Not exact matches
Perspiration is important
for cooling the body, and also promotes
excretion of waste, and these ingredients keep
toxins in when they need to get out, so I am not a fan
of anti-perspirants.
This process transports the transformed, conjugated
toxins out
of the cells and into a shuttle to get it into the urine or bile
for excretion.
For instance, we can give smokers different concoctions containing cruciferous vegetables and measure changes in their rate
of excretion of toxins from cigarette smoke (as opposed to the harmful metabolism
of them within the body).
Four years ago, my acupuncturist put me on a copper - zinc balancing program, but it was only about a year ago that I learned about pyroluria from the Resource Tool Kit in The Mood Cure by Julia Ross, MA.29 Those
of us with this condition, affecting 11 percent
of the population, produce excessive amounts
of a metabolic
toxin called pyrroles, which requires vitamin B6 and zinc
for detoxification.30 Significantly, this condition is found disproportionately in those with alcoholism, 31 schizophrenia32 and mood disorders.33 It can also produce baffling physical symptoms due to heightened deficiency
of these two nutrients, as well as manganese, 34 a nutrient that is crucially needed to activate arginase, 35 the enzyme that converts ammonia to urea
for excretion from the body.
Also,
toxin removal steps may help the acne: salt, water, and potassium
for urinary
excretion; exercise to the point
of sweating (or sauna)
for skin
excretion; glutathione
for liver detox; vitamin C and taurine
for bile flow; fiber (eg potatoes) and maybe bentonite clay or activated charcoal
for fecal
excretion.