Many naturopathic practitioners believe that the medicine of the 21st century needs to focus on detoxification. To fully understand this, let’s take closer look.

Based on the extensive research of one of Germany’s top toxicologist, Dr. Max Daunderer, the daily exposure to toxins is increasingly high. There are 12 million known chemical substances, of which only some risks to health and environment are known. Gaining reliable research takes decades to collect and interpret. A solid understanding based on sound data will remain unknown for some time.

Increasing numbers of people suffer from imbalances to the immune system, allergies and other chronic diseases. Undefined symptoms often have its cause in chronic toxic exposure or electromagnetic stress.

Food allergies can be triggered by at least 50 known substances, while allergens in cosmetics can mount in the hundreds.

Dr. Daunderer has been researching toxins and its effects on humans for decades. In his new book he focuses on chemicals which pose steady health threads to humans, such as toxins in dental fillings. He advocates for removal of all amalgam fillings and mercury-free dentistry. His research indicates that all dental materials are potentially toxic with a broad range of allergic reactions. He says heavy metals and toxins leave characteristic changes in the jaw bone.

He recommends the removal of amalgam, gold, tin, aluminium, lead and bismuth. Through biopsies he found that virtually all inhaled toxins such as formaldehyde, solvents, pesticides, smoking and platinum are stored in the jaw.

Dr. Daunderer recommends not closing a dental surgical site immediately but leaving gauze in place. According to his findings, the jaw bone detoxifies itself through an open wound within a couple of days.

Based on evidence from German studies, the most compatible material currently used in dentistry is ART glass and carboxyl ate cement. See a holistic dentist for more details.

Pharmaceutical drugs, chocolate, tea and coffee pose daily effects on our health which can be eliminated by personal choice. Other health hazards such as tobacco and ethanol are much harder to eliminate due to passive smoking and ethanol vapours released by many household items.

How are these toxins stored in the body?

Everyone living in an industrial nation has environmental toxins stored in their body. While it is still unknown how new toxins react with already accumulated toxins in the body, it is assumed that all toxins are being stored in specific body parts. They accumulate until one feels some symptoms.

During our sleep the liver and kidneys, which are main detoxification channels, slow down. It is imperative to keep the bedroom free of environmental toxins and geo-stressors.

Most of the toxins are being stored in the fat and nerve tissues, lesser in the muscles and skeleton and least in nails and hair. The liver stores fat soluble toxins, the kidney water soluble toxins. Other storage areas are pancreas, skin, colon, bone marrow and the brain.

Dr. Daunderer states that without allergies to a specific metal this metal won’t be stored in the brain. However he estimates that 90 percent of the population are allergic to metals and therefore brain-toxic to that metal.

In order to detox the brain from metals, the allergies have to be identified and treated prior, during and after a detox program.

Dieting can pose large health risks in connection to stored toxins. During dieting fat storages are tapped into which can release toxins stored in the fat. Controlled and systematic fasting is important to open detoxification channels first.

Talk to a naturopathic or homeopathic doctor if and which detox program is appropriate for you.

In the long-term all chronic poisons lead to brain and nerve damage and weaken the immune system. Toxins can accumulate over a long period and can take up to 30 years to trigger symptoms.

Often first signs of chronic toxin overload are fatigue and difficulty concentrating.

Contributing risk factors pose in children with less developed organs and in seniors with decreasing organ function, as well as diminished organ function due to genetics or low enzyme activity.

Alcohol (ethanol) increases the absorption and storage of fat-soluble toxins. Smoking, including passive smoking, significantly increases the absorption and storage of all fat and soluble toxins.

U.S. toxicologists have proven over the recent years that certain chemicals can be toxic far below under currently considered safe limits. Legal limits are only applicable for otherwise healthy adults. Legal guidelines don’t protect the high risk groups of children, seniors, and otherwise immune weakened.