Would you ever believe that your lipstick was responsible for making you sick? It seems farfetched but our bodies absorb unhealthy amounts of chemicals everday from products we routinely come in contact with—including cosmetics. Many of these chemicals we ingest such as pesticides and preservatives through our foods and food containers. We drink them in tap water, which contains chemicals leached from contaminated soils, environmental pollutants, and even chemicals added deliberately such as flouride. We even inhale them in air contaminated with solvents, car fumes, and industrial waste. Unfortunately our bodies were never designed to protect us from this chemical onslaught. Our systems fail to remove most of the chemicals and they begin to build up and that is where the problems arise. This constant poisoning has been linked to the development and triggering of an ever-increasing number of diseases such as asthma, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, thyroid diseases, obesity and many other illnesses.In TOXIC OVERLOAD: A Doctor’s Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Avery/Penguin Group USA; June 2005; $24.95), Paula Baillie-Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D., reveals the shcoking truth that the chemicals in our food, home, and environment are acutally the cause of all of these illnesses. She explains how the dramatic increase in the amount of heavy metals and synthetic chemicals used in pesticides, medicines, plastics, rubber, cosmetics, cleaning solvants, and many other common products have caused a build up of toxicity in our bodies that breaks down our natural defences against disease.
As dismal as it sounds, however, Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton offers a light in the darkness by directing readers through a 3-step program designed to flush out harmful toxins and prevent future contamination including:
· A Body Cleansing Supplement Program to strengthen immunity and reverese the damaging effects of toxic chemicals.
· A 7-Day De-Sludge Diet which outlines which chemical-laden foods to avoid, the benefits of organic foods, and meal plans that inlcude whole grains, lean proteins, and low-toxicity fruits and vegetables.
· Home detoxification tips will show readers where dangerous toxins lurk in their homes and how to easily implement chemical-free home and beauty products into their lives.
Unfortunatley, these chemicals that are hidden in our everyday products are a part of our life. But there are steps that can be taken to help your body regain its natural state of health and vibrancy. TOXIC OVERLOAD reveals this common thread between these contaminants and over 30 of the commonest 21st century diseases we are now affected by and outlines a program to cleanse the body once and for all!
About the Author:
Paula Baillie-Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D., holds an academic doctorate in human metabolism from the University of Oxford. She is visiting fellow in occupational and environmental health at Stirling University in Scotland. Dr. Baillie-Hamilton is an advisor to The Soil Association, the organic certification body in the UK. Her extensive work on chemical toxins and organic food has been published in medical journals and she also writes for the magazine Organic Life in the UK.
TOXIC OVERLOAD: A Doctor’s Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets
Paula Baillie-Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D.
Avery/Penguin Group USA
June 2005
1583332251
$24.95
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