5 Signs You Need to Detox

Feel Better by Supporting Your Body’s Detox Systems

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Headaches

When you experience headaches, sometimes the culprit is an excess of bacteria in the gut that is not being processed by your normal detox pathways. These gut issues can cause other symptoms as well such as diarrhea or bloating.

Skin Issues

When you experience skin reactions such as eczema, bumps or itchiness, it is often a sign your detox pathways are struggling due to eating inflammatory foods, not getting enough sleep or consuming too many toxins. Keep in mind that your skin is also a detox processor. You will sweat toxins such as BPA and certain heavy metals out of your skin, thus provoking skin symptoms. This is why sweat by exercise and sauna is so beneficial.

Estrogen Dominance

If you deal with infertility, stubborn weight gain, low testosterone/libido in men or irregular periods in women, you might have an excess of estrogen in your body. The liver processes estrogen but if there is too much, then it can’t keep up. You consume excess estrogen in the form of soy products or man-made chemicals.

Constipation

When you are struggling to detox, your body is unable to eliminate waste from your intestines and those toxins get reabsorbed into your blood stream.

Fatigue

Environmental toxins especially contribute to impaired ability to get energy into your cells, thus making you exhausted. This happens due to oxidative stress within the mitochondria cell, which quite simply means there aren’t enough antioxidants to put out the fires within the cell.

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