Toxins

LoraF83
LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Can someone, anyone, please name the "toxins" that we all need to be cleaning from our body?

I hear that word tossed around so much, but I never hear any specifics. What chemical compounds are building up in our internal organs that we need to cleanse? What is going on in there that our kidneys, liver, and digestive system can't handle?

I would really love to know specifically what toxins are causing such issues that (the collective) we need to be concerned about them. Please show support (link to an article or something) for your claims.


Thank you!
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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    In...

    ...and I don't even need support for your claim. Just give the name of even one...ONE toxin that is eliminated from your body by following a regimen of juice for X days.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    in for toxins!
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    arsenic.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Someone once (who apparently was a personal trainer and tossed herself out there as a nutrition expert) told me sodium ...

    Now, obviously, if you have certain medical conditions or seriously overdo it, sodium can be harmful. But it's also a necessary electrolyte that we'd die without.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I buy an herbal supplement from a friend and at lot of claims they make (that I obviously don't believe) is that it rids your body of toxins. One woman with PCOS even said it was making her break out badly, the distributor told her the toxins leaving her body that caused the acne. :noway: I was livid.

    B12 makes me break out so I would assume it was something more along those lines.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
  • iceey
    iceey Posts: 354 Member
    But a DOCTOR said so, so it must be true!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-LEm9HIIBk
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    brittney spears
  • MissStatement
    MissStatement Posts: 92 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    African or European?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Dr Bruce Ames on "toxic chemicals" fearmongering

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g1denSoAbc
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    25 mph. Now what does that have to do with toxins?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Dr Bruce Ames on "toxic chemicals" fearmongering

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g1denSoAbc

    ^This
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    But a DOCTOR said so, so it must be true!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-LEm9HIIBk
    AND it's on YouTube! That makes it even more true.

    There was a doctor on the news the other morning talking about juice cleanses. He said over a prolonged period of time, they're incredibly dangerous and you will become malnourished and sick. He said he was OK with, for a few days and no more, replacing one meal a day with juice.

    And he said the "detox juices" you can buy are dehydrating and dangerous.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    In for toxins and more

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  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    Someone once (who apparently was a personal trainer and tossed herself out there as a nutrition expert) told me sodium ...

    Now, obviously, if you have certain medical conditions or seriously overdo it, sodium can be harmful. But it's also a necessary electrolyte that we'd die without.

    But pure sodium explodes in water--clearly this is harmful and can only be prevented through cleanses.

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  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    25 mph. Now what does that have to do with toxins?

    About as much as dietary cleanses. OP asked for toxins to be concerned about that the body doesn't get rid of naturally, so I provided toxins. OP wants to talk about cleanses instead, so Monty Python.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Someone once (who apparently was a personal trainer and tossed herself out there as a nutrition expert) told me sodium ...

    Now, obviously, if you have certain medical conditions or seriously overdo it, sodium can be harmful. But it's also a necessary electrolyte that we'd die without.

    But pure sodium explodes in water--clearly this is harmful and can only be prevented through cleanses.

    natrium.gif
    Is that why I keep blowing up???
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    That doesn't have anything to do with the topic at hand.

    The issue is that people keep saying we have lots of "toxins" in our bodies that only fruit & veggie cleanse or a water fast or some sort of pills will get rid of. These things that we ingest obviously do things to our digestive systems. I am wondering how that relates to your claim of inhaled chemicals from second-hand smoke. I do agree that second-hand smoke is harmful and is an issue. I don't see how only eating fruit for 3 days fixes that.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2010/consumer_booklet/chemicals_smoke/

    So how does a "cleanse" remove the chemicals from second-hand smoke from your body?

    What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

    25 mph. Now what does that have to do with toxins?

    About as much as dietary cleanses. OP asked for toxins to be concerned about that the body doesn't get rid of naturally, so I provided toxins. OP wants to talk about cleanses instead, so Monty Python.

    Actually, the OP says:
    What chemical compounds are building up in our internal organs that we need to cleanse?

    and
    Can someone, anyone, please name the "toxins" that we all need to be cleaning from our body?

    So yes, I am asking about toxins that are affected by the cleanses that are so often suggested and discussed. I'm sorry for your confusion.
  • alyssajayds40
    alyssajayds40 Posts: 17 Member
    I don't think so many moliculs and things that make a toxin have names that I know of right off the top of my head of more like a type like biotoxins and enviormental toxins.

    Edited because I can't spell today.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    About as much as dietary cleanses. OP asked for toxins to be concerned about that the body doesn't get rid of naturally, so I provided toxins. OP wants to talk about cleanses instead, so Monty Python.

    From the OP:
    What chemical compounds are building up in our internal organs that we need to cleanse? What is going on in there that our kidneys, liver, and digestive system can't handle?
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    Someone once (who apparently was a personal trainer and tossed herself out there as a nutrition expert) told me sodium ...

    Now, obviously, if you have certain medical conditions or seriously overdo it, sodium can be harmful. But it's also a necessary electrolyte that we'd die without.

    But pure sodium explodes in water--clearly this is harmful and can only be prevented through cleanses.

    natrium.gif
    Is that why I keep blowing up???

    Explains what happens when I have to go to the bathroom.
  • explosivedonut
    explosivedonut Posts: 419 Member
    I'm totally in for this.

    The only people who need to cleanse the "toxins" in their system are those that are either on extremely dangerous illegal substances, or extremely dangerous medication (people who need to take Lithium, for example). But most of the time those are in much higher doses, which is what causes the build up.

    So unless you are a bipolar person on cocaine, you probably don't need to do a detox.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I'm totally in for this.

    The only people who need to cleanse the "toxins" in their system are those that are either on extremely dangerous illegal substances, or extremely dangerous medication (people who need to take Lithium, for example). But most of the time those are in much higher doses, which is what causes the build up.

    So unless you are a bipolar person on cocaine, you probably don't need to do a detox.

    pffft those cleanses dont even work one still comes out dirty on the piss test
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    So unless you are a bipolar person on cocaine, you probably don't need to do a detox.

    You don't know me. You don't know my life.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    What chemical compounds are building up in our internal organs that we need to cleanse? What is going on in there that our kidneys, liver, and digestive system can't handle?
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    In my case .. Iron. Iron that I can not cleanse is building up in my organs. If I'm not careful it will damage my liver and pancreas, and give me diabeetus.

    Alas, the only therapy is phlebotomy, as there's no cleanse that can help.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I don't think so many moliculs and things that make a toxin have names that I know of right off the top of my head of more like a type like biotoxins and enviormental toxins.

    Edited because I can't spell today.


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