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At Hawaii Naturopathic Retreat Center - for Fasting, Detoxification & Meditation we combine the best of detoxification methods with psychotherapy, meditation and spiritual ideas. In order to achieve maximal healing in minimal time. Learning about detoxification is very important for achieving a long life without pain and health problems. Read about our purpose and mission, and our philosophy and medical approach. Why do a 10-day water or green juice fast? The benefits of a 10 days water or green juice fast include
What is detoxification? Detoxification is the process of eliminating toxins from the body. Toxins build up in the tissues as a result of a back up in the elimination process. The organs of elimination either have too much toxins to deal with and or are not working properly at doing their job. An overburdened liver will become sluggish and as a result the process of detoxification from harmful drugs alcohol or foodstuff will slow down. Toxins are poisons. A poison is a substance that "when ingested, inhaled or absorbed or developed within the body has chemical action that may cause damage to structures or disturbance of function, producing symptomatology, illness or death" (Dorland's Medical dictionary). There are two types of toxins: Endotoxins produced by metabolic processes, and exotoxins coming from the environment. Endotoxins may be metabolite intermediates formed during phase 1 liver detoxification that has not been eliminated because of a sluggish phase 2. Endotoxins maybe the bacterial waste products. Endotoxins maybe the results of food allergies and sensitivities. Stress may be producing toxins. Exotoxins may come from foreign chemicals absorbed through the lungs, from the food we eat and the water we drink or the medication we are taking. Exotoxins may be toxic metals. Heavy metals are absorbed from cigarette smoke, aluminum pans, mercury fillings, traffic fumes, carpets, furniture and lumber from new houses. Elimination pathways There are 5 organs of elimination.
Water-soluble toxins are eliminated through the kidneys, fat-soluble toxins are eliminated through the bile and the feces, the lungs eliminate carbon dioxide. The kidneys filter the blood and eliminate the end product of protein metabolism in the form of urine. The kidneys regulate the concentration of ions such as sodium, potassium, phosphate and hydrogen. They have the important task of conserving the acid-alkaline balance of the blood. These functions may be disturbed when the kidneys are overloaded and cannot detoxify the blood efficiently. LIVER The liver detoxifies the blood, secretes bile and excretes bilirubin and other waste materials made elsewhere in the body. INTESTINES The small intestine completes the process of digestion and through absorption provides the body with nutrients, water and electrolytes. The principal functions of the colon are absorption of water and electrolytes from the chyme and storage of fecal matter until it can be expelled. LUNGS The lungs provide oxygen to the blood and the tissues and remove carbon dioxide SKIN The skin assists the kidneys in their eliminative function. The pores of the skin eliminate waste material in the sweat.
When these organs of elimination become burdened by toxic overload they do not function optimally and toxic material build up in the tissues and accumulates in the blood. As clean as our diet can be and as conscious as we can be about our environment, we all breathe the same pollutants carried by the wind far away from their source, rivers move toxic material from mountains to oceans. We cannot avoid eating some processed or genetically engineered food, drinking some chlorinated water or absorbing mercury from the fishes we are eating. As time goes by, the organs of elimination become overloaded and toxins build up in the tissues. It is good practice to stop adding to the body burden and allow time for clean up. Allowing 10 days per year of water fasting, or green juice fasting, will provide the necessary break for the body to
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