Toxin Exposure & The Burden It Creates

I want to tell you about toxic exposure and cumulative toxic burden. 

Every day we’re exposed to toxins and we have built into us systems to detoxify! 

Toxins can come from things around us- in our environment, what’s ON us, and what’s IN us- basically what we eat, breathe, drink, touch- and actually (now we know!) what we THINK and FEEL.  

Toxins go in, and our bodies use many detoxification processes to help us eliminate those toxins- out! 

As long as we stay below a certain threshold and all those processes are working as they should, we feel okay. Usually, we’re more efficient at this process when we’re younger, and as we age we become less efficient at it. Additionally, your genetic makeup may be such that you have a harder time detoxifying in certain pathways to begin with! 

Over time the effects are cumulative and start to catch up with us… we get closer to that threshold and then we start to experience symptoms- fatigue, weight gain, sluggishness, brain fog, digestive issues, sensitivities, pain, the list goes on and on! 

You become symptomatic as your body starts to experience dysfunction. Think of it like an overflowing cup. 

You’re probably familiar with going to your family doctor for your annual wellness check where they do your basic labs and screenings and hopefully tell you there’s no signs of cancer or diabetes; or, maybe they tell you to exercise and watch your sugar but that’s about it.

There is absolutely a place and time for conventional medicine, however, there is - in many cases- a massive failure to identify and intervene before things ever reach the point of requiring conventional interventions. 

Using a functional medicine customized systematic approach, we can identify factors contributing to and get at the root cause of the dysfunction in your detoxification processes. 

We go step by step to decrease your toxic burden that may be contributing to your dysfunction. 

We can learn how to work with your body and optimize your environment, diet, and lifestyle to open up those detox pathways and decrease your toxic burden to keep you below that threshold. 

We’ll do it in a way that addresses you as a whole person- the physical, mental, emotions, spiritual, and even relationships, so you can experience optimal health and get back to feeling like yourself again.

If you are done with just getting by and are ready to change your health, click the link below. 

Book a call with me and let’s get to the bottom of it!

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