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Part 1: Poisoning Ourselves
By Dr John Thomas, D.C.
Hold the Deodorant:
What really stinks about keeping up appearances and what you can do about it.
So many researchers are looking for a cure for cancer. But people fail to realize the causes of cancer. Toxins are the quiet killer, found in seemingly innocuous deodorant, toothpaste, fast food, diet soda and other things you might find in your neighborhood grocery store. In the next few weeks, I'll be revealing some of these secret sources of toxins to you along with how you can make a difference in your daily and long-term health.
You are exposed to many harmful toxins in what you eat and drink, the polluted air you breathe and the stuff that you rub into your skin. These toxins accumulate in your body over the years and are documented to cause all kinds of health problems and conditions including cancer. Now I don't know about you, but cancer really scares me.
We all have cancer cells floating around in our bodies. Bad cancer cells in your body can out number good fighter cells at any given moment if the recipe for death is right. All you need is a dangerous mix of bad habits, bad health, bad genetics, bad diet, bad environment and a bad lifestyle.
What doesn't help is the misinformation that is propagated by companies and government agencies that are swayed through lobbyists. Remember when the Tobacco Company executives told boldfaced lies on national television about how little they knew in regards to the inherent dangers of cigarette smoking? I invite you to do your own research so that you can see for yourself that everything you are about to read is the scary truth.
As I mentioned, we're exposed on a daily basis to many toxic things in the stuff that we eat, drink, breathe in and rub into our skin. These toxins build up in your body over the years and cause all kinds of havoc within your body.
How many of you out there use antiperspirants or deodorants? Go ahead, raise your hand if you're sure. Most of us do. Antiperspirants contain the very common active ingredients of either ALUMINUM ZIRCONIUM or ALUMINUM CHLOROHYDRATE.
Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease and has been speculated, particularly in women, to be one of the causes of breast cyst development and breast cancer.
Have you ever wondered why your t- shirts change color and get kind of hard around the armpit part of the shirt? It's not you! It's from the deodorant and antiperspirant. If this stuff can eat up your shirt, just imagine what it does inside of the body. It absorbs right into your open and thirsty pores as you put it on after your morning or evening shower at home or in the locker room once, twice or three times a day.
You may have broken out in a rash from deodorant, but never really thought about why. The chemicals are doing to you what it did to the shirt, destroying you swipe by swipe.
But you can't go embarrassing yourself and offending others in public with hints of funny flavors. Here's an alternative. I use mineral salts. It looks like a crystal rock. All you do is wet it and rub it where ever you need odor protection. I have found that it works best if you put it on right after you get out of the shower while you are still wet. Dab yourself dry afterwards. You don't want to dry the mineral salts off of your body. This stuff even works on your feet. It stops bacterial division dead in its tracks. This prevents odor causing bacteria for up to 48 hours. No more discolored and destroyed shirts near the armpits and no more monkey funk. It really works, and it's a much better alternative to aluminum based deodorant.
Aluminum compounds are also commonly found in cheese and baking powder. Baking powder is found in cakes, cookies, muffins, pancakes, breads and so on. Then you have aluminum cans that have acidic sodas in them. The same acid in cola, that can take the paint off of walls, eats away at the inside of the can causing aluminum to be released into the soda or beer that you drink.
Then there's aluminum foil, aluminum pots and pans, aluminum utensils. Because aluminum is such a soft metal, it easily breaks down in hot or acidic conditions. For you vegetarian junkies out there, like me, pretty sizable traces of aluminum is found in tofu, texturized vegetable protein, soymilk and other soy based products. Studies done on cadavers have shown that aluminum metal actually ends up in the brain. Food for thought!
Toxins like aluminum are filtered through the lymphatic system. You have probably felt the lymph nodes in your neck or armpits get tender and enlarged when your body fights a cold. You have these nodes and lymphatic vessels all over your body. Your lymphatic system and your immune system work with your liver, the major organ of detoxification, to keep you safe from toxins.
Today's diet and hygiene practices put too much toll on the system. Toxins overflow from the lymph system to your fat, where they are stored as fat-soluble toxins. When you go to the gym with your new year's resolution to lose weight, part of the reason exercise will leave you feeling sick, is the release of years of toxic buildup. Lactic acid buildup in your muscles will also cause you pain. This is why so many people quit a workout regimen.
Toxins in muscles cause them to tighten up. This chronic tightness causes joint pain, headaches, burning between your shoulder blades, cramping, tightness in your neck and back, a lack of energy, insomnia, crankiness, muscle spasms and more.
A build up of toxins in the body also causes oxidative breakdown. In nature, oxidation causes wood to rot and metal to rust. In our bodies, toxins act as free radicals. Free radicals rob the body of electrons causing instability at the microscopic level to huge numbers of atoms and molecules. Remember the antiperspirant we rub under our arms day after day? It absorbs right into our body and eventually into the lymph nodes under the arms.
These lymph nodes become overwhelmed and eventually toxins reach breast tissue. The toxins cause oxidative damage to the DNA in that tissue. As the DNA replicates, it replicates with damaged copies. These bad cells continue to duplicate, until there is a large mass of them. By the time you find it in a self-exam or mammogram, it's called a tumor.
Before we all decide cancer is inevitable, you need to know that there is hope. While aluminum is just one toxin found in our food and beauty products, I have developed an effective, affordable way to detoxify. Dr. Thomas' Full Body Detoxification Program combines a personalized program with holistic nutritional testing and one on one consultations, along with diet modification and included weekly visits. A month's supply of Dr. Thomas' herbal detoxification products are also included.
Perhaps you've considered or tried a detox kit or tea from the store. Are the manufacturers of those products going to ask you whether you have been diagnosed with kidney failure or cancer? Will they know about your high blood pressure or diabetes? Will they do a full lifestyle and health evaluation? You deserve a holistic approach that is tailored to what your body needs.
Call Allied Healthcare for your free consultation with Dr. John Thomas or a qualified member of his staff at 770-460- 1911 or visit our website at proven-back-pain-relief.com for more information about all of our services.
- Dr. John Thomas, D.C. has practiced as a board-certified sports chiropractor for over a decade. Known as The Running Doctor, Dr. Thomas runs marathons. A vegetarian, he follows his own good guidelines for health and nutrition.
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About Allied Healthcare Clinics
Allied Healthcare Clinics offer complete spinal healthcare and wellness solutions. We are the only local licensed and certified provider of non-surgical spinal decompression with IDD TherapyŽ for those facing back or neck surgery, or suffering from debilitating spinal or disc injuries and other conditions. We also have a focus on sports injuries and performance optimization for athletes. With over ten years in the healthcare industry, we lead south of Atlanta in innovative, effective spinal care.
Contact Us:
Allied Healthcare Clinics
Dr. John N. Thomas
170 Bastille Way, Suite A
Fayetteville, GA 30214
http://www.proven-back-pain-relief.com
770-460-1911
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