Your
body gets rid of toxins in a couple of key ways. The first is the elimination
of toxins; you have systems in place that simply flush the bad stuff out. The
second is chemical detoxification, which occurs when various parts of your body
— the liver is a top example — break down toxins into simpler, less harmful
materials that are usually shuttled out of the body in your waste products.
Toxin
elimination
When
you talk about the natural elimination of toxins from your body, your kidneys
deserve center stage. Sure, some organs have a higher profile — your brain and
heart come to mind — but when it comes to sorting out toxins and putting them
on the first fast train out (usually into the toilet), nothing beats the
kidneys. They’re especially adept at clearing out water-soluble toxins.
Many fat-soluble toxins that can’t be
whisked away by your kidneys or broken down by your liver (more on that organ
in a moment) get sequestered in your fat cells, where they become a constant
source of toxicity. How do you get rid of those toxins? You sweat the small
stuff and the big stuff and everything in between. Sweating is a remarkable detoxification
technique; several different kinds of toxins can be removed from your body only
through sweating.
Chemical detoxification
Chemical detoxification takes place
when one of your body’s parts breaks down the chemical structure of a toxin so
it’s no longer harmful. The process starts in your nose and mouth, where immune
cells begin busting up toxic substances. The tonsils do a lot of work on toxins
before they continue toward your stomach, where some of the most potent acid in
the natural world goes to work on a breadth of toxins. That brings it to the
liver. Your liver is a fantastic chemical processing plant, and it can break
down toxins that range from ammonia to alcohol.
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