Analyse Your Mind and Body for Signs of Toxicity
Your body is pretty complex. It handles many thousands of tasks each day – many of which you’re completely unaware of. When something isn’t right, your body will start sending you warning messages.
The problem is that not many people understand that these warning messages come in the form of symptoms. When there’s an issue, your body tries to get you to address it by causing something to hurt, to swell, or by taking up more energy than it normally would.
Far too many people ignore these messages in the form of symptoms until they reach a point where they feel too poorly to keep up with the tasks involved in their day-to-day living.
One of the reasons that your body can start sending out warning messages is because it can reach a point where toxins build up leading to toxicity. By the time you reach that point, you’ll feel pretty bad.
You can do a lot to help your body stay in good health by checking to see if your mind or body have been showing symptoms commonly associated with a toxin build up.
Mental Fog
In the mind, the number one symptom is mental fog. When this happens, you’ll begin to experience trouble with the way that you think. You’ll lack the clarity that you once had. At first, you might not even notice that your mind isn’t as quick as it used to be but as time passes and toxins continue to build up, the mental fog will only grow worse.
Mental fog can vary from one person to the next, depending on the level of toxins you’ve been exposed to and how your body reacts to those toxins. What can be kind of scary is that testing for toxins isn’t easy.
Fatigue.
In fact, many lab tests will come back within normal parameters when you actually do have a problem. Your body will also show symptoms of fatigue when you have a build up of toxins in your body.
This fatigue can reach the point where it leaves you unable to function. This type of fatigue is often under diagnosed conditions because fatigue is often attributed to other conditions first.
Trying to make up for a lack of energy with stimulants like caffeine and taurine only worsen the problem in the long run. After the pick-me-up there is often an energy crash that leaves you feeling worse than when you started. Not only that but these beverages usually act to burden the liver, further exacerbating the problem and sending you into a low-energy spiral
When toxins stay in your body, over time, it takes away your energy stores and that’s why you feel drained of energy. Your body can only handle so much and when toxins are in your body, your system tries to get rid of them, but unfortunately, it can’t keep up with the volume of toxins we’re exposed to on a daily basis.
That’s why your body needs a detox. When you go through a detox plan, you can cleanse your body of all these toxins, even if the toxins have built up over time. You can restore clarity of mind and get the energy that you lost back.
Constipation
Constipation happen when we are unable to get rid of the toxins every day, allowing them to negatively affect our bodies. In addition to stomach upset, constipation can cause headaches, aches and pains, and tiredness. It can happen specially if you’re consuming a lot of processed foods filled with chemicals, pesticides, and preservatives.
Chronic constipation is a sign that something isn’t right in your digestive system. If you’ve tried increasing your fiber intake and adjusting your diet with limited results, it could be your body telling you that it needs a cleansing. Frequent Indigestion is also a common sign.
Feeling Depressed
Your mood can change with the right or wrong meal, and eating foods that are low-quality or even toxic to the body over long periods of time can put you in a depressed state.It’s important to make the distinction between feeling down and depressed and having clinical depression. If you believe that you may be clinically depressed it’s important to consult with your doctor for the best help.
Sensitivity to scents
Strong reactions to smells — particularly fragrances — might mean that you’re simply sensitive to chemicals and that your body is fighting toxic overload. If you suffer headaches or stomach upset simply from scents, this may be the case.
Bad breath and body odors
Bad breath is often related to digestive problems, but it can also mean that your liver is struggling to get rid of the toxins in your body. No brushing, chew gum, rinse, breath mints, can get rid of it. Until you tackle the problem from the source, you’ll continue to scare away anyone who comes close! Sweat doesn’t naturally have a bad odor, but as your body sweats it also releases toxins and those toxins cause the sweat to have an unpleasant Bad body odor and breath often comes from eating too much junk food and processed food, which is harder for your body to digest and process.
Weight Gain
If you’re not at your ideal weight even after several earnest attempts at weight loss, it could be that you were fighting an uphill battle thanks to all of the toxins in your body.
Turning to healthy foods and healthy lifestyle will not work well if there is waste in the body that is preventing the absorption of the vitamins and minerals these foods contain.
Skin reactions
Skins reactions are very symptomatic considering that the skin represent your boundary, your limits. Acne, rashes, and other skin problems may signal a toxic overload. Acne, in particular, can be related to the toxins in our diet or skin care products. Puffy eyes and eczema or psoriasis outbreaks can also be signs that you’ve just reached your toxic limit.
Muscle aches and pains
Unless you have your workout yesterday, if you experience muscle aches on a regular basis, it could be that the toxins in your life are working away at your muscles and joints. When you have toxins in the body that need to come out you are more likely to suffer from inflammation, because many of the foods and beverages that cause toxicity also lead to inflammation.
Trouble Sleeping
An excessive amount of toxins can keep you up at night, tossing and turning as your natural cycle is disrupted. Melatonin signals the body for sleep, but an excessively toxic body can reduce the amount of melatonin that is released, and cause a domino effect when it comes to getting natural, restful sleep. You may find yourself falling out of rhythm with nature, with staying up late and waking up later than you need to, or feeling like you need more sleep than you actually do.
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual organs are the same as any other organ, and their proper function can be thrown off when there are too many toxins wreaking havoc on the body. Low libido and hormonal imbalance may not be a sign of aging, but rather a sign that you need a detox in a bad way.
Premature Aging
Wrinkles, fine lines and other aging blemishes can be a sign that your body has been overloaded with toxins for too long and your skin couldn’t repair itself fast enough.
So many of us neglect our bodies because we get busy with work, family, life, etc. but you only get one body and it’s your HOME – you need to give it the proper nutrition, exercise and care to have the best health possible.
Simple Solutions
- Star a detox plan
Support your liver with things like dandelion tea, parsley, cilantro, and milk thistle. - Drink more water — it helps flush toxins out of your body.
- Exercise at least 30 minutes a day. Exercise gets the circulation moving, helping to move toxins along.
- Get a good daily supply of digestion-supportive probiotics, found in kefir, yogurt, sauerkraut, Kombucha tea, miso soup, tempeh, and kim chi.
- Always brush your tongue — even better, use a tongue scraper—when brushing your teeth.
- Practice deep breathing — we get rid of a lot of the toxins in our bodies through our lungs.
- Use only natural skin care products that are free of fragrances, sulfates, phthalates, parabens, and other potentially toxic ingredients, and always read labels.
- Choose clean, whole, and organic foods whenever possible!