And the price we all pay for living in a highly-industrialized, hi-tech world of ever-increasing convenience is environmental toxins . . . chemicals and other materials resulting in large part from careless industrial practices. And they’ve saturated our water, our food and the air we breathe.
Most toxins aren’t easily detectable. For the most part, you can’t see them, smell them or feel them. So we don't really realize that we're being affected by until we become sick after years of subtle and often consistent exposure. Consider this:
- Almost 80,000 chemicals are produced in North America alone
- Over 3,000 chemicals are added to our food supply
- More than 10,000 chemical solvents, emulsifiers and preservatives are used in food processing
- And roughly 1,000 new chemicals are introduced each year
Then What Happens?
A lot, and none of it good. Perhaps 75% of most cancers are caused by environmental and lifestyle factors, including exposure to chemicals (source: British Medical Journal). Other recent reports estimate that 95% of all cancers are caused by diet and environmental toxicity (source: Columbia University of Public Health).
Not so surprising when you consider that most Americans are estimated have between 400 - 800 chemicals stored in their bodies . . . typically in our fat cells. Some of the short- and long-term effects of these toxins include:
- Neurological disorders (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, depression, ADD, schizophrenia)
- Cancer
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Hormonal imbalances
- Altered metabolism
- Reproductive disorders
- Enzyme dysfunction
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Obesity
- Muscle/Vision disorder
- Immune system imbalances
- Allergies
- Chronic viral infections
- Decreased ability to tolerate stress
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