Detox Hoax Poison Removal from Your Body

15 Detox Hoax Poison Removal from Your Body 

Detoxification seems to be all the rage, at least in the tabloids and lifestyle magazines, especially in the spring. This is the season of re-birth, so it is high time to get rid of the toxins that have accumulated in the human body. According to the advertisements, this is such an important project for everyone that investing major financial resomces into it is absolutely necessary. So wlty do schools refuse to teach this practice in science class Do scientists think that detoxification is useless but does no harm Or is it in fact harmless  

Proponents of detoxification claim that toxins continuously enter human bodies with food where they accumulate and eventually cause illnesses. This is why armual (or even more frequent) detoxification is necessary to help remove the toxins. Herbs are often advised for this prrrpose, but some of the suggestions are more cotmterin- 

Food always contains smaller or larger amorrrrts of substances that the body does not need. Yet this fact seldom has ary noticeable consequence on hirman health because detoxification , which here means removing the utmecessary substances, never stops in a healthy persom Actirally, the body has a very sophisticated system that ensitres the rapid excretion of preservatives, flavor enhancers, drugs or mycotoxins to avoid any possible damage. Part of the job is done by enzymes, which identify itrmecessary substances (xenobiotics) and transform them into water soluble forms. Those taken up from the gastrointestirral tract are usually excreted in urine. A smaller percentage of these substances make their way into bile, with an even smaller part to other body fluids (saliva, sweat, and breast milk). 

If the metabolized product is non-polar, it dissolves in fate and oils, and is reabsorbed in the kidney into the blood. If the solubihty of the metabohzed product is better in water, excretion is more efficient. An interesting calculation was made 

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