Toxins keeping you overweight?

[Suzy Stauffer]

Have you ever wondered why some people can eat very little and still not lose weight (maybe you are one of these people)? Or why many people ‘hit a plateau’ during weight loss and can’t seem to lose any more weight?

In this post we are going to tell you why many people can’t lose weight and what they can do to lose the pounds and keep them off by helping the body eliminate toxins that are holding them back.

In this day and age, we are constantly bombarded with pollutants, herbicides, pesticides, and a host of other chemicals through exhaust fumes, pollution, and even the foods we eat. If the body can’t keep up with the elimination of these toxins, it must somehow buffer us from them to keep us alive and functioning. Nearly all environmental toxins are fat-soluble. Thus, to keep our brain and nerves from being affected, the body responds to exposure with either a rise in the blood lipids (i.e., cholesterol), deposition of adipose (fat) tissue, or activation of various  immune responses (i.e., allergies). What this means is that many people are overweight because they have accumulated too many toxins and their body is using body fat to ‘buffer’ the body and brain from the harmful effects from these substances.

This is also a reason why people cannot lose weight or hit a plateau while losing weight – the body reaches a point where it cannot lose any more body fat because it is using the fat to protect you from the dangerous effects of these toxins. In these situations, if you were to lose more body fat, toxins would be released into the bloodstream and could cause a myriad of problems.

If toxic exposure is the reason you are overweight, then for long term success it is essential that the toxins be recognized and dealt with prior to or during a weight loss program, so you don’t risk jeopardizing your health. Now there are many ways to perform a detoxification, and many people use the word ‘detoxification’ to mean a myriad of things.

There are some detoxification programs that cause people to become quite ill, often times ‘purging’ (one way or another) and causing the participant to feel lousy. Why do you think that is? It is sometimes called a ‘healing crisis’, but through my experience, it is more often caused by the release of too many toxins. The body cannot keep up with this onslaught of toxic exposure and expels the substances (often times out both ends of the GI tract) to avoid poisoning. While some may see this as a positive outcome, I think it can cause more damage than benefit. Luckily, there is a better, gentler way that can be sustained over the long term to optimize weight loss.

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