Episode 187
The Body's Daily Detox
The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store.
Do you want a healthy immune system, balanced hormones, glowing skin, and more energy? Then it’s time to focus on supporting detoxification pathways. In this week's episode, Jenn breaks down how our body detoxes, the phases of detoxification, and what we can do to support this process through vitamins, minerals, and a balanced lifestyle. She also discusses the things in the environment we cannot control and gives some shocking statistics regarding how many toxins we consume yearly. Tune in to learn how to understand the role of detoxification diets and what you can do daily to create a lifestyle that supports your body’s natural detoxification process.
IN THIS EPISODE:
● [8:17] How does our body detox itself? Jenn breaks this down by organs.
● [9:29] Phases of detoxification.
● [13:28] What factors impact our body’s detoxification process?
● [16:05] How do all of our organs work together to detox the body?
● [19:48] How does detoxification help us age well, and what are the impacts on our cells?
● [23:04] Which antioxidants are essential for good detoxification?
● [28:50] Where are we getting all the toxic chemicals?
● [32:13] How might we know if a build-up of toxins is impacting our health?
● [35:04] What vitamins and minerals help with detoxification?
● [36:58] What can we do to support detoxification?
● [42:34] How do we create moderation with our toxic intake and support our body?
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
● We have the organs and cells involved in detoxification. Detoxification is energy, and it is all nutrient dependent.
● Because of our environment, the human body is forced to filter and detoxify an average of 80,000 chemicals. There are 2,000 new chemicals introduced into commerce annually in the United States.
● Our body is detoxing every day, all the time. It is best served by supporting our natural detox pathways by minimizing insults and providing the building blocks for proper detox function.
QUOTES:
“Toxins are basically any harmful substance that can build up in the body over time. We get them from the air we breathe, the food we eat, stress, exercise, and our metabolism. The body is designed to do this process to get these toxins out, but our modern world has an overabundance of these toxins building up in our bodies because we have way more coming in than our natural systems can tolerate.” - Jenn Trepeck
“Detoxification is as important as sleep and exercise.” - Jenn Trepeck
“Stress, exercise, our metabolism, and more also create toxic byproducts the body needs to eliminate.” - Jenn Trepeck
“When studies evaluate the safety of chemicals, they are tested for safety individually. Our lives though, are such that…we are exposed to a cocktail of toxins, which is not studied.” - Jenn Trepeck
“To do a proper detox nutrition plan, you need to eat enough. We need fiber; we need all these other vitamins and minerals to support the body’s process. If your detox is fasting, that is not a detox.” - Jenn Trepeck
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