The key to high performance is proper nutrition.
As a former long-distance runner, I know first hand what can happen when a person does not properly nutriate. At the age of 32, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. When you're burning fuel and not putting anything in the tank, your engine dies. According to Dr. Joel Wallach, more than 100,000 athletes die every year as a result of vitamin and mineral deficiency. I am writing this blog to prevent what happened to me from happening to you.
The term body burden refers to the accumulated total of chemical toxins in the human body.
The term can be used to collectively describe the total number of toxic
agents present in our systems at any given point in time. Just as
often, however, the term is used to describe the amount of a specific
toxic chemical in our system, such as lead or mercury. Toxic chemicals
can remain for years in our blood, fatty tissue, semen, bones, brain
cells, various organs, and muscle tissue.
Some of these
chemicals, such as arsenic, are substances that the body is able to
break down and excrete. However, continuous exposure overloads our
natural detoxification systems and leads to a buildup of these agents
within our bodies. Other chemicals, such as DDT, can remain in our systems for up to 50 years.
A body burden begins to develop in each of us early on as various toxins enter our systems from multiple sources.
Some are in the water we drink. Others are inhaled from the air we
breathe. An even greater number of toxins enter our bodies through our
digestive system because they are present in the processed foods we
eat. Some, such as BPA, are present on everything from receipts to
plastic. These negative agents can enter the pores of our skin simply
because we handle these objects.
One of the things that ought to really concern us is that there
are currently over 80,000 chemicals being used to make various products
ranging from plastic containers to children’s toys. Only a few
hundred have been tested, and scientists have not even begun to itemize
and analyze the byproducts that result from the synthesis of some of
these chemicals.
Scientists now believe that every
person on Earth has a body burden consisting of over 700 contaminants.
It does not matter where a person lives anymore, either.
Chemical agents are air borne, water borne, and can attach themselves to
dust particles that circle the globe as the wind blows them. Soil in
many places that we would assume is safe has been contaminated by a
number of industrial agents that found their way into the ecosystem.
The CDC recently reported in the “Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals” that people in the United States have been found to have 212 chemicals in their blood and urine.
Even worse, 75 of these agents have just now been measured in the
population. Seemingly innocuous substances, like the non-stick coating
in cookware, fire retardants used in baby products, and plastic food
containers all contain chemicals that in one way or another contribute
to the buildup of body burden.
In light of these
facts, it becomes obvious that there is a great deal more to living a
GREEN lifestyle than eating organic foods and exercising daily. Water filters and air filters should be installed in every home, and we should all take a proactive stance toward helping our bodies detoxify themselves from as many chemicals as possible.
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