Are You Being Poisoned


by Anita Murray - Date: 2007-03-30 - Word Count: 466 Share This!

I have a client with fibromyalgia who mentioned to me one day that she felt she was full of poison. I think her intuition was probably right on!

This can be one of the keys to your fibromyalgia and to your recovery. The personal care products you use, the cleaning products you try, the air pollution you breathe, the chemicals you drink: all of these are literally bombarding your body with foreign toxins from every direction, all the time. These chemicals do not go away. They don't biodegrade. They just accumulate.

You know that pollution in the air goes into our lungs. Every time you are using a cleaning product that smells very strongly, you are breathing those fumes (chemicals) into your lungs. And what happens when you breathe something into your lungs? It gets pulled into your bloodstream the same way inhaling a cigarette will transfer nicotine into your bloodstream.

I'm sure you are aware of how a person's skin absorbs the nicotine from a patch. Many more drugs are being administered this way these days. This is because anything that touches your skin is going to be absorbed into your body at some level, whether it's the laundry detergent and dryer sheets you are using or the make-up and lotion you apply. Any toxins that touch your skin will be absorbed into your body, effectively putting a strain on your immune system to get rid of these toxins.

People assume that cleaning products have been tested, and people believe that they are safe. This is not the case! A great resource is the Environmental Working Group which allows you to look up your personal care products and find out their level of safety or toxicity. What happens if your immune system is fighting off toxins all the time? It can't put attention to fighting off other things like viruses. What happens if all of your nutrients go to help the immune system fight off toxins? There are no nutrients left to build healthy cells.

Look at choosing healthier cleaning and personal care products. Do you know where to find safer cleaning and personal care products? Do you have to give up quality in order to have safer cleaning and personal care products? Do you have to make a special trip to the store?

Not at all. I use cleaning products that are very effective, while none of the smells from them bother me. They are also shipped directly to my door and are so concentrated that they save me money, too. There are safe products available, so take the time to do the research and find those that are healthy alternatives to the products that are not supporting your health and are in fact, adding to the toxins your body must defend against, and thus, are preventing your all-important healing.


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Anita Murray is a Professional Health Coach, Nutritional Consultant, and Founding Editor/Owner of FibromyalgiaHope.com.

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