunizations.
Toxins interfere with biological processes. Illness results when the load of toxins exceeds the body's ability to remove them.
Toxins accumulated in the body over time cause diabetes, arthritis, cancer and other chronic diseases. It is possible to reverse the damage in the body with an effective detox and change in lifestyle.
PARENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN INFLUENCE KIDS’ PAIN PERCEPTION
According to preliminary results of a study presented last week at the American Headache Society’s meeting in Chicago , parents of youths with migraines influence their children’s pain response. .
“We want to know how much of a child’s response to migraine pain is learned and how much is hereditary,” explains lead author, Ann Pakalnis, MD.
Researchers looked at twenty adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years, who averaged between one and 15 moderate to severe migraines each month. Nearly 93% of their parents reported having at least one chronic pain condition.
Findings suggests those parents who report more disability due to chronic pain conditions rate their adolescents as being more disabled and have adolescents who report being more disabled by migraines. Parental disability was also positively correlated with adolescents’ reports of both number and severity of symptoms experienced.
“When talking with children individually, they tend to report less pain and disability,” notes Dr. Pakalnis. “On the other hand, adults with a history of chronic pain tend to over-report their child’s perception of migraine pain as compared to parents or guardians that do not have a chronic pain problem.”
AHS – June 17, 2007 .
www.americanheadachesociety.org
According to preliminary results of a study presented last week at the American Headache Society’s meeting in Chicago , parents of youths with migraines influence their children’s pain response. .
“We want to know how much of a child’s response to migraine pain is learned and how much is hereditary,” explains lead author, Ann Pakalnis, MD.
Researchers looked at twenty adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years, who averaged between one and 15 moderate to severe migraines each month. Nearly 93% of their parents reported having at least one chronic pain condition.
Findings suggests those parents who report more disability due to chronic pain conditions rate their adolescents as being more disabled and have adolescents who report being more disabled by migraines. Parental disability was also positively correlated with adolescents’ reports of both number and severity of symptoms experienced.
“When talking with children individually, they tend to report less pain and disability,” notes Dr. Pakalnis. “On the other hand, adults with a history of chronic pain tend to over-report their child’s perception of migraine pain as compared to parents or guardians that do not have a chronic pain problem.”
AHS – June 17, 2007 .
www.americanheadachesociety.org